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Craig Berry is senior vice president, chief information officer for UGS PLM Software (UGS), a division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D). UGS is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 4.4 million licensed seats and 47,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, UGS' vision is to enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through global innovation networks to deliver world-class products and services while leveraging open enterprise solutions, fulfilling the mission of enabling them to transform their process of innovation.
Berry oversees technology infrastructure and applications for the 7,400-employee, global company. He led the implementation of a globally consolidated, SAP and Teamcenter-based, enterprise system, and continues to evolve an integrated, analytic and service-oriented architecture in order to meet the needs of key decision makers, customers and partners.
His association with UGS began in 1997, when he served as SAP project manager and Enterprise Applications director for Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC), a leading provider of mechanical design and product development software and services. In 2001, EDS acquired SDRC and merged it with Unigraphics Solutions, Inc. to form the PLM Solutions line of business, later known as UGS PLM Solutions. In 2002, Berry was appointed to his current position.
Prior to joining UGS, Berry was a senior manager with Ernst & Young's Management Consulting Group, where he consulted within numerous industries over a seven-year period. He specialized in Strategic Information System Assessments, software package deployments, and large-scale ERP implementations. He is a certified SAP FI/CO Consultant. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Berry was an officer in the United States Air Force, where he served as an Intelligence Systems Engineer. His systems project leadership and long-term contributions to imaging technology earned him an Air Force Commendation Medal in 1990.
Berry received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Dayton in 1990, graduating with "Outstanding Academic Achievement." He earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 1986. Berry is a Distinguished Military Graduate and also attended language studies in Strasbourg, France.
Berry chairs the University of North Texas’ College of Engineering Advisory Board. He serves on the board of the North Texas Regional Center for Innovation and Commercialization (NTXRCIC), and is involved with the Dallas Chamber of Commerce’s Technology Business Council and the Metroplex Technology Business Council.
Craig Berry resides in Plano, Texas with his wife and three children. | 