Jim Plas

Jim Plas is chief product officer at CDS Global and is responsible for the company’s global product strategy and execution. He manages the critical functions of developing new products and services, enhancing existing product offerings and ensuring CDS Global’s solutions meet the needs of the diverse clients and industries the company serves.

Plas has more than 15 years of experience and leadership in product management, marketing, sales, business development and customer data management. He previously served as vice president of marketing for Xplore Technologies, a leader in rugged computer tablets, and has held executive roles at Acxiom, a $1.1 billion data services company, serving as vice president of customer data integration and vice president of product management and marketing. Additionally, Plas worked as the director of product management for global enterprise solutions at Dell and as a principal consultant at Data General (now EMC Corporation) and Microsoft.

Plas holds his product manager certification from Pragmatic Marketing. He received a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Kansas.