A Who's-Who of the engineering software community (CAD/CAE/CAM/PDM/PLM/BIM/GIS) will participate in COFES 2017, including those shown here, who have already registered for COFES as of April 4, 2017:

• Aditya Gurushankar, Manager, Solid Edge Product Design, Siemens PLM
• Ahmad Haidari, Global Industry Director, ANSYS
• Alain Genard, Vice-President, Sales, Noesis Solutions
• Allan Behrens, Managing Director, Taxal
• Amanda Piao, Ph.D. Candidate, Stanford University
• Andreas Vlahinos, Principal, Advanced Engineering Solutions
• Antoine Reymond, Senior Manager, Industry Solutions and Strategy, AMD
• Ben Brown, Professor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Ben Mitchell, Head of Product, Plethora
• Ben Parikh, Executive Director, Global Business Development, Intergraph
• Ben Urick, President, nVariate
• Bill Brothers, Business Development Executive, Dassault Systemes SIMULIA
• Bill Chown, Product Manager, Mentor Graphics
• Bill Mannion, CMO, Coventry Computer
• Blake Courter, Head of Software Research, Stratasys
• Bob Bean, COO, Kubotek USA
• Bob Deragisch, Director, Engineering Services, Parker Hannifin
• Bob Edwards, ,
• Bob Kahr, Director BD & Strategic Partnerships, Trimble A&D Division, SketchUp
• Bob Zacharias, Aero Thermal Leader, General Electric
• Boris Shoov, Executive Vice-President, AMC Bridge
• Brad Holtz, President & CEO, Cyon Research
• Brad Rothenberg, CEO, nTopology
• Brian Dabell, President, HBM Prenscia
• Brian Rohde, Senior Manager, Dassault Systemes Spatial
• Carolyn Castillo, Project Manager, The Center for Understanding Change
• Carsten Hochmuth, Director, Product Management, aPriori Technologies
• Cass Wesselman, Managing Partner, Aspire Capital
• Chad Jackson, President & Founder, Lifecycle Insights
• Charles Zhao, Deputy Director, R&D, ZWCAD Software
• Chris De Neef, Owner, Fast Track Consulting
• Chris Keating, General Manager, SketchUp, Trimble
• Chris Turner, CEO, Business Advantage
• Chris Wilkes, President & CEO, Sigmetrix
• Chris Wood, Professor & Former Vice-President, Santa Fe Institute
• Chuck House, CEO, InnovaScapes Institute
• Craig Dennis, CTO, TransMagic
• Craig Therrien, Senior Product Manager, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• Dallas Beddingfield, COO, Evolution Computing
• Dan Sokol, CEO, DISCUS Software
• Darel Coterel, Manager, Technical Information Systems, Mueller Water Products
• Darren Larkins, CEO, SSI (ShipConstructor Software, Inc.)
• Darren Young, Director of Operations Technology, Hermanson Company
• Dave Evans, CEO & Co-Founder, Fictiv
• Dave Opsahl, Vice-President of Corporate Development, Tech Soft 3D
• David Cohn, Contributing Editor, Digital Engineering
• David Darbyshire, Engineer & Co-Owner, DASI Solutions
• David Heiny, CEO, SimScale GmbH
• David Martin, Chairman & CTO, Nureva
• David Zuniga, Commercial Innovation Manager, Center for Advancement of Science in Space
• Deb Mishra, President & CEO, QuadRite
• Deke Smith, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
• Denis Morais, CTO, SSI
• Denyse Davis, Executive Vice-President of Business Development, Nutritional Microanalysis
• Diana King, Director of Curriculum Development, The Brinks School
• Doc Hall, Chairman, Compression Institute
• Doug Macdonald, Director of Product Management, Aras Corporation
• Eric Greenwade, Chief Analytics Officer, Coventry Computer
• Erik Lewis, Business Relationship Manager, Southland Industries
• Evan Knuttila, Vice-President- Sales, PLM Components, Siemens PLM
• Evan Yares, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
• Fouad El Khaldi, General Manager, Strategy & Innovation, ESI Group
• Frank Popielas, Executive Consultant, CIMdata
• Frank Sarno, Director, Project Management Administration, Mortenson Construction
• Gavin Bridgeman, Vice-President of Products, Tech Soft 3D
• Hans-Peter Plag, Professor, MARI, Old Dominion University
• Harry Blount, Founder & CEO, DISCERN
• Hubertus Tummescheit, President, Modelon
• Hugues Tsafak, Director of Product Development, Vectorworks
• Ider Guzman, Vice-President, Latin America, Data on ACiD
• Igor Tsinman, President, AMC Bridge
