Songnian received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1987, and subsequently took a faculty position at the University of Toronto as a professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

Songnian's Ph.D. thesis established the field of distributed resource management, which provides a foundation for grid and cloud computing, hailed by industry experts as the next evolution of IT.

This research was the catalyst for the creation of Platform Computing, which he co-founded. Under Songnian's leadership, Platform has grown from a company of three employees to 500 strong, with 15 offices around the globe.

Songnian has been recognized for his excellence in leadership and innovation with the Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2002. In 2001, he was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and received the Innovation Award for Leadership in Product Development from the Information Technology Research Centre (ITRC) of Ontario for Platform LSF in 1995.

Peter Nichol has over 20 years of management experience in sales, marketing and general management focused on selling software solutions to multiple industries including electronics, pharmaceutical, oil & gas and chemical industries. Prior to joining Platform Computing in 2003, Peter was Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Antrim Design Systems and Vice President and General Manager of Professional Services at Cadence Design Systems in Japan. He has also held several senior management positions including Worldwide Head of Sales at Simulation Sciences Inc. Peter's business career spans across Europe, North America and Japan.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from University College Dublin.

For the past 20 years, Ian has successfully grown customer adoption and revenue for technology providers in the enterprise and high performance computing (HPC) software markets in Asia, Europe and North America. Prior to joining Platform Computing, Ian served as SVP of sales and marketing at Cray, Inc., a leading supercomputing company. Before joining Cray, he was VP of worldwide sales for PolyServe and, after its acquisition by HP, VP of sales for PolyServe Software at HP. He also served as VP of worldwide marketing and VP of Asia Pacific at Sequent Computer and, after its acquisition by IBM, worked as IBM’s VP of Sales for High-End xSeries Servers. Earlier in his career, Ian held senior sales positions at Software AG and Unisys.

Ian holds a Bachelor of Science with honors in Economics from Queen Mary, University of London.

Jingwen is a co-founder of Platform Computing. As Vice President, Products, Jingwen was responsible for converting the distributed systems research he had conducted with Songnian Zhou at the University of Toronto into a leading commercial product. Since then, Jingwen has built and managed Platform's engineering organization developing industry-leading technologies and products for grid and cloud computing.

Jingwen has a Ph.D.  in Computer Science from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China. He was also a post-doctorate fellow at Purdue University's Department of Computer Science.

Tripp has built a career in IT with a focus on partner-centric sales. In his role as VP of Sales and Services at Citrix, Tripp was instrumental in the success of bringing several new products to market. Tripp was VP of Sales at Net6, a startup VPN and wireless mobility software company acquired by Citrix Systems in 2004. Prior to Net6, he was in sales and channels management at Cisco Systems from 1995 to 2001. Tripp co-founded Logicom, a software and consulting company in medical management solutions.

Tripp is a graduate of North Carolina State University with double majors in Political Sciences and Philosophy.

Jay has 15+ years of experience defining, launching and marketing software and internet-based solutions for both enterprises and SMBs on a global basis. Prior to Platform Computing, Jay served as CMO of Lumigent, a database monitoring venture. At Parametric Technology (PTC), he was General Manager of SaaS Solutions, VP of Channel Business Development and VP of Product Marketing. Jay has also worked as a product manager at Bowstreet Software and was a strategy consultant as an Associate at Booz Allen & Hamilton. Jay is responsible for Platform’s global lead generation, product marketing and corporate marketing organizations.

Jay holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Masters and Bachelors in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Andrew Giblon has over 25 years of management experience at software development firms, leading Technical Support, Professional Services, Training, and Research & Development departments. His enterprise clients have spanned financial services, retail, transportation, electronics, and manufacturing industries. Prior to joining Platform Computing in 2007, Andrew was Vice President, Support and had also led Professional Services, North America East, at Workbrain, a workforce management software developer. Prior to that, Andrew held senior management positions at KPMG-Versa Systems, a division of KPMG Consulting; and was a Partner at Cherniak Giblon, an ERP software developer.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

Peter has more than 20 years of executive management experience. Prior to joining Platform Computing Corporation, Peter held various executive management positions, including Vice President of Operations and Vice President Human Resources for Digital Equipment both in Canada and USA.

Peter holds accreditations from the University of Michigan in Organization Development and from INSEAD in the International Advanced Management program.

With more than 30 years of experience, Pat has held senior finance and operations positions in a wide range of public and private enterprises, including software, professional sports, telecommunications and computers. Pat’s experience included 10 years at Digital Equipment of Canada, now part of Hewlett-Packard, where he held various finance management positions. Pat is responsible for overseeing Platform’s finance, administration, IT and sales operations.

Pat received a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting/Finance from Concordia University and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).