Senior Management Team

John Chen has served as chairman, chief executive officer and president of Sybase, Inc. since 1998. Under his leadership, Sybase has become the recognized industry leader in enterprise mobility infrastructure. In addition, the company has significantly strengthened its position in data management, and has a long track record of increasing revenue and profitability. In acknowledging his business leadership, Forbes magazine named Mr. Chen one of the Top 25 Notable Chinese-Americans in Business. He was named 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in Northern California.

Mr. Chen is actively involved in international relations. He has testified before Congress on U.S.–China trade relations. In 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush appointed him to serve on the President’s Export Council. In 2006, he was appointed co-chair of the Secure Borders and Open Doors Advisory Committee. In addition, Mr. Chen has been a longtime member of the Committee of 100 and currently serves as its chairman. In recognition of his leadership in building U.S.-Asia relations, he received awards from the US-Asia Institute in 2009 and California-Asia Business Council in 2007.

Mr. Chen serves on the boards of directors for the Walt Disney Company, and Wells Fargo & Co.

Mr. Chen graduated from Brown University magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He holds a master’s from California Institute of Technology (CalTech). He also has an honorary professorship from Shanghai University, an honorary doctorate from the San Jose State University in California, and the City University of Hong Kong, as well as an honorary doctorate in business administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Mr. Chen is active in the community. He is a trustee of CalTech as well as a governor of the San Francisco Symphony.

Marty J. Beard has served as president of Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., since November 2006. Under his leadership, Sybase 365 has become a global leader in mobile messaging and mobile commerce. The company processes more than 1.4 billion mobile messages every day, and powers much of the world's mobile banking, mobile payment and mobile money transfer services.

Prior to this role, Marty served as Sybase’s senior vice president, Corporate Development and Marketing from February 2003 to November 2006, and as vice president, Corporate Development from August 2000. During this time, he helped drive Sybase's "Unwired Enterprise" strategy and acquired 11 companies in support of this strategy. He also developed several industry leading partnerships, and helped Sybase expand its footprint into mobility, and thus reinvent its position in the technology marketplace.

Marty is a communications industry veteran. Prior to Sybase, he served as vice president, Oracle Online at Oracle Corp. He helped drive Oracle's e‐business transformation, leveraging the Internet to improve customer engagement and management. This included managing the Oracle Store, the company's online destination for purchasing software and services. Prior to Oracle, Marty was staff director at Pacific Telesis Group, parent company of Pacific Bell, where he helped launch the company’s broadband, cable and content businesses.

Marty serves as member of the Board of Directors of CTIA‐The Wireless Association. He actively participates in public policy advocacy on issues affecting the wireless industry, such as standards, telecommunications regulation and consumer protection.

Marty obtained his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, with a double major in rhetoric and history. He also holds an MBA from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Steve Capelli is president of Worldwide Field Operations at Sybase. Mr. Capelli is responsible for revenue growth and market leadership. He leads global teams focused on direct and partner sales, including ISV, OEM, distributor and reseller channels. Mr. Capelli also manages the integration of Sybase consulting services, customer support and education organizations to maximize customer satisfaction. He has been with Sybase since 1997, managing field operations in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

Before joining Sybase, Mr. Capelli spent five years at Siemens-Pyramid, where he held a variety of positions, including chief financial officer, vice president of inter continental sales and director of field operations. He has also worked in finance and operations at Digital Equipment Corp., Unisys, and W.R. Grace & Company.

Mr. Capelli holds an MBA in Finance from Rutgers University and a B.S. in Accounting from The College of New Jersey.

As vice president, general counsel and secretary, Dan Carl is responsible for overseeing all legal affairs for Sybase. Mr. Carl joined Sybase in December 1989 as Corporate Counsel and became Associate General Counsel in 1992. He was promoted to Vice President in May 1996, and in July 1997 he moved to the UK to direct European legal affairs. Mr. Carl returned to the United States to become General Counsel effective April 1999.

Before joining Sybase, Mr. Carl practiced corporate law with Berg, Ziegler, Lichtman & Anderson and Horwich & Warner, both San Francisco law firms. From 1978 to 1980 he was an associate with Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, San Diego, CA. In private practice, Mr. Carl represented clients in various business transactions in the areas of intellectual property, software licensing and distribution, real estate, venture capital and securities.

Mr. Carl is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of California's Hastings College of the Law.

As senior vice president of Product and Technology Operations, Mr. Ho is responsible for Sybase technology research, product development and technical support. His mission is to lead the product development and support teams to further Sybase’s Unwired Enterprise vision.

During Mr. Ho’s tenure at Sybase, he led the product development of database management solutions, integrated development tools and Sybase EAServer. He also led the product marketing and development teams to create the Sybase Enterprise Portal and drove the product integration of New Era of Networks in 2001. Mr. Ho was the general manager of the e-Business division until early 2003 and most recently oversaw all Sybase product sales for the worldwide OEM business unit.

