Speakers

Andrea Giampieri graduated at Politecnico of Milan, receiving a Ph.D. in Structural, Earthquake and Geotechnical Engineering with a thesis on "Modeling Interface Elements between Shells". Andrea collaborated to the implementation of the nonlinear shell model in the commercial solver Xfinest and with MOX department in Milan for the modeling of Wind—Sail Interaction.
In 2010, Andrea joined Tetra Pak as a Development Engineer, focusing on the numerical modeling of complex packaging material-machine-product interactions. He now works in the role of a Technology Specialist within the Simulation Team in Modena.
Andrea is valued as member of the SIMULIA Champions program, which he joined in 2021.

Federica Covezzi graduated in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from Columbia University in the City of New York. After her graduate studies Federica earned a Ph.D. from University of Bologna in Civil, Environmental, Chemistry and Materials Engineering with a thesis on Homogenization of nonlinear composites for multi-scale analysis.
In 2018 Federica joined Tetra Pak as Development Engineer within the Future Talent Program. Currently Federica is part of the Modelling and Simulation team where she deals with simulation of Package Forming and Final Folding, with focus on Package-Machine Interaction.

Marco Nicoletto is a system EMC engineer at Thales Alenia Space Italia in Turin. He has been the EMC System Engineer for the EUCLID project since the design phase, during which time he was also responsible for the satellite EMC qualification campaign.From July 2023, Marco supported the EMC-related launch activities and the final launch. In parallel to the EUCLID project, he contributed to several EMC-challenging ESA projects in the last ten years. At Thales Alenia Space, Marco focuses on system-level electromagnetic analysis from extremely low frequency up to the Ka-Band. The set of analyses also includes the satellite radio-frequency compatibility and the control of both magnetic and electric fields on board.
Marco is valued as member of the SIMULIA Champions program, which he joined in 2024.

Matteo Cendamo received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Telecommunication Engineering with a specialization in Radio-Frequency and Microwave from Politecnico di Milano. He is also licensed as a Professional Engineer. Matto started to use CST Studio Suite, and electromagnetic simulation software in his previous work experience as a Ground Segment Engineer designing antennas and feeds for satellite communication systems.
Matteo has been with the CommScope Research and Development department for about five years, where he is in charge of the design of filters, multiplexers, TMAs, and, in general, passive devices operating in the RF/Microwave range.
Matteo is valued as member of the SIMULIA Champions program, which he joined in 2023.

Spartaco Caniggia received the Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Padua in 1972. In 1975, after military service, he joined Siemens/Italtel, where he worked for 30 years and finished his career as a Physical Design and EMI/EMC Manager for the Business Unit Products.
Spartaco has been a part-time lecturer at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, L’Aquila, Milan, and Turin for Signal Integrity and EMC activities. From 2002 to 2004, Spartaco joined the EMC consortium of the University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, USA, where he contributed to developing numerical models for shielding and ESD events.
Spartaco is currently a qualified teacher of three EMC-Signal&Power integrity courses organized by CEI (Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano) and a member of the national Sub Committees SC210A (CISPR-A), SC210A/ITE (CISPR-I) and SC77B (IEC61000-4) for EMC standardization.
Spartaco‘s areas of interest include the development of computer-aided design (CAD) tools for SI and EMC; mathematical models for electrostatic discharge (ESD), shielding, grounding and wiring; methods for designing and testing information technology equipment to comply with EMC standards.
He has published and presented more than 70 technical papers in symposiums, journals, and magazines on signal integrity, devices, line modeling, and EMI problems in PCBs. Spartaco is a co-author of the book “Signal Integrity and Radiated Emission of High-Speed Digital Systems”, 2008 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Spartaco received the Oral Presentation First Best Paper Award at the National EMC symposium held in Capri in 1988, Italy and the Oral Presentation Second Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility in 1996, Santa Clara, CA.
He is a member of working group SC77B MT12 of IEC for Transient Phenomena (ESD, fast transient, surge, magnetic pulse). For his technical contributions given to MT12, Spartaco received the 1906 Award from the IEC. He is also an IEEE Senior member.

