Nicole Anasenes

Nicole has spent her 20+ year career in tech building and transforming businesses.  

She currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS), a company that offers the most innovative and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software. Ansys helps customers solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination. In her current role, Nicole leads the global finance, corporate development, strategy, global partnerships and digital transformation teams.

Prior to Ansys, she spent 4 years as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP), a fast growing software platform that empowers millions of people to share their stories, “sell anything” and create an impactful, stylish online presence.  During her tenure, she drove operational and organizational transformation to support Squarespace’s explosive growth and prepare the company for its initial public offering.

Prior to Squarespace, she was Chief Financial Officer of Infor, one of the largest providers of enterprise applications in the world. During her tenure at Infor, she helped lead the transition of their business model into a SaaS model, which changed the growth trajectory of the company and transformed the way its clients consumed enterprise applications. 

Before joining Infor, she spent 17 years with IBM in various leadership positions in Corporate Finance, M&A and market development. Her roles spanned hardware, software and services and included driving businesses in both mature and emerging markets in both Financial and Operational functions.  

She holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s degree from New York University. Her past board roles include Ansys, a simulation software company who is a leader in helping all companies accelerate R&D innovation and AnitaB.org, a world class non-profit, focused on driving intersectional gender equity in tech.