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| Type | Privately Held Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Product Lifecycle Management, |
| Founded | San Jose, California (1989) |
| Headquarters | Campbell, California |
| Key people | Chris Groves: CEO Ravi Rangan: CTO Ron Watson: VP Product Management Alice Gerbel: Controller Stefano Lena VP of Global Sales and GM for Europe James Horne: Sr. Director Marketing |
| Products | Centric 8 |
| Website | www.centricsoftware.com |
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[edit] Centric Software
Centric Software is a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) company headquartered in Campbell, California, USA. It solutions target fast moving consumer goods industries, including apparel, footwear, and private label products.[1]
[edit] History
Founded as Coryphaeus Software in 1989 by former NASA electronics engineer, Steve Lakowske,[3] it originally provided real-time simulation software. In 1998, Chris Groves joined as CEO and changed the company name to Centric Software.[4] In late 2004, Centric acquired Framework Technologies for its project collaboration, product innovation and portfolio management solutions.[5] Two years later the company acquired Product Sight Corporation of Bellevue, WA,[6] a developer of product data and enterprise search technology.[7]
[edit] Recent news
- January 2008 - Centric Software secured VC funding of $14 Million, announced in January 2008.[8]
- March 2008 - Centric Software has been selected by the editors of START-IT to as one of the most influential technology providers in the manufacturing industry.[9]
- January 2009 - Consumer Goods Technology has recognized Centric Software for its unique contributions to the consumer goods industry as a 2009 Editors' Picks choice.[10]
- February 2011 - Centric Software secured VC funding of $7.5 Million[11]
- November 2011 - Vistage International names Chris Groves, CEO of Centric Software, a finalist in the Innovation category of its 2011 Member Leadership Awards[12]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ North Rizza, Mickey, AMR Research (2007.08.01). "Centric offers off-the-shelf support for new product sourcing". Manufacturing Business Technology. http://www.mbtmag.com/article/CA6466562.html.
- ^ "Centric Product Sourcing Hits Market". Apparel Magazine. 2007.08.01. http://www.apparelmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=D656552196CA4CF4B00B4F444A677FAA.
- ^ "Real Time Simulation". NASA Ames Research Center. 1997. http://technology.arc.nasa.gov/success/successfiles/RealTimeSimulation_1997_98-99.pdf.
- ^ White, George (2008.01.15). "Centric Software benefits from advent of lifecycle management tech". The Deal LLC. http://www.thedeal.com/techconfidential/news/news/centric-software-benefits-from.php.
- ^ "Framework acquired by Centric". Boston Business Journal. 2004.12.20. http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2004/12/20/daily13.html.
- ^ Wong, Kenneth (2007.04). "Intelligence Beyond the Known Universe". Cadalyst. http://manufacturing.cadalyst.com/manufacturing/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=415734.
- ^ Stackpole, Beth (2006.01.13). "Centric Ups Product Development Ante With Search". Managing Automation. http://www.managingautomation.com/maonline/news/read/Centric_Ups_Product_Development_Ante_With_Search_13209.
- ^ "Centric Software gets $14.3M in 2nd round". San Jose Business Journal. 2008.01.15. http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/01/14/daily23.html.
- ^ "Centric named to Start-IT top 125 most influential companies". Start-IT. 2008.03.28. http://www.centricsoftware.com/News---Events/Press/2008/43.aspx.
- ^ "Readers' Choice Survey". Consumer Goods Technology. 2009.01.22. http://consumergoods.edgl.com/old-magazine/2009-Readers--Choice-Survey--Editors--Pick53007.
- ^ "Centric Software gets $7.5M in 3rd round of funding.". Just Style. 2011.02.23. http://www.just-style.com/plm/Centric-Software-Secures-75-Million-in-Series-C-Financing_c307.aspx.
- ^ "Chris Groves elected from as finalist in the innovation category of its Member Leadership Awards". Vistage. 2011.12.09. http://blog.vistage.com/business-leadership/a-celebration-of-innovation/.