• Jack Byers, CEO, VMI
• Jack Ring, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
• James Reinders, HPC Enthusiast, JamesReinders
• Jason Cooper, Senior Software Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Jason Preston, Co-Founder, Parnassus Group
• Jay Vleeschhouwer, Research Analyst, Griffin Securities
• Jean-Jacques Grimaud, Director, Sales, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• Jeff Rowe, Executive Editor, MCADCafe, Internet Business Systems
• Jeremy Herrman, CTO, Plethora
• Jeremy Wiley, CEO, Tethered Air
• Jesse Coors-Blankenship, CEO, Frustum
• Jim Brown, President, Tech-Clarity
• Jim Doxey, Product Configuration Manager, Oculus
• Joe Dunne, Developer Relations, Onshape
• Joe Galliera, Technical Sales, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• Joe Miller, Mechanical Engineeer, Cruz Associates
• Joe Walsh, CEO & Founder, IntrinSIM
• Joel Orr, Chief Visionary, Emeritus, Cyon Research
• John Bacus, Product Management Director, SketchUp, Trimble Navigation
• John Breshears, President, Architectural Applications
• John Chawner, President & Co-Founder, Pointwise
• John Hayes, CEO, Engineering.com
• John Jenkins, Sales Manager, North America, Noesis Solutions
• John Kizior, Global Director, Project Technology, AECOM
• John Whetstone, Director, CTO Marketing, Siemens PLM
• Jon Hirschtick, Co-Founder & CEO, Onshape
• Jon Stevenson, Senior Vice-President, Global Software, Stratasys
• Jonathan Sauder, Technologist, USC
• Julian Gómez, CxO, Polished Pixels
• Karen Caswelch, CEO, TBD
• Karl vom Berge, Product Manager, Materialise
• Karlheinz Peters, Director, International Business Development, IntrinSIM
• Kathleen deValk, Chief Architect, Omneo, Siemens PLM
• Keith Meintjes, Senior Consultant, CIMdata
• Keith Mountain, President, Phenometry
• Ken Hall, Architect, Gensler
• Kevin Zich, Director, Engineering, TriMech
• Larry Chilelli, Principal, Wireless Services
• Lee Hall, Principal, E2MS
• Linda Lokay, CEO, Dassault Systemes Spatial
• Lou Pascarella, CTO, Geometric Global
• Louis Hecht, President, OpenBIM & Associates
• Manu Parpia, Managing Director & CEO, Geometric
• Marc Halpern, Research Vice-President, Gartner
• Marc Lind, Senior Vice-President, Global Marketing, Aras
• Mark Anderson, CEO, Conventry Computer
• Mark Anderson, CTO, Concepts NREC
• Mark Driscoll, Senior Director, 3Dconnexion
• Mark Guthrie, Program Manager, Smart2Market
• Mark Stevens, Director, Global Data Solutions, Oceaneering International
• Mark Vorwaller, President, ZWSOFT America
• Mark Williams, Vice-President, Worldwide Sales, Dassault Systemes Spatial
• Martin Fischer, Director, CIFE-Stanford
• Masao Morito, General Manager, iCAD LTD
• Massimo Signani, CEO, DPT/think3
• Matt Milinusic, CEO, OnTrack Engineering
• Max Bogdanov, CEO, ASCON
• Melanie Mitchell, Professor, Computer Science, Portland State University
• Michael Bogomolny, CTO, ParaMatters
• Michael Carrier, CTO, Flux.io
• Michael Dushkoff, Senior Software Engineer, Coventry Computer
• Michael Tardif, Managing Partner, Building Informatics
• Michelle Boucher, Vice-President, Tech-Clarity
• Mike Buchli, Product Manager, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• Mike Payne, CEO, Kenesto
• Mike Riddle, CEO, Evolution Computing
• Mitch Debora, CEO, Mosaic Manufacturing
• Murray Cantor, CTO, Aptage
• Nathanael Miller, Aerospace Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center
• Neil Peterson, President, Open Design Alliance
• Nicolas Tillet, Product Portfolio Manager, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks
• Oleg Shilovitsky, CEO & Founder, openBoM
• Oleg Zykov, CEO, C3D Labs
• Oliver Duncan, Product Manager, Solid Edge Design, Siemens PLM
• Oliver Parschat, Business Development Manager, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence
• Pat McGowan, (retired), FIS Sungard
• Patrick Rainsberry, Business Development Manager, Autodesk
• Paul Grunau, President, GEO-SLOPE
• Paul Stallings, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
• Pete Marks, Managing Director, Design Insight
• Pete Wells, President, Smart2Market, Inc.