Andrea Giannini received his MSc Cum Laude in Electronic Engineering and his Ph.D. in electronics and computer science from the University of Pavia, Italy, focusing on parabolic antenna design for space applications and electromagnetic theory applied to radio-propagation studies.
Andrea spent three years at the European Space Agency as a Research Fellow to work on new generation ESA Deep Space Antennas arraying architectures for future Enhanced Mission Support at large data rates. After some years in the space industry, consolidating his ground operations background, Andrea took a massive leap toward the stars to work on satellite telecommunication systems. He currently works at D-Orbit as a Senior Telecommunication Engineer. He is the Telecommunication Lead Engineer for the NOX mission, developed under the framework of Italy’s Space National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), which will be an Earth observation constellation that will monitor critical infrastructure, air quality, and meteorological conditions using radar imaging techniques.

Francesco Bartoli is a structural engineer who works for Albizzati Group in the design of special steel buildings in various sectors, from oil and gas to the military.
Francesco graduated in Civil Engineering in Alma Mater Bologna, and works in accordance with all codes in the most disparate areas of industrial use. Francesco is also passionate and specialized in FEM simulation.

Daniele Di Cristofaro is a PhD Student in Structural Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano,
within the structure section. In 2022 he obtained the master’s degree in mathematical engineering at Politecnico di Milano. Currently he is working on in-depth research specifically geared towards
Fluid-Structure-Interaction numerical scheme involving thin and lightweight structures, which can be effectively treated using shell solid mechanics theory.
Daniele likes to spend his free time swimming, readings and travelling.

Sebastiano Di Mauro is a PhD student in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. He is interested in structural design and analysis, particularly about innovative structures and devices, both used to improve and optimize the operation of the structures. During his academic career, Sebastiano has learned how to deal with complex problems from different perspectives, improving his multidisciplinary skills. Sebastiano is a friendly and kind person and an avid canoeist and hiker.

Cheng Fu started his Ph.D carrier in Structural, Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering in November 2020 at Politecnico di Milane where he obtained also the bachelor degree in Civil Engineering and master degree in Structural Engineering.
His research activity is based on the development and implementation of mathematical methods for
Fluid-Structure lnteraction (FSI) problems, involving Finite Element Method, Particle Finite Element Method, mixed Lagrangian-Eulerian approaches, highly nonlinear and fast dynamics problems solved in an explicit framework. Specifically, he develops numerical tools aimed at enhancing the efficiency of FSI solvers and addressing mesh distortion problems in Lagrangian explicit finite element methods through the introduction of Virtual Element Method.

After gaining a Master's degree in Design and Production Mechanical Engineering, Dario Garofano worked for nine months as a Post Graduate Researcher at Federico II University. At the end of his Post Graduate Researcher in December 2021, Dario was hired by Prometeon Tyre Group as an R&D FEA Engineer — a position he still holds today.

Alessandro Patanè obtained his degree in Automotive Engineering at Politecnico of Turin in 2015. After a one-year internship at Centro Ricerche Fiat, he joined Bottero SPA as CAE analyst in 2016. Alessandro spent the last nine years working on structural simulation and multibody analysis.

Tiago Ferreira da Costa holds a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering with a specialization in Aerospace Structures and Materials. Tiago also has a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, with an academic journey that has been characterized by a profound passion for the space industry.Interning with the EuroMed SIMULIA Technical Team at Dassault Systèmes in Milano exposed Tiago to diverse industry-relevant tasks, including structural simulation and analysis for various applications.Tiago’s involvement in projects related to aerospace structures, notably conducting a thesis on crashworthiness assessment of the Flying-V aircraft design within the same organization, led to a deeper passion for FEM analysis. Engaging in sports, music, and quality time with family and friends, alongside a keen interest in scuba diving and light sport airplanes, fulfills Tiago’s leisure time.

Alessandro Marengo holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. His primary research focused on developing computational methods for modeling fracture initiation and evolution in ductile orthotropic materials like paperboard.
Currently, Alessandro works as a development engineer in the virtual modeling team at Tetra Pak, based in the Italian site of Modena. In this role, his principal responsibilities involve simulating the forming process of packages in automatic filling machines. He focuses on the machine and packaging material interaction to fulfill the customer's high quality requirements.

