2026 3DEXPERIENCE & ENOVIA User Conference

Björn AXLING is the Head of Product Lifecycle Management at Grundfos, a global leader in water solutions. Björn is a growth- and people-oriented leader with a strong commitment to serve customers, drive growth, innovation and PLM excellence in the areas of physical products, digital platforms, autonomous & robotics, AI, IoT and new business models.

As part of the Group Technology & Innovation management team at Grundfos he is on a mission to drive a Group-wide, cross-functional transformation into smarter, more efficient and a data-driven ways of working through the product lifecycle from ideation to end-of-life.

Björn has a 20+ year background from senior industry positions, unicorn scale-ups, as an entrepreneur and co-founder of a venture backed start-up company, top tier management consulting as well as Board of Director roles. He is a thought leader, published author and keynote speaker in the field of innovation and PLM.

Dr. Anna Litvak-Hinenzon is a Technology Executive with 20+ years of experience driving innovation with AI-powered products and SaaS platforms across verticals. As Chief AI Officer and Founder of Al-Tech AI, she helps companies harness AI strategy for transformative growth and ROI, and she lectures at the AI Management Master’s program at Georgetown University. Previously, she led Data and AI Products as Global SVP at The RepTrak Company and delivered novel AI solutions to Fortune 500 companies as a senior leader at Tessella (Capgemini).

With a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, 11 patents, and deep expertise in digital transformation, Anna bridges technology and business to maximize impact. She is also a board director, advisor, author, and speaker who champions thought diversity and the responsible adoption of AI.

Harold SULLIVAN is a graduate of Utah State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

He has over 20 years of experience in product development—spanning startups to Fortune 500 companies—and more than 15 years leading PLM strategy and implementation.

Prior to Vermeer, Harold held leadership roles at HARMAN International, Kohler Co., Control4, Flextronics, and others, building expertise in engineering, sales, and organizational transformation. He is known for fostering collaboration and delivering strategic solutions that enhance product development and lifecycle management.

Nick MARTENS started his career as a university intern at Vermeer 12+ years ago. Through his demonstrated leadership and skill, he progressively advanced his career to his current role, as PLM Systems Analyst Manager.

In this capacity, Nick leads Vermeer’s transformation with 3DEXPERIENCE & ENOVIA to achieve the virtual twin including seamless collaboration and data accuracy between teams.

Nick graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University. When not working, Nick enjoys spending time with his family working on their small cattle farm.

Sijil Augustine Kandathil is a Senior Manager at Lucid Motors, leading 3DEXPERIENCE-based PLM implementation, customization, and infrastructure scalability. With over 18 years of PLM experience, he has driven major digital transformation initiatives across automotive, medical devices, and oil & gas industries. His expertise includes system upgrades, integrations, data migrations, and MBSE adoption, enabling smarter and more sustainable engineering ecosystems. His current focus includes integrating LLMs and AI to enhance the efficiency of change processes.

Andreis Luvizon da Silva is a Mechanical Engineer with additional degrees in IT and Mechatronics, as well as a graduate certificate in Project Management. He joined Marcopolo, a Brazilian multinational bus manufacturer, in 2016 as a Mechanical Draftsperson, progressing to Product Engineer in 2019 and Software Development Engineer in 2022. His work has consistently focused on automating 3D model creation and defining Bill of Materials (BOM) strategies for bus design and product lines.

In 2021, Andreis joined the 3DEXPERIENCE platform implementation project within Marcopolo's engineering team, supporting the migration to ENOVIA and CATIA from SOLIDWORKS and contributing to the introduction of a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) ecosystem. As the project evolved, his role expanded to include developing automation systems, defining engineering business rules, and enabling 3DEXPERIENCE platform adoption across the company.

Isaiah Kohlhase is a Mechanical Engineer at Bosch Automotive Service Solutions North America, passionate about automation and data analysis. With 6 years in Mechatronics/Robotics and 3 years in Industry Mechanical, he's spearheading a more efficient and effective business model for Bosch, globally. His implementation of SAP automations and Dassault Systèmes Onepart Reuse has demonstrably saved thousands of engineering hours by reducing manual data searching. Outside of Bosch, he enjoys time at the gym, Minnesota lakes, and with loved ones.

Sharon SUKHAI is a Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics focusing on Digital Transformation and systems integration. With over 20 years of experience in PLM platform solutions consulting, Sharon specializes in leading the development and deployment of digital solutions using Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE platform. In her most recent assignment, she has led the development and deployment effort to deliver an integrated Master Scheduling solution which leverages DELMIA, ENOVIA and NETVIBES.

Having started his career as a Mechanical Design Engineer within the motorsport industry, Jonathan moved to work for the UK Atomic Energy Authority more than 10 years ago. At UKAEA he has worked on the major Eurofusion programmes (ITER and DEMO) with a focus on maintenance and tokamak architecture. His work to develop and evaluate an alternative architecture for DEMO saw him recruited into the team that was being setup to develop the STEP concept design in 2020. Since then he has set the strategy to develop the system architecture, evaluate a wide range of possible concepts, and drive these towards development of a single concept design for STEP. He the system owner and lead system architect for the whole plant providing technical oversight of the overall design drawing together the major elements and systems into a single coherent concept.