Born 1966 in Lausanne / Switzerland. Education to el. engineer FH. Since 1989 multifaceted tasks in the area of industry automation: industrial robots, DVD-production lines, semiconductor industries. Since 2011 general manager of Afag Automation AG and author of "Downtime Sucks".

Dipl.-Ing. Hendrik Grosser works as a research engineer in the Division of Virtual Product Creation of Fraunhofer IPK since 2008. Main research aims at improvement of digital support of maintenance, repair and overhaul processes as well as usage of Reverse Engineering methods for modelling.

Raimund Horvath is working in the organizational development department for Starlinger & Co GmbH. Logistic and methodic optimizations are within his duties as well as cost-down programs for products and processes.

Andreas Höfig, born in 1970 studied mechanical and production engineering at the University of Applied Science in Aalen and began working in special machinery construction.

Afterwards he moved onto sales at a medium sized machine tool manufacturer. Since 1999 he has been working at CADENAS GmbH in the parts management and electronic product catalogs department in the sales sector.

Since 2008 he has been the marketing manager of the measurement and control engineering manufacturer AFRISO. As project manager of the 3D CAD catalog he is responsible for the integration of the AFRISO PARTcommunity and their presentations during ACHEMA 2012. The 3D CAD catalog and the CAD download portal are important tools for him and offer great opportunities for sales.

Working in the engineering of machinery for special purpose since 1990, Michael Rempfer changed to Hinterkopf GmbH in 2009. As Technical Director he is responsible to optimize the processes from the engineering to the assembling of machines. This means also planning the software for engineering and organizing the purchasing department.

Timo Kleemann is the safety engineer and technical area manager at Hans Georg Brühl GmbH and is responsible for the project handling in the technical office, as well as for coordinating appointments with manufacturing and customers. He advises customers to use an all-encompassing product palette and the BRUEHL SAFTEY FENCE DESIGNER and holds training sessions. "It is our goal to improve the planning process of our customers via the product configurator and reach a minimization in our process times."

Since 2000, Stefan Waldner has been working for CADENAS GmbH in the CAD/PDM interfaces area. Since 2008, he has been Head of Web Development and is responsible for further developments of PARTcommunity.

For nine years Reiner Heimsoth had been responsible for the development and project department of a major international systems house. The founding of keytech in 1993 allowed him to focus more consistently on his own ideas and take responsibility for the company strategy.

With over 1.000 successful world-wide implementations and more than 27 years of expert knowledge in software engineering keytech is one of the PLM market leaders in the german-speaking area. keytech provides their customers in the realization of the PLM thought in their company and regards already established processes in the implementation. The keytech motto results out of this: The focus lies on the customer’s enterprising benefit.

Jürgen Heimbach, born in 1966, is one of the founders of CADENAS GmbH. Already during his academic studies at the Technical College in Augsburg he impressed with his dedication in the area of standard and purchased parts. Even his diploma thesis dealt with this topic and showed a clear movement towards a career in this area. Today Mr. Heimbach is CEO of CADENAS GmbH.

Dipl.-Ing. (Electrical and Economical Engineering) Moritz Kürten is Application Consultant (PLM Consultant) in CATIA V5, Windchill, and CADENAS PARTsolutions. He works since 2004 with parts management and since 2008 with geometric component search. His responsibilities include project management, infrastructure, 2nd / 3rd level support and trainings.

Martin Bleibel has been working at Heinrich Kipp Werk KG since 1988. In this company he is responsible for the technical IT, this also includes the documentation which supports the Internet shop of Kipp.

After several years working for a Volkswagen AG engineering supplier, the electronic technician came to CADENAS in 1997. His practical background in CAD constructions has enabled him to excel in the CADENAS sales team. From 1999, he was Managing Director of CADENAS Solutions GmbH in Wolfsburg. Since June 2024, he has been Executive Vice President Sales International Enterprise 3Dfindit.

He has been working for systemworkx since 2009. Responsible for consulting and sales of integral IT solutions, including optimized infrastructure concepts and professional CAD solutions.

Andreas Binder, head of the product line workholdings at Erwin Halder KG, is i.a. responsible for modular clamping products.

Halder is the only manufacturer who offers T-slot as well as hole and dowel systems. So far lots of time and specific knowledge of modular systems was necessary, to be able to display a modular device in CAD/CAM. The fixture butler allows you to create the NC program in an efficient way, regarding interferences of the modular clamping device, but no need of a physically present workpiece. This way it is possible to further reduce the development time for new parts.

Mr. Ferreira has been working at D&TS in Wuppertal as the branch manager since 2004. Mr. Ferreira has more than 12 years of experience in the areas of project management and sales of complex software solutions up to standardization and cost optimization of business processes.

Frank Epple has been working at CADENAS GmbH since 1997. Since 2000 he has been the Head of Software Development and thus responsible for the technical side of PARTsolutions and eCATALOGsolutions.