Thursday, September 18th 2008 7:00am to 6:00pm
Westford Regency Inn & Conference Center : Westford, MA








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Craig Therrien

Over 20 years of industry experience - designer, consultant, CAD product manager and company co-founder. Employment: GE, PTC, Sigmaxim and SolidWorks.


Robin Ritcher (SolidWorks)

Robin Richter has been an API support engineer with SolidWorks for over 2 years.  He has worked on the SDK and provided support to hundreds of customers.  Prior to SolidWorks, Robin worked as a Mechanical Designer and wrote many applications to manage data, and interface with CAD systems.  Robin has a bachelor's degree in Mechanical engineering from Western Michigan University


Elba-Gloria Rangel-Erazo (CAP Inc.)

Elba-Gloria was introduced to SolidWorks in 2001.  Currently she is an Applications Engineer at CAPINC, a New England based SolidWorks VAR.  Prior to working at CAPINC, she interned in the Technical Support team at SolidWorks Corp. for two years providing technical support to VARS. Her educational background is in Mechanical Engineering.


Andy Hughes (SolidWorks)

Andy has been in CAD industry for around 28 years. Twenty of those years have been with CAD software development. He has worked with electrical and piping system design since 1987. In this time he developed an electrical CAD application for Land Rover and then further developed this into a piping system design for Rolls Royce.  Andy joined SolidWorks in 1998 and now manages the SolidWorks routed systems development organization.


Rob Rodriguez (Axis CAD Solutions)

Rob Rodriguez provides CAD services and SolidWorks consulting through his business Axis CAD Solutions LLC.(www.axiscadsolutions.com). A SolidWorks user since 1999, Rob achieved CSWP status in 2004. Over the past 12 years Rob has held CAD design positions in a variety of fields. Rob is also the founder/President of the Northern Vermont SolidWorks User Group and the Eastern Region Representative for the SolidWorks User Group Network. Rob is co-author of the 2008 PhotoWorks Step By Step Guide and his website www.robrodriguez.com offers a monthly PhotoWorks rendering contest.


John Hall (CADD Edge)

John Hall is an Applications Engineer for CADD Edge, a Northeast based SolidWorks VAR.  John has been working with SolidWorks since 2004.  He is a Certified SolidWorks Professional and Certified by SolidWorks for Training and Support.


Mike Lafleche (SolidVison)

Michael LaFleche is a product specialist with SolidVision, a New England based SolidWorks VAR. He has been with SolidVision for 8 years. Before that Michael worked in the real world at several manufacturing companies using SolidWorks as well as other CAD platforms.


Bruce Holway (SolidWorks)

Bruce manages the Solidworks Product Definition department. He has 17 years experience working in the CAD industry in various technical positions. He enjoys exploring mechanical design projects both professionally and as a personal hobby.


Marc Leizza (SolidWorks)

Marc Leizza started at SolidWorks in 1998 as a Technical Support Engineer. Six years ago, Marc assumed the role of SolidWorks Product Specialist working for the Product definition group with his main focus on drawings functionality. Prior to SolidWorks, Marc spent 13 plus years in the mechanical engineering industry designing and detailing various products for Raytheon, Helix Technology etc...


Jeff Mirisola (JRM Consulting & Design)

Jeff Mirisola provides CAD services and SolidWorks consulting through his business JRM Consulting Design. Prior to Starting his own Business Jeff work for a SolidWorks VAR as application engineer and has held other CAD design positions in a variety of companies. Jeff is certified in DriveWorks and has his CSWP. Jeff also has his own SolidWorks blog at http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog that he give some great tips and trick and other great SolidWorks information


Sal Lama (SolidWorks)

Sal is a member of the Product Definition team at SolidWorks and is responsible for defining functionality for new releases of the software. He holds a BSME from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has been a SolidWorks user since 1996.


Gabe Enright

Gabe Enright has been using SolidWorks since 1998.  He's been an Applications Engineer with CADD Edge, a Northeast based SolidWorks VAR, for 8 years.  He is a Certified SolidWorks Professional and Certified by SolidWorks for Training and Support.