Jim Pritchett has led Petris as CEO since 1998 through a period of strong organic growth and timely acquisitions to its current position as one of the fastest growing software companies in the Exploration & Production and Pipeline markets. He has more than twenty five years of experience in high technology consulting, marketing, and general business management working for such companies as IBM, Trinity Computing Systems, DuPont Information Systems, Atec, and Insource Management Group.  Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.