Aras, a leader in product lifecycle management (PLM) and digital thread solutions, announced that Przemek Berendt has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Engineering and AI Transformation, and Vijay Raman as Vice President of Product Acceleration. In these roles, they will help scale Aras’ product development efforts, advance its SaaS delivery model, and drive its AI-focused product strategy forward.
Berendt brings more than 20 years of experience building and leading global software engineering organizations across enterprise and high-growth environments. Most recently, he built Volvo Cars’ R&D center in Krakow, scaling it to more than 200 engineers working on next-generation vehicle platforms. Previously, he founded Talent Alpha, helped scale Luxoft from $100M to $900M in revenue, and held product and engineering leadership roles at Procter & Gamble. He holds an MSc in Computer Science from DePaul University and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development.
“Aras has built an innovative PLM platform designed to support AI-driven product development,” said Berendt. “The priority now is enabling product teams to collaborate more effectively and use AI to turn insight into better products.”
Raman brings deep experience driving product innovation across Generative AI, SaaS, and cloud platforms, with a track record of scaling portfolios and leading high-growth transformations. He has led cross-functional teams across product, engineering, and go-to-market to deliver customer-centric platforms at scale. He has owned P&Ls exceeding $175M, launched market-defining platforms, and led major M&A integrations, at ibi and TIBCO.
“Aras is uniquely positioned at the intersection of PLM, cloud transformation, and AI-driven innovation, with a strong foundation of customer trust and a highly extensible platform,” said Raman. “Scaling SaaS and AI capabilities and accelerating product delivery are key to driving adoption and measurable business impact.”
“Product development organizations are facing a level of complexity that traditional PLM architectures were never designed to handle,” said Leon Lauritsen, CEO of Aras. “Przemek and Vijay will help us build on Aras’ AI-ready foundation by scaling innovation and accelerating how insight and impact are delivered to teams.”
