Executive Team

Michael J. Saylor has served as chief executive officer and chairman of the Board of Directors since founding MicroStrategy in November 1989, and as president from November 1989 to November 2000 and since January 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Saylor was employed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as a venture manager from 1988 to 1989 and by Federal Group, Inc. as a consultant from 1987 to 1988. Mr. Saylor received an S.B. in Aeronautics and Astronautics and an S.B. in Science, Technology and Society from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sanju K. Bansal has served as executive vice president and chief operating officer since 1993 and was previously vice president, consulting since joining MicroStrategy in 1990. Mr. Bansal has also served as secretary since August 1997. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of MicroStrategy since September 1997 and has served as vice chairman of the Board of Directors since November 2000. Prior to joining MicroStrategy, Mr. Bansal was a consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton, a worldwide technical and management consulting firm, from 1987 to 1990. Mr. Bansal serves as a member of the board of directors of The Advisory Board Company, a research services company listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. He received an S.B. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University.

Jeffrey A. Bedell has served as executive vice president, technology & chief technology officer since December 2007, as vice president, technology and chief technology officer from April 2006 to December 2007, as vice president and chief technology officer from April 2001 to April 2006, as vice president, platform technology from January 2000 to April 2001, as director of technology programs from October 1998 to January 2000 and as senior program manager from December 1992 to October 1998. Mr. Bedell received a B.A. in Religion from Dartmouth College.

Vincent Gabriele has served as executive vice president, human resources since December 2007, and as vice president, human resources since August 2002. Prior to this position, he was director, global staffing with responsibility for executive, mid-level, and university recruitment programs worldwide. Before joining MicroStrategy in 1997, Mr. Gabriele worked for American Management Systems' Federal and DOD Intelligence practice from 1988 to 1997 as a consultant and later as the recruiting manager. From 1980 to 1987, he served as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy focusing on satellite imagery analysis and intelligence collection for the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Gabriele received a B.S. in Management from National Louis University in Evanston, IL.

Donald W. Hunt has served as executive vice president, worldwide sales & operations since April 2011. Prior to joining MicroStrategy, Mr. Hunt served as executive vice president, strategic accounts of Nuance Corporation, a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions, from October 2006 to November 2010, and as senior vice president, worldwide sales at Macromedia, Inc., a software and digital media company that was acquired by Adobe Systems Incorporated in December 2005, from September 2004 to July 2006. Mr. Hunt also served a total of twenty two years with MatrixOne, Inc., Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc., Informix, Inc., Open Market, Inc., Sun MicroSystems, Inc., and Digital Equipment Corp. from 1981 to 2003. Mr. Hunt received a B.S. in Business from Salem State College.

Jonathan F. Klein has served as executive vice president, law & general counsel since December 2007, as vice president, law and general counsel from November 1998 to December 2007, and as corporate counsel from June 1997 to November 1998. From September 1993 to June 1997, Mr. Klein was an appellate litigator with the United States Department of Justice. Mr. Klein received a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Douglas K. Thede has served as executive vice president, finance & chief financial officer and treasurer since September 2009, as interim chief financial officer from March 2009 to September 2009, as vice president, worldwide tax & treasurer from November 2008 to September 2009, as acting vice president, worldwide controller from March 2009 to June 2009 and as vice president, worldwide tax planning & compliance from the time he joined MicroStrategy in June 2008 to March 2009. Prior to joining MicroStrategy, Mr. Thede served as senior director, tax of Convergys Corporation, an S&P 500 company that provides relationship management solutions, from March 2005 to May 2008, and as senior tax manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from August 2003 to March 2005. Mr. Thede also served a total of twelve years with Cincinnati Bell Inc., Ernst & Young LLP and KPMG Peat Marwick from 1991 to 2003. Mr. Thede is a certified public accountant and received a B.S. in Business from Miami University.

Bob Watts has served as executive vice president, worldwide professional services since October 2009, and as vice president, worldwide consulting & education services from the time he joined MicroStrategy in January 2008 to October 2009. Prior to joining MicroStrategy, Mr. Watts was employed by Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), a product lifecycle management and enterprise content management solutions provider, where he held several positions of increasing responsibility, including senior vice president, global services from 2004 to 2007. Prior to joining PTC, Mr. Watts served as director - product development and configuration management for Texas Instruments' Defense Systems division from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Watts also served for five years as an aviation officer with the U.S. Army from 1990 to 1995. Mr. Watts received an M.S. in Business Organizational Management from the University of California, La Verne and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Peng Xiao has served as executive vice president & chief information officer since December 2007, as vice president & chief information officer from May 2006 to December 2007, as vice president, worldwide information systems from January 2005 to May 2006, as senior director, worldwide information systems from December 2003 to January 2005, and in various other positions from April 1999 to December 2003. Prior to joining MicroStrategy, Mr. Xiao was the head of IT operations for Bond and Pecaro, a strategic consulting firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Xiao received a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in International Business from the Hawaii Pacific University, and an M.A. in Technology and International Affairs from The George Washington University.