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Max RODRIGUEZ > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Max RODRIGUEZ
Senior Manager, Global Packaging R&D - PepsiCo
Max RODRIGUEZ > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Max RODRIGUEZ
Senior Manager, Global Packaging R&D - PepsiCo

Title: How PepsiCo Is Transforming Packaging with Sustainable, Digital Innovation

Abstract:
With such a diverse portfolio of products in the food and beverage industry, digital-driven innovation is essential to the design of sustainable packaging solutions at PepsiCo. Innovation is important to gain first mover advantage, bring new products to market and win market share. These programs demand significantly higher agility without compromising established sustainability challenges such as waste reduction and recyclability. PepsiCo’s mission is: “We will enhance the human experience and maximize value through the power of digital solutions: a deeply interconnected internal ecosystem of people, processes, systems and data.” PepsiCo’s collaboration with Dassault Systèmes is key to creating disruptive technical breakthroughs through a single business platform that improves collaboration and realizes solutions more rapidly. In this presentation, Max will describe how PepsiCo is using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, along with internally developed advanced tools and capabilities, to achieve these goals and create more sustainable packaging in a global organization.

Biography:
Performance and Integrity driven R&D professional, with 30+ years of experience in the implementation of complex project management, R&D activities, and capital expenditures, in cosmetics, personal care, household goods, food and beverages, and confectionary products. Demonstrated leadership in: New Product Development, Technology Development, Technology Transfer, New Product Commercialization, Quality Management, and Manufacturing Start-Ups. Proven ability in building solid internal and external relationships, by fostering a collaborative working environment, and effective communication. An open and inclusive problem solver with a solid Engineering, Project Management, and Quality background (Professional Engineer, M. S. – Mech. Eng., Project Management Professional).

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Pascal REMUSAN > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Pascal REMUSAN
General Manager, Methods & Tools for Numerical Simulation - Renault Group
Pascal REMUSAN > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Pascal REMUSAN
General Manager, Methods & Tools for Numerical Simulation - Renault Group

Title: Renaulution Virtual Twin: Empowering design teams through simulation

Abstract: 
For the past 30 years, numerical simulation has needed to become more accurate to predict physical behavior and is key when developing new products. However, simulation globally is still perceived as a tool for specialists, and consequently, induces delay during conception loops. After an introduction about the Renault Group strategy named "Renaulution" and more particularly on validation cost reduction, Pascal REMUSAN will explain how we empower design teams with well-integrated & efficient CAE / CAD software to size each component. This new process allows Renault to shorten design loops and quickly optimize a technical definition.

Biography:
Pascal REMUSAN is currently General Manager of Methods & Tools for Numerical Simulation at Renault Group, responsible for the methods development and support, innovation management, and relationships with CAE editors and academics. He joined Renault Group in 2005 to manage the quality of the prototypes during the development and industrialization phases. Prior to that, Pascal worked several years on the numerical simulation for vehicle performance as a team leader, then on AD/ADAS simulation as an innovation project manager, before enlarging his responsibilities to CAE methods.

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Mel CREASEY > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Mel CREASEY
Packaging Excellence Leader - Unilever
Mel CREASEY > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Mel CREASEY
Packaging Excellence Leader - Unilever

Biography:

An experienced packaging professional who has successfully delivered a broad range of global innovation, continuous improvement and change projects across numerous business categories. With a 30-year career in Engineering and Packaging Development at Unilever, I have spent the last 6 years helping to define, shape and build the Digital Capability programme for the Packaging R&D function.

Title: Addressing CPG industry challenges with a MODSIM approach

Abstract:

Unilever is one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies. We’re driven by our purpose to make sustainable living commonplace, because at Unilever we have long held the belief that being a responsible, sustainable business makes us a stronger, better business.
Designing Packaging solutions which minimise waste, maximise Supply Chain efficiency and consistently delight the consumer is not a trivial task. Advanced modelling and simulation approaches are proving key to supporting teams as they look to address these increasingly complex challenges, and successfully balance conflicting requirements.

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Philip MORROW > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Philip MORROW
Mechanical Engineer - MLC CAD
Philip MORROW > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Philip MORROW
Mechanical Engineer - MLC CAD

Philip MORROW is a Mechanical Engineer in the Central Texas area with an expertise in 3D design, analysis, and engineering business software. With a background in defense contracting and CNC machining, he has trained over 1000 SOLIDWORKS users in mechanical design and simulation. Today he is focuses on achieving business success for his customers through training, consulting services, and implementing customized software solutions with the SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE suite of products.

