BOB KOCIS has been in sales since 1994, beginning his career at Nalco Chemical, before joining PTC, where he would eventually lead the PTC Global Channel and Emerging markets for eight years. Bob moved to Shanghai with his family in 2012, leading the Asia Pacific sales and operations for PTC. His first “C” level role was at ANSYS in 2014 where he was VP of Worldwide Sales. He then left the public markets for the private equity world, moving to Continuum as CRO, and is currently President & COO at top ERP provider Aptean. In the private equity world Bob was fortunate enough to work with world class private equity companies such as Summit Partners, Thoma Bravo, Vista, TA Associates, Charles Bank and Insight Partners.