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Matthew Schwartz is a seasoned executive with over 28 years of experience in the technology industry, specializing in the SAP ecosystem.

Before joining Worksoft, Matthew led the Global SAP Alliance and Partner Network at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he played a pivotal role in shaping strategic initiatives and fostering key partnerships within the SAP community. His career includes senior executive roles at IBM, SAP, Ernst & Young, and other leading technology companies, where he consistently delivered transformative technology solutions that optimize operations, reduce costs, improve profitability, and accelerate growth for global enterprises.

Matthew is widely recognized as a thought leader and has been a regular speaker at major SAP conferences including SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd, ASUG, SAPInsider, and numerous customer and analyst events. He is passionate about leveraging SAP, cloud computing, enterprise software, emerging technologies, and strategic partnerships to drive innovation and deliver value to customers.

Linda is the founder of three software companies including AutoTester, the first PC-based test automation tool, and Worksoft Inc., the leader in business process assurance for enterprise applications. Linda holds degrees in accounting, tax and law and is a frequent industry speaker and award-winning author on software quality. She was named one of Fortune Magazine’s People to Watch and one of the Top 40 Under 40 by Dallas Business Journal. She is a past contributor and columnist for Techwell, Better Software magazine, StickyMinds, Computerworld and Datamation, author of the Automated Testing Handbook and co-editor of Dare to be Excellent on best practices in the software industry. Her article “Quality is Everyone’s Business” won a Most Significant Contribution award from the Quality Assurance Institute and was published as part of the Auerbach Systems Development Handbook. You can contact Linda at lhayes@worksoft.com.

Richard is a finance executive with experience scaling software businesses as a CFO, private equity investor and board member. He brings to Worksoft over a decade of experience in the financial services industry and a strong background in financial planning and analysis, transformative mergers and acquisitions, debt refinancings and cross-functional business strategy. At Worksoft, Richard supports the company's vision for growth by driving financial rigor and harnessing data analytics to enable strategic decision-making across the organization.

Prior to joining Worksoft, Richard served as a Vice President at Marlin Equity Partners, where he led private equity investments and served as a board member across a range of software and technology-enabled services businesses, including TaxSlayer, Mapp Digital and AppRiver. Richard began his career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley focused on mergers and acquisitions.

Aftab joins Worksoft as Chief Product Officer, bringing over twenty years of experience in enterprise software. His career is marked by deep expertise in DevOps, automated testing, and product leadership, where he has consistently driven excellence and innovation to meet customer needs and achieve business goals.
 
Before joining Worksoft, Aftab was Chief Product Officer at Arcserve and held influential leadership roles at Microsoft, Simplivity, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and The New York Times. In these positions, he implemented transformative strategies that resulted in significant revenue growth, supported by data-driven and Agile practices. Aftab also brings substantial DevOps experience from his roles at Harness and Digital.ai, where he led the Security Testing Orchestration product at Harness.
 
Aftab holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and completed his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, majoring in Chemistry and Economics.

Joel applys 20 years’ experience in enterprise software sales & leadership to match Worksoft customers with the right automation solution to achieve their business goals.  He spent the first part of the Tech career with UC4/Automic specializing in workload/IT process & Release Automation.  He was a top individual contributor for a decade, before moving into a leadership role at BMC Software.  His career took him back to Automic in 2015, where he helped position the company to be acquitted by CA (Computer Associates) in 2017, with landmark deals at PG&E & Walmart.  Joel has spent the past three years with Tricentis, where he helped build the Western region of the Americas, increasing revenues by 5X over the past three years.  

Joel spends time between Denver & Phoenix with his wife Wendy Fox.  In their spare time, they follow their passion for traveling and goal of visiting a new country every year.  Joel & Wendy also enjoy giving time & donations to numerous charities & mentorship nonprofits throughout the US.  One of Joel's personal accomplishments he speaks passionately about is being a champion of diversity & inclusion. While at Tricentis he was the executive sponsor for the Diversity & Inclusion ERG and helped start two different internship programs with minority & women founded startups with goals of getting more people from underserved communities into the field of Technology. 

With over 15 years of experience in enterprise software, both as a sales leader and a top-performing salesperson, Henry Bush has helped several startup organizations reach 'unicorn' status. He was a top individual contributor at various companies such as Salesforce, Braze, and Signavio. While at Signavio, he moved into a senior leadership role and was instrumental in the company’s growth period before its acquisition by SAP in 2021.

Theresa Sangram, Global People Lead, comes to us with 16 years of experience in People & Culture (HR). She is a seasoned P&C partner and advisor with experience in supporting multiple business units globally, and brings a strong relationship-driven approach to the People Function. She has a background in Information Systems, an MBA and MHRM, and a SHRM-SCP Certification.

Theresa is originally from Chicago, and became a Dallas resident in 2016. In her free time, she enjoys exploring new parts of TX with her husband and daughter. 

Rebecca is an accomplished operations and change management professional with over 20 years of expertise in project management. With a robust background in professional services and technology, she has a deep understanding of the evolving business landscape and the necessity for an adaptive approach to effectively support organizations, their personnel, and their customers.

Based in the Midlands, UK, Rebecca enjoys spending her free time with family and friends, playing tennis, and indulging in her love for reading and rock music.