Ms. Yanan TANG, Master's Degree in Engineering, majoring in Materials Processing Engineering, has been engaged in CAE-related work since she graduated in 2011, and joined NIO in 2016, responsible for the simulation work in the development of the electric drive system of ES8, ES6 and other models. She is now the senior manager of the CAE engineering team for electric drive and high voltage systems, and her main research direction is the simulation of strength and durability risk, as well as multi-physics field coupling simulation and optimization.
Fernando DIAZ has been an Engineering Manager at RESEMIN since 2009. He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer at the Engineering National University in Peru. Fernando has worked with CAD, CAE and PDM for over fifteen years. Fernando has hands-on experience in Product Design and Development, and advanced Engineering (Simulation). He has a solid knowledge of engineering standards, regulations, and full-scale tests for mining heavy equipment certifications.
Manuel MORALES is a mechanical designer and structural analyst at RESEMIN. He graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from the Engineering National University in Lima-Peru. Manuel worked with SOLIDWORKS resellers in Peru and Colombia for seven years before joining Resemin six years ago.
Manuel’s expertise stems from working with SOLIDWORKS solutions for the past 13 years. Since 2013, he has been a SOLIDWORKS Elite Applications Engineer and a certified SOLIDWORKS Mechanical Design and Simulation Expert.
Graduated 2002 from EPFL in Lausanne as Dipl. Ing Mechanical Engineering with specializations in numerical methods and turbomachines.
Started his career at MTU Aeroengines in Munich in 2001 in the department for unsteady aerodynamics and acoustic design of jet engines. In 2004, the simulation department in the consulting branch of MTU covered all simulation domains. In 2008 moved to EXA Corporation as technical director for Central Europe and helped expand the Heavy Industry in Europe and Aerospace worldwide markets ending his EXA career as Managing Director for the Aerospace Industry. He moved into Dassault Systemes end of 2017 and took the lead of the Experience Management team for Aerospace and Defense as Technical Sales Director before transitioning into his role in 2019 as Senior Sales Director for Simulia in EuroCentral. His current role since 2023 is SIMULIA Sales & Marketing Vice President
26 years of expertise in Product Development & End to End Virtual Product / Experience Innovation.Since December 2019, CEO of CATIA at DASSAULT SYSTEMES.
He started his career at Dassault Systèmes (3DS) in 1995 in CATIA’s Shape Design Industrialization Team. Then, he 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 & Mobility industry, which assists manufacturers and suppliers in developing new mobility experiences for their consumers.
As CATIA CEO, he is looking forward to empower the Community of Design Innovators to Engineer & Experience the best System of System from Concept to Experience Driven Engineering.
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.
After starting in the field of simulation on rapid dynamic techniques such as crash, vulnerability, and explosion, she joined the Dassault Systèmes -Simulia teams in 2006. The missions covered by this team were support, training, service, and benchmarks. Since 2018, she joined the Dassault Systèmes EWEST pre-sales team to participate in transversal simulation projects, with follow-up on customers in the Marine & Offshore and Automotive industries, more particularly for France.
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.
Lisa McTigue PIERCE is the Executive Editor of Packaging Digest. She’s been a packaging media journalist since 1982 and tracks emerging trends, new technologies, and best practices across a spectrum of markets for the publication’s global community.
Arvind KRISHNAN is a senior industry analyst and head of Analysts and Research at Lifecycle Insights with more than two decades of experience working with digital design, simulation, and manufacturing solutions. Arvind covers design, simulation, product lifecycle management, and manufacturing for Lifecycle Insights and is also interested in technology-led sustainability initiatives. Before his position as an analyst, Arvind worked in product management in electromagnetic simulation, CFD, and computer-aided design.