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Tyler COOK > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Tyler COOK
Operations Manager of the Mechanical and Civil Structural groups - PES
Tyler COOK > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Tyler COOK
Operations Manager of the Mechanical and Civil Structural groups - PES

Panel: Value-Up Journey - MODeling on SOLIDWORKS and SIMulating on 3DEXPERIENCE

Biography: 
As a degreed mechanical engineer with a professional engineering license, he has worked as a lead design engineer and project manager for approximately 10 years. Tyler’s experience spans across multiple industries including oil and gas, renewables, and marine. He also received a patent for a method and apparatus for setting downhole plugs and other objects in wellbores. Tyler has supported this product from the beginning of development through field testing and commercialization. During the last 10 years, Tyler has been tasked with project managing large projects and managing multimillion-dollar product testing budgets. Recently, he took on a role at PES as Operations Manager of the Mechanical and Civil Structural groups. In this role, he ensures PES’ reputation regarding the health, safety, and welfare of the public is of the highest importance to all team members. Maintaining and enforcing PES’ core value beliefs is a significant portion of this role because the operations team must maintain alignment with our customer’s interests so that both the customer and PES are successful.

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Peter STOKER > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Peter STOKER
Chief Engineer, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles - UTAC
Peter STOKER > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Peter STOKER
Chief Engineer, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles - UTAC

Panel: ADAS: Increase active safety and driver assistance with MBSE

Biography: 
Peter STOKER started his career in the auto industry in 1983 in what was then the Austin Rover Group, after graduating from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in Polymer Physics. His first positions were in Interior Trim and Hardware development, moving to Project Engineer for Roof, Floor and Trunk trim systems engineering. He then left the Rover group to spend 5 years in the supply base, working at Tudor Webasto sunroof systems, as Project Manager for the Rover group range of roof systems, before moving to IBC Vehicles (part of GM Europe) in Luton in 1992.

Initially responsible for door system engineering, he was assigned to Japan for 3 years as part of the GM Europe / Isuzu liaison team in Fujisawa, assisting on the development and launch of the Opel / Vauxhall Frontera SUV. After his return to the UK in 2000, he went on to project manage the development of the last generation Astra Van  derivative, launched in 2006, which was for GME the first virtually developed vehicle derivative without prototypes. Periods of management in various departments followed: Chassis and Mechanical, Advanced Vehicle Development, Special Vehicles and Validation, before becoming head of the Vehicle Engineering group in November 2012.

Following the sale of Millbrook to Rutland Partners in 2013 and then Spectris in 2016, he then became responsible for new technical business for the newly formed Vehicle group at Millbrook as Chief Engineer, encompassing Engineering, Durability, Measurement and Component test and development groups. He has a special interest in connected and automatically-guided vehicles, as well as development of the technical business in Asia, and also sits on various industry groups and special interest forums.

Peter led the successful bid for the UK Government’s Controlled urban CAV testbed, opened in September 2019, and is the host for the Autoair DCMS 5G Transport testbed. He now works as Chief Engineer, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, deploying the connected and automated services into the commercial phase. More recently, he has been appointed as Chair of the EuroNCAP Active Safety Virtual Testing Working Group.

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Frank POPIELAS > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Frank POPIELAS
Managing Partner and Co-founder - SMS_ThinkTank
Frank POPIELAS > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Frank POPIELAS
Managing Partner and Co-founder - SMS_ThinkTank

Panel: Unifying Modeling and Simulation to Drive Efficient Concept Design Development

