François Joined Dassault Systèmes in 2005, following the acquisition of Virtools as the VP Sales EMEAR, before starting a new position in 2013 within the CATIA Brand, as the Creative Design Portfolio Director.
His mission is to define the Strategy and to build the Portfolio of solutions for the Creative Design and Human Experience disciplines. Prior to join Dassault Systèmes, François spent over 10 years as Managing Sales in the Software and Hardware integration and application development activities, in the field of Virtual Reality and interactive 3D.
Laurent started his career within Dassault Systèmes, where he joined the industrialization department of CATIA R&D. During 10 years, he ensured various jobs of test engineering, customer support and QA manager, where he contributed to massive adoption on the market of our core engineering & surfacing applications, from both CATIA V4 & CATIA V5 versions, mostly through dedicated projects with key customers in Transport & Mobility and Aerospace & Defense industries.
Laurent joined CATIA Design portfolio team in 2009, taking care of CATIA most advanced surfaces solutions such as ICEM products and Reverse Engineering domain where his missions led him to produce materials for marketing purpose or customer support. Always pushing for innovation and process transformations, Laurent is leading the CATIA Design Surface Refinement R&D portfolio strategy, through deployment projects with partners and customers. Laurent maintains the important link between B2B world & CATIA R&D, to daily build & improve creative solutions, and finally propose best possible offer for a classically demanding population of surface modeling experts worldwide.
Stephan is with Dassault Systèmes for over 9 years and his professional experience in CAD, High-End Visualization, Virtual Reality and professional Product Development Methodologies sums up to more than 20 years.
Before being appointed as Portfolio Management Director for V+R Product Experience at CATIA in 2016, Stephan RITZ was Vice President for the Design and Engineering business at the RTT AG. He held various management positions at RTT AG, that included the technical development of Virtual Reality and High End Visualization solutions as well as managing advanced consulting teams and business development for our key Design and Engineering customers.
Prior to this, Stephan was working multiple years in the R&D department of the US based Mechdyne Corporation, developing virtual reality software applications for High End VR Centers.
Aude MASSONI is a creative designer in the CATIA R&D Design portfolio team at Dassault Systèmes. She works jointly with design studios and CATIA development teams to orient and improve CATIA solutions through creative projects and user feedback.
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Edouard SUTRE is a design engineer and expert in 3D parametric design. He is part of DASSAULT SYSTEMES and CATIA R&D organization, as product technical manager. His main mission is to promote and support the development of powerful and innovative roles & applications for the community of creative designers.
After several years in the marine industry specializing in 3D modeling of ship structures and hull shapes, Pierre joined the CATIA Design & Styling team. Leveraging his expertise in surface modeling and passion for product development, he now focuses on surface refinement topics.
Martin is with Dassault Systèmes for over 10 years and has worked in the industry as a Design & Process Consultant, Team Lead, Project Manager and R&D Advisor. As Senior Roles Portfolio Manager, he is currently in charge of the rendering solutions in our CATIA Design portfolio. Martin has always been passionate about pixels – before joining Dassault Systèmes, he worked as a 3D Artist in the computer games industry since 2005.
His professional experience in computer graphics, rendering and high-end visualization sums up to more than 20 years. Beyond his expertise in industrial design visualization, he loves science-fiction and visual effects, gaming, VR and digital arts.
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Manuel has been immersed in the world of 3D software for over 24 years. He has held roles ranging from application engineer at Spatial, a Dassault Systèmes company specializing in 3D software components, to Product Manager in the CATIA Design portfolio team.
He currently leads the CATIA Product Perception Experience app, enabling design teams to explore all variants of a project and make accurate, informed design decisions.
A passionate 3D enthusiast since the age of 15, he enjoys 3D racing games, science fiction, AR/VR, and building intricate Lego sets in his free time.
