Don Tolle is Co-Director, Simulation-Driven Systems Development Practice, for CIMdata. Don brings to CIMdata and his clients more than 40 years of PLM industry experience in the disciplines of new product development and virtual product development working with global manufacturing companies in the automotive, aerospace & defense, industrial equipment, marine, consumer products, medical products, and high-tech electronics industries.
Don has held various management positions in the CAE and the broader PLM software and services industry involved in strategic planning and M&A, product management, software product development, product and services marketing, engineering services consulting, technology R&D, best practices development, and strategic business development. He has worked with both emerging Simulation and CAE startups as well as existing PLM mindshare leaders to evangelize their technology platforms and solutions from early adoption through market acceptance and maturity. Don holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Cincinnati.
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