Executive Team
Naotake Kakishita , President and CEO
Naotake Kakishita is president of Kubotek USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kubotek Corporation. In this role, Mr. Kakishita is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the company including the evolution of the product line and the formation of the M3 vision of an integrated design and engineering process. Mr. Kakishita has over 30 years of experience in engineering, research and computer-aided design (CAD) technologies. Early in his career he served as a research assistant at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Space and Aeronautical Sciences where his research included 3D modeling technology.
In 1998, Kakishita joined Kubotek Corporation, where he has served in upper-level managerial and director-level positions. In December 2003, upon the acquisition of CADKEY, Inc., he was named president of Kubotek USA. Prior to Kubotek, Kakishita served as an independent software developer, working on high-level projects including development of complex tool path generation software for Computer Vision and 3D CAD development for NEC. He also led projects for the Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Kakishita is also the founder of Precision Modeling Laboratory Inc., which develops GHL (Geometry Handling Library), a general propose 2D/3D geometry calculation library.
Mark Parent, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Finance
Mark Parent serves as chief operating officer and vice president of finance for Kubotek USA. Mark is responsible for expanding the sales, distribution, and marketing infrastructure of the company. He draws on his twenty years of sales, financial and operational experience to drive critical business objectives.
Prior to joining Kubotek USA, Mr. Parent served as controller for The MacGregor Group, where he helped raise $32 million dollars in private equity financing and embarked on a five-year strategic growth plan. In previous roles, Mr. Parent has managed both U.S. and international operations for both entrepreneurial and mid-sized companies.
Robert W. Bean, P.E., Executive Vice President
As Executive Vice President, Robert "Bob" Bean is channeling his twenty years in the CAD industry to advance the strategic direction of Kubotek USA. Bob also acts as the company's technology evangelist to cultivate new technology partnerships and major account relations. He has been a staunch proponent of leveraging open data formats and geometry-based technologies to help Kubotek customers increase productivity and decrease costs.
Prior to its acquisition by Kubotek, Inc. in 2003, Mr. Bean was the president and CEO of CADKEY, Corp. He founded Baystate Technologies, Inc. in 1989 to market his creation, DRAFT-PAK mechanical productivity software. Prior to Baystate Technologies, Mr. Bean, a certified professional engineer, was employed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute's (WPI) Manufacturing Engineering Applications Center (MEAC).
Takeo Fujitani, Senior Vice President of Technology
Takeo Fujitani has achieved almost two decades of experience in engineering, project management and CAD technologies. As vice president of technology at Kubotek USA, Takeo is charged with driving product development. In this role, his responsibilities range from managing the company's research and development to production and quality assurance.
In 1995, Mr. Fujitani joined Kubotek Corporation as development manager in the Creation Engineering division. During his tenure with the company, Mr. Fujitani's duties included numerous aspects of research and development, and product management responsibilities. Prior to Kubotek, Mr. Fujitani worked as an engineer for Kubota Corporation, while he was completing his physics doctorate course work at Osaka University. At Kubota, Fujitani was focused on planning and development of a 2D CAD tool and programming a testing system.
Dr. Paul Stallings, Vice President of Development
Dr. Paul Stallings provides the strategic direction for Kubotek USA's engineering software products and oversees the company's development team. As a technology innovator with 20 years of engineering and software development experience, Paul understands the value of delivering quality solutions to the marketplace.
Prior to joining the company, Dr. Stallings led a core development team for ACIS, a product of Spatial Corp., the first commercially available 3D modeling kernel and one of the engineering industry's most widely used 3D component modelers. He is the principal author of the ACIS Space Warping patent. While working for Spatial, he was also able to leverage the experience he gained through his prior work with EDS Unigraphics, Pipkins, Inc. and the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground.
Jim Gordon, Vice President of Development, Validation Tool
Jim Gordon provides the technological vision and development leadership for Kubotek USA's engineering software products. As a technology innovator with over 20 years of CADCAM software development experience, Jim has developed many new innovations in the industry including interoperability healing and tolerant modeling, direct feature editing, real time feature discovery, prune/graft technology, and part Validation. Prior to joining Kubotek, Jim was Vice President of Development and Chief Architect of ACIS, a product of Spatial Corp. As the Vice President of Development, he led an international team of developers. As the Chief Architect, he provided the technological direction and innovation to the development team. Prior to working for Spatial Corp, Jim Gordon worked for Unigraphics, developing interoperability, surfacing and feature functionality in UGII. This also included working for Shape Data in Cambridge, England, the makers of the Parasolid modeling kernel.
Beth Carvalho, Vice President of Operations and Controller
Beth Carvalho provides oversight, coordination, and strategic planning for Kubotek USA's Operations and Finance teams. As Vice President of Operations, Beth creates strategic value by identifying, delivering, and supporting Kubotek USA's infrastructure and corporate systems to facilitate growth. As Controller, she is responsible for managing the finance, accounting, reporting, tax, treasury, human resources, and internal audit functions.
Prior to joining Kubotek USA in 2004, Beth had over 15 years of experience in the technology and manufacturing sectors. She was integral in facilitating the successful implementation of new payroll and ERP systems Interstate Resources as their Assistant Controller. At Schlumberger Sema she created and deployed a web based, multi-currency, sales quoting tool for their international sales team. Beth is a graduate of Northeastern University and a member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA).
Matt Carr, Vice President of Sales
Scott Sweeney, Vice President of Marketing
Scott Sweeney has been with Kubotek USA since 2003. In that time he has been the Vice President of Sales and Marketing, as well the Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Sweeney has more than 25 years of management, sales and marketing experience.
Prior to joining Kubotek USA, Mr. Sweeney served as director of facilitation at Leadership Dynamics where he provided training in leadership, executive coaching and sales to more then 2,000 executives from all walks of business ranging from Fortune 100 firms to entrepreneurial start-ups. In his 10 years at Leadership Dynamics, Sweeney was a three-time winner of the "Facilitator of the Year" award. Prior to Leadership Dynamics, Mr. Sweeney spent seven years in management and marketing positions at Digital Equipment Corp., where he managed the marketing communications for the $1 billion memory products business.
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