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Anders Carlsson, Senior Advisor, Volvo Car Corporation

Anders Carlsson is a senior advisor to Volvo Car Corporation (Volvo Cars) in the area of Virtual Manufacturing and PLM. In this role he is responsible for the Volvo Cars lead time reduction project within Manufacturing. He has been using and implementing Virtual Manufacturing solutions at Volvo Cars and within the BMW Group for over 25 years.

Peter Bilello, President, CIMdata

Peter Bilello has more than 25 years of experience in the development of business-enabling IT solutions for research, engineering, and manufacturing organizations worldwide. He has participated in PLM analysis, selection, implementation, and training; CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM implementation and management; synchronous and lean manufacturing consulting; software engineering; and general data management strategy development and support. He has authored numerous papers and research reports on PLM and related topics, and his articles, commentaries, and perspectives have appeared in publications throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Peter has been directly involved with consultation on the selection, integration,...

John Mannisto, Engineering Director, Simulation-Based Design, Whirlpool Corporation

John Mannisto is Engineering Director for Simulation-Based Design at Whirlpool Corporation. Prior to joining Whirlpool, over five years ago, John held positions at Lockheed and John Deere. Has also been a CAE consultant to the aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas industries. His current focus is on CAE productivity in structures, fluids, dynamics, and manufacturing. John holds BSME and MSME degrees from Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Arun Ramaratnam, Engineering Systems Project Leader, PLM and Engineering IT, Cummins Filtration

Arun Ramaratnam has worked in the PLM and Engineering IT group at Cummins Filtration for the past three years, leading projects to improve productivity by enhancing functionality of engineering tools and processes. Arun is also involved in implementing global systems like PLM and Simulation Data Management for Cummins.

Before joining Cummins, Arun worked as a PLM Consultant for six years with an engineering consulting firm based in Atlanta. He implemented PLM solutions for more than 10 companies during his consulting career. Arun has experience working with many clients on a...

David Feng, Principal Systems Engineer, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)

David Feng is a Principal Systems Engineer at Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., one of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) operating companies. David has over twenty years of technical experience in the fields of electromechanical, electrical, and software engineering, both in the medical device and telecommunication industries. David's areas of expertise include system architecting and design, embedded RT control systems, probabilistic risk analysis, and PLM. For the past eight years, his work has been focused on developing an unprecedented Computer-Aided Personalized Sedation (CAPS) delivery system at J&J.

David earned a BE in Mechanical...

Dr. Mahesh Turaga, Technical Lead, Aerospace & Defense Industry, Dassault Systèmes 

Mahesh Turaga is the Technical Lead for the Aerospace & Defense Industry sales team for the SIMULIA brand and is responsible for technical sales for SIMULIA's North American aerospace customers. He also manages the SIMULIA on-site consulting team at Boeing. Prior to his current role, Mahesh managed a global on-site team at Procter & Gamble and his team was involved in methodology development, collaborative development and the simulation of various manufacturing processes. Mahesh has been with Dassault Systèmes for the last 11 years and has worked with customers in solving various...

Steve Partridge, Senior Customer Solutions Specialist, PTC

Steve Partridge is a Senior Customer Solutions Specialist at PTC. In this role he works with clients to understand, design, and implement processes that address the complexities of systems engineering and their supply chain. Previously at MKS he was a Requirements Management Product Manager. Steve studied computer science at Sheridan College in Canada.

Craig A. Brown, PLM Leader, Global Engineering Systems Development & PLM, General Motors

Craig Brown has 35 years of experience in systems engineering, both in the automotive and aerospace industries. He manages engineering and IT teams developing tools to improve product engineering. These teams have received patents, engineering awards, and ROIs. Craig received GM’s Boss Kettering Award in 2003, using OnStar to monitor and report Vehicle Diagnostics. The acquisition of knowledge applied across product portfolios is key to the next wave of Product Lifecycle Management. Craig was appointed the GM PLM Leader in September 2012.

Dave Conover has over 30 years of experience in mechanical CAE software development with ANSYS, Inc. During his career at ANSYS, he as been involved in the development of elements, nonlinear material models, solution strategies, and solvers. He also architected the FEA solver code in use today and led the efforts to embrace distributed memory parallelism within it. Dave has also managed the development group and in his current position as Chief Technologist, he leads the R&D initiatives concerning mechanical applications at ANSYS.

Dave has a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Paul Caito, Director of the CAE Center of Excellence, Siemens PLM Software

As Director of the CAE Center of Excellence, Siemens PLM Software, Paul Caito is responsible for the technical support of the Siemens suite of CAE products including NX CAE and Teamcenter for Simulation. Paul has over 30 years of experience in the field of computer-aided engineering across multiple disciplines including aerospace, automotive, heavy equipment, and consumer products.  He joined SDRC as Project Engineer in 1983 and has held multiple positions at SDRC, EDS, UGS, and Siemens relating to the development, application, and deployment  of CAE tools, workflow development, and...