Meet the Leaders Who Are Transforming Digital Manufacturing

The aPriori senior management team has a wealth of experience generated through leadership positions at top manufacturing and technology companies including PTC, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks, Netegrity, Symantec, Oracle, Intel, OpenPages, Moldflow, and ProfitLogic.

Stephanie Feraday has over 20 years’ experience in driving high-growth software businesses in corporate and consumer markets. Prior to joining aPriori 12 years ago, Stephanie held executive-level positions at marquis startup and Fortune 500 technology companies including Netegrity, Hewlett-Packard, Symantec, Delrina and Virtusa. She earned a bachelor’s degree in applied science from the University of Waterloo.

With over 25 years’ experience in finance, Jeannine is passionate about helping businesses accelerate growth and maintain stability in an ever-changing marketplace. As the Chief Financial Officer of aPriori, Jeannine oversees all financial and administrative aspects of the company. Since joining the company in 2012, she has helped grow aPriori into a multi-national corporation, implementing a strong system of financial controls as well as software solutions to support growth and scale.

Chris Morris has a wealth of experience helping customers to successfully deploy enterprise software applications and achieve maximum ROI. His success is attributed to his deep knowledge of mechanical engineering, holding a master’s degree in the subject, paired with over 20 years’ experience with leaders like PTC and UTC/Pratt & Whitney. His background provides a keen sense of the challenges that engineering teams face in the evolving manufacturing landscape. Chris’s team focuses on decreasing the time to first success, world-class, role-based technology training, and customer advocacy.

John has over 20 years of experience in sales leadership in the software and services industries. He comes to aPriori from PTC where he was responsible for global sales for Windchill, PTC’s Product Lifecycle Management software. John earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Rhode Island.

Fielder has a proven track record directing product strategy, commercialization, and growth for enterprise software applications. Prior to joining aPriori in 2022, Fielder spent 14 years at Dassault Systemes SolidWorks helping to drive growth and new product initiatives for manufacturing companies. He also built SaaS business applications at market-leading companies such as EnerNOC, Continuum, and LiveAction. Fielder holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Ronnie has demonstrated success launching new software solutions, building great teams, and creating and communicating a clear product vision. Prior to joining aPriori, Ronnie held leadership roles at companies such as Uplight, ZOLL Medical, and PeopleFluent, where he led high-performing global software product teams, accelerated launch schedules, and scaled operations to support millions of customers. His product strategy experience includes cloud solutions, B2B enterprise software, and consumer applications.

Philippe has a proven track record of strategic marketing and leadership with over 20 years of experience in the IT Industry. He has built his career working for both high potential start-ups and large market-leading companies such as PTC, Esko/Danaher, Hyperion, Oracle, McAfee. He is an international and multicultural senior leader with extensive experience transforming Marketing across the overall product lifecycle to maximize impact. He graduated from INSTN, an engineering school in France.

Mike has over 20 years of information technology experience across multiple industries which contribute to his broad exposure and diverse skills. He is a process driven business and technology leader with a key focus on ensuring business enablement and strong collaborative partnerships to meet the corporate mission. Mike has helped to drive the digital transformations of organizations and created high performing, leading-edge teams. He has served previously in numerous technical leadership roles at both MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Draper Laboratory and holds his master’s degree from Brandeis University.