Jim Roche

Jim Roche is an Executive Consultant and Director of the Aerospace & Defense Practice at CIMdata, where they work with industrial organizations to optimize their product lifecycle management processes. With a career spanning over four decades, Jim has served in various high-level roles, including Managing Consultant at A.T. Kearney and Vice President at Siemens PLM Software, where they led significant initiatives in product lifecycle transformation and created impactful business partnerships. They have also contributed to major projects at General Motors and Electronic Data Systems, delivering innovative solutions in manufacturing and operations. Currently, Jim is pursuing postgraduate studies in Materials and Mechanical Engineering at Wayne State University and the University of Rochester, while holding a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.