ROBIN GILTHORPE CEO, Terracotta Inc. Member of the Group Executive Board Robin Gilthorpe, born in 1967, became CEO of Terracotta Inc., a wholly-owned Software AG subsidiary, and a member of the Software AG Group Executive Board in September 2012. Mr. Gilthorpe has many years of management experience in the IT industry. Before joining Software AG, he was senior vice president at Tibco Software Inc. where he was responsible for all customer-related activities including consulting, sales and after-sales support in the Americas. He also served in an advisory capacity on M&A strategy and implementation. Earlier in his career at Tibco, he managed all business activities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America as well as the global financial services business.  Some of his previous positions include vice president of sales at NEON and member of the board of directors at DataSynapse. Robin Gilthorpe graduated with Honors from Lancaster University (England) in Economics and Italian. He also studied Econometrics in Bologna, Italy. He is a member of the National Association for Business Economics.