Andrea Battelli graduated in Civil Engineering from Università Politecnica delle Marche in 2018. Since then, he's been working as a Pipeline Engineer for Saipem Spa, an Italian multinational oil and gas company that designs offshore pipelines.
Andrea focuses on the offshore pipeline advanced analysis, particularly the In-service Buckling Pipeline Walking and Pipeline Integrity Assessment.

Andrea Bassani is a Civil Structural Engineer with a strong background in material science. Andrea is also an expert in the design and optimization of reinforced concrete and prefabricated structures, with the application of fiber-reinforced concrete for industrial floors, foundations and slabs.
Since 2016, Andrea has been the Technical Director and co-owner of IDeCOM, betting on an ambitious inspiration: to bring a fundamental contribution of innovation to the construction sector and be a pioneer in the adoption of cutting-edge methods and techniques to guarantee quality and construction safety, optimize costs and improve people's lives, revolutionizing the world of construction.

Luca Sangiuliano is currently the R&D Manager of Phononic Vibes and manages the Automotive and lightweight metamaterial Business Unit.
Luca received his PhD at KU Leuven on metamaterials and worked on several automotive NVH and lightweight-related projects.

Rok Markežič completed his bachelor’s, master's, and PhD studies in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
For his PhD studies, Rok worked in the field of hardness-change prediction during thermal cycling of hot-work tool steels, focusing on the prediction of the life of high-pressure die casting dies. Currently, Rok is working on different development and research projects in automotive and other industries.

Alessandro Amato is a MSc Mechanical Engineer from Politecnico di Milano.
Originally from Bologna, Alessandro moved to Milan, where he graduated with honors in April 2024.
Parallel to his master's, Alessandro has been part of Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP), a two-year-long honor program in collaboration with Politecnico di Torino. He has also joined the Formula Student team of Politecnico di Milano (Dynamis PRC) as a composite design engineer in the Chassis Department.
For over a year, Alessandro has been passionately dedicated to understanding and shaping the structural behavior of composite structures for motorsports applications.

Luca Campagna has worked at Same Deutz-Fahr Group (SDF) since 2006. Currently Luca is working as a Cabin and Style Manager for the SDF.
Luca supervises all activities concerning NVH, HVAC and ergonomics aspects.

Andrea Artoni earned his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and master’s degree in Vehicle Engineering at the University of Modena. 
Andrea's collaboration with Ferrari started through his thesis, and after graduating in 2017, he joined the company in the NVH and Sound Team. 
In 2020, Andrea joined the TFD Team in his current role as CFD Aerodynamics and Thermal Management Specialist, using PowerFLOW to deal with underhood thermal management, aeroacoustics and unsteady aerodynamics in general.

Angelo Paduano graduated at Politecnico di Torino with highest grade in 2023, and he is currently pursuing a PhD at Politecnico di Torino in numerical aeroacoustics.

Luigi Massimo Auriemma, born in Reggio Calabria, Italy, received a M.Sc. in ICT Engineering (summa cum laude) from Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy, in 2020.
In 2020, Luigi completed his master's thesis project on EBG materials.
Since October 2023, Luigi has been an Antenna Engineer in the Antennas & RF Units Department at Elettronica S.p.A., Rome, Italy. His main research interests are in novel solutions for UWB antennas, antenna arrays, microwave components, polarizers and radomes.

Henry Tuit Farquhar is currently an Aerodynamics Engineer at General Motors. In his current role, Henry has been responsible for the aerodynamic performance of various battery-electric vehicles as well as G.M.’s Aero Competitive Benchmarking. Henry joined the Aero group following his completion of the TRACK rotational program, where he completed roles as a Body Structures CAE Engineer, Induction, Exhaust, and Thermal CAE Engineer, and Performance Parts Project Engineer. Prior to joining General Motors, Henry received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland where he was Aero Lead for Terps Racing, the university’s Formula SAE team.

Francesco Buffoli is a bachelor's student in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. He has been with Polimi Motorcycle Factory since 2022 and became Head of CFD analysis in 2023.

Marcello Gallizioli is a bachelor's student in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.
Marcello joined Polimi Motorcycle Factory in 2023 and currently deals with the optimization of the prototype’s aerodynamics.

