The Astaro Supervisory Board

Learn more about the people who help steer the development of Astaro the company and its product development.

Stanley J. Krasnow, Chairman,

joined IBM [NYSE: IBM] in 1966 as a systems engineer. Within 15 years he was elevated to Vice President, Planning, responsible for the business planning of a then $22 billion business in IBM products and services for the United States market. From 1992 until his retirement he held numerous positions in IBM's Worldwide Software Group, namely Vice President, Planning and CIO; Vice President of Worldwide Software Sales Operations and Technical Support; Vice President of Software Sales Operations in Asia Pacific; and Vice President of Worldwide Enterprise Software Sales. Stan became a member of the Astaro Board in 2003 and was elected Chairman in 2004.

Jochen Schneider,

worked as part of the Dresdner Bank for two years in 1991 and subsequesntly moved on to the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, in Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany, to study Business Administration with marketing and communication as core subjects. In 1999, Jochen Schneider began his career with the German Football League Association "VfB Stuttgart 1893 e.V.", starting off as an Executive Assistant and then assuming the position of Director in 2004.

Masaharu Kimura, Executive Advisor for Japan,

graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1970 and then proceeded to expand his horizons at IBM Japan in many areas including SE/Sales Manager, Director of Large Systems, Director of Software and Vice President of Software in IBM AP. Assigned to IBM USA twice, he first worked as a Sales Manager at the Insurance Industry New York office and then as the Executive Assistant to the IBM CEO, Louis Gerstner. He was the first president of IBCS Japan after merging PWC Consulting and the IBM Consulting Service Group in 2002. After retiring from IBM in 2006, he worked as the CEO of ACCA Networks. He is currently an Executive Advisor for SAP Japan.

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