James Cashman III has served as a Certara director since 2018 and as Chairman of the Board since December 1, 2021. He was Chief Executive Officer of engineering-simulation software company ANSYS, Inc. from February 2000 to December 2016 and served as its Chair from January 2017 until retiring in April 2019. He previously served on the board of National Instruments Corporation and holds BSME, MSME and MBA degrees from the University of Cincinnati.