Supervisory Board

Stanley J. Krasnow, Chairman, joined International Business Machines [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, then an $11 billion business. The positions Stan held among the Software Group were: 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, where his team built a 300-person sales force that increased sales in this segment from $50 million to $1 billion in three years. Stan became a member of the Astaro Board in 2003 and was elected Chairman 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.