James Horne leads marketing, business development and customer support at Centric Software. He brings over 20 years of leadership in PLM and CAD to his role.

Prior to joining Centric in 2004, James held key leadership positions in marketing and product management at Computervision, a Fortune 500 firm and one of the early industry leaders of PLM and CAD. James also has extensive startup experience, helping with early-stage growth and successful M&A events at both Linius Technologies (acquired by Autodesk), and Framework Technologies (acquired by Centric Software).

James earned a BSEE from Tufts University, a Master in Computer Science from Boston University, and a certificate in Business Administration from Harvard University.