Dr. Jan M. Leuridan, CEO, LMS, A Siemens Business

Dr. Jan Leuridan joined LMS International in 1984 as Research and Development Manager and was subsequently appointed to the position of Chief Technical Officer for the company. Since 1987, he also served as a member of the Board of Directors of LMS. Following the acquisition of LMS by Siemens in 2013, Dr. Leuridan became Senior Vice President, Simulation & Test segment, Siemens PLM Software.

Dr. Leuridan received an engineering degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Leuven in 1980. He later received a M.Sc. (1981) and Ph.D. (1984) from the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering of the University of Cincinnati.