Francesco Marano received his M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering from the University Federico II of Naples. From May to December 2017, he collaborated with IDS (Ingegneria dei Sistemi) toward his master’s thesis about antenna aperture with only phase control. 
From January to May 2018, Francesco worked on antenna design topics as a Post Graduate Researcher at the University Federico II. In 2018, he joined the Leonardo Aircraft division at the Turin site. Currently, Francesco's main work interests include antenna siting for proper products.

After a PhD in Industrial Engineering at the University of Florence, Elisa Butini joined Hitachi Rail in 2020 as a Running Dynamic Engineer within the Simulations and Technologies team in Pistoia. Elisa's role covers different aspects and projects, from vehicle running dynamic analysis using multibody simulations to wear phenomena and testing phase ranging from commutter trains to metro systems.

Lorenzo Dell’Orfanello is an Engineer at Hitachi Rail STS, responsible for the vehicle’s noise and vibration performance and thermoacoustic insulation design.
Lorenzo graduated in mechanical engineering in 2015 at the University of Florence with a 107/110.
He has been working as a Noise and Vibration engineer for Hitachi Rail STS since 2016, helping Hitachi Rail STS to predict and design vehicle noise performance since the preliminary vehicle development through his expertise and numerical simulations.

Nicholas Sesto Gorella is a Mechanical Engineer and Antenna Designer for PICOSATS s.r.l. In his role as a Mechanical Engineer, Nicholas is responsible for designing, simulating, and testing the housing for Ka and Ku transceiver boards produced by PICOSATS, overseeing the product through to satellite integration. As an antenna designer, Nicholas designs, simulates, and tests double reflector, horn, patch array, and slot array antennas covering X, Ku, K, Ka, Q, and V bands. 
Nicholas graduated from the University of Trieste in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and in 2020 with a master's degree in mechanical engineering. His interest in additive manufacturing has led him to gain experience with FDM, DIW, SLS, SLA, and L-PBF techniques. His research activities have led to his participation in various projects funded by the European Space Agency.

Luca Ambrosini is a Mechanical Engineering student specializing in ground vehicles at Politecnico di Milano, currently in the last year of his master's degree. Luca is also part of Polimi Motorcycle Factory, where he is Head of Structural Analyses and Simulations. 
Luca's interests cover structural and vehicle dynamics, as well as lightweight design and optimization. Luca is a kind and sensitive person who is following his dream of working in the motorsport field.

Marcello Zambelli is a Mechanical Engineering student at Politecnico di Milano, currently in his last year of bachelor's degree. Marcello is also part of Polimi Motorcycle Factory, where he holds the position of Head of Machine Elements Design. He's interested in motorsport, especially motorcycles and endurance racing.

Francesco Bellelli is a PhD student in Computational Aeroacoustics at Politecnico di Torino. He earned his MSc Degree in Politecnico di Torino in July 2022 and started his PhD in November 2022. Francesco's primary research focus is the numerical assessment of the installation effects on the noise sources of industrial engine cooling fans to design quieter and more efficient fans.

Matteo Magelli is a researcher at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS) at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. He achieved his PhD in 2023 with a thesis on numerical and experimental tools for the simulation of braking operations. Matteo's research activity concerns the numerical simulation of several phenomena related to railway vehicle dynamics (wear, wheel-shoe thermal behavior in tread braking operations, running safety and stability, etc.) with longitudinal train dynamics and multibody codes as well as the experimental investigation of wheel-rail adhesion phenomena with laboratory test rigs. He is a co-author of more than 20 scientific works.

Nicolò Zampieri is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of Politecnico di Torino. Nicolò was awarded his PhD in 2014 with a dissertation on "The Development of Monitoring Systems for Railway Applications". 
Nicolò's research interests include railway vehicle dynamics and monitoring, modeling of wheel-rail/roller contact, wear and RCF. His current research activity concerns the design of test benches for railway applications and the development of specific applications for railway vehicle monitoring. Nicolò is co-author of more than 60 scientific publications.

Figen Lacin is the Manager of the CFD team at Tenneco. She leads the engineering team that uses thermal, fluid and acoustic modeling to develop exhaust after-treatment systems and in-house software tool development. Figen has worked at Tenneco for over 22 years and has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering.

Gianpiero Fabrizi is an Italian design engineer who graduated in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Industrial Design (2007) and Vehicle Engineering (2023). Gianpiero has worked for many years for companies in the engineering services sector, primarily serving clients such as Ducati Motor Holding and Ferrari and later as an employee of brands like Toyota Gazoo Racing and Lotus. Currently, Gianpiero is working at Aehra Automobili. Gianpiero specializes in the design and development of vehicle architectures powered by both internal combustion engines and batteries. Throughout his career, he has used all major engineering design tools, including Dassault CATIA V5 software for over 20 years and the 3DEXPERIENCE version for about 2 years.

Simone Meduri holds a degree in Structural Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. His passion for numerical simulation led him to pursue a PhD at the same institution, where Simone deepened his expertise and gained hands-on experience with SIMULIA with an internship at the Dassault Systèmes’s R&D SIMULIA headquarters in Providence, USA.
In his prior professional engagements, Simone specialized in Structural Simulations, Fluid-Structure Interaction, and Vibroacoustics. In 2023, Simone transitioned to the role of Industry Process Consultant within the SIMULIA EuroMed Team in Italy. His primary objective is to discern and address clients' needs effectively, thereby enabling them to optimize the utilization of the software. His areas of focus include Automotive, Machine Learning, and Fluid-Structure Interaction.

Alessio Croci graduated from the Politecnico di Milano with a master's degree in Advanced Mechanical Design. During his studies, Alessio developed a deep interest and expertise in finite element modeling.

In 2023, Alessio joined Dassault Systèmes’ brand SIMULIA as part of the EuroMed team as an Industry Process Consultant. His work focuses on assisting clients to effectively address their requests, aiming to enhance their skills in using the software. Alessio's areas of specialization include Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) using CEL and SPH methodologies, the creation and use of substructures through modal analysis, and dynamic and explicit simulations.

Francesco Polidoro is the Director of Worldwide Business Development at SIMULIA. 
He spent the last 15 years helping companies developing products through the use of numerical simulation. Francesco’s background lies in fluids simulation across several industries, from aerospace to automotive. 
Francesco holds an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.

Juan Hurtado has been working in the SIMULIA R&D organization for over 20 years. During that time he has made many contributions to the mechanics technology in Abaqus, especially in the area of constitutive modeling of materials. As leader of Materials Technology, Juan is directly involved in the long term planning and development of functionality needed to address our customers’ needs in the area of materials modeling. Currently Juan manages the Nonlinear Mechanics development team, responsible for advanced nonlinear mechanics capabilities in the Abaqus solvers. 
Prior to joining SIMULIA, Juan held several positions in academic research institutions, including Professor of Continuum Mechanics at the University of Granada (Spain) and Research Associate at the Division of Engineering at Brown University (USA). Juan holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Seville (Spain) and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University (USA).

Bruno PASSONE graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” after actively participating in a Formula Student team and industrial projects in the context of Vehicle Dynamics and Multibody Simulation. 
Before joining Dassault Systèmes, Bruno had 10 years of experience in the R&D of a tire manufacturing company where he played different roles starting as a Vehicle Dynamics Engineer, continuing as a Tire FE Analyst covering different aspects of Force and Moment characterization, and finally in charge of automation and virtualization of R&D processes and methodologies. 
In Dassault Systèmes, Bruno helps industries to reduce development costs, make processes and methodologies more efficient, enable new product experiences, promote sustainable innovation by leveraging virtual twins in SIMULIA Multibody solutions and supporting the academic world.

Daniele Esposito is a Industry Process Consultant Specialist of the SIMULIA brand of Dassault Systemes. He completed his education in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, including an exchange program of a year at ISAE Supaero in Toulouse.
He started his career in the automotive field, working in Stellantis (former PSA) and Valeo. After these first experiences, he joined Dassault Systemes in 2019. He is currently part of the Worldwide Fluid Tech Sales team, working on demostrating the value of SIMULIA solutions to customers of every industry.
His activities are mostly focused on CFD (internal/external aerodynamics, thermal applications) using all SIMULIA Fluids solutions, also leveraging the potential of other SIMULIA tools to couple different physics and to perform multidisciplinary optimization.

