Aras®, the next leader in enterprise
product lifecycle management (PLM) software, today announced the addition of PLM industry luminary Anthony (Tony) J.
Affuso to Aras’ Board of Directors. Over his more than 30-year tenure, he
was formerly CEO of Siemens PLM Software. Prior to Siemens, Tony was the
CEO of PLM industry leader UGS for more than 20 years, where he led the
growth of UGS from a start-up to a multibillion dollar global leader and to
a successful merger into Siemens PLM. In addition to his board role with
Aras, Affuso serves on the Board of Directors of Symbotic, where he was
formerly CEO of the start-up robotics automation company.

Mr. Affuso said, “I was attracted to Aras because of their disruptive
technology, open-source customer engagement model, and the fact that their
technology has recently been selected over their competitors by several of
the world’s leading engineering/manufacturing companies. Additionally, I
have also been equally impressed with Aras’ customer-first mentality – a
culture that I have always passionately believed in and one that I see
across the Aras team.”

Affuso continued, “We are seeing a resurgence in the demand for PLM as
manufacturers are dealing with increased product complexity and the digital
transformation of their business to achieve new levels of efficiency and
competitiveness. Manufacturers are re-evaluating their systems
infrastructure and investing in new capability such as the Aras ‘Digital
Thread’ that enables full life-cycle traceability of their products. Based
on all the factors I am seeing, Aras is emerging as the new PLM leader with
the right technology at the right time.”

Peter Schroer, CEO, Aras said, “Tony brings a depth of customer knowledge
and insight that is just unmatched in the industry. He has seen PLM evolve
from the early days of mechanical CAD to the systems engineering era that
Aras enables. As a board member, he will play a key role guiding our course
and deepening our connections as we continue to redefine the industry’s
expectations of PLM.”

About Aras

We offer the best Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software for global
businesses with complex products and processes. Resilient PLM platform
technology makes Aras more scalable, flexible and upgradable for the
world’s largest organizations, and a full set of applications provide
complete functionality for the business of engineering. Customers include
Airbus, GE, Hitachi, Honda, Huntington Ingalls, Kawasaki, Motorola and
XEROX. Aras is privately held with global headquarters in Andover, Mass.
More at www.aras.com and
Twitter @aras_plm

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