Mallett Technology, Inc - Creating value through partnerships

Keith Bolte has over 21 years of experience in marketing, sales and management with high-tech manufacturing and software companies. He has been successful in growing business through the execution of strategies focused on newly developing markets throughout North America.

Keith began his career at Standard Steel as a Methods Engineer, Market Analyst and Manager of Marketing Administration where he was responsible for manufacturing methods, manpower analysis, marketing operations and inside sales.

He worked in various sales and marketing positions with ANSYS, Inc and ABB Corporation involved in direct marketing and sales of the ANSYS Simulation tools.

In 1991 Keith joined Mallett Technology, Inc as a Sales Director in the Philadelphia office with responsibility for ANSYS and Pro/ENGINEER product and service sales. He later joined Aveva Corporation as Vice President of North America Sales. At Aveva Keith was responsible for sales operations for the PDMS Plant and Process Design Software which experienced 75% growth in software revenue over his tenure.

In 1999, Keith rejoined Mallett Technology, Inc as the Vice President of Sales for the Corporation. In 2003 he was named President as part of a management buyout from the corporation's original founder Dr. Robert Mallett.

Keith earned his Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and his Master's Degree in Business from the Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Abed Khaskia - Executive Vice President

Dr. Khaskia has more than twenty years of experience in the application of finite element analysis technology to various industrial and research areas. After earning his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, he worked for small a company in the Philadelphia area which provided consulting services in thermal and structural analysis for the nuclear industry. Then he worked for a division of Control Data Corporation, where he provided technical support and training for computer-time-sharing customers in the implementation of computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools.

In 1986 he jointed Mallett Technology, Inc to start the company Philadelphia office and focus on ANSYS software distribution. He was responsible for customer services including customer support, training and consulting. He moved to the Washington, DC area in 1995, where he expanded the company operations in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC regions. He serves on the company board of directors and he is currently the company Executive Vice President working out of the Mallett's Washington, DC office.

In addition to leading the company technical team across four offices, his business responsibilities include providing technology leadership for the company in the services area focusing on consulting, training and new technologies implementation. Such technologies involve multi-field applications encompassing micro-electro-mechanical (MEMS), highly nonlinear simulations, forming and specialty electro-magnetic and thermal systems.

Dan Vasalani - Vice President of Sales

Dan Vasalani has over 12 years of sales, territory and management experience in the Engineering software and hardware field. He has a successful track record of goal achievement both recognized internally and externally by outside vendor awards. Dan is the first and only person on record to achieve and exceed a full year vendor sales goal by the middle of that business year.

Dan has been with Mallett Technology, Inc. since February of 1996. He started in the position of Account Manager and has worked his way to the Vice President of Sales role. In his current role, Dan oversees all sales activities, which include ANSYS and PTC Pro/ENGINEER products, for the Western Pennsylvania territory while also managing sales and marketing activities throughout the company’s eight state territory. He currently has 5 sales representatives that report directly to him. Dan’s latest company honor came in December of 2003 when he was elected to the Board of Directors

Dan began his career with Structural Research and Analysis Corporation and held the position of Sales Engineer in which he managed and sold the COSMOS product line in a five state territory.

Dan earned his Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering from West Virginia University.

Leo Mezerski joined Mallett Technology, Inc. in October, 2004 as Business Manager bringing with him over 20 years experience from the computer software engineering and bio-medical technology fields.

Leo has extensive business experience derived from leadership roles in business and sales operations, accounting, marketing and customer service. Over the past 20 years, Leo has had a successful career in supporting both direct and indirect sales channel management in business and sales support functions primarily with ANSYS, Inc. and BodyMedia, Inc.

Leo began his career with ANSYS, Inc. as an accountant working in the accounting department. Over the years, as the company grew, Leo also worked in Marketing, Sales and Business Operations responsible for supporting channel sales in a variety of responsibilities. Some of these responsibilities included A/R and collections, customer satisfaction programs, business and channel development, pricing, customer service, software order processing and invoicing, product distribution, contract administration, sales forecasting and reports and CRM development. Leo has held numerous management positions such as Manager of North American Business Operations, Manager of Worldwide Business Operations and Manager of Worldwide Sales Operations while at ANSYS, Inc.

During his employment with BodyMedia, Inc., Leo was National Accounts Manager responsible for helping drive a private, start-up biomedical technology company in the area of customer service. Leo managed the day-to-day operations of the customer service department for responsibilities including pre-sales support, product order placement, product order shipment, call tracking and the timely resolution of customer service issues and problems.

Leo is a lifelong resident of western Pennsylvania and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a Major in Accounting from Robert Morris University .