Dhanachezhian DURAIKANNU is the Lead Mechanical Engineer at GE HealthCare passionate about FEA, CFD, and Injection Molding Simulation. He has over 20 years of experience in the Healthcare, Automotive, and CAD/CAE Industries. At GE HealthCare - the Anesthesia and Respiratory Care (ARC) division focuses on Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM). Volunteered as Production Associate (PA) at GE HealthCare Madison WI Plant to produce CARESCAPE R860 Ventilators during the Pandemic. Dhanachezhian holds a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai, India. Pursuing MS in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, with a vision to implement the latest technologies and learnings into New Product Introductions (NPI) by solving complex problems.
Shawn WASSERMAN is passionate about informing, inspiring, and engaging the engineering community. As a Senior Editor at engineering.com, he writes and manages sections on simulation, PLM, and other bleeding-edge technologies. He has spent over seven years at engineering.com and two years as the manager of Ansys blog. He has been back at engineering.com since 2021.
I’m Mark ZAKHEM, I am a Staff Hardware Design and Regulatory Engineer at Inovonics. I received my undergraduate degree from CU Boulder in Electrical Engineering and my master’s degree from CU Boulder with a focus on RF and high-speed design. I have been with Inovonics for over 2 years and my focus of work has been designing custom-printed antennas for our new products. Over the past few years, I have used CST Studio to design our most complicated and unique antennas to date. I presented for CATI for their webinar and at the SIMULIA Americas Users Conference, where I highlighted all the unique solutions and methods used through CST to achieve these complex and unique antenna design solutions. I showcased the capabilities of building unique environments for the antennas, optimizing through parameters, using the 2D/3D results (Electric & Magnetic Fields) and Far Field results for further validation, and an overview of the CST software concerning antenna simulation.
Gene is the Sr. Manager for Structures Engineering for Textron Aviation. His teams are responsible for the structural integrity of all Cessna and Beechcraft piston, turboprop, and jet product lines, i.e. “We make sure the wings don’t come off”. Gene has been part of the structures engineering team, starting with Cessna Aircraft, since 1996. He has participated in the airframe design of more clean-sheet jet aircraft than anyone in the world in that time span.
Gene received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nebraska. He is recognized as a Unit Member (UM) for strength analysis as part of Textron Aviation’s Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) office to find compliance on behalf of the FAA. Gene is also a corporate member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
Fabien is a designer/engineer working with agile methods at the Air Liquide campus innovation center. He has worked on healthcare device projects and used generative design apps for 4 years. His background is in robotics, UX design, product design, and motion, and is committed to innovation in order to make faster access to proof of concepts, integrated with a focus on a user-centric approach, human ergonomics, low material use, and price. He uses the CATIA application for this alongside craft methods. Chancel believes that design innovation is only possible with a mix of multidisciplinary methods, tools, and people.
Behrooz SHAHIDI is the Global Vehicle Simulation Integration Manager at Ford Motor Company North America & Europe.
His department has responsibilities of leading Ford CAE disciplines, which include vehicle safety, vehicle durability, vehicle NVH, Thermal System Engineering, and vehicle weight optimization, through all phases of product development – from Architecture concept development through tooling release, testing, and Job 1.
Behrooz has over 20 years of management experience at Ford, leveraging CAE to achieve optimized body and vehicle designs that best balance 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, and Flex.
Behrooz had a long-standing association with Body Structures CAE, where he supervised the evolution of several vehicle programs. He was leading a team responsible for evaluating Body Stiffness, NVH, and Durability attributes. Since the beginning of 2016, Behrooz has been the Manager for CAE Integration within the 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 their variants for study. With CATIA and SIMULIA suite of tools (Abaqus, Eyesight, Tosca), Behrooz pioneered and implemented a process using 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.
Mr. KNAPP has a Master’s in Aerospace from MIT and over 25 years of innovative aircraft design experience including founder and CTO for the Zunum hybrid-electric aircraft and lead design for the Javelin very light jet. Mr. KNAPP is currently Chief Engineer for H2 Clipper on the next generation of airships for zero emissions air transport.
Kenneth WONG is DE (Digital Engineering) 24/7’s senior editor and the host of the DE Hot Seat webcast series. He regularly writes feature articles on trends in CAD, CAM, CAE, PLM, and AR/VR, among others.
