{"id":2171,"date":"2011-01-05T12:12:17","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T20:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2011-02-06T21:13:36","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T05:13:36","slug":"new-head-at-solidworks-corp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2171","title":{"rendered":"New head at SolidWorks Corp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BertrandSicot.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2172\" title=\"Bertrand Sicot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/BertrandSicot.bmp\" alt=\"Bertrand Sicot\" \/><\/a>Today, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp accounced that executive vice president of sales, Bertrand Sicot, is now the\u00a0new CEO.\u00a0 Former CEO, Jeff Ray,\u00a0was promoted into a leadership role at Dassault Syst\u00e8mes based in V\u00e9lizy, France.\u00a0 Sicot started his career at DS SolidWorks in 1997 as the regional sales manager for Western Europe and Scandinavia.\u00a0SolidWorks Corp stated that\u00a0&#8221;\u00a0Sicot has consistently improved worldwide distribution performance, revenue, profit, and global market share.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ray is moving to DS corporate\u00a0HQ in France\u00a0as Executive Vice President of Geographic Operations and &#8220;will oversee the company\u2019s 12 geographies to enable local DS teams to better address the specific local challenges facing customers and partners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sicot brings his own brand of\u00a0excitement and interest.\u00a0 In his <a title=\"SolidWorks Blog CEO Bertrand Sicot\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2011\/01\/from-bertrand-sicot-a-new-chapter-at-solidworks.html\" target=\"_self\">first public message as CEO<\/a>, he declares, &#8220;one of the first things I ever designed and built at the age of 13\u2014a remote-control boat with full wood hull and electric drive\u2014still works.&#8221;\u00a0 He also talks about the excitement he has for &#8220;technology [SolidWorks is] building with our next-generation platform&#8221; and for the SolidWