QAD Inc. announced that Anton Chilton has been named Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company's Board of Directors.  Chilton succeeds Karl Lopker, who passed away earlier this year.  Chilton most recently served as QAD's Chief, Global Field Operations, where he oversaw the company's sales, marketing and services activities.  He joined the company in 2004 as Services Director of QAD's Asia-Pacific region, and later served as the company's Managing Director of QAD Australia and New Zealand, Senior Vice President – Strategic Global Accounts and Senior Vice President - Professional Services. Chilton has nearly 30 years of ERP and operations management experience.  Prior to joining QAD, he served in various senior roles in global systems integration at Atos Origin and Cap Gemini.  He began his career at British Steel designing software and infrastructure solutions.