Leadership

Sohaib Abbasi joined Informatica as president and chief executive officer in July 2004. Under his leadership, Informatica is now the world's number one independent provider of data integration software. Fostering a culture of continuous innovation, Abbasi has built on the company's success in data integration and led it into new software market categories. Informatica is now the fastest-growing leader in data quality and a pioneer in the emerging category of cloud data integration. In addition to growth in new product categories, Informatica is gaining significant contributions from international regions through global expansion of field operations. The company's new and strengthened relationships with several enterprise software category leaders and global systems integrators make Informatica a trusted partner of customers worldwide.

Prior to Informatica, Abbasi spent 20 years at Oracle Corporation where he was a member of Oracle's executive committee and, as senior vice president, led two major divisions, Oracle Tools and Oracle Education. Abbasi joined Oracle in 1982 when it was a 30-person startup and was instrumental in growing the business from $4 million to more than $9 billion in annual revenues. He envisioned and launched the Oracle Tools business, which he grew from zero to $3.75 billion in cumulative license revenues. Abbasi graduated with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1980, where he earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science.

A financial management veteran who has led the financial growth of successful public and private technology companies, Earl Fry joined Informatica in January 2000. Prior to joining Informatica, Fry served for four years as vice president and chief financial officer at Omnicell, a provider of supply chain management solutions to the healthcare industry. He previously held the positions of vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at C-ATS Software, a provider of risk-management products for global financial institutions and he was chief financial officer at Weitek Corp., a semiconductor company. Fry began his career in public accounting with Ernst & Young and since that time has won several awards including CFO of the Year and two Stevie Awards for Finance Executive of the Year. He received a master's degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Hawaii.

Girish Pancha is responsible for the development, product management and product marketing of the entire Informatica Platform and leads the Informatica corporate development organization.

Throughout his 20-year career, Pancha has focused on developing innovative products that address the challenge of providing integrated information as a mission-critical, enterprise-wide solution. An early employee of Informatica, Pancha was vice president of engineering for Informatica PowerCenter between 1996 and 1998. After a brief hiatus, Pancha rejoined the company as general manager in 2000 to oversee the direction of Informatica's industry-leading data integration Platform. Prior to rejoining Informatica, he co-founded and served as chief executive officer of Zimba, a developer of mobile applications that provided real-time access to integrated enterprise and personal information. Earlier in his career, Pancha worked at Oracle for eight years, where he held individual contributor and management positions in developing Oracle's award-winning business intelligence tools, Oracle Browser and Oracle Discoverer. Pancha holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering-Computer Sequence from Stanford University and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

John McGee is the executive vice president of Worldwide Field Operations for Informatica. McGee joined Informatica in 2012 from Thunderhead, a leading provider of multi-channel customer communications software. There he served as president and chief operating officer with responsibility for all strategy and operational execution, resulting in revenue growth of more than 100 percent. Previously, McGee was the vice president of Americas Field Operations for Adobe Systems. Additionally, McGee was vice president of Sales Americas for EMC, where he was responsible for a field organization of hundreds of personnel. McGee also brings sales expertise from previous roles at Documentum and Dun & Bradstreet. McGee received a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Pennsylvania State University.

Ivan Chong is the executive vice president and general manager for Informatica's Data Quality and Master Data Management businesses. Chong joined Informatica in 2001 and previously, he led Informatica's product marketing and worked in the corporate strategy group doing business development. For much of his career at Informatica, Chong served as vice president of product management. A six-year veteran of Oracle Corporation, Chong held various product management positions for the Oracle Tools division and was awarded a patent in the area of database visualization. His experience also includes two years with internet advertising startup NetGravity, a company that developed mission-critical server products for high traffic commercial websites. He holds bachelor and master's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Breya brings over 25 years of technology management experience to Informatica. Most recently, as HP's senior vice president of Marketing Services, Breya was responsible for optimizing marketing investment across the world's largest IT company. Prior to HP, Breya served as executive vice president and general manager at SAP. Breya has also held positions as executive vice president, general manager and chief marketing officer at Business Objects, chief marketing officer and chief strategy officer at BEA Systems and senior vice president of Marketing at Sun Microsystems.

Breya served on the board of both the BEA and Business Objects Foundations, helping to form their mission and overseeing the distribution of funds. Additionally, she sat on the public board of Document Sciences Corporation, which was acquired by EMC in 2008. Breya received a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Oregon.

James Markarian serves as executive vice president and chief technology officer at Informatica with responsibility for the strategic direction of Informatica products, including the delivery of the Informatica Platform. He also runs the corporate development group, including acquisitions. Previously, Markarian held the role of general manager of the Data Integration Business, where he led the delivery of both the flagship PowerCenter product and the Informatica Platform. Prior to joining Informatica in 1998, Markarian spent 10 years at Oracle Corporation, where he was architect for the Oracle Tools Division, responsible for cross-product architectural planning and integration decisions. He also served on Oracle's Architecture Review Board. Markarian earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Economics and a master's degree in Economics from Boston University.

Jo Stoner is the senior vice president of Human Resources at Informatica, where she is responsible for overseeing global HR strategy for thousands of employees spanning more than 20 countries. Stoner attracts and develops world-class talent by building Informatica's reputation as a great place to work and providing a learning environment where employees can grow their careers.

A 20-year HR veteran, Stoner's experience spans industries, geographies and company sizes. In her current position since 2003, Stoner has evolved Informatica's HR functions around the world to develop and implement best practices focused on employee development, engagement, retention and performance. Stoner joined Informatica in 2001, overseeing HR operations in EMEA and later serving as HR director for Asia-Pacific, Japan and the Americas. She previously held HR management positions with British Telecom and startup FirstMark Communications. Stoner received an Industrial Economics degree with honors from the University of Nottingham in England and holds a postgraduate HR certification from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Based in Beijing, China, Tony Young serves as senior vice president and chief information officer of Informatica. He is responsible for the strategic direction of Informatica's global information systems and technology infrastructure. During his tenure at Informatica, Young and the information technology department have won prestigious industry awards, including the 2011 CIO 100 Award, the 2007 100 Best Places to Work in IT by Computerworld, the 2006 CIO Decisions Midmarket Leadership Award and the 2006 Ventana Research IT Performance Management Leadership Award. He was also selected as a finalist in the 2011 American Business Awards for Information Technology Executive of the Year and the 2011 MIT Sloan CIO Awards.

Prior to joining Informatica in 2002, Young worked at Mindcrossing and Converge where he was responsible for overseeing product development and product management. Young began his career at HP where he served for 11 years in a number of information technology and marketing roles. A major milestone at HP included building the first partner portal, as well as building an enterprise portal and e-commerce infrastructure. Young earned a bachelor's degree in Information Systems and a master's degree in Business Administration from Santa Clara University.

Ansa Sekharan is senior vice president of Informatica's Global Customer Support, where he is responsible for establishing Informatica as a trusted partner for customers worldwide by ensuring their success with Informatica's products. Sekharan was an early employee at Informatica starting in 1996. During his tenure, Informatica has received prestigious industry awards recognizing its support services, including being ranked number one in customer loyalty in the data integration enterprise software sector for six years in a row. Prior to joining Informatica, Sekharan was a veteran of Sybase, where he held numerous customer services roles. He graduated with honors from the University of Tulsa where he earned a master's degree in Computer Science. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The National Institute of Technology, India.