David ZIEGLER leads the Dassault Systèmes Worldwide Aerospace & Defense Business through the development of its Industry-leading Solution Experiences, based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Prior to Dassault Systèmes, David held multiple positions in the Aerospace industry, including 12 years at Airbus both in France and the U.S., holding positions in Strategy, Sales, and Business development, and most recently at Aéroports de Paris. A French citizen, David’s career in aerospace began when he obtained his Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Supaero, followed by an MBA from INSEAD. Passionate about everything that flies, he also enjoys kite-surfing and spending time with his wife and two children, when he is not on a plane.
Nicolas KAWSKI is Program Director at Dassault Systèmes, in charge of all the delivery done by this major editor for all AIRBUS business units. Having graduated as an engineer in fluid and numerical mechanics, Mr. KAWSKI worked and developed activities on the numerical simulation and on structural optimization in aeronautical projects in Capgemini during 10 years. Then he joined AEROLIA, becoming STELIA Aerospace and AIRBUS Atlantic, as program manager to work with all main Aerospace OEMs, as Bombardier, Boeing, Embraer and Dassault Aviation on serial productions and new development programs. He joined Dassault Systèmes in 2021 as Program Director to support deployment of 3DEXPERIENCE within the AIRBUS group in the framework of the partnerships set up between AIRBUS DASSAULT SYSTEMES.