Lectra Names New Communications Exec

Paris-based Lectra has named Franccedil;oise Ruiz as its new director of communications. Ruiz will oversee all aspects of communications for the CAD/CAM company, which also markets collaborative software products for the apparel and textile industries.

Ruiz spent several years in various communications positions at French energy companies including Framatome, TransExel and Gaz de France. Ruiz attended CELSA (the School of Higher Studies in the Information and Communication Sciences) in France and earned an executive master’s degree in business administration and a certified public accountant degree from the HEC business school in Paris. —R.M.