Board of Directors
Zack B. Bergreen
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Zack founded Astea in 1979, and continues to serve as president, CEO and chairman. Under his leadership, the Company has grown from a consulting firm specializing in field service to a dominant provider of service-centric CRM solutions. In addition to setting corporate direction, Zack oversees operations and plays an active role nurturing relationships with key customers, partners and investors worldwide. His reputation as an industry pioneer is the result of his extensive background in applications and professional services. Prior to Astea, Zack held senior executive positions with such leading companies as Gould Electronics, Bechtel and General Signal. He holds both a Bachelors and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland.
Adrian A. Peters
Director
Mr. Peters joined Astea’s Board of Directors in June 2000 and is a member of the Audit Committee. He is also president of Tellstone LLC, a firm founded by Mr. Peters in 1995. Tellstone is a management-consulting firm that specializes in advising executive management of middle market companies and high growth ventures on strategies for growth, profit improvement and increased valuation. Previously, he held various executive positions at Siemens AG, Federale Investment Holdings, Arthur Andersen Consulting and IBM. His experience includes general management, marketing and sales, and finance across a broad spectrum of markets. Mr. Peters studied mathematics, physics and engineering at the University of Stellenbosch, and management at Harvard Business School.
Thomas J. Reilly, Jr.
Director
Mr. Reilly joined Astea's board in September 2003. A thirty-one year veteran of Arthur Andersen, he brings extensive experience auditing both public and private corporations in the manufacturing, professional services, construction and distribution industries to the Company. He was Partner in charge of the Philadelphia Audit Division of Arthur Andersen for seven years and participated in Quality Control reviews of several U.S. and International offices before retiring in 1996.
Eric Scott Siegel
Director
Mr. Siegel is the newest member of the Astea Board of Directors. In 1983, he founded Siegel Management Company, a strategy consulting and investment banking advisory for a diverse client base, principally middle market firms. His expertise and experience had been utilized by growth companies, public market and acquisition candidates, industry consolidators and turnarounds alike. He also serves on the Board of NCO Group (NASDAQ: NCOG) and PSCInfoGroup. An established author, he has been a lecturer in management at the Wharton School for over twenty years. Mr. Siegel is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received an MBA from the Wharton School with honors.
