Nigel Shaw is an internationally respected expert and consultant in the area of product data and related standardization. During his career Nigel has been editor of the STEP standard and more recently has been the technical authority on PLCS (Product Life Cycle Support) and its implementation. Nigel has been Managing Director of Eurostep Limited since 1995. He led Eurostep Group’s involvement in two major European R&D projects on modelling, simulation and information management (led by Airbus) and with the SAVI consortium on model consistency. Nigel holds a MS in Numerical Computation from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and a BS in Geological Geophysics from Reading University.