Jim Ryan is obsessed with candor, passion, professionalism, keeping score, celebrating success and giving back. He's known for driving change, developing talent and encouraging transparency, resulting in Flexera consistently being named a "top workplace".

He guides our company as its chief executive and provides strategic vision as we move forward. Jim has been with the company since 1998, spending seven of his years overseas running our international operations. Prior to becoming CEO in 2016, Jim was Flexera’s Chief Operating Officer.

Jim’s previous roles include everything from leading global sales and services, running our Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and managing many other functions within the company. He was instrumental in leading the spinout of Macrovision’s software business unit to the private equity firm of Thoma Bravo and, of course, our subsequent investments with Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan (OTPP) and TA Associates. Before that he held roles with Reliant Data Systems and Unison Software (now IBM Tivoli).

Josh is Flexera’s global leader for solution engineering, executive advisory and FinOps. He’s also responsible for Flexera’s IBM partnership. He's responsible for ensuring customers are engaged with the right product, people and process necessary to drive meaningful business outcomes around hybrid IT optimization. Prior to his current role, Josh held several executive leadership positions at Flexera including Vice President of Product Management for Flexera One. He has more than two decades of experience in the technology industry, with a strong focus on growth, go-to-market strategies and business transformation.

Prior to joining Flexera, Josh served as SVP at RightScale, the pioneer in cloud management, for nearly a decade and was responsible for all go-to-market, strategy and corporate development. Flexera acquired RightScale in the Fall of 2018. Josh earned a BS in Finance from Villanova University.

Roy is responsible for defining the strategy and overseeing the development of Flexera’s portfolio of solutions as well as overseeing Flexera’s relationship with current and prospective customers. Additionally, he’s the General Manager of our Flexera division. An experienced product and marketing leader who is both analytical and creative, Roy has led high-achieving engineering, strategy and go-to-market teams.

Roy’s passion lies in delivering long-term value and helping customers succeed with the solutions they buy and deploy. He’s instinctively collaborative and adept at making connections and building bridges across an organization.

Prior to joining Flexera, Roy was Vice President of Go To Market for Cloud Management at VMware. Before that, he was with Hewlett-Packard and MicroFocus as the head of product marketing for its IT operations software business, which spanned the cloud, data center and IT.

Roy began his career as an electrical engineer at IBM in Toronto after graduating from Canada’s McMaster University. He and his wife have five children, some of whom are at home and some out in the world.

Steve Schmidt is the Vice President of Product Management at Flexera, responsible for product vision and strategy, with a focus on IT Asset Management, FinOps and M&A. Steve previously held the position of Vice Present of Corporate Development at Flexera, responsible for corporate strategic planning and leading more than ten successful M&A processes as well as other cross-product line initiatives. Steve was part of the team that spun Flexera out of Macrovision (later called Rovi and TiVo). While at Macrovision, Steve held Vice Present of Product Management positions, in both the Software Business Unit as well as the Distribution and Commerce Business Unit.

Before Macrovision, Steve was the Director of Product Management at InstallShield Software Corporation, which he joined in 1998. Steve began his 30+ year technology management career running global IT projects for Procter & Gamble’s Advanced Technology Group. Steve received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA in strategy and marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Brian is the global leader of Flexera's Alliances, Partnerships and Global Consulting Services. He’s passionate about helping Flexera's customers realize value from their IT estate across financial, operational and risk dimensions. Additionally, he works with partners to develop tech-enabled businesses to help their clients realize this value. He loves spending time with team members to develop their skills and capabilities in addition to helping them progress in their careers.

Prior to joining Flexera, Brian was the founder and leader of Deloitte's IT asset management business and led Deloitte's SAM managed services practice. He also assisted his clients in achieving $500 million in cost savings, avoiding $2.6 billion in extra costs, eliminating tens of thousands of hours through automation, and identifying and eliminating cyber risks associated with the use of software and hardware assets. Brian earned a BS in Management Information Systems from the University of Illinois.