Volker Göbel is Managing Director at AMF Andreas Maier GmbH & Co. KG. He is responsible for the areas technology, production, R&D, procurement and IT. He studied mechanical engineering and joined AMF after he graduated. A few years later he took over the management at the former subsidiary Trennjäger in Cologne. He has been working in his current position since 1995.

Hans Karl was working for several years as software engineer in the field of simulation and CAD. Since 2004 he has been employed at the SGF, a medium-sized automotive supplier, where he is responsible for the supervision and strategic development of the CAD and PDM environment.

After he had successfully completed his mechanical engineering studies, Arist von Perbandt worked for several years in business fields like product cycle management and engineering and supported, for instance, large, international automobile suppliers with the implementation of CAD solutions and product control systems. Since 2011 Mr. von Perbandt has been supporting customers in the south territory of CONTACT Software and he has been establishing PLM solutions at medium-sized enterprises.

Martin Anderer, Dipl. -Ing. (TU) Electrical Engineering has been working for Osram in Augsburg since 1989. As head of the departments EPS (Engineering Processes Services) and TIM (Technical Information Management) software, he is responsible for the license management of the engineering software Osram worldwide, the PLM processes and „master data“ in mechanical engineering as well as CAD integration in SAP PLM for the R&D area.

Josef Schmelter has been working at Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG since 1997 and is responsible for classification in the ERP and PLM systems. As part of his work, he is active in committees of ECLASS e. V., ETIM Deutschland e. V. and the IEC to ensure the provision of product data in the formats required by customers. In addition to the provision of data for e-procurement data in the standardized formats, the topic of data for the engineering tools, based on ECLASS Advanced data, the associated requirements and adaptations to the data models and the extensions to the product information management system, is an essential part of his task in the Phoenix Contact Group.

Frank Bröker has been with Krehl & Partner since 2011. His expertise are topics covering material sciences and value analysis/management. After studying industrial engineering he worked in different areas of responsibility in material sciences for twelve years, i.a. at a manufacturer of motor devices and most recently as head purchaser of technical equipment at the Montblanc Simplo GmbH. At Krehl & Partner, Frank Bröker's focus is on optimizing procurement and product development. Moreover he is an expert for PURCHINEERING and has the qualification Trainer Value Management (TVM).

Dr. Arne Gaiser is Senior Vice President Business Development at DSC Software AG.
His focus is on sales support for customers and interested parties during the introduction of SAP Engineering Control Center, CAD integrations and other SAP PLM solutions as well as the continuous further development of the solutions in line with DSC's motto - your Compagnion for Integrative PLM.

Anatol Kligermann works for the "advertisement and communication" department at Balluff, a manufacturer for sensor solutions. Mr. Klingermann is responsible for all activities related to CADENAS solutions.

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.

Dr. Seena Rejal is founder and CEO of 3D Industries Ltd. a London-based web technology company that specializes in the application of proprietary 3D search technology in industry. Seena previously worked with Cambridge Policy Associates Ltd, an international technology, policy and clean energy advisory boutique. He led industrial and manufacturing policy advisory, including formulation of industrial policy for the government of Kazakhstan in conjunction with the Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge.

Seena Rejal has also worked extensively in clean energy and renewable technologies. He was Technology Lead for the Clinton Climate Initiative in the US and then headed corporate development and financing for Eight19 Ltd. in Cambridge and Global Thermostat LLC.

After finishing his studies in economic engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Göttingen, Jens Bertram has been working as Key Account Manager for CADENAS Solutions GmbH in Wolfsburg since 2006. He is responsible for the German customers in the postcode areas 0-3 in the field of Strategic Parts Management and Electronic Produkt Catalogs.

Christian Leichnitz has been working for NORO Gesellschaft für Rohrsysteme mbH since 2006. After Axel Havekost became a member of the executive board, Mr. Leichnitz followed in his foodesteps and joined the sales force team. Discussions with customers resulted in many new projects, e.g. the introduction of eCATALOGsolutions by CADENAS.

Bernardo Gaudio has been working for GDM S.p.A. (part of Coesia group) since 2002. During the years he acquired HP-UX System administration and Oracle DBA skills. Now he is "CAD & PLM Administrator" as part of IT Department. He worked in order to implement ENOVIA PLM software and its integrations with the existing systems(BAANIV, ORACLE, LOTUS NOTES, SOLID EDGE, ME10, EPLAN, ELCAD). Today all the GDM engineering processes are exported to the brazilian and chineese production sites.

Felix Finster has been working for CIDEON Software since 2006. Initially he was working as consultant for the implementation of SAP PLM CAD integrations and their CIDEON applications. In 2011 he changed to product and solution management with a focus on SAP PLM CAD integrations and additional CIDEON solutions for SAP PLM.

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.

Thomas Lang is Senior Key Account Manager at CADENAS GmbH and advises strategic enterprise accounts on all aspects of the digital twins and digital services in all business areas (BIM, mechanical and electrical engineering).

Thanks to his experience, he has special know-how in the field of the area of VIBN and AAS.

After his training programme at the ETH Zurich, Sergio Renda became the product manager at IWC Schaffhausen where he was responsible for traditional product management as well as competition and market analysis and for the coordination of selling new products within the distributorship. After an intermediate stop at Trumpf Inc. he worked for Swarovski in different positions in the fields of marketing and innovation. Since 2010 Sergio Renda has been responsible for the brand management and the marketing strategy, for developing product strategies and the product management of the brand Lista Office LO.

Klaus Pesendorfer successfully completed an apprenticeship as machinist at a car component manufacturer and extra occupational the Mechanical Engineering College. As design engineer for special machinery and plants (draft and detailing) he has already gained 25 years of experience in mechanical engineering and especially focused on the elaboration of technical documentation and design guidelines. Since 2004 Mr. Pesendorfer is the owner of a technical office for mechanical and plant engineering.

Matthias Grywatsch, born in 1971, successfully completed an apprenticeship as maintenance mechanic with high school graduation. After studying teaching for vocational schools at the TU Ilmenau, he successfully completed his traineeship at the vocational schools in UH county. Since 1998 he has been teaching at the Technical College in Mühlhausen in the subject areas design engineering/CAD and production engineering. Currently Mr. Grywatsch is head of the mechanical engineering division.

As one of the pioneers of "Electronic Engineering Software", Joachim began his career as a software engineer with the development of CAD software for electronics (PCB routing and PCB layout for electronics). In 1987, after completing his studies in computer engineering in Ulm, he co-founded CIM-Team GmbH, which developed E3.series, one of the leading solutions for electrical engineering software Since 2006, Joachim Frank has been part of the management team at Zuken for the E-CAD software E³.series with over 4,500 customers worldwide. In cooperation with CADENAS, Zuken E3 supports the establishment of 3Dfindit as the standard for the provision of electrified components by manufacturers. The current focus is on managing the partnerships with nVent/Hoffman and the Smart Cabinet Building Initiative.

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.

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.