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Colin CLEMSON > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Colin CLEMSON
Vice President - Dassault Systèmes
Colin CLEMSON > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Colin CLEMSON
Vice President - Dassault Systèmes

Colin is the Dassault Systèmes partner channel leader for the Northern European region.

Colin joined Dassault Systèmes in 2002 following a successful career within the Aerospace and Defence domain as well as various established and startup companies in the IT sector. During his time at Dassault Systèmes, he has been involved in addressing some of the key challenges across the multiple Industries that Dassault Systèmes serve. 

Focusing on the Automotive sector, Colin has represented Dassault Systems in many of the major OEM’s such as JLR, Bentley Motors, McLaren, Honda, Nissan, and Toyota during his career helping these companies address many of the business challenges that they have faced. Today, Colin is working with many suppliers serving these Automotive OEM’s in his partner role delivering solutions to support future vehicle innovation.

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Arjo VAN DER HAM > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Arjo VAN DER HAM
Lightyear - Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
Arjo VAN DER HAM > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Arjo VAN DER HAM
Lightyear - Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

Early Age

Arjo grew up in a small farmers' village in South Holland, the Netherlands. The place he grew up in was ideal to play outside and build things due to the amount of space it had, so it is not really a surprise he grew up to become an engineer. He worked in an auto repair shop, learning the ins and outs of petrol cars and realized how far from perfect they were. This would, later on, convince him of the necessity to build electric vehicles. University and the solar team After finishing high school, Arjo went to the University of Eindhoven to study for his MSc in Electrical Engineering, in which he specialized in Power Electronics and Control Systems. His knowledge didn’t stay unnoticed since he later got a call from Lex to join the solar team. In the team, he fulfilled the role of Chief Powertrain and spent a lot of time modeling energy consumption and designing the solar panel.

Lightyear

Arjo and Qurein decided to call Lex a few months prior to their graduation to start thinking about their options for the future. This led to the magical engineer’s group meeting every Thursday, which eventually led to founding Lightyear. Currently, Arjo fulfills the role of Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for the technology roadmap, IP, vehicle specification, trend watching, and benchmarking.

Vision

“We're moving more towards a sharing economy, and in the long term we'll be flying :)” — Arjo

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Olivier SAPPIN > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Olivier SAPPIN
Chief Executive Officer CATIA - Dassault Systèmes
Olivier SAPPIN > Speaker > Dassault Systèmes®
Olivier SAPPIN
Chief Executive Officer CATIA - Dassault Systèmes

Olivier SAPPIN has 24 years of expertise in the Transportation and Mobility Industry and 3D Design and End to End Virtual Product / Experience Innovation. Since December 2019, he has been CEO of CATIA at DASSAULT SYSTEMES.

He started his career at Dassault Systèmes (3DS) in 1995 in CATIA’s Shape Design Industrialization Team. He then joined 3DS International Automotive Competency Center working with renowned customers like HONDA, FIAT, BMW, CHRYSLER, and PSA to help them transform their design practices in the area of car body and styling. Through these experiences, he acquired deep knowledge of the automotive sector and customers’ business processes. 

In 2011, he was appointed Vice President of the new defined Transportation and Mobility industry, which helps manufacturers and suppliers to develop new mobility experiences for their consumers.

Olivier really enjoys the new challenge to lead and represent the prestigious brand CATIA.

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