• Peter Olsson, CEO, PK Data AB
• Peter Schroer, CEO, Aras
• Peter Thorne, Managing Director, Cambashi
• Phares Noel, Senior Analyst, Cyon Research
• Phil Christensen, Vice-President, Analytical Modeling, Bentley Systems
• Rajesh Bhartiya, Founder & CEO, ProtoTech Solutions
• Ralph Grabowski, Editor, upFront.eZine Publishing
• Ralph Verrilli, Managing Director, Madison Park Group
• Richard Marshall, CEO, X-SES Consultants
• Richard Semmes, Senior Director, Omneo Research & Development, Siemens PLM
• Ricky Ricardo, Founder, Data on ACiD
• Ro Nagpal, Investor, RoNagpal
• Rob McAveney, Chief Architect, Aras
• Rob Richards, Head of Strategy, Stottler Henke Associates
• Ron Fritz, CEO, Tech Soft 3D
• Roopinder Tara, Director of Content, Engineering.com
• Scott Brinks, Director, ICN Management
• Scott Foster, Principal, Misaki Research
• Scott Hutchinson, Senior Manager, R&D Science and Engineering, Sandia National Laboratories
• Scott Leemans, Senior Mechanical Engineer, AlphaBet [X]
• Sean Regan, President, International Operations, OnTrack Engineering
• Sergei Azernikov, CEO, ParaMatters
• Sergey Bikulov, Executive Director, Top Systems
• Sergey Evsikov, CEO, ASCON -Design Systems
• Sergey Kozlov, CTO & Director, R&D, Top Systems
• Sergey Kuraksin, General Director, Top Systems
• Sergey Vishnevetsky, Director of Development, Open Design Alliance
• Silvana Nani, Board Member, Center for Understanding Change
• Stacey Giard, COO, Tola Capital
• Stephen Larson, CEO, MetaCell
• Steve Coy, President, TimeLike Systems
• Steve Immel, Strategic Business Development, Materialise
• Steve Shoaf, PLM/IoT Marketing, IBM
• Steve Tudberry, Executive Vice-President, HBM Prenscia
• Steve Wolfe, Director, Pioneer Recruitment Program, GAIL Earth
• Susan Meredith, Director, SusanMeredith
• Talbot Jaeger, Founder/CTO, NovaWurks
• Ted Blacker, Department Manager, Sandia National Laboratories
• Tim Thomas, CEO, CADENAS PARTsolutions
• Tim Webb, Senior Director, SIMULIA Growth, Dassault Systemes SIMULIA
• Tim Wesselman, CEO, OnRamp Bioinformatics
• Todd Cummings, Vice-President, Research & Development, Synergis Technologies
• Todd Reade, President & CEO, TransMagic
• Tom Maurer, Senior Director of Strategy, Siemens PLM
• Tom Pennino, President, TP Tech
• Tomasz Luniewski, CEO & Founder, Capvidia NV
• Tony Lonergan, Marketing Manager, Americas, 3Dconnexion
• Trent Zimmerman, Graduate Student, Brigham Young University
• Troy Hansen, Data Integrity & Enhancement, DISCERN
• Truman Du, CEO, ZWSOFT
• Ty Carlson, CTO, Coventry Computer
• Tyler Barnes, Vice-President of Marketing, Tech Soft 3D
• Varun Bhartiya, Partner, ProtoTech Solutions and Services Pvt. Ltd.
• Vince Caprio, Chairman, COFES Institute
• Visvanathan Ramesh, Professor, Goethe University
• Wayne Miller, Deputy Director, HPCIC, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Yanick Fluhmann, Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives, Tech Soft 3D
• Yuri Kozulin, Head of C3D Modeler Department, C3D Labs