Mark J. Barrenechea joined OpenText as President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2012, and also serves as a member of the Board. In January 2016, Mark took on the role of Chief Technology Officer. As CEO of Canada's largest software company, Mark oversees the strategic direction of the organization and upholds the company's position at the forefront of the industry. Under his direction, the Company has grown both organically and through strategic acquisitions, into a $1.9 billion technology company.

Mr. Barrenechea has received many accolades over the years. In 2011, the San Francisco Business Times named him the 2011 Best Large Company CEO . Most recently, he was named the 2015 Results-Oriented CEO of the year by the CEO World Awards. The prestigious award recognizes Mr. Barrenechea's leadership and innovation in attaining results for the company and its customers.

In addition, Mark has authored several books including On Digital , Digital: Disrupt or Die , eGovernment or Out of Government , Enterprise Information Management: The Next Generation of Enterprise Software , Software Rules and e-Business or Out of Business .

For more industry thoughts from Mark, you can read his blog , follow him on  Twitter or connect on LinkedIn .

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Muhi S. Majzoub was named Executive Vice President, Engineering in January 2016. Muhi joined OpenText as Senior Vice President of Engineering in June 2012 reporting to Chief Executive Officer Mark J. Barrenechea. Muhi is responsible for Corporate and Commercial IT, including Cloud Services, as well as defining the vision and strategy for OpenText products, leading the development organization and transitioning OpenText to the cloud.

Prior to OpenText, Muhi was Chief of Products for NorthgateArinso, where he was responsible for defining the company's product vision, strategy and the development life cycle. He focused on consolidating the late software portfolio and developing new product capabilities for both cloud and on-premise solutions.

Muhi has also held the position of Senior Vice President of Product Development for CA, Inc., where he was responsible for the development of the common technology platform and components and integration strategy.

Prior to CA, Muhi was Vice President of Product Development at Oracle Corporation. During his tenure at Oracle, he was responsible for the delivery of the Sales Automation Suite, including Sales Online TeleSales, Sales Compensation, Sales Intelligence and many other Internet technology projects, such as Oracle Store, Oracle.com and the MetaLink TAR system.

Muhi attended San Francisco State University.

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Simon "Ted" Harrison is Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales for OpenText. Ted previously served as Senior Vice President in the Enterprise business unit and as Senior Vice President of Fast Growth Markets, growing the business in high potential regions including LATAM, Eastern Europe, Japan, Africa, China, Middle East and India.

Coming to OpenText through its IXOS acquisition, Ted has held a number of senior sales leadership roles throughout his 15 years with the company. Ted served as the Head of Global Services for Northern Europe before becoming Senior Vice President of Sales for the EMEA region.

Ted has successfully worked throughout his 25 year career to match business imperatives with innovative technology solutions. Beginning his career as a technical consultant, Ted then bridged the gap between technical and business to serve as a Senior Business Consultant on projects such as the European roll-out for General Motors. He has also worked in the mobile solutions field for Psion Teklogix, specializing in Supply Chain Optimization.

Ted holds an honors degree in Computer Science from Leeds University in the UK.

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Savinay leads Cloud Services and strategy for OpenText. As part of this, his team is responsible for commercializing and productizing all the cloud offerings. In addition, he leads the GTM for all SaaS applications across the company. Prior to joining Opentext, Savinay led Product Management for EMC's content division and was responsible for the Documentum and LEAP family of products. Savinay holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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