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Centric Software® is excited to unveil a success story featuring its customer Starpro. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, formulate, develop, procure, manufacture and sell consumer goods products in food & beverage, grocery, fashion and multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Hangzhou Starpro Starch Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the PMI Group founded in 2006, is a comprehensive enterprise specializing in the R&D, production and sales of modified starch. With over 1,800 customers across eight major industries, it offers over 1,000 application solutions and 500 products. Headquartered in Asia, Starpro operates nine factories and 12 production lines in Hangzhou, Tianjin and Thailand, serving clients in China, Japan and Russia, including notable companies like Master Kong, PepsiCo and Kraft. As Starpro’s success rapidly expanded, its R&D team realized that existing manual processes could no longer support the increasing number of projects. It became evident that digitalizing

Accenture has agreed to acquire AOX, a German company specializing in embedded software for carmakers and their suppliers. The acquisition will enhance Accenture's capabilities to help automotive clients solve challenges they are facing in their transition to software-defined vehicles. AOX designs and develops the complex system architectures and high-performance software that increasingly enable and define the performance and features of todays’ vehicles. The company has built a reputation for helping carmakers and suppliers master the shift from traditional software engineering to developing highly integrated scalable architectures. This shift is crucial for carmakers and suppliers to stay competitive, leading to a faster go-to-market strategy, with improved and less fault-prone software features and products. “Software expertise is becoming the dominating factor in the auto market,” said Christof Horn, who leads the automotive practice of Accenture’s digital engineering and manufacturing service, Industry X, in Europe. “This is where AOX excels. The company’s expertise in high-performance computing, real-time

Accenture announced the establishment of an AI Refinery Engineering Hub. The hub is designed to drive AI-led innovation and intellectual property development for the region and is supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). Building on its recently announced AI Refinery™️, the hub is an extension of Accenture’s Center for Advanced AI in Singapore and was launched as part of its global USD$3 billion investment to advance the use of AI. The engineering hub will offer a range of programs designed to develop local talent and equip enterprises with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the rapidly evolving field of AI, including the design and development of foundation models and responsible AI practices. The engineering hub will provide a collaborative environment with end-to-end generative AI services for research, development and deployment of custom models to help organizations meet their unique needs such as improving business processes or creating new products and

Aurigo Software, the leading provider of capital planning and construction management software for infrastructure and private owners, announced the appointment of Lara Lamparski as Senior Director of Sales. A veteran with over a decade of industry experience, Lara will focus on forming strategic partnerships with the company’s major customers and defining frameworks that help capital program executives meet their long-term goals. “Lara has a track record in leading exceptional account management and sales teams,” said Balaji Sreenivasan, CEO and founder of Aurigo Software. “She joins us at a time of significant growth as we expand our reach across the industry. With her expertise in transportation infrastructure and deep understanding of local and state government operations, Lara is uniquely positioned to help us deliver lasting impact to our customers.” An alumna of West Chester University, Lara has led core programs, particularly within the public sector and various Departments of Transportation. In her previous

Autodesk, Inc. announced the appointment of Janesh Moorjani as the company's chief financial officer, effective December 16, 2024. Moorjani brings over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, with deep expertise in driving growth and efficiency at scale. Most recently, Moorjani served as CFO and COO of Elastic NV (NYSE: ESTC), the Search AI Company. Reporting to chief executive officer Andrew Anagnost, Moorjani will lead and oversee Autodesk's global finance organization. Moorjani will succeed interim chief financial officer Elizabeth "Betsy" Rafael, who will serve as an advisor to the company through the end of fiscal 2025 and will continue to serve on Autodesk's Board of Directors, resuming her status as an independent director following the transition period and end of her employment by the company. "We are excited to welcome such a high-caliber and seasoned CFO in Janesh," said Andrew Anagnost, president and CEO of Autodesk. "His deep finance and software experience will be instrumental in supporting Autodesk's continued momentum