Brian ALBRIGHT is the Editorial Director at Digital Engineering magazine. He has been writing about engineering and design topics since 2014.
Srikrishna S. CHITTUR leads the technical enablement of Customers, Internal teams, and value channel partners of Dassault Systemes on MODSIM-driven product innovation enabled by 3DEXPERIENCE WORKS simulation portfolio. Previously, he was leading the product strategy for mainstream fluid simulation (CFD) solutions on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, including roadmap planning, product definition, go-to-market, packaging, and pricing. As a passionate Evangelist of Dassault Systemes SIMULIA Brand’s overall vision for Democratization, Krishna has been actively involved in communicating with internal teams, key customers, and Value Added Resellers (VARs) about our upfront Designer-centric simulation solutions addressing a broad range of Industry processes. Before joining Dassault Systemes SIMULIA R&D in 2016, Krishna functioned as a Simulation Applications Expert at Trimech Solutions with a focus on pre-sales, technical & sales training, technical support, marketing, and engineering services associated with the SOLIDWORKS Simulation portfolio. Before Trimech, he worked as an Aerodynamics Engineer and Nuclear Propulsion Research fellow at private and government organizations in the US. He holds a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from San Jose State University in California, USA, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from B.M.S College of Engineering in Bengaluru, India.
Laurent ROTA (Dr.-Ing.) is a mechanical engineering expert in advanced numerical methods, currently in the virtual engineering team in Stellantis, where he is responsible for the digital plan, dedicated to new methodologies and numerical modeling development.
He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and defended his PhD on inverse problems applied to structural dynamics. He joined PSA Peugeot Citroën (now Stellantis) after a decade at the French Ministry for Defense. He also teaches as an associate professor at ENSTA Paris engineering school.
Frederic MERCERON is the Solution Director for the Transportation & Mobility industry at Dassault Systèmes. His role is to deliver industry-leading solutions for vehicle manufacturers (Cars, Trucks, Buses, Trains, Motorcycle, and Racing) and suppliers to help them innovate, develop, test, and produce new mobility experiences for their consumers.
After finishing his Master's Degree as a mechanical engineer, he worked for KTI as an applications engineer in Knowledge-Based Engineering, working with renowned customers such as Airbus, PSA, Valeo, and Ford.
In 2000, Frederic joined Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA V5 Vehicle Architecture team and helped to introduce V5 solutions for preliminary design at several OEMs. After two years there, he took the leadership of the Vehicle Body-in-White (BiW) team; ensuring Car & Truck OEMs and Suppliers deployed best in class design engineering methodologies.
In January 2007, Frederic moved to SIMULIA, a new brand created after the acquisition of Abaqus, and took the lead of the center of competency. He then helped to develop DS’ SLM solution (Simulation Life cycle Management), strengthened by the additional acquisition 2 years later of Enginous.
Mel CREASEY has recently joined Dassault Systèmes as a SIMULIA Business Development Consultant focusing on the CPG-R Industry.
Mel comes to us following a career of over 30 years with Unilever. There he held various Supply Chain Engineering and R&D Packaging innovation roles at their Port Sunlight and Leeds R&D centres. Most recently, he led the Process Excellence team and the Digital Transformation program for the global packaging community. This supported over 600 developers worldwide, across all business categories and packaging formats.
Mel works with our colleagues worldwide to demonstrate the 3DEXPERIENCE value for packaging development and optimization and ultimately supports Customers in growing their Packaging-related business.
Matthias FRIEDRICH holds a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He joined Dassault Systèmes through the acquisition of FE-Design and their non-parametric optimization software Tosca, which has been integrated in various forms into Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
Simulation-based optimization has been a recurring theme throughout his professional career. After an award-winning thesis on the first industrial application of Tosca, he worked for more than 5 years on this topic as a CAE project manager at Freudenberg, a leading global supplier of sealing and vibration control products made of rubber.
In his subsequent role as Head of Engineering Services at FE-Design, he supported customers from various industrial sectors in hundreds of simulation-based optimization projects for more than 10 years and helped them roll out optimization strategies in their simulation processes.
