Casey Andrysiak is Soverain’s Vice President of Technology and is responsible for all aspects of the development and support of Soverain’s products. Ms. Andrysiak has built and managed the engineering team since Soverain’s inception, directed Transact product development, and led the successful releases of Transact 6.0, 6.5 and the latest 7.0 release. Ms. Andrysiak works closely with all of Soverain’s customers in the ongoing planning and development of Transact, while also contributing to the evolution of Soverain’s technical strategy. Ms. Andrysiak has extensive engineering and management experience in the software industry. Ms. Andrysiak was with IBM Corporation for seven years, where she was a Program Manager for the IBM Server Group and led development of ISV and SI technology strategies for strategic partners. Ms. Andrysiak was also Vice President, Engineering and Operations for a publicly-traded enterprise software company, where she managed the development, operations and support of mission-critical applications. In that role, she led the successful launch of new product suites, managed relationships with key global customers, and oversaw product engineering, strategy and support. Ms. Andrysiak has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Dallas, Masters degrees from Texas A&M University and George Washington University, and a B.A. from Baylor University. Ms. Andrysiak’s publications include: Simply AIX (first and second editions); Building a Better Data Warehouse; and PowerPC: Concepts, Architecture, and Design.