Management Team
William Copacino
President & Chief Executive Officer
Bill has built strong management teams throughout his career. He is recognized as
a leader in the areas of business process management and supply chain management.
Previously, Bill was Group Chief Executive for Global Business Consulting at Accenture,
responsible for the consulting practices in the areas of Financial Performance Management
and Business Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management,
Human Capital Development and Human Resources consulting, and Business Strategy.
In his career Bill also served as the Chief Administrative Officer of C&S Wholesale
Grocers, a $20 billion food distributor and the eighth largest privately held company
in the U.S., as well as Vice President and Managing Director of Arthur D Little
and positions at General Electric.
Bill received a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering and operations
research from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration degree
from the Harvard Business School.
Mike Beckerle
Chief Technology Officer
Mike defines the strategic direction for and leads the development of Oco's world-class
technologies. He brings 20 years of strong technical leadership in advanced technology
with a focus on strategic large-scale information-system deployments and the design,
implementation, and operation of scalable software and hardware systems.
Most recently Mike was at IBM where he was an architect for core scalable processing
capabilities in the IBM Information Server (formerly Ascential DataStage). He came
to IBM when it acquired Ascential Software in 2005, and had come to Ascential in
2001 when it acquired his startup company, Torrent Systems, where he initially created
the scalable computing technology that has delivered enduring value to customers
from 1995 to today.
Mike became an advocate of the software-as-a-service approach in 1999 when he co-founded
a start-up technology company, Fact City, which created an Internet-based information
service to enhance the content of high-volume Internet search portals.
Mike has served as co-chair for the Data Format Description Language (DFDL) standard
workgroup, and on the ANSI X3J13 standard for the Common Lisp programming language.
Mike earned his Masters in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from M.I.T,
and his Bachelors' Degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo,
Ontario. He is a named inventor on eight patents.
Alex Carleton
Chief Administrative Officer
Alex leads Oco's Finance, Human Resources, Legal, and Administrative activities.
Previously, she was the VP of HR and Administration and managed several other functional
areas at Oco since joining in 2002.
Prior to Oco, Alex held Senior Human Resources and Management positions at Bose,
Emerson & Cuming Composite Materials, Inc., and Slade Gorton & Co., Inc. She has
worked in a variety of industries including manufacturing, distribution, and wholesale
perishables. Before managing human resources, she held positions in finance, inventory
management, purchasing, and sales.
Alex graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
Anil R. Chitkara
Senior Vice President, Market Development
Anil has overall responsibility for the growth and revenue of Oco's business. His
team defines product and market strategy, executes sales and marketing
activities, develops and manages alliances and partners, and works closely with
the rest of the organization to ensure high customer satisfaction.
He has been working at the intersection of business and technology for nearly twenty
years. He has led growth initiatives at technology companies including Parametric
Technology Corporation (PMTC) and various portfolio companies of Internet Capital
Group (ICGE). At Accenture (ACN), he worked with a variety of product and services
companies to use technology to drive growth in new markets, improve margins through
revenue and cost initiatives, and increase operational performance. Throughout his
career, he has worked to strategically apply technology to drive business objectives.
Anil has a Masters in Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at
Dartmouth College, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University.
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