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