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James (Jim) Heppelmann is the executive vice president, software products, and chief product officer at PTC. In his current position, Mr. Heppelmann is responsible for PTC's overall product direction, including coordination of PTC product vision and strategy, product design and development, and product marketing and management.
Experience
Mr. Heppelmann has worked in the information technology industry since 1985 and has extensive experience developing and deploying large-scale information systems within the manufacturing marketplace. Prior to joining PTC, Mr. Heppelmann was co- founder and chief technical officer of Windchill Technology, a Minnesota-based company acquired by PTC in 1998. Before co-founding Windchill Technology, Mr. Heppelmann served as chief technical officer at Metaphase. Mr. Heppelmann had worked at Control Data Corporation (now known as Syntegra) for seven years until the company formed Metaphase in 1992.
Mr. Heppelmann speaks regularly at product development and manufacturing industry events on topics such as PLM, digital value chain integration, and gaining competitive advantage through product development process improvement and global product development. He has also been published and quoted in numerous business and trade publications, including The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, VARBusiness Magazine and MSI Magazine.
Education
Mr. Heppelmann attended University of Minnesota, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on computer-aided design. | 