FIATECH

President and Chief Executive Officer
Aspen Technology, Inc.

Mark E. Fusco joined AspenTech as President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2005, having served on the AspenTech Board of Directors during the company’s fiscal year 2004. He brings to this role more than 14 years of executive management experience in global IT consulting and software development.

Background

Prior to joining AspenTech, Fusco was President and Chief Operating Officer of Ajilon Consulting USA, a $400 million provider of IT consulting services with 40 offices nationwide and 4,000 employees. Fusco was a member of the Ajilon Consulting executive team for three years and was Executive Vice President immediately prior to his becoming President and COO, responsible for the growth of Ajilon Consulting’s professional services division in North America. He joined Ajilon Consulting in 1999 with its acquisition of Software Quality Partners (SQP), an IT consulting firm specializing in software quality assurance and testing. Fusco founded SQP in 1990 and served as its President until its sale.

Fusco also has 16 years of experience in the military and defense industry, with six years of experience as President of Analysis and Computer Systems Inc (ACSI), a producer of simulation and test equipment for digital communications in the defense industry.

Personal

Before entering the business world, Fusco was a professional ice hockey player with the Hartford Whalers team in the National Hockey League; and was a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympics ice hockey team which competed in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1983, he was the recipient of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, presented annually to the best college hockey player in the United States. Fusco is also a member of both the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame and the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame.

Fusco is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and Harvard College.