Biography
Mr. Popielas is currently Managing Partner and Co-founder of SMS_ThinkTank. He has over 20 years of global experience in engineering and R&D product and materials development, IP management, as well as testing, with a specific focus on the development and application of simulation tools, and the establishment of the required supporting infrastructure at Dana Holding Corporation. His expertise includes technology exchange and transfer, business assessments in engineering and manufacturing focusing on the virtual aspect, as well as process development and democratization of its application in this area. In Addition, Frank is a member of the NAFEMS Americas Steering Committee since 2011 and became founding chairman of the joint System Modeling and Simulation Working Group (SMSWG) between NAFEMS and INCOSE in 2013 and continues his leading role in the SMSWG as Co-chair since August 2016. He joined the COE organization as volunteer in 2017 and is section chair within the Engineering, Analysis and Simulation Division responsible for CAE and SPDM (Simulation Process and Data Management). His activities and achievements include over 35 granted patents globally on the areas of sealing, shielding and fuel cells, over 40 publications globally covering all the mentioned areas with the focus on the past decade on virtual engineering, its tools and practices, presentations and speaking engagements at conferences and various companies, interviews, case studies and teaching engagements. He is also a member of the Jinfiniti Precision Medicine Advisory Board since September 2020 and was previously an Advisory Board Member of Quantiphi. Mr. Popielas received his MSc degree in Engineering, majoring in Theoretical Physics from the Technological University (MIS&A – Institute for Steels and Alloys) in Moscow, Russia. Frank is fluent in English, German and Russian.

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Pascal PANCRACE > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Pascal PANCRACE
Project Manager - Renault
Pascal PANCRACE > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Pascal PANCRACE
Project Manager - Renault

Panel:  Unifying Modeling and Simulation to Drive Efficient Concept Design Development 

Biography: 
As Project Manager, on vehicle perimeter acting on several physical branch (Crash, Aerodynamic, Thermal…) on multiples components (metals, plastics), Mr P.Pancrace conduct new developments of the activity from CAE computation to global optimisation and design of experiments.
Pascal has an international experience as locally Togliatti Engineering team Manager. His carrier went through several aspects of car body developments, as BIW CAE engineer, testing department manager for doors and openings and Engine CAE specialist.
Initial skills were grabbed in the Compiegne Technical University, French engineering school known as UTC, graduated in 1994.
Pascal was trained as Mechanical and Production Engineering.

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Mikael THELLNER > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Mikael THELLNER
Technical Expert - Scania
Mikael THELLNER > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Mikael THELLNER
Technical Expert - Scania

Panel: Think Light? Do Light at the Speed of Light with 3DEXPERIENCE Generative Design

Biography: 
Mikael THELLNER currently holds a position as technical expert for structural optimization at Scania and has more than fifteen years of experience of working with simulation in the automotive industry. He has a MSc from Lund University and a PhD from Linköping University.

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Etienne BAER > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Etienne BAER
Co-founder - HYVIATE GmbH
Etienne BAER > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Etienne BAER
Co-founder - HYVIATE GmbH

Panel: Think Light? Do Light at the Speed of Light with 3DEXPERIENCE Generative Design

Biography:
Etienne Baer has worked in the Aerospace industry for over 11 years. He is a co-founder of HYVIATE GmbH, an Aviation/Greentech start-up focusing on liquid hydrogen, and is in charge of R&D.

As part of leading HYVIATE’s engineering effort, Etienne has deployed methodologies relying on Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform and overseen the design of a first semi-functional prototype that must undergo testing in early 2023.

He still resides in France but contemplates moving to Bavaria with his wife Charlene and their two daughters. When he isn’t running optimizations, you can find him hiking or skiing.

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Jeswin Joseph CHANKARAMANGALAM > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Jeswin Joseph CHANKARAMANGALAM
‘Research Manager and Program Manager for the Emerging Technologies - NIAR
Jeswin Joseph CHANKARAMANGALAM > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Jeswin Joseph CHANKARAMANGALAM
‘Research Manager and Program Manager for the Emerging Technologies - NIAR

Panel: Think Light? Do Light at the Speed of Light with 3DEXPERIENCE Generative Design

Biography: 
Jeswin Joseph Chankaramangalam is the Research Manager and Program Manager for the Emerging Technologies and CAD/CAM series of labs at WSU’s National Institute for Aviation Research. Mr. Chankaramangalam has had growing roles within NIAR and has served in various continuous improvement programs, standards development and has set up of technologies and successful laboratories. Mr. Chankaramangalam has worked for NIAR for the last 17 years during which he managed multiple high value projects for the Composites Fabrication and Manufacturing labs, environmental conditioning labs, Additive Manufacturing Labs, Digital Twin lab and Emerging Technologies Labs. Mr. Chankaramangalam manages state-funded and industry-funded programs and is a subject matter expert in the field of advanced manufacturing, recycling of composites, additive manufacturing and machine learning methods for manufacturing. In his role, he leads the cutting-edge research in emerging technologies, with a focus in additive manufacturing and advanced manufacturing technologies. Mr. Chankaramangalam is also responsible for the Model Based Systems Engineering efforts at NIAR which has expanded into training and deployment across various industries.