As of 1 January 2025, Christian Speck, 54, will assume the newly created role of Vice President Switzerland at Bechtle. In this position, he will oversee the activities of Bechtle Schweiz AG, Bechtle Suisse SA, and Bechtle direct. The appointment establishes Bechtle’s third vice presidential position focused on national operations, following similar positions for the Netherlands and France. Christian Speck will report to Bechtle COO, Konstantin Ebert. With the appointment of Christian Speck as Vice President, Bechtle is bringing its previously distinct sales channels—IT System House & Managed Services, and IT E-commerce—under unified leadership. The goal is to strengthen cross-channel collaboration to deliver more comprehensive customer support and capitalise on additional synergies. In his new role, the 54-year-old, who currently serves as Managing Director for Bechtle Schweiz AG, will also oversee the nationwide implementation of an integrated multi-channel strategy. “Christian Speck has an outstanding track record both as a leader and within our industry. We believe

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division in the Americas (“Hexagon”) announced its largest partnership expansion into Canada with a new agreement with Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc. Under this agreement, Elliott Matsuura will act as a Value Added Reseller and Authorized Service Partner for Hexagon’s metrology solutions portfolio. This partnership doubles Hexagon’s market penetration in Canada, highlighting the company’s commitment to strengthening sales, support and services in the Canadian market. A leader with proven technical capability that has been supplying and supporting quality equipment in the Canadian market since 1950, Elliott Matsuura's established reputation and extensive network align with Hexagon’s high standards of innovation and service excellence. Elliott Matsuura has deep local expertise, paired with decades of experience in metrology, machine tools and advanced manufacturing technologies. The company also offers engineering support, demonstrations, programming and in-depth operator training. Key regions of focus for this partnership include Central Canada (with Ontario and Quebec as key manufacturing hubs),

PROS Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of AI-powered SaaS pricing, CPQ, revenue management and digital offer marketing solutions, announced the appointment of John Strosahl to its Board of Directors effective December 2, 2024. Strosahl joins the Board as an independent director. An accomplished executive, Strosahl brings to the Board more than 20 years of executive management and business development experience. He is highly skilled in driving expansion and revenue growth globally for B2B and B2C organizations spanning SaaS, eCommerce, Cloud and Web Services. Strosahl currently serves as CEO of Jamf, the market leader in Apple device management and security. He has held numerous executive positions within the company since joining in 2015. Prior to his time at Jamf, Strosahl led eBay’s B2C business in North America. He also spent 10 years at Digital River where he served as EVP and General Manager of the Commerce Business Unit, and SVP and GM of

PTC announced that it has partnered with Microsoft and Volkswagen Group to develop a generative artificial intelligence (AI) copilot based on the PTC Codebeamer® application lifecycle management (ALM) solution. Codebeamer Copilot will support software development in physical products by enabling software engineers to create and manage product requirements more efficiently as well as test, validate, and release them. The development of Codebeamer Copilot builds on Volkswagen Group’s adoption of Codebeamer to support software development across its brands and vehicle projects. PTC and Volkswagen Group partnered with Microsoft to help amplify the value of Codebeamer by embedding generative AI with Microsoft Azure AI capabilities. “By having Microsoft Azure AI in the Codebeamer software, it can assist us with creating new specifications and test cases,” said Robert Kattner, Head of IT Engineering at Volkswagen Group, in a video describing the collaboration. “It can also improve the quality of our requirements by removing duplicates and checking against existing quality

Siemens and Eplan will make engineering and production processes for customers in machine and line building more efficient. This will be achieved by both companies significantly expanding data interoperability between their offerings. The automated interaction between Siemens’ Teamcenter X® software, TIA Portal, Eplan Electric P8 and Eplan Pro Panel makes engineering information available right on Eplan and vice-versa. Customers will benefit from a more efficient tool chain for machine and line engineering, making electrical engineering much faster and less prone to errors. Accelerating the digital transformation with Siemens Xcelerator This collaboration expands Siemens’ and Eplan’s partner ecosystems. The Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform creates a powerful ecosystem of partners that’s accelerating the digital and sustainable transformation of industry. Eplan customers are benefiting from the extended collaboration via the Eplan Partner Network. "The partnership between Siemens and Eplan is a milestone in digital engineering. The optimized data exchange enables customers to realize their