Jim Henderson
President and CEO

Jim brings thirty years of enterprise software operations experience from such companies as IBM, MSA, NDC, Simione Central and GERS to Apriso. Henderson joins Apriso from GERS a $50 million leading provider of enterprise software. Prior to GERS he was CEO and President of Simione Central, a $100 million healthcare software solutions provider. In addition, Henderson demonstrated his management skills at IBM, MSA, and National Data Corporation where he had executive roles in sales, marketing, technology, and product line management. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Finance from Rice University.

Chris Brecher
Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations

Chris served as global account director with SAP’s retail solutions business 1998-2000, a role in which he helped grow annual revenues from $5 million to $85 million in 24 months, and the customer base by 500 percent. He has also held executive and management positions with Siebel Systems, Lawson Software and GERS. A certified public accountant, Brecher earned his bachelor of science degree from Colorado State University and his master of business administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Chris Will
Chief Technology Officer

Chris serves as the CTO and Vice President of Development at Apriso where he leads an international team of .NET professionals responsible for product development, strategy, research, and Quality Assurance. In 1992, he co-founded CIM Vision where he led services and successfully grew the company to $11 million in revenue with 28 consecutive quarters of growth and profit. In 1999, he raised $14 million of financing to fund global expansion plans and transformed the company into the present-day Apriso. Chris has over 20 years of experience implementing enterprise software at Fortune 1000 customers and holds a Master's Degree in Manufacturing Engineering from UCLA and Bachelor's Degrees in Computer Science and Chemical Engineering from the UW, Madison.

Don VanderBeke
Chief Customer Officer and Senior Vice President, Services & Support

Don most recently served as executive vice president and chief customer officer at GERS, a role in which his team achieved a client retention rate of 99 percent for six consecutive years, and sustained customer satisfaction levels of 4.84 on a 5.0 scale. Prior to joining GERS in 1998, Don held executive posts with IBM, Sterling Software, NDC and Dun & Bradstreet Software.

Tom Comstock
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product Management

Tom brings 20 years of manufacturing software marketing and sales experience to Apriso. Most recently, Tom was VP of Product Marketing at Brooks Software, a division of Brooks Automation, which focuses on real-time execution software for high tech manufacturers. Previously, he held VP of Marketing roles at Sequencia Corporation, a provider of PLM and automation software for batch manufacturing companies, and at Promis Systems, a provider of MES systems for semiconductor manufacturers. Tom also provided sales and marketing leadership at Palette Systems and worked in electronics manufacturing with Consolidated Micrographics. Tom received his BA from UCLA, Masters from UC Berkeley, and his MBA from Pepperdine.