Cort Townsend

Chief Financial Officer CAI Software

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Cort Townsend is Chief Financial Officer of CAI Software, a private equity-backed provider of ERP and production software for manufacturers, processors and distributors across more than fifteen vertical markets. He was named to the role in October 2025, when CAI combined with Print ePS in a merger of equals and appointed a new leadership team under chief executive Brent Pietrzak. CAI describes him as a finance executive with more than twenty years of experience who focuses on strategic financial decisions and operational growth. This profile is limited to what CAI itself publishes about him.

Career Highlights

• Named Chief Financial Officer of CAI Software in October 2025, as part of its merger with Print ePS.
• Oversees finance for a combined company operating three divisions: Process Manufacturing, Discrete Manufacturing and Graphic Communications.
• Brings more than twenty years of experience, according to CAI.

Professional Journey

CAI Software traces its history to 1978, when three partners founded it as a software consulting company and began building ERP systems for targeted vertical markets. Iron Creek Partners took a majority stake in 2014 and led a run of acquisitions, and since 2022 the company has been backed by STG, the technology-focused private equity firm.

On 8 October 2025 CAI announced that it had combined with Print ePS, the graphic communications software division of eProductivity Software, in a merger of equals. The combined business kept the CAI Software name and reorganised into Process Manufacturing, Discrete Manufacturing and Graphic Communications divisions, with Print ePS becoming the last of these. As part of the transaction CAI named Brent Pietrzak as CEO and Townsend as CFO. STG, the lead investor in both businesses, stayed invested in the combined company, and its managing partner William Chisholm and managing director Patrick Fouhy said they were “excited to partner with Brent, Cort and the broader management team.”

CAI lists him as Chief Financial Officer on its leadership page, responsible for driving strategic financial decisions and supporting operational growth across the company. CAI does not publish his earlier career.

Education

No education record was found in a first-party source.