A Who's-Who of the engineering software community (CAD/CAE/CAM/PDM/PLM/BIM/GIS) participated in COFES 2005:

• Aarti Khanna, Director, Strategy & Research, Océ North America
• Alexander Garcia-Tobar, President & CEO, Lattice3D
• Alexandra Pratt, Editor, Connect Press, Ltd
• Allen Razdow, CTO, Mathsoft
• Amy Rowell, Analyst, Cyon Research Corporation
• Andrew Anagnost, Senior Director, Product Management, Autodesk, Inc.
• Andrew Stein, President, TAJSG
• Anil Mehta, Corporate Partnerships, MSC.Software Corporation
• Anil Sabharwal, General Manager, Ngrain
• Arnold van der Weide, President, IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
• Bill Carrelli, Vice-President, Strategic Marketing & Business Development, UGS
• Bill Gerould, WW Discrete Manufacturing Manager, Microsoft Corporation
• Bill Kemper, CEO, Magister Operis
• Bill Walton, Chief Executive Officer, Givemepower.com
• Bob Bean, COO, Kubotek USA, Inc.
• Bob Courtland, President, Robert D. Courtland, Chtd.
• Bob Deragisch, Group IT Manager, Parker Hannifin
• Bob Green, Author, Cadalyst
• Bob Mayer, Executive Vice-President, IMSI
• Bob McNeel, President, Robert McNeel & Associates
• Bob Merlo, Vice-President PLM Solutions, Autodesk
• Bobby Kalra, Founder Director, Magnasoft Spatial Services
• Brad Holtz, President & CEO, Cyon Research Corporation
• Brad Schell, Chief Executive Officer, @Last Software
• Brian Owen, General Partner, Masthead Venture Partners
• Brian Quincey, Engineering Information Systems Coordinator, Glidepath Limited
• Brian Seitz, Principal, Intellectual Arbitrage Group.
• Brian Shepherd, Senior Vice-President, Product Management, PTC
• Bruce Jenkins, Senior Analyst & Managing Partner, Spar Point Research
• Bruce Winegarden, CEO, Product Sight Corporation
• Buzz Kross, Vice-President, Manufacturing Division, Autodesk
• Carolyn Castillo, Business Operations Specialist, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
• Chad Sanderson, Director of Marketing, Spatial
• Chris Carpenter, Manager of Technology Development, Esco Corporation
• Chris Gibson, President, Neocentrix
• Clem Meas, Principal, quickSTART Consulting
• Connell Gallagher, President, ParallelGraphics
• Creighton Hoke, President and CEO, NearSpace
• Dan Armstrong, Technology Initiative Leader, Nike
• Dan Garms, Managing Partner, Adexta
• Dan Raker, President, Connect Press
• Dana Fisher, Publisher, Innovate
• Dave Burdick, President, Collaborative Visions
• Dave Cohn, Editor-in-Chief, CADCAMNet & EAReport, Cyon Research Corporation
• Dave Jordani, President, Jordani Consulting Group
• Dave Kasik, Technical Fellow, Boeing
• Dave Primrose, Vice President, NX Marketing, UGS
• Dave Ullman, President, Robust Decisions
• Dave Vredenburgh, CEO, RuleStream Corporation
• Dave Weisberg, Chief Industry Strategist, Cyon Research Corporation
• David Chang, Chief Scientist, General Motors Corporation
• David Greenbaum, President, Axiom
• David Heller, President, IBSystems
• David Little, Principal Technical Strategist, Coade
• David Weinberger, Fellow, Harvard Law School, BCIS
• Dick Morley, President, R. Morley, Inc.
• Dominique Florack, , Dassault Systemes
• Drew Mattison, Design Industry Manager, Alias
• Ed Clark, President, Axiom
• Ed Lick, IT CAD Support Manager, STV
• Ed Miller, President, CIMdata
• Eileen Clegg, Visual Journalist, Visual Insight
• Evan Caille, President, PTC/USER
• Evan Yares, President, Open Design Alliance
• Frank Marzigliano, Partner Business Development Manager, HP
• Gary Kuba, Vice-President of Business Development, RuleStream
• Geoff Butlin, Chief Executive Officer, TranscenData Europe
• George Wong, Senior Principal Engineer, Boeing
• Greg Milliken, President & CEO, Alibre
• Greg Smith, CEO, Immersive Design
• Harvey Levine, Principal, The Project Knowledge Group
• Heikki Kulusjärvi, President & CEO, Solibri
• Iain Michel, Vice-President, Business Development and Strategic Planning, PTC
• Jack Ring, Owner, Innovation Management
• Jay Vleeschhouwer, First Vice-President, Merrill Lynch
• Jeff Harrow, Principal, The Harrow Group
• Jeff Rowe, Editor-in-Chief, MCADCafe.com
• Jerry Laiserin, Editor & Publisher, LaiserinLetter
• Jerry Sarfati, Marketing Manager, IBM
• Jesse Devitte, Managing Director, Borealis Ventures
• Jim Scapa, CEO, Altair Engineering
• Jim Wilson, Chairperson, PLM World
• Joe Walsh, Vice-President Business Development, Simmetrix
• Joel Orr, Vice-President & Chief Visionary, Cyon Research Corporation
• John Alpine, Chief Technology Officer, CoCreate Software
• John Cristofano, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Adobe Systems
• John Kawola, Vice-President, Sales & Marketing, Z Corporation
• John Krouse, Industry Analyst, Krouse Associates
• John Macrino, Enterprise Project Manager, Northrop Grumman
• John McEleney, CEO, SolidWorks
• John Moore, Director, Industry Analyst Relations, Dassault Systemes