Always passionate about the automotive world, Elias Cipelletti embarked on an engineering career, graduating first in Mechanical Engineering and then in Vehicle Engineering at Motor Valley. 
During his master's degree, Elias took his first steps with simulation software, later graduating with a thesis on the behavior of innovative composite materials. 
Since February 2023, Elias has worked at Dassault Systèmes within the Structures team of SIMULIA as an Industry Process Consultant, focusing on Automotive customers and composite materials.

Gregor Judex leads the worldwide SIMULIA Industry Process Success team. Gregor has been working in the field of simulation for 25 years, 19 of them at Dassault Systèmes Systemes. Before then, he had been working for Abaqus Inc. Gregor holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Technical University Vienna.

Indro Monti studied Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and Technische Universität München, where he graduated with a specialization in Ground Vehicles. 
Having been one of the first users of PowerFLOW at BMW during his studies, in 2004 Indro joined Exa Corporation in Stuttgart as the first Application Engineer in Germany. As a Technical Account Manager, he soon led a team managing customer implementations, driving growth through process automation and method validation. After two successful years as a Key Account Sales Manager, he then returned to lead the Transportation and Mobility division in Germany and Italy, and grew the team to over 30 engineers. 
After Dassault Systèmes’ acquisition of Exa into the SIMULIA brand in 2017, Indro now is the Technical Director of the EuroMED team, responsible for the complete SIMULIA disciplines portfolio in every industry.

Jean Le Besnerais completed an industrial PhD thesis in Electrical Engineering in 2008 on electromagnetic noise and vibrations (e-NVH) in traction induction machines with Alstom. After working in the railway and wind energy sectors, Jean founded EOMYS Engineering in 2013, a company offering software and consulting services specialized in solving e-NVH problems in electrical machines and drives. EOMYS was acquired by Dassault Systèmes in 2024. 
Since 2024, Jean leads, as a SIMULIA R&D Technology Director, the development of Manatee software, the only CAE collaborative environment dedicated to assessing and controlling magnetic noise & vibrations at all design stages of electrical systems.

Rémi Alliot graduated in Mechanical Engineering from both INSA Lyon, France, and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. 
Working as a Multibody Industry Process Consultant for the SIMULIA brand and based in Lyon, France, Rémi has been working with Simpack for more than 12 years, with a strong focus on railway dynamics applications.

After graduating from the School of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering, Birmingham University Tom Burton followed his interest in Mechanics and software by joining the SIMPACK Ltd. team in England which was responsible for all UK sales and support activities. During his time there, he was invited to visit the SIMPACK Headquarter’s, located near Munich, and has remained in Germany ever since. 
During his time in Germany he began with customer software customization projects leading to a role within the R&D team. After the acquisition of SIMPACK by Dassault Systemes in 2014, Tom setup the Back end Support team before bringing his knowledge to a technical sales and pre-sales support role by joining the Industry Process Solution team as a Senior Consultant in 2021.

Alessandro Bellini is a Technical Manager and Simulation Specialist with over 16 years of experience in pre- and post-sales activities in the CAD-related market. Alessandro has an in-depth knowledge of simulation products, PDM and implementation projects. 
Further, he has a profound experience in manufacturing companies' processes and workflows. 6 Years of experience in managing Resellers in a global environment in Italy, the Balkans, Turkey, Israel, the Middle East and North Africa.

Leonardo Sassi is a Portfolio Manager Director of the Electromagnetic domain in the SIMULIA brand of Dassault Systèmes, with more than 20 years’ of experience in Electromagnetic (EM) and Electronic Simulations. Leonardo gained his experience in many years of product planning, technical sales and worldwide support in high tech, automotive, aerospace and defense industries. He received the Electronic Engineer Laurea and Ph.D. at Politecnico di Bari, Italy. Leonardo joined CST in 2001 and the SIMULIA brand after Dassault Systèmes acquisition.

