Some Of Our Executive Team
Asim Baig
President
Asim Baig is the president of CATS Software, Inc., which he founded in 2004 after spending 14 years in the IT industry. Asim is a technical professional and entrepreneur. Before founding CATS, Asim started Seleriti Corporation in 1999 where he oversaw the development of a Java based Enterprise electronic billing and payment system. As Director of Development at Digital River Inc. (DRIV), he was instrumental in building and enhancing the B2B commerce division.
Also prior to starting CATS, he was CIO at Quorum, a leading legal technologies provider where he streamlined the IT organization and established offshore development centers. Asim has played a significant role in large scale UNIX implementations, developed enterprise systems and directed efforts for emerging web technologies. As a consultant he provided services to Honeywell, 3M, Medtronic, MCI, and the University of Minnesota. A 1995 graduate of the University of Minnesota, he holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering.
Andrew Kandels
CTO
Andrew joined the CATS team in summer 07. He grew up experimenting with programming in BASIC. As new technologies emerged, he learned and played with all sorts of languages, his favorites being C/C++, perl, bash and (of course) PHP in a Linux environment.
He has a fascination with advanced applied mathematics and competed on many of the top math teams throughout his entire education. In the meantime, he enjoys working in parsing and machine learning, and designing lean computer systems to handle advanced tasks. He's has taken on very large scale pojects such as designing software for multiple Fortune 500 companies. He oversees the IT division and all of the technology teams. Andrew is responsible for guiding the technology direction of the company.
Mike Satter
Vice President of Sales
Mike is a senior sales executive with multiple years in high technology sales and business development roles selling to both SMB and Fortune 500 companies. He brings valuable industry experience, having worked for Oracle Corporation.
He has traveled to companies in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and throughout North America positioning enterprise solutions. These dealings have resulted in Mike closing or directly contributing to multi-million dollar enterprise software deals. Mike has collaborated with senior executives of companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Digital River, Intel and HP. These professional relationships uncovered market intelligence, industry trends and identified areas for gain.
He is well regarded in the technology business community for delivering immediate value, while having the ability to always see the big picture. Mike currently oversees the sales teams and sales division at CATS. He also helped us reach a milestone as he became our 200th employee. He holds a B.S. degree from Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN.
Sean Ryan
Vice President of Marketing
Sean oversees and leads the CATS marketing teams in working closely with sales, operations, research and development, finance and human resources. These relationships help to identify critical data and create materials that help focus company efforts. He graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Philosophy. Sean has has been a Television news reporter, producer and anchor in Spokane, Madison, WI and in his hometown of the Twin Cities.
Sean is an award winning journalist, winning awards for his "Hard News" presentations. His stories were recognized by the NPPA while working in the Twin Cities - beating out regular award winners like KARE 11, KSTP, and WCCO.
Jos Bodewes
Vice President of European Division (CATS Netherlands Office)
Jos Bodewes is the founder and managing director of Robuust Groep BV which he founded in January 2007 after spending over 12 years in the Dutch recruitment and staffing industry. Jos is a HR Professional and entrepreneur. Before founding Robuust Groep BV, Jos worked as a project manager at Hudson.
Prior to Hudson he worked as senior manager at Manpower Netherlands. There he was P&L responsible for all Manpower business lines in the east and northern part of the Netherlands. He played a big role in successfully restructuring operations to make sure Manpower was lean and mean again.
Prior to Manpower he worked as a senior manager at Randstad Netherlands and was hired for setting up a new business line (payrolling). Being in the field selling the concept and building a sales team. Nowadays Randstad is the market leader with this business line in the Netherlands.
Prior to Manpower he was general manager at Job Point, he established significant growth by opening new offices in the Netherlands and Germany. Jos holds a M.A. in Management, Economics and Law.
Tony Sternberg
Director of Product Development
As head of Product Development, Tony is responsible for guiding his teams in creating cutting edge features/characteristics that offer new or additional benefits to the customer/end-user. He also oversees his teams activities that include determining system feature priority and setting deadlines for upcoming releases, based on interaction with the customers and industry research. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota, with a B.A. in Business and Marketing.
