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On Thursday, September 18, 2025, Aras Corporation announced that Mr. Leon Lauritsen will succeed Mr. Roque Martin as CEO. Mr. Martin joined Aras as CEO in October 2021 following founder Mr. Peter Schroer. Under Mr. Martin, Aras continued its status as a CIMdata PLM Mindshare Leader due to their continued growth and industry impact. Mr. Martin will continue at Aras as an advisor.
Mr. Lauritsen came to Aras via its 2022 acquisition of Minerva, a top tier Aras partner. He spent over 20 years at Minerva, starting as a consultant, becoming vice-president and partner at the time of the Minerva acquisition. While at Minerva, he was instrumental in expanding their business via selling and supporting the Aras product. At Aras, Mr. Lauritsen had several sales leadership and general management roles most recently SVP of Global Sales and GM of Aras EMEA.
As CEO, CIMdata expects Lauritsen’s strong technical and customer knowledge along with his sales and leadership experience and deep background within the Aras community will enable him to hit the ground running.