• Jon Hirschtick, Chairman, SolidWorks
• Jon Peddie, President, Jon Peddie Research
• Jon Widney, Vice-President, NavisWorks
• Josh Healan, Director of Business Development, Penton Custom Media
• Judy Schriener, Editor-in-Chief, McGraw-Hill Construction
• Julian Gomez, Senior Scientist, RIACS/NASA Ames Research Center
• Karen Fitt, Vice-President of Advertising and Public Relations, Océ North America
• Karl Schulmeisters, Technical Strategist, Engineering/PLM, Microsoft
• Kathleen Maher, Senior Analyst, Jon Peddie Research
• Keith Mountain, President and COO, Spatial
• Ken Anderson, Director of Acrobat Product Management, Adobe Systems
• Ken Versprille, Research Director, Design Creation & Validation,
• Kim Spinsby, Manager, CAX, Siemens
• Korhan Sevenler, Director of Xerox PLM, Xerox
• Kristine Fallon, President, Kristine Fallon Associates
• Les Stewart, Program Integration Mgr - RMS IT, Raytheon
• Lester Craft, Editor-in-Chief, Innovate Magazine, Advanstar
• Lynne Saunders, Vice-President of Marketing, Actify
• Malcolm Davies, COO, Gehry Technologies
• Marc Halpern, Research Director, PLM, Gartner
• Mark Thomas, President and Founder, Right Hemisphere
• Martin Fischer, Director, CIFE
• Martyn Day, Publishing Director MCAD, EDA, Ltd
• Marv Muston, Consultant, AUGI
• Mary Czerwinski, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research
• Michael Folkers, Adobe, Senior Product Manager, Adobe Systems
• Michael Kaplan, Director of Engineering, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems
• Michael Lynch, CEO, Right Hemisphere
• Michael Topolovac, CEO, Arena Solutions
• Mike Burkett, Research Director, PLM, AMR Research
• Mike Hoffmann, Vice-President of Corporate Marketing, MSC.Software Corporation
• Mike Jackson, Senior Developer, Cyon Research
• Mike Lazear, , Archway Systems
• Mike Riddle, CEO, Evolution Computing
• Mike Tanner, President, Adexta
• Naotake Kakishita, President, Kubotek USA
• Neil Peterson, CTO, Open Design Alliance
• Nik Pakvasa, Product Marketing Manager, UGS
• Pat Hanratty, President, Manufacturing and Consulting Services (MCS)
• Patrick Aragon, Product Marketing Manager, Adobe Systems
• Paul Stallings, Head of Research, Kubotek USA
• Paul Teague, National Editor, Design News
• Pete Marks, Managing Director, Design Insight
• Pete Wells, President, Smart2Market
• Peter Heath, Director, Product Management, Elysium
• Peter Thorne, Director, Cambashi Limited
• Phil Kreiker, Vice-President, Looking Glass Microproducts
• Pierre Tager, Senior Product Manager, Adobe Systems
• Ping Fu, President & CEO, Raindrop Geomagic
• Rachael Taggart, President, Strategic Reach PR
• Raj Khoshoo, Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives, UGS
• Randall Newton, Editor-in-Chief, AECnews, Cyon Research Corporation
• Randy Ochs, President & CEO, Actify
• Randy Schwan, Manager, Global Release & Change Management, BorgWarner Emissions/Thermal Systems
• Richard Bush, Product Marketing Manager, NX Digital Simulation, UGS
• Richard Doyle, Design, Drafting & CAD Implementation, Principal, JLD Design and Drafting
• Rick Benoit, Business Development Manager, Intel
• Rick Stavanja, Editor-in-Chief, CADwire.net, Cyon Research Corporation
• Rob Bou, President, Ashlar-Vellum
• Roger Nagel, Senior Fellow, Harvey E. Wagner Professor, Lehigh University
• Ron Fritz, Managing Partner, Tech Soft America
• Sam Miller, Virtual Reality Team Manager, NASA Langley Research Center
• Sandy Gramley, Product Manager, HP
• Sandy Joung, Business Development Manager, Mathsoft
• Sanjay Deshmukh, Business Development Manager - U3D, Intel
• Sara Ferris, Editor-in-Chief, Cadalyst
• Scott Baker, Manager, Advance Design & Packaging RWD, DaimlerChrysler
• Scott Hirsch, CEO, SecureWebs
• Seena Peck, Communications Manager, PLM Solutions, IBM
• Steve Thomas, Senior Principal Engineer, Boeing
• Steve Wolfe, Chief Executive, CAD/CAM Publishing
• Terry Wohlers, President, Wohlers Associates
• Theo Omtzigt, CEO, Supercomputing Solutions
• Thomas Heermann, Product Manager, Design Products, Alias
• Tim Webb, Director of Marketing and Customer Satisfaction, MSC.Software
• Tod Woolf, CEO, IPIFINI
• Todd Benjamin, Product Manager, PowerMac, Apple Computer
• Todd Evans, Director, Corporate Communications, MSC.Software
• Tom Clay, President, Z Corporation
• Tom Gill, Director, CAE Technology & Support, Freudenberg-NOK
• Tom Kelly, President, Deligo Technologies
• Tom Kurke, VP, Business Development, Bentley Systems
• Tom Lazear, Chairman, Archway Systems
• Tom Reyburn, Senior Partnership Manager, Apple Computer
• Tom Salomone, MDA Segment Manager - Worldwide, HP
• Travis Brown, Technology Manager, Apple Computer
• Warren Harris, President, INCAT
• Wilfried Gräbert, President, GiveMePower GmbH
• Yannick Fluhmann, Co-Founder, Business Development, Tech Soft America
• Yannick Wittner, , Dassault Systemes