Software company Bentley Systems, Inc. (BSY) announced Monday the appointment of James Lee as Chief Operating Officer. Lee joins Bentley from Google, where he served as General Manager for startups and artificial intelligence at Google Cloud.
Prior to joining Google in 2020, Lee spent 12 years at SAP, including as COO for SAP Ariba and Fieldglass, and as COO and General Manager of Sales for SAP Greater China.
Lee will strengthen Bentley's cross-functional alignment across planning and execution, will drive operational excellence, and will oversee China, Japan, and portfolio development including growth initiatives such as Bentley Asset Analytics.
To accelerate innovation and better align product execution with technology strategy, Bentley also announced that the responsibility for product development has been consolidated under Chief Technology Officer Julien Moutte.
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