James Heppelmann vs Dr. Friedrich (“Fritz”) Neumeyer

James Heppelmann

CEO of PTC

BIO: Mr. James E. Heppelmann, also known as Jim, has been the Chief Executive Officer of PTC Inc. since October 1, 2010 and has been its President since March 4, 2009. Mr. Heppelmann served as the Chief Operating Officer of PTC Inc. from March 4, 2009 to September 2010, its Chief Product Officer since February 2003 until February 2009, its Executive Vice President of Software solutions from June 2001 to January 2003 and its Chief Technology Officer since June 2001 until January 2003. He was responsible for PTC's overall product direction, including coordination of PTC product vision and strategy, product design and development and product marketing and management. Mr. Heppelmann has been involved in the information technology industry since 1985 and has extensive experience developing and deploying large-scale information systems within the manufacturing marketplace. Mr. Heppelmann Co-founded Windchill Technology, Inc. and served as its Vice President of Marketing and Chief Technology Officer from October 1996 to January 1998. He served as an Executive Vice President and General Manager of Windchill Solutions from November 2000 to June 2001. He served as an Executive Vice President and General Manager of Windchill Netmarkets from July 2000 to November 2000 and Senior Vice President of Windchill from January 1998 to July 2000. Mr. Heppelmann served as the Chief Technical Officer of Metaphase, Inc. from 1992 to 1997. He served with Control Data Corporation (now known as Syntegra) for seven years since 1985 until it formed as Metaphase in 1992. He has been a Director of PTC Inc. since 2008. Mr. Heppelmann has been a Director of Sensata Technologies Holding NV since August 1, 2014. He serves as a Director of Syncline. He serves as a Member of National FIRST Executive Advisory board of Parametric Technology Corp. He is on the Dean's Advisory Board of the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering. He published and quoted in numerous business and trade publications, including The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, VARBusiness Magazine and MSI Magazine. 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. Mr. Heppelmann attended University of Minnesota, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on Computer-aided design.

Dr. Friedrich (“Fritz”) Neumeyer

CEO of Syncron

BIO: Dr. Friedrich (“Fritz”) Neumeyer joined Syncron as CEO in 2020 and has overall responsibility for the company’s global strategy, organization, culture and operations. Under Dr. Neumeyer’s leadership, Syncron remains focused on delivering best-in-class after-sales service solutions for the world’s leading manufacturers, empowering them to evolve their service businesses while increasing financial performance and customer loyalty. Prior to Syncron, Dr. Neumeyer served as the CEO of German ERP vendor proALPHA for six years, where he led the company to be a market-leading solution provider for discrete manufacturing companies, tripled revenue and doubled the number of employees. Prior to proALPHA, Dr. Neumeyer served in global leadership roles at SAP and Software AG, after beginning his career at McKinsey. Dr. Neumeyer studied nuclear physics and has a PhD from the Technical University of Darmstadt.