Domenica Iero holds a Ph.D. in Computational Electromagnetics. During her academic career, Domenica’s primary research focused on developing antenna array synthesis techniques for satellite and biomedical applications (Hyperthermia), designing wireless power transfer systems and evaluating their interaction with the human body. 
Then Domenica faced new industrial challenges from the electromagnetic perspective, such as Autonomous Driving and Powertrain Electrification in the automotive industry, while working as Infotainment & Antenna/EMC Consultant at FCA – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (nowadays Stellantis Group), EMC Simulation Consultant at Ferrari and, later, as EMC Senior Engineer at Eldor Corporation. 
As SIMULIA Industry Process Consultant Senior Specialist at Dassault Systèmes, Domenica supports companies from various industries in improving their design and validation process through electromagnetic simulation.

Davide Tallini received the Laurea degree in Telecommunication Engineering from “Sapienza” University of Rome in February 2007. While at the university, his scientific interests focused on electromagnetic theory and applications in a specific topic: scanning antennas and arrays. During his master thesis, he collaborated with SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI in Rome in the design and optimization of a planar phased array for radar applications. At the end of 2007, he joined CST AG as an Application Engineer. Joining Dassault Systèmes with the acquisition of CST, Davide is now, in his current role as as EuroMed Technical Manager, responsible for the electromagnetic simulation domain at SIMULIA.

Mert Yucetepe works at Dassault Systèmes as an EUROMED SIMULIA Industry Process Consultant.
After completing his master’s degree in the USA, Mert joined Exa Corporation in Detroit in 2015 and worked as a Senior Application Engineer focusing on cooling airflow, thermal management and workflow automation simulation projects.
He has spent the last +8 years enabling companies to develop efficient products by utilizing virtual numerical simulation, especially through SIMULIA PowerFLOW.
Mert has key expertise in advanced fluid mechanics, heat transfer and CFD simulation across several industries, including T&M, A&D and IE.
Mert holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), IL, USA.

Benjamin Duda is a Senior Technology Manager in the SIMULIA R&D organization, working within the Product Management team. Before that, Benjamin worked as a CFD application engineer at EXA PowerFLOW, which Dassault Systèmes later acquired, and as a post-doc at NASA Langley on scale-resolving turbulence models. He holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from ISAE Toulouse but conducted his research on jets in cross-flow on-site at Airbus France.

Bozhidar Naydenov has a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Sofia and a PhD in Robotics. His main focus is to provide high-level technical pre-sales, consulting and support on SIMULIA products, structural simulation solutions and SPDM on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Bozhidar is working on structural simulations, topology optimization and additive manufacturing within A&D, T&M and IE industries.

Nicolò Gavagni holds a master's degree in vehicle engineering from the Enzo Ferrari University of Modena. During his studies he had the opportunity to use Dassault Systèmes software among other also modules available on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. After writing his master's thesis with Dassault Systèmes during an internship, Nicolò joined the SIMULIA EUROMED structural simulation team as an Industry Process Consultant. Nicolò's work focuses on assisting clients to improve their skills in using software, with a focus on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and MODSIM processes.

Emanuele Zanin earned his Master’s Degree in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Turing in 2005 and completed a Post Graduate Master’s Degree in Avionics and Aerospace System Engineering from Politecnico di Turin in 2007. 
He spent 10 years in the Aerospace Industry at Leonardo Aircraft Division in Turin, working in the E3 group, where he honed his skills in using Electromagnetic tools and gained extensive and detailed experience working on a wide range of military aircraft. Emanuele's technical expertise lies in antenna analysis, antenna siting, EMC, EMI, RF, and RCS. 
In 2016, Emanuele transitioned to CST AG and currently holds the role of EUROMED SIMULIA Industry Process Consultant Senior Specialist at Dassault Systèmes.

Davide Ghisolfi received his Master's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, focusing on aerodynamics. Writing his Master's Thesis in Munich at EXACorporation with PowerFLOW on Rim Optimization for Drag Co-Efficient Reduction, Davide joined them straight in 2017 as an Application Engineer. 
With the acquisition of EXA in September 2018, Davide joined Dassault Systèmes Stuttgart as an Industry Process Consultant, working for Porsche projects on thermal protection topics. In September 2020, he transferred home to Italy and joined the Dassault Systèmes EUROMED SIMULIA Industry Process Consultant team. 
Davide mainly supports T&M customers for aerodynamic, thermal protection and aeroacoustic applications.