LMS appoints regional manager for UK

LMS has appointed Jean-Marc Dewilde in the position of regional manager of LMS UK to grow business in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries.

LMS has announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Dewilde in the position of regional manager of LMS UK.

Jean-Marc Dewilde joined LMS in 1994 and holds an extensive experience in the physical testing and virtual simulation markets.

Under his supervision, LMS will further strengthen its market position in the UK market and grow LMS' business in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries.

Over the past decades, LMS UK systematically extended its customer community and built up an extensive cooperation with leading companies like Ford Motor Company, Jaguar Landrover, Ricardo Consulting Engineers, MIRA, MBDA, Rolls Royce, Agusta-Westland Helicopters and BAE Systems.

Many of these companies are innovation leaders in their market domain and constantly look for the best possible technologies to support their development process.

LMS shows a solid track record of successfully meeting these strong customer expectations with innovative virtual simulation and testing solutions.

The appointment of Jean-Marc Dewilde represents a strong commitment to extend the close co-operation with the LMS customer base.

Marc Boonen, vice-president World-wide Sales at LMS commented, "It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Jean-Marc as Regional Manager for the LMS UK office.

Jean-Marc combines an in-depth know-how in our products and applications with an extensive sales and channel management experience.

Transferring a seasoned manager like Jean-Marc to the UK clearly confirms LMS' commitment to the UK customers and market." Dewilde commented: "I look forward to joining the dedicated and enthusiastic team of LMS UK and to work with the many loyal LMS customers in the UK market.

I will focus my role on intensifying our relationship with our customers in the automotive and aerospace industries, and to increase the LMS market share in a wide variety of manufacturing industries in the UK." Dewilde holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the UG University of Ghent.

He started his professional career at ESTEC, the European Space and Technology Centre and joined LMS in 1994 as application project engineer.

Over the past decade, Jean-Marc held several management positions in customer support, product marketing, sales and channel management.

Before accepting the Regional Manager position for LMS UK, Jean-Marc was in charge of managing indirect sales channels in regions like India, Scandinavia, Spain, and Benelux.

* About LMS - LMS is an engineering innovation partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries.

LMS enables its customers to get better products faster to market, and to turn superior process efficiency to their strategic competitive advantage.

LMS delivers a unique combination of virtual simulation software, testing systems, and engineering services.

We are focused on the mission critical performance attributes in key manufacturing industries, including structural integrity, handling, safety, reliability, comfort and sound quality.

Through our technology, people and over 25 years of experience, LMS has become the partner of choice for most of the leading discrete manufacturing companies worldwide.

LMS, a Dassault Systemes Gold Partner and SIMULIA Partner, is certified to ISO9001:2000 quality standards and operates through a network of subsidiaries and representatives in key locations around the world.

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