Daryl Corelli
Manufacturing Technical Specialist, Autodesk

Daryl Corelli had his first exposure to Autodesk's manufacturing products while in school completing his Mechanical Engineering degree at McMaster University. A main focus of his was in design validation where he used FEA software to optimize the prototypes designed in Autodesk® Inventor.

After working for a number of years using competitive software programs such as SolidWorks, Daryl had the opportunity to return to his home platform, become an Inventor certified expert, and begin educating manufacturing companies across Canada & the United States on all the unique advantages Autodesk's manufacturing solutions offer to customers.

Heather Kernahan
Senior Manager of Product and Industry Marketing, Autodesk

Heather Kernahan is senior manager of product and industry marketing at Autodesk. Her team focuses on understanding customers' needs and delivering content that is compelling and demonstrates value for manufacturers. She joined Autodesk in 2006 and has worked in brand marketing, sustainability and public relations. Heather has spent her career in the software industry having worked at Alias, Inc., Cognicase and Personus Inc.

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Keith Perrin
Senior Industry Manager, Manufacturing, Autodesk, Inc.

Keith Perrin is a senior industry principal for manufacturing for Autodesk. Autodesk, Inc. is the world leader in design innovation technology, and provides 2D and 3D design software and services for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets.

In his current role, Keith is responsible for helping outline and communicate Autodesk's Manufacturing tools and solutions. Aimed at empowering customers to design, manufacture and market the world's best products Autodesk's solution for Digital Prototyping helps people imagine, design and create a better world.

Keith Perrin brings over 20 years of experience in Engineering and the CAx/PDM industry to his role as Industry Manager at Autodesk, including a variety of positions in engineering, sales, product management and marketing.

Prior to joining Autodesk, Keith had a successful career at Siemens PLM, where he held several managerial positions in product management and development in the areas of CAD, CAE and PDM.

Keith is a native of the United Kingdom and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree, with Honors in Mechanical Engineering from Middlesex University in London. He is an associate member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) a member of the product development and management association (PDMA) and a member of the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA). Keith, his wife Victoria and sons, Oliver and Owen, reside in Portland, Oregon near Autodesk Manufacturing Headquarters.

Rob Cohee
Manufacturing Industry Evangelist, Autodesk Inc.

Rob Cohee, Technical Evangelist for Autodesk Manufacturing, has been working with engineers and designers on how technology can be utilized to solve design challenges, exercise the model, and analyze design both visually and through simulation for the past 16 years. Rob reaches out to over 150,000 viewers and followers annually from his YouTube Channel, Facebook Fan Page, Blog, and Twitter accounts and through his unique style that is both informative and entertaining, his audience continues to grow. Rob's position on design is that it is the continual evolution of thought, captured and communicated in multiple forms at various stages of development. His objective is to help engineers and designers capture design digitally, and communicate in all forms required including visually stunning imagery, analysis results, accurate drawings, or detailed models.

Craig Breckenridge
Senior Designer, Dynamic Structures

Craig Breckenridge, Chief Designer, Dynamic Structures. Dynamic Structures is the premier provider of dynamic, complex structures to industry, government, academia and entertainment through creative, cost-effective solutions covering design, manufacturing and construction.

Sanjeev Pal
Senior Analyst, IDC

Sanjeev Pal is the research manager for IDC's Product, Project and Portfolio Management Solutions service. In this role he assists buyers, product managers, marketers and strategy professionals to understand features, benefits and market movements in PPM (Project/Portfolio Management), EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) and PLM (Product Life-cycle Management) arenas.

Mr. Pal has had extensive experience in consulting and product development. His consulting experience has been directed towards enterprise collaboration, integration and product development including business process re-definition projects in industries such as aerospace, automotive, ship building and consumer & industrial manufacturing.

Prior to joining IDC, Sanjeev worked in product lifecycle management domain at Dassault-Systemes. His responsibilities included projects related to PLM collaboration and integration from British Aerospace, Boeing, Black and Decker, Porsche and Toyota.

Sanjeev holds a degree in Masters of Business Administration from Wake Forest University. He also earned a degree in Masters of Tech from Delhi, India.

Tom Salomone
 HP Workstation representative

Thomas A. Salomone has over 25 years in the industry and is currently the worldwide Mechanical Design Automation Tom is well known throughout the industry for his vision and insights. Tom’s previous roles include senior engineering manager, new product development manager, and advanced manufacturing research. Tom has an MS in Computer Science, and a BS in Physics, and is the author of an engineering book titled: Concurrent Engineering, What Every Engineer Should Know,  Marcel Dekker, New York, NY 1995