Speakers

Andreas Wank is Head of department “Smart Innovation” at Pepperl+Fuchs SE since January 2022. In addition, he also leads the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) program. When he joined Pepperl+Fuchs SE in 2019, he managed the project International Quality Management, which deals with traceability and incident management.
Before that, he was a Research Associate at the Technical University Darmstadt for five years (2014-2019). During this time he also acted as Managing Director „Mittelstand 4.0-Kompetenzzentrum Darmstadt“ (07/17 until 01/19), Team Leader for the Management of Industrial Production (04/16 until 01/19) as well as Assistance to the president of the German Academic Association for Production Technology (01/15 until 12/17).
The foundation for his professional success also lies in his scientific background. Andreas Wank holds both, a Bachelor (B.Sc.) and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) from the Technical University Darmstadt with a specialization in mechanical engineering. On top of that, he successfully completed his PHD (DR.-ING) from 2014 until 2019.
Today, Andreas plays a crucial role in implementing the ongoing PLM project at Pepperl+Fuchs SE, which is essential for facilitating seamless information flow throughout the entire innovation chain, impacting approximately 2,500 users.

Joost Fastenrath wrote his thesis in 'Information Management' (Diplom Wirtschaftsinformatiker) in cooperation with B.Braun and started directly afterward as an SAP Inhouse Consultant at B.Braun. After being a project member to rollout SAP to subsidiaries, he took over the Program Management for the SAP rollout, managing three rollout teams in three regions in parallel. After accomplishing the vast majority of the rollouts, Joost Fastenrath moved from IT into one of their divisions to take over the role as Head of Operational Excellence. He introduced the LEAN Philosophy within administrative departments and production. This was followed by a role as Head of Plant Operations for Active Medical Devices, running one of their main production sites in daily operations. From there, he transitioned back into more digitalization topics and took over a role as VP Product Data Services, including the introduction of a group-wide PLM Platform.

Dominic Kurtaz has been Managing Director EuroCentral at Dassault Systèmes since 2020. He is responsible for all business activities of the company in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland as well as in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. The focus is on the three core areas of Dassault Systèmes: Manufacturing Industries, Infrastructure & Cities and Health Care & Life Sciences.
Dominic Kurtaz joined Dassault Systèmes in 2007. Until 2012 he was, among other things, Director for BeNeLux and EuroNorth, responsible for the growing automotive industry. He was then responsible for the strategic alignment of all sales channels, initially as Sales Director Europe and then as Global Sales Director at the corporate brand 3DEXCITE. From 2016, he took over the further development of the brand as Managing Director at 3DEXCITE before he was appointed CEO of 3DEXCITE in 2018.
Dominic Kurtaz is married, has two children and, in addition to his job at Dassault Systèmes, he is a passionate winter sports enthusiast and discovers the world while traveling with his family.

Claire Biot was appointed Vice President, Life Sciences & Healthcare Industry in 2019. Her multifaceted experience in healthcare-related research, business and government administration supports Dassault Systèmes’ aim to drive digital transformation in Life Sciences & Healthcare Industry. As Life Sciences companies shift their focus to precision medicine, she is responsible for helping companies adopt a new unified approach to sustainable innovation by using a scientific and business platform to improve the patient or physician experience. Claire also drives Dassault Systèmes long-term growth in healthcare, leveraging virtual twin experiences to achieve medical practice excellence and value-based care.

Claire Biot holds an MSc in Engineering from Ecole polytechnique (Paris, France) and an MSc in Biological Sciences from the Watson School of Biological Sciences (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA). She studied cancer immunotherapy at Institut Pasteur (Paris, France), where she graduated with a PhD in immunology in 2012, and she holds a Honorary Doctorate from Long Island University, NY, USA (2023).

Claire began her career at the French Ministry of Health as Head of Division, Health Products Pricing and Reimbursement (2012-2015). She then joined Greater Paris University Hospitals (AP-HP, Paris, France, 2015-2019), where she was appointed Managing Director of the Health Products and Technologies Central Agency, allowing her to build strong experience in health products development, manufacturing and procurement as well as patient care. Claire joined Dassault Systèmes in March 2019.

Vice President, Aerospace & Defense, David Ziegler leads the Dassault Systèmes Worldwide Aerospace & Defense Business through the development of its Industry leading Solution Experiences, based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Prior to Dassault Systèmes, David held multiple positions in the Aerospace industry, including 12 years at Airbus both in France and the U.S., holding positions in Strategy, Sales and Business development, and most recently at Aéroports de Paris. A French citizen, David’s career in aerospace began when he obtained his Masters of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Supaero, followed by an MBA from INSEAD. Passionate about everything that flies, he also enjoys kite-surfing and spending time with his wife and two children, when he is not on a plane.

