Gerald J. Deren, Executive Director, Americas Business Development & Consulting, Siemens Strategic Industries Americas
Gerry Deren leads a team of Business Development & Consulting professionals and Solution Architects across Siemens PLM industry business units as well as new and emerging markets. Mr. Deren has spent the past 25 years primarily focused on Automotive, and Aerospace and Defense, and the last eight years dedicated to Space and Global supply chains. He also represents Siemens as part of the Stanford Global Supply Chain consortium and has been as a speaker on the topic of global collaboration and taken part in multiple panel discussions.
Business Development & Consulting is responsible for capturing the voice of the customer and representing it through the solution development process and to provide back to the customers - insight into current industry and market trends, Value of change and Leading Practices. It is through this customer interaction that we are able to map the proper solution to address customer’s needs and help them determine their return on their investment.
Mr. Deren began his career in 1972 in the automotive industry in systems/electro-mechanical product development. He joined Computervision in 1980 as a systems engineer before he became part of a team that invented PLM business consulting. He joined Siemens to develop their business development organization in 1998.