Mr. Yozo Seo

Yozo Seo advises CADNexus on business development in Japan. He brings 20 years of leadership experience in the Japanese CAD and CAE industry to the advisory team of CADNexus. He was formerly the President and CEO of Kubota Solid Technologies Corporation, Rasna Japan Corporation (acquired by PTC), and Executive Advisor to the President of Toyota Caelum, Inc. Yozo Seo serves on the board of SolidWorks Japan, and he is currently President and CEO of Myrtos Corporation, the exclusive distributor for CADNexus in Japan.

Michael Aftosmis

Michael Aftosmis is a leading research scientist at NASA's Advanced Supercomputing Division. Michael is an expert in Cartesian, Hybrid, and unstructured adaptive mesh techniques, design optimization, and recognized worldwide for his Cart3D aerodynamics and simulation software (NASA Software of the Year, 2002). He currently serves on the Debris Transport Team for the current space shuttle program, the design team for the next generation of crew exploration vehicle replacement for the space shuttle, and previously served on NASA's Accident investigation Team for the Columbia accident (STS-107). Michael holds a Sc.M. from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT.

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