Dassault Systèmes appoints Fabrice Canonge to head Centric Software

Centric Software, a product lifecycle management (PLM) specialist owned by Dassault Systèmes, has announced the appointment of Fabrice Canonge as chief executive officer.

Canonge knows the company well; he joined in 2004 and has held a number of key roles, including vice-president of European sales, then global sales, chief operating officer, and president since March 2023. He previously worked at enterprise software specialist PTC as well as at Italian vendor Finmatica.

“Fabrice Canonge’s mission is to define and accelerate the brand’s strategic roadmap for software-as-a-service (SaaS), to meet evolving customer needs and strengthen its leadership with a new generation of AI-powered cloud solutions,” says Dassault Systèmes.

With its artificial intelligence-powered product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, Centric Software serves more than 700 brands in 59 countries. The company says it is leveraging AI to develop new capabilities in planning, pricing, inventory management, product experience management (PXM) and market intelligence.

Acquired in 2018 by Dassault Systèmes, the company has notably pursued growth through acquisitions. At the end of 2021, it took over Italian retail planning specialist Harmonica Retail. In February, German product management tools provider Contentserv was acquired by the French company.