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James (Jim) Heppelmann is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of PTC, responsible for driving the company’s global business strategy and operations. During Mr. Heppelmann’s leadership tenure, PTC has assembled the industry’s leading industrial innovation platform and field-proven solutions and services that enable companies to design, manufacture, operate, and service things for a smart, connected world. He also serves on PTC’s Board of Directors. Mr. Heppelmann has emerged as a driver and thought leader in industrial innovation. Together with Harvard Professor Michael E. Porter, he has co-authored three highly influential articles regarding the transformational impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on business, including the November 2014 Harvard Business Review cover story “How Smart, Connected Products are Transforming Competition,” and the companion “How Smart, Connected Products are Transforming Companies” published in the October 2015 Harvard Business Review. Their third Harvard Business Review collaboration, published in November 2017, “A Manager's Guide to Augmented Reality,” is a collection of articles that define why every organization needs an Augmented Realty (AR) strategy. Mr. Heppelmann was named one of “7 IoT Leaders to Watch in 2017” by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and has previously been recognized as “IOT CEO of the Year” by PostScapes, “Technology CEO of the Year” by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, and received the “CAD Society Leadership Award” for his work with the Internet of Things. A dynamic speaker, Mr. Heppelmann has been featured as a keynote presenter at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) events on topics such as “How Smart, Connected Products Are Redefining Manufacturing” and was a featured speaker on “the role of digitization in America's advanced industries” at the Brookings Institution. He has been published and quoted in numerous global business and trade media, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Mr. Heppelmann is a member of the board of directors at SENSATA, a world leader in automotive and industrial sensors and controls, and was recently elected to the MassTLC (Massachusetts Technology Leadership council) Board of Trustees. He also serves as a member of the Dean’s advisory board at the University of Minnesota College of Science & Engineering, is an executive advisory board member of the national FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and has been recognized as one of the “Top 100 CEO Leaders in STEM” by the STEMconnector organization. Experience Prior to his appointment as CEO in 2010, Mr. Heppelmann served as PTC’s president and chief operating officer, responsible for managing the operating business units of the company including R&D, marketing, sales, and services. From 2001 to 2009, he served as PTC’s chief technology officer, driving the company’s product vision and strategy, product development, and product marketing and management. Mr. Heppelmann joined PTC in 1998 when the company acquired Windchill Technology, a Minnesota-based company that he co-founded and served as its chief technology officer. Before co-founding Windchill Technology, Mr. Heppelmann served as chief technology officer at Metaphase Technology. Education Mr. Heppelmann attended University of Minnesota, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on computer-aided design.

Patrick Donovan is based in Phoenix, Arizona. He has worked as Director of Finance at QCSI, Chief Financial Officer at Axway, and Chief Executive Officer at Axway. Patrick studied at UCCS between 1999 and 2002 and Arizona State University between 1991 and 1993.

Peter Armstrong, principal owner, president, and CEO, founded Triple Point Technology with his long-time friend and colleague, Allie Rogers, in 1993 with a single mission: to provide the most sophisticated and technologically-advanced software solutions to the increasingly complex and competitive global commodity markets. Under Mr. Armstrong's leadership, Triple Point has launched a full suite of industry-leading and award-winning products and has evolved into a global organization capable of supporting the demanding needs of today's commodity market participants. From start-up in 1993, the company has grown to more than 200 professionals strategically located in five development and support centers around the globe, has deployed solutions for more than 85 customers on five continents, and has consistently earned strong financial results. Independent validation of Mr. Armstrong's leadership success includes identification of Triple Point by Inc. magazine as one of the nation's fastest growing companies and Triple Point's flagship product, Commodity XL, winning Energy Risk's ''Top Software Package'' award and Commodity Now's ''Gold Award for Excellence in Technology - Risk Management and Compliance''. Mr. Armstrong started his career as an engineer at the prestigious Bell Laboratories, but was soon bitten by the commodities trading bug and took positions at J.Aron and then Phibro, the energy and commodities trading divisions of Goldman Sachs and Salomon Inc., respectively. At both firms, Mr. Armstrong was instrumental in architecting, developing, and deploying market-leading software systems for the transaction and risk management of physical and derivative commodity trading activity. Mr. Armstrong earned a Master of Science degree in computer science from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He leads the company from the Westport, Connecticut, headquarters.

Jeff Hack is a Chief Executive Officer at Net at Work, Chief Executive Officer at Paya Holdings Inc, and Board Member at Paya Holdings Inc. He has experience at McKinsey & Company and has worked as Exec VP/COO:Global Business Solutions at First Data, COO:Securities Services Business at JPMorgan Chase &, and CFO/COO at Smith Barney. Jeff studied at Harvard Business School and The Wharton School.

Lisa Nichols is a Chief Executive Officer at Technology Partners and Host at Something Extra Podcast from Technology Partners and is based in Chesterfield, Missouri. She has worked as Account Executive at Ceridian, Senior Fiscal Analyst at McDonnell Douglas, and Business Development Manager at Software Ingenuities. Lisa studied at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth between 2007 and 2007, Saint Louis University between 1987 and 1989, and Murray State University between 1982 and 1985.

Nickie Chhum is a Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Terracotta and is based in United States.