After the acquisition of FE-Design by Dassault Systemes, he moved to the worldwide DS sales channel enablement for several years with a focus on optimization and later on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Since the beginning of 2023, he has additionally had a CPG-R industry focus and is working with our colleagues worldwide to bring the value of the MODSIM approach to customers in the consumer packaged goods industry, where simulation and optimization play a more and more important role due to the sustainability mandate.
Jonathan is currently Director of High Tech Industry Enablement at Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA where he is responsible for technical content, advanced engagements, and new methodology. Previously he has held leadership positions at a Silicon Valley start-up company and at CST where he looked after North American sales prior to its acquisition by Dassault Systemes in 2016. Jonathan has an engineering background in electronics and electromagnetic simulation and holds a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering.
Karl D'SOUZA is computational modeling and simulation professional with extensive experience in technology consulting, product management, and business development as they pertain to simulation-based solutions for science and technology companies.
In his current role as Life Sciences Industry Solution Experience Director at Dassault Systèmes, he is responsible for managing the Design and Engineering portfolio of Dassault Systèmes’ solutions for medical devices, bio-pharmaceuticals, and patient care.
Prior to his current role, he helped grow Dassault Systèmes’ Virtual Human Modeling initiative with a special focus on cardiovascular and neurological applications and was a founding member of the Living Heart Project and product manager of the Living Heart Human Model.
Karl has a B. Tech in Materials Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from SUNY Buffalo, and an MBA from Bryant University, and is based in Providence, RI, USA.
Swen has over 15 years experience of in bringing simulation technology to the Aerospace & Defense Industry. In his current role, he supports SIMULIA R&D in defining product requirements for A&D customers and enabling Sales and Partners to deploy SIMULIA solutions in the industry.
Prior to joining Dassault Systemes, he served as Vice President of Aerospace at Exa Corporation, leading a team to develop and deploy Exa’s fluid flow simulation technology. He spent over 20 years at Exa in technical and business development roles for the automotive and aerospace industries.
Swen received a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Martin DREAU is Industry Process Expert in Worldwide Technical Sales, CATIA Concept Engineering at Dassault Systèmes.
Martin has a background in the field of conceptual design of thin-walled structures with over eight years of professional experience. He has expertise in utilizing 3D parametric modeling techniques, Finite Element Analysis, and multi-disciplinary optimization strategies.
After obtaining a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, Martin began his career as a Project Engineer in the field of Systems Simulation at Siemens PLM. In 2015, he joined Dassault Systèmes Germany as a consultant, where he has contributed to many industrial projects worldwide across the automotive, train and aerospace domains.
Rick SHOCK is a SIMULIA Industry Process Expert Director with responsibilities in the Transportation and Mobility industry. Rick has over 20 years of experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics and has worked with vehicle OEMs throughout the world on vehicle aerodynamics for styling, development & digital certification. Rick is based in Waltham MA.
Manohar PRABHU is the Director of Worldwide Technical Sales, CATIA Concept Engineering at Dassault Systèmes.
PRABHU has more than 25 years of experience working on several projects 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 recipient of the German Academic Exchange scholarship (DAAD) to continue the Master's degree at the 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 merge and integration of SFE GmbH with Dassault Systèmes.
Jaya Raju NAMALA is an Airbus Technology leader with 17 years of experience in solving some of the most challenging aerospace structural problems. Currently, he is playing two parallel leadership roles to enable engineering transformation, one as an Airbus Expert in Advanced nonlinear structural simulations and the other as an Airbus INDIA & South Asia Engineering Technical Referent Community leader.
He is India's first Airbus Tech expert and one of the youngest globally. He takes a lot of pride in developing new methods and shaping the future of Advanced nonlinear structural simulations. He represents Airbus in Several professional bodies and contributes actively to developing modeling and simulation Industry Standards. He is part of the Aerospace Industry working group developing the Modelling and Simulation Credibility Assurance Framework Industry standard.