Mark J. Barrenechea is a technology expert with four plus decades of leadership in the industry. He spent 13 years at OpenText, most recently serving as president and chief executive officer. In January 2016, Barrenechea took on the role of chief technology officer and was appointed vice chair in September 2017. As CEO of Canada’s largest software company, he oversaw the strategic and operational direction of the organization and upheld the company’s position at the forefront of the industry. Under his direction, OpenText grew through innovation and strategic acquisitions into a multibillion-dollar cloud company. A prominent thought leader, Barrenechea’s extensive experience in information technology and business affords him unique insights into today’s world of rapid disruption and evolving technological change. Before joining OpenText in 2012, Barrenechea was president and chief executive officer of Silicon Graphics International (SGI) Corporation, where he also served as a member of the Board. Prior to SGI, Barrenechea served as executive vice president and CTO for CA, Inc., formerly Computer Associates International, Inc. and as a member of the executive management team. He also served on the executive management team at Oracle Corporation as senior vice president of applications development, responsible for managing a multi-thousand-member global team. He has also served in several other positions, including vice president of development at Scopus, a software applications company, and vice president of development at Tesseract. Barrenechea received his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Saint Michael’s College in Burlington, VT.