Mr. Chankaramangalam manages the large scale additive manufacturing programs and equipment at the Emerging Technologies lab. His research work involves developing large format additive manufacturing tooling and creation of design allowables for large format tooling. He has contributed to the material characteristics and qualification efforts for both polymers and metals. He was part of the development team that developed a system for “Reverse Engineering of Composite Repairs”.

Mr. Chankaramangalam’s team won 1st place (gold) for the Air Force’s inaugural Advanced Manufacturing Olympics (AMO) competition that featured aerospace and aviation’s primes and OEMS. Mr. Chankaramangalam led the team to prove NIAR’s capabilities in Digital Twin, Digital Engineering and Reverse Engineering capabilities.

Mr. Chankaramangalam has been awarded two patents, one for fully-automated pathing of collaborative robots for automated finishing (which has been licensed for commercial manufacturing), and a second one for “boxellation” (a unique concept for additive manufacturing).

Mr. Chankaramangalam has also earned the title of “CATIA Champion” by Dassault Systemes for his contributions to the digital engineering industry.

Mr. Chankaramangalam is also the Vice President of the Wichita chapter for the Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering.  

Most recently, Mr. Chankaramangalam won the Engineering Service Award from the Wichita Council of Engineering Societies, for his contribution to engineering at large and service to the community.

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Yadhu KRISHNAN M K > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Yadhu KRISHNAN M K
Technical Lead: RF simulation - Continental AG
Yadhu KRISHNAN M K > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Yadhu KRISHNAN M K
Technical Lead: RF simulation - Continental AG

Panel: ADAS: Increase active safety and driver assistance with MBSE

Biography:

Yadhu Krishnan has been working in Continental AG since 2020. He is responsible for leading the planning and execution of major RF simulation activities (focused on autonomous driving) according to customer/internal milestones with required scope and quality. He is involved in key projects covering aspects of – Vehicle Integration Simulation, EMI/EMC, Antenna/sensor development, radar-based autonomous driving functions & scenario simulation.

He has quite a wide experience in RF modeling and simulation approaches/tools. Along his career of 7+ years, Yadhu Krishnan has been involved in mitigating RF & EMI/EMC challenges in product development and working with clients across electronics, aerospace, automotive, defence, research etc. industry domains. He holds a Master of Engineering Degree in the domain of Electromagnetics and RF/Antenna Engineering.

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Behrooz SHAHIDI > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Behrooz SHAHIDI
Manager, Global Vehicle Simulation Integration - Ford
Behrooz SHAHIDI > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Behrooz SHAHIDI
Manager, Global Vehicle Simulation Integration - Ford

Panel: Unifying Modeling and Simulation to Drive Efficient Concept Design Development

Biography:
Behrooz Shahidi is the Manager of Ford Motor Company CAE Integration Department for North America and Europe vehicle programs. His department has responsibilities of leading Ford CAE disciplines, which includes vehicle safety, vehicle durability, vehicle NVH, Thermal System Engineering, vehicle weight optimization, through all phases of product development – from Architecture concept development thru tooling release, testing, and Job 1.
Behrooz has over 20 years’  management experience at Ford, leveraging CAE to achieve optimized body and vehicle designs that best balances attribute tradeoffs and performance targets. He has been a core part of Ford’s truck, SUV, car, and future EV vehicle programs. Vehicles he supported include Ford Explorer, F-Series, Ranger, EcoSport, Escape, Fusion, Expedition, Transit, Taurus, Focus, Mustang, Flex.

Behrooz had a long standing association with, Body Structures CAE, where he was supervising the evolution of several vehicle programs. He was leading a team responsible for evaluation of Body Stiffness, NVH and Durability attributes. Since beginning of 2016, Behrooz is the Manager for CAE Integration, within Digital innovation group at Ford, where he plans to leverage heavily on a CAE driven design process.
 
Behrooz is credited for successfully bringing Dassault SFE into Ford as a key tool to develop vehicle concepts and utilize its powerful features and capabilities to quickly create vehicle concepts and its variants for study. Together, with CATIA and Simulia suite of tools (Abaqus, iSIGHT, Tosca), Behrooz pioneered and implemented a process to use SFE’s abilities to help Ford select a single architecture concept for product design execution. Behrooz is currently exploring leveraging SIMULA for Ford’s new MBSE activities.

Behrooz has Professional Certificates in Architecture and Systems Engineering, Data Science and Big Data Analytics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has a Masters in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan Ann Arbor and MBA from Michigan State.
Behrooz has several publications and US Patents in ASME.

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Manuel Edson MORALES > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Manuel Edson MORALES
Mechanical Designer and Structural Analyst - RESEMIN
Manuel Edson MORALES > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Manuel Edson MORALES
Mechanical Designer and Structural Analyst - RESEMIN

Panel: Value-Up Journey - MODeling on SOLIDWORKS and SIMulating on 3DEXPERIENCE

Biography: 
Manuel Edson MORALES is a Mechanical Designer and Structural Analyst at RESEMIN.

He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from the ENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY in Lima-Perú. For seven years Manuel worked with SOLIDWORKS resellers in Peru and Colombia before joining RESEMIN five years ago. Manuel’s expertise stems from working with SOLIDWORKS solutions for the past 12 years. Since 2013 he is a SOLIDWORKS Elite Applications Engineer and is now on top a certified SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Design and Simulation Expert.

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Gustavo REANO > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Gustavo REANO
Specialist CAE in R&D Engineering - RESEMIN
Gustavo REANO > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Gustavo REANO
Specialist CAE in R&D Engineering - RESEMIN

Panel: Value-Up Journey - MODeling on SOLIDWORKS and SIMulating on 3DEXPERIENCE

Biography:
Gustavo M. Reaño PULACHE is a Mechatronics Engineer with a passion for new technologies in mechanical design and automation processes, believing firmly that all innovative technology goes hand in hand with great collaboration.

He graduated in Mechatronics Engineering from the Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (UNFV) in Lima, Peru.

Gustavo then worked for five years in the mining industry as a Mechanism Designer, gaining experience in developer-cone-crushing, sag milling, and drilling machines.

Among others, his work experience comes from working for three years as a Mechanism and Mold Blow Designer in the plastic industry and eight years as a Structural Analyst with under-loader machines.

Gustavo is a certified engineer on Analyst Structural Failure at PUCP and has more than eight years of user experience with SOLIDWORKS simulations.

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Ramesh LAKSHMIPATHY > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Ramesh LAKSHMIPATHY
3DEXPERIENCE Works Industry Process Consult - Dassault Systèmes
Ramesh LAKSHMIPATHY > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Ramesh LAKSHMIPATHY
3DEXPERIENCE Works Industry Process Consult - Dassault Systèmes

Panel: Value-Up Journey - MODeling on SOLIDWORKS and SIMulating on 3DEXPERIENCE

Biography: 
Ramesh LAKSHMIPATHY has over 25 years of experience in the CAD/CAE industry. His background includes a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from UMASS-Amherst. Ramesh's career at Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS spans 20 years. Ramesh has worked in Product Management, Product Definition, Product Integration, Field Marketing, Technical Support, and Certification and is currently a Sr Industry Process Consultant – Mgt Director managing the North American Simulation Technical Sales team.  Ramesh has worked with numerous Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial Design, High Tech, and Oil and Gas customers, implementing SOLIDWORKS Simulation solutions. He is currently focused on implementing  the next generation Simulation technology from Dassault Systemes  -  “3DEXPERIENCE Works SIMULIA”  solutions to SOLIDWORKS customers.

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Victor Marie LEBRUN > Speaker >  Dassault Systèmes
Victor-Marie LEBRUN
CATIA SIMULATION Industry Process Consultant Senior Manager - Dassault Systèmes
Chris JONES > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Chris JONES
SIMULIA Industry Process Specialist - Dassault Systèmes
Chris JONES > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Chris JONES
SIMULIA Industry Process Specialist - Dassault Systèmes

Panel: ADAS: Increase active safety and driver assistance with MBSE

Biography:
Chris JONES is SIMULIA Industry Process Specialist. He graduated from the University of Paderborn (Germany) in 2010 with an electronical engineering diploma, focused on the numerical simulation of electro-magnetic waves and waveguides. Following that he spent two years researching plasmonics waveguides at the University of Hagen (Germany). In 2013 he joined Dassault Systèmes working as a solution consultant for systems engineering & numeric simulation. He relocated to Los Angeles in the summer of 2016 to support simulation market across all industries in North America.

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Peter KJELLBOTN > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Peter KJELLBOTN
Industry Process Consultant - Dassault Systèmes
Peter KJELLBOTN > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Peter KJELLBOTN
Industry Process Consultant - Dassault Systèmes

Peter Kjellbotn, P.Eng. is an Industry Process Consultant and professional engineer based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.  After his mechanical engineering degree, he began his career in the composites industry before joining the SOLIDWORKS channel.  He spent 9 years supporting SOLIDWORKS Simulation customers across Canada – solution concepts, training, and mentoring to help customers overcome their design and simulation challenges.  Most recently, Peter spent 5 years in the Oil & Gas industry as a product design engineer, developing innovative downhole drilling and completion tools.  In this role, Peter was an early adopter of the 3DEXPERIENCE Works simulation tools, which led him to his current role as a 3DEXPERIENCE Works Industry Process Consultant with Dassault Systèmes. 

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Gregor JUDEX > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Gregor JUDEX
SIMULIA Industry Consultant Director - Dassault Systèmes
Gregor JUDEX > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Gregor JUDEX
SIMULIA Industry Consultant Director - Dassault Systèmes

Gregor leads the worldwide SIMULIA Industry Process Success team. He is working in the field of simulation for 23 years, 18 of them at Dassault Systemes. Before then he has been with Abaqus Inc. Gregor holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University Vienna.

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Daniel PYZAK > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Daniel PYZAK
Industry Process Consultant Senior Director, CATIA Mechanical - Dassault Systèmes
Daniel PYZAK > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Daniel PYZAK
Industry Process Consultant Senior Director, CATIA Mechanical - Dassault Systèmes

Panel: ADAS: Increase active safety and driver assistance with MBSE

Biography:
Daniel PYZAK graduated in Mechanical Engineering. He has over 38 years of experience in CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM. After positions held in technical support and product management in various CAD/CAM companies (Cisi, Cisigraph, Matra Datavision), he joined Dassault Systèmes Provence in 1999 to manage the Competency Center. The main activities of DSP Competency Center are around tooling, machining, reverse engineering, rapid prototyping/additive manufacturing and data exchanges.

Ten years later, he became responsible of different CATIA technical teams inside for EMEAR (Design, Engineering). And since January 2020, he’s managing the worldwide CATIA Mechanical Industry Process Success organization with a strong focus on Lightweight Engineering: Generative Design, Composites, Mold & Die, Additive Manufacturing, Modeling & Simulation.

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Manohar Prabhu > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Manohar PRABHU
CATIA Mechanical Industry Process Consult - Director -  Dassault Systèmes
Manohar Prabhu > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Manohar PRABHU
CATIA Mechanical Industry Process Consult - Director -  Dassault Systèmes

Panel: Unifying Modeling and Simulation to Drive Efficient Concept Design Development

Biography:
Manohar PRABHU is Director of Technical Sales, CATIA Concept Engineering at Dassault Systèmes. PRABHU has more than 20 years of experience working with various automotive OEMs and engineering companies globally in engineering and management. He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) and Technical University of Berlin. 

PRABHU started his professional career at SFE GmbH, an SMB in Berlin, Germany, as an Applications Engineer to become the VP for the North American business and later the Managing Director of SFE. After its acquisition by Dassault Systèmes, PRABHU successfully managed the merger and integration of SFE GmbH with Dassault Systèmes. 

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David BINDER-HIRSCHBERGER > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
David BINDER-HIRSCHBERGER
MODSIM Industry Process Specialist - Dassault Systèmes
David BINDER-HIRSCHBERGER > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
David BINDER-HIRSCHBERGER
MODSIM Industry Process Specialist - Dassault Systèmes

Panel: Unifying Modeling and Simulation to Drive Efficient Concept Design Development

Biography:
David Binder-Hirschberger has a background in mechanical engineering, simulation, and optimization. Being with SIMULIA he is focused on supporting virtual twin customer engagements bringing together modeling and simulation on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

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Jose PEREIRAS > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Jose PEREIRAS
Design & Simulation Industry Process Consultant Senior - Dassault Systèmes
Jose PEREIRAS > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Jose PEREIRAS
Design & Simulation Industry Process Consultant Senior - Dassault Systèmes

Panel: Value-Up Journey - MODeling on SOLIDWORKS and SIMulating on 3DEXPERIENCE
 

Biography
Jose PEREIRAS joined Dassault Systemes's brand SOLIDWORKS LATAM, based at the Santiago de Chile DS office, in 2008, as an Industry Process Senior Consultant. 

He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering in “Numerical Simulation and Nonlinear Finite Elements on Plasticity” and obtained his Magister in 2006 from the University de Buenos Aires, Argentina in “Numerical Simulation and Control”.

Since 2011, Jose has repeatedly presented at the SOLIDWORKS World and the 3DEXPERIENCE World conferences, speaking on all topics, such as simulation domains, structures, fluid dynamics, and plastic injection.

Jose's work experience includes fifteen years of working as a Researcher on Oil & Gas products, focusing on threaded connections. On top, for more than twenty years, Jose has taught as a Professor at the National Technology University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on numerical simulation subjects.

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Srikrishna CHITTUR > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Srikrishna CHITTUR
3DEXPERIENCE Works Industry Process Consult - Dassault Systèmes
Srikrishna CHITTUR > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Srikrishna CHITTUR
3DEXPERIENCE Works Industry Process Consult - Dassault Systèmes

Panel: Value-Up Journey - MODeling on SOLIDWORKS and SIMulating on 3DEXPERIENCE

Biography: 
Srikrishna S. CHITTUR is a SIMULIA Industry Process Expert at Dassault Systèmes who leads the technical enablement of Partner Resellers and Customers of Dassault Systèmes on simulation-driven innovation solutions offered by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Previously, Krishna led the product strategy, including roadmap planning, product definition, go-to-market, packaging, and pricing for SIMULIA’s mainstream fluid simulation (CFD) solution on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. As a passionate Evangelist of SIMULIA’s overall vision for Democratization, Krishna communicates, among others, with internal teams, key customers, and Value-Added Resellers (VARs) about Dassault Systèmes upfront Designer-centric simulation solutions addressing a broad range of industrial processes.

Before joining SIMULIA R&D in 2016, Krishna functioned as a Simulation Applications Expert at Trimech Solutions (SOLIDWORKS Reseller) with a focus on pre-sales, technical & sales training, technical support, marketing, and engineering services associated with the SOLIDWORKS Simulation portfolio. He holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering and Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
 

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Didier WAUTIER > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Didier WAUTIER
General Manager Digital and Virtual vehicle simulation - Renault
Didier WAUTIER > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Didier WAUTIER
General Manager Digital and Virtual vehicle simulation - Renault

Panel: ADAS: Increase active safety and driver assistance with MBSE

Biography:
Didier WAUTIER is an engineer from Centrale-Supelec with a specialization in image, signal processing and sensors. He began his career at Philips as a designer of target tracking functions for combat helicopters, then at Thales Optronics with responsibilities for the design of several ground and airborne systems on the Rafale laser designation and optronic system projects.
In 2001, he joined Renault, in charge of research and development of driver assistance systems (ADAS). He was then innovation project manager for the digital validation of electrical and electronic systems. Since 2016, he has been General Manager of the "Digital and Virtual vehicle simulation" department and is actively involved in the acceleration and digital transformation of the Alliance Engineering.
His skills also lead him to appraise projects for European and National projects. Didier is also a visiting professor at esteemed French engineering schools such as Centrale/Supelec and ENSTA.

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Shawn WASSERMAN
Sr. Editor (Simulation, IoT, PLM, AI and Cloud) - engineering.com
Shawn Wasserman > Speaker>  Dassault Systèmes
Shawn WASSERMAN
Sr. Editor (Simulation, IoT, PLM, AI and Cloud) - engineering.com

Panel : ADAS: Increase active safety and driver assistance with MBSE

Biography:
Shawn WASSERMAN is passionate about informing, inspiring, and engaging the engineering community. As a Senior Editor at engineering.com, he writes about simulation, IoT, PLM and other bleeding edge technologies. Shawn has spent a total of seven years at engineering.com. He has a Masters in Bioengineering from the University of Guelph and an undergrad in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

 

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