Graduated from the California Institute of Technology with a Ph. D. in Aeronautics (93), Guillaume started his career in Engineering and R&D in the Transport sector, from aerospace as R&D engineer in Composite material at Aerospatiale (94-98), to Advanced Project Director at Valeo Electrical System (98-06) to various position in Engineering and R&D at Alstom Transport.
In 2010, still in Alstom Transport, Guillaume entered the Manufacturing world as VP industrial.
In 2016, Guillaume joined Dassault Systèmes to lead the DELMIA Brand, Dassault Systèmes industrial solutions portfolio to continue supporting all industries in the digital revolution to come.

Stéphane Sireau, Vice President, High-Tech Industry at Dassault Systèmes is helping companies on their digital transformation journey, leveraging virtual twin experiences enabled by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Stéphane Sireau has over 20 years’ experience working in the high-tech space. Based in Silicon Valley, he led the launch in 2016 of GE Digital’s alliance program in Europe to create new cloud-based industrial IOT solutions. In 2012 he co-founded Orange Mobile Enterprise, Orange’s business unit dedicated to mobility and IOT solutions.
In 2009 Stéphane set up Orange Institute, a global think-tank dedicated to digital innovation. Prior to that, he worked 4 years in China where he pioneered Orange’s supply chain management in Asia, including its first program of sustainability audits.
In his latest role, Stéphane worked at DNV, one of the world’s leading assurance companies, where he led global sales of digital assurance, sustainability and supply chain solutions.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and is a graduate of ICADE-ICAI (Spain). He received an Executive MBA with distinction from INSEAD and Tsinghua University (China) in 2009.

Benoit Dauchin is Dassault Systèmes’s Vice President for Consumer Products, Retail, Home and Lifestyle markets.

His role is to leverage 3DS’ unique platform of technologies and adapt to the specific needs of consumer facing businesses. Providing forward looking and tailor crafted solutions. Helping companies to address market trends and imposed step change requirements. Propelling cross-functional collaboration, accelerating development pipeline, digitalizing road-to-market, gaining supply agility, and responding customers aspiration for personalized, experiential, authentic and responsible products.

Before joining 3DS, Benoit has held diverse executive responsibilities within product and retail. Servicing global players such as Procter & Gamble, LVMH, Nestlé, Kingfisher, or Vodafone. Also supporting private equity funds and family offices, as operational partner or board director.

He has specialized in orchestrating transformational agendas. Credentials include Nespresso or Rimowa growth journeys.

Benoit is a graduate from M.I.T., with a dual engineering and business education.

Arnab Bhattacharya is a Director at Dassault Systèmes and leads the EuroCentral Industrial Equipment Industry Consulting team. In this role he works closely with the clients in executing digital transformation projects. He has been with Dassault Systèmes since 2012 and was previously responsible for leading the SIMULIA EuroCentral Industry Consulting team for some of the core manufacturing industries.
He holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Université catholique de Louvain. He is also active in industry associations like VDMA, ZVEI and IDTA where he works with partners from the Industry on projects like Manufacturing-X.

Since joining a DotCom startup at the turn on the millennium, Tom has built transformational business at growth companies.
He has worked both pre- and post-exit, as a startup founder and manager within large enterprises such as Microsoft, Publicis Groupe and BOSCH.
As CTO of the digital agency Razorfish in Germany, he led first-of-a-kind programs for brands such as Audi and Novartis, enhancing real-world products with virtual experiences.
Tom later co-founded COBI - the IoT startup developing technology for more intelligent mobility, safety and style on two wheels. Following the acquisition by BOSCH eBike Systems, Tom continued to work on the IoT architecture linking hardware systems to the user experience of light electric vehicles.
Now CEO of 3DEXCITE at Dassault Systèmes, Tom leads a global organization of technologists and creative experts, focused on the development and delivery of virtual commercial twins to industrial companies. 3DEXCITE delivers software and solutions to manufacturers, which enable high-fidelity virtual representation of products in customer- and end-user applications.
Having spent more time working abroad than at home in the UK, Tom speaks German and French. He coaches a Little League Soccer team at weekends in W. London and plays Fortnite with his kids in the evenings.

Since July 2011, Philippe Bartissol, Vice President, Industrial Equipment (IE) is responsible for defining Dassault Systèmes’ strategy and 3DEXPERIENCE solutions’ delivery for the IE industry worldwide.
Before joining Dassault Systèmes, Philippe held several executive positions (General Manager for USA & Canada; Industrial & Purchasing VP; Product Development VP; Business Processes VP) at Sidel - a worldwide leader in packaging equipment, part of the Tetra Laval group.
During his 15 years with Sidel both in line and staff positions, Philippe designed, launched and ensured execution of enterprise transformation programs with one continuous objective: harmonize systems to get to only PLM, one CAD, one ERP, one SRM, one CRM, one sales configurator, one unified machine automation architecture and one new modular product platform.
Prior to this, Philippe drove the strategy of the Oil & Gas equipment branch of Areva group & founded the group’s representation in Singapore.
He holds a degree in aeronautics from Sup’aero engineering school & an MBA from HEC school of management in France.