Arunachalam THIRAVIAM is a Senior MODSIM Industry Process Expert at Dassault Systèmes focused on transforming engineering workflows through automation, simulation, and digital continuity. He works with customers and internal development teams to create MODSIM frameworks that connect CAD, FEA, CFD, and PLM processes on a common data model. Drawing on more than a decade of experience in simulation consulting, product management, and engineering software deployment, Arun helps organizations reduce setup effort, improve process standardization, and scale simulation across engineering teams. His recent work centers on modular automation templates for subsystem-level analysis, enabling faster design exploration and more efficient virtual validation in industries like Transportation & Mobility.
Joe AMODEO is the Director for Process Automation & Optimisation within SIMULIA R&D. Joe graduated from Cambridge University and gained a Ph.D. 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 test 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 processes to SIMULIA customers worldwide. These automated solutions typically leverage the unified Modelling and Simulation data model of the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform on the cloud, otherwise known as MODSIM (MODeling & SIMulation).