President
Charles (Chas) Marsh, Bell
Chas has 25+ years in the aerospace and defense industry (Northrup Grumman, Sikorsky Aircraft & Bell (Bell Helicopter). He is currently manages all of the design tools and standards for Bell. Chas' experience with Dassault Systemes started in the 90's as an experimental design engineer utilizing CATIA V3. Chas has a rich history of design experience through multiple engineering disciplines on 6 development aircraft programs to inform his current role. As the Manager of Design Tools, Chas builds the company strategy for Systems and Processes. In addition to supporting the companies tactical "Care and Feeding" of all the tools, Chas is the business architect for the next evolution of connected tools.
Chas has always had a passion for aircraft/aerospace. Not only has he been involved with the design & development of aircraft platforms he possesses a Multi-Engine Commercial Pilots license.
Chas has two married daughters (a Sales Executive & a Biomedical Engineer), enjoys tinkering, woodworking, metalworking, mechanics, electronics, ranching, hunting, fishing, hiking & overland off-roading.
Professional Affiliations/Leadership Experience:
Member of COE - 2007-Present
COE Co-Leader for 3DExperience Discovery Panel - 2017-Present
COE Board of Directors Secretary - 2018-Present
Industry Advisory Board, Tarrant County Community College - 2016-Present
Mayor, City of Annetta South, Texas - 2016-Present
Education:
B.S. Aerospace Engineering - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach) - 1991
Aviation Business Management - University of New Haven - 1999
M.S. Systems Engineering - Southern Methodist University - 2011
Vice President/President Elect
Doug Klutzke, Boom Supersonic
Doug Klutzke is currently the Engineering Technical Specialist of Systems Integration and Preliminary Design at Gulfstream Aerospace. Doug has also held past roles at Cessna and L3 Communications. He is a current SMSWG member and former SAE member. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University.
Secretary
Bryan Caton, Elbit Systems of America
Bryan Caton has worked in multiple industries (Aerospace, Residential Construction, Food and Beverage, Hospitality, as well as 31 years in the military). He has also spent significant time in other countries giving him an understanding of cultures outside of the US. He worked within the engineering services function at Parker Aerospace for 15 years implementing Dassault and other products. Bryan currently is leading the effort for Triumph Aerospace and previously worked for Accenture doing similar application development and deployments for 3 years.
Educational Experience:
BS Aero from Texas A&M
MBA Supply and Value Chain from Texas Christian
Treasurer
Russ Mahoney, Blue Origin
Russ Mahoney is the current Sr Manager - Enterprise & Info Technology at Blue Origin. He was previously Engineering Product Lifecycle Manager, Model-based Definition/Design Methods Manager, and Skill Team Captain, Technical Drafter at The Boeing Company. Russ holds degrees in Bachelors of Business Administration (BA) and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Washington. Over his 30 year career, he has held past roles at General Dynamics and Boeing. Russ hopes his many years of experience within the PLM industry, in both technical and leadership roles, will help to shape the future of COE by working with the Boeing executives and shaping the mindset and perspective and identifying the ideal target attendees
Immediate Past President
Jim Escoe, Procter & Gamble (retired)
James Escoe, of Cincinnati Ohio, is formerly the PLM Strategy Leader for Procter & Gamble’s Product Development globally. He led global High Performance Computing (HPC), Modeling & Simulation IT Systems, and CAD Systems for Package Development and areas of Product Development. Jim has been a PLM leader in P&G for the last 20 years. Jim’s past initiatives include PLM capability to deliver drawing control to P&G plants, BOM integrations to SAP, and 3D Design for Packaging and Product Development. Jim led the the strategy for all P&G initiatives involving ENOVIA/CATIA/SIMULIA. Earlier in Jim’s P&G career he architected and delivered P&G’s global HPC infrastructure and architected P&G’s first deployments of Teamcenter. More recently Jim led the effort to replatform all P&G’s packaging design and development to the CATIA/ENOVIA/SIMULIA V6 architecture
Prior to P&G, Jim was the program manager for SDRC’s CAE business unit and a senior product development manager of the Assembly Modeling module of I-DEAS CAD. He led I-DEAS CAD development for Assembly Modeling integration to Metaphase and the Team Data Manager (precursors to Teamcenter), Configuration Management, Part-to-Part feature integration, and the consolidated geometric and positional constraint network that was first among the CAD companies globally. The 3D Variational Geometry Initiative Jim jointly led won Design News “New Product of the Year” in 1996.
Jim has been married for 28 years, has two daughters and enjoys boating, golfing, travel, attending college football games and cooking Italian food.
Professional Affiliations / Leadership Experience:
COE Board of Directors (2014 to Present)
Industry Advisory Board; Department of Computer Science, The Ohio State University (2012 to Present)
Industry Advisory Board; Purdue University Center of PLM Excellence (2014 to Present)
Educational Experience:
Bachelor of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA Major Civil Engineering
Master of Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio
Computer Science; Research Associate & Teaching Associate; Research focus on Geometric Modeling and Computer Graphics
Directors at Large
Brian McGibbon, Boeing
Boeing Company Design Engineering manager, Program Manager and Technical Lead with over 25 years of experience in the Defense & Aerospace industry. Led multiple programs and efforts, have experience with documenting and interpreting product requirements relevant to certification, configuration, and data management processes. Implemented best practices and drove process improvement. Developed and implemented plans and processes to ensure product meets technical parameters, data, regulatory and customer requirements to maintain configuration control. Responsible for interfacing with engineering, peers, suppliers, & customers for direction, collaboration, approval, identification of requirements & resolving design related issues. Developed engineering data & product designs including Electrical, Structural, & Mechanical components using Dassault Systèmes suite of applications. SmarTeam PLM administrator responsible for planning cost, hardware, & training required for the implementation of common engineering tools, acted as primary point of contact for multiple sites.
Joe Konecny, PCC Aerostructures
Joe is a Manager of Engineering Software & Systems at PCC Aerostructures. He has managed several teams within my career at different companies ranging from a team of sales AE's, to a team of consultants, to now an R&D team within an Aerospace Manufacturing company. All of these teams have used a variety of Dassault Systemes products throughout his career.
Marc Jeeves, Nikola Motor Company
Marc is a technical specilaist at Nikola. Through the years he has sub-contracted to FORD through INCAT as a CATIA / Team Center Engineering consultant and CATIA template development. He has supplied training, onsite specialist support and bespoke training material to world class companies such as; Arrows Formula One, Aston martin, British Aerospace, Ford, Honda, BMW, Rover, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Range Rover, Thule, BFGoodRich and also Calsonic. As a result of working with companies such as these, his experience and knowledge base has increased not only in CATIA but also in associated engineering roles and company specific tool sets and process.
Dassault Systemes Directors
Tracey Wade, Dassault Systemes
Tracey Wade is employed by Dassault Systemes Americas Corporation. She is currently the Director in High Tech Industry Solution Experience Consulting.
Rani Richardson, Dassault Systemes
Rani Richardson is employed by Dassault Systemes Americas Corporation. She is currently the Composites & Additive Manufacturing Director of CATIA Technical Sales.
President of COE Academic Foundation
Nathan Shipley, Wichita State University
Based in Gilbert, AZ, Nathan is currently a Assistant Director, CADCAM at Wichita State University. He brings experience from previous roles at V5 Engineering. Nathan holds an MBA in Business Administration from Wichita State University and specializes in Catia, composites, aerospace, CAD/CAM, and continuous improvement.