Mr. Ho has more than 25 years in the computer industry and started at Sybase in 1997. He has been a director at Unisys and Siemens focused on the UNIX Operating System, database product development and strategic partner alliances.

Mr. Ho earned a BS in engineering at McGill University in 1978 and an MS in computer science at California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) in 1979.

As vice president and corporate controller at Sybase, Keith Jensen has global responsibility for a worldwide team of over 200, managing external reporting, compliance, shared services, as well as global processes, systems and controls. Previously, Mr. Jensen was senior director of finance at Sybase.

Prior to joining Sybase, Mr. Jensen was chief financial officer for a software provider in the financial services industry, with responsibility for all aspects of its financial reporting and planning, treasury and administration. His experience also included various other financial leadership roles with other technology companies.

Mr. Jensen's career started with his 10 years in the audit group of Coopers & Lybrand. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business and accounting from the California State University at Sacramento.

As executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Worldwide Marketing and Business Solutions Operations, Dr. Raj Nathan is responsible for all marketing initiatives for Sybase and its subsidiaries, Sybase iAnywhere and Sybase 365. In this role, Dr. Nathan leads a global marketing organization setting Sybase's technology direction and go-to-market initiatives.

Prior to his current position, Dr. Nathan served as senior vice president of Sybase’s Information Technology Solutions Group. Under his leadership, Sybase continues to be recognized for visionary technology that meets the direct needs of customers and partners.

Dr. Nathan’s work experience has taken him around the globe, and has run the gamut from hardware to software, and from large companies to small including Unisys and Siemens Pyramid. Before entering private industry, Nathan spent many years in academia as an educator.

Dr. Nathan earned his doctorate and master’s degree from Iowa State University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Madras, in India.

As senior vice president and chief financial officer, Jeff Ross has worldwide responsibility for Sybase's financial planning and analysis, taxation, treasury, controllership, investor relations, manufacturing and facilities functions.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Ross served as the corporate controller and chief accounting officer for the company. Additional roles at Sybase included group director of tax and corporate accounting with responsibility for the worldwide tax function and internal financial reporting.

Before joining Sybase in 1997, Mr. Ross spent 10 years at Price Waterhouse, where he served in a number of roles including senior manager in the International Tax Group.

Mr. Ross earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley and is a certified public accountant in California.

As President of Sybase iAnywhere, Terry Stepien plays an integral role in establishing the company as the premier provider of mobile enterprise solutions. The company has experienced rapid growth under Stepien's leadership, becoming the market leader in mobile database technology for the past six years and the leading provider of mobile middleware solutions. More than 8 million users at 12,000 customer sites worldwide rely on Sybase iAnywhere to power solutions that help to improve productivity, streamline operations and create new revenue sources. In addition, Sybase iAnywhere's AvantGo service is the world's most popular mobile application.

During his tenure at the company Mr. Stepien has held many positions including Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Mobile and Embedded Computing division. He also served as Vice President of Product Marketing responsible for Sybase’s key initiatives in Enterprise Data Management, Data Warehouse, Application Development Tools and Occasionally Connected Computing. Before coming to Sybase, Mr. Stepien was at Powersoft Corporation as Vice President of Marketing for Powersoft’s Watcom subsidiary. Mr. Stepien joined Watcom in the early stages of the company’s database business and built the database marketing organization prior to Watcom’s acquisition by Powersoft.

Mr. Stepien is an active member of industry consortiums, and is founder and co-chair of the ITAA m-Commerce Committee.

Mr. Stepien began his career at the University of Waterloo where he was engaged in software research and development at the University's Computer Systems Group, and where he held an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department of Computer Science. He is a recipient of the 2001 J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation from the University of Waterloo.

Mr. Stepien holds a Master of Mathematics degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario.

As vice president of Worldwide Human Resources, Ms. White-Ivy is responsible for providing and implementing high quality, state-of-the-art human resource services and programs for Sybase employees, management and executives worldwide.

Ms. White-Ivy oversees the worldwide management of hiring, training and professional development, and employment terminations for Sybase. She implements the best practices in regards to competitive programs, policies, procedures and audits with respect to executive/management/employee compensation, short-term and long-term incentive programs and employee benefits and services. Ms. White-Ivy also ensures that employee relations are compliant with employment statues and labor laws of the 60 countries where Sybase is located. She joined Sybase in 1997.

Ms. White-Ivy has more than 25 years of hands-on expertise in all facets of human resources in the high tech industry. Before joining Sybase, she managed human resources for Unisys, Spectra Physics, Silicon Graphics and Siemens-Pyramid.

Ms. White-Ivy earned a BS in Finance and Accounting. She also has an MBA, and an MA in Counseling Psychology (7 quarter units short) from Santa Clara University. Ms. White-Ivy holds a lifetime college teaching credentials from the State of California.