Joe graduated from Cambridge University and gained a PhD from Imperial College before joining Jaguar Cars as an aerodynamicist in 1998. Joe was responsible for the aerodynamic development of a number of Jaguar vehicles, using physical tests methods and CFD and eventually became the Technical Specialist for Aerodynamics at JLR. Joe then joined Exa Corporation in 2005, as their first UK employee, in order to focus exclusively on CFD with the PowerFLOW toolset.
At Exa Joe was heavily involved in the development and deployment of the PowerFLOW toolset for automotive and motorsport across the world. In 2017 Exa was acquired by Dassault Systèmes, as part of their SIMULIA Brand. Joe now manages a team dedicated to delivering automated simulation & optimization process to SIMULIA customers worldwide.
Adriano GAGLIARDI leads the cloud initiative for Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA within the Strategy team where he has been collaborating with diverse teams across the SIMULIA brand to drive transformation on cloud for over 5 years. Adriano joined Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA from the Exa Corporation acquisition in 2018, and he has over 17 years’ experience in CAE within the T&M, A&D, and Motorsport industries. Adriano has both an MEng in Aeronautical Engineering and a PhD in Computational Aerodynamics from the University of Glasgow.