Charles Grindstaff

Mr. Grindstaff is Chief Executive Officer for Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division. He first joined the company in 1978, when it was known as Unigraphics Solutions, and he held a variety of R&D positions during his first decade with the organization. Chuck subsequently left the company to serve as president and CEO of Waveframe Corporation, which developed and manufactured digital signal processing systems for high-end motion picture applications. He was awarded a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Motion Picture Academy of the Arts and Sciences for this ground breaking work and its long-term impact on the industry. Upon his return to Unigraphics in 1994, Chuck took over leadership of the product business unit and, in 2000, assumed a broader role as vice president of Unigraphics products and operations. In 2001, Unigraphics merged with Structural Dynamics Research Corporation to form UGS, which Siemens acquired and re-branded as Siemens PLM Software in 2007. In October 2010, Mr. Grindstaff was appointed president, while also retaining his position as Chief Technology Officer. In October 2011, he assumed the role of CEO. Chuck received a B.A in biochemistry from Pomona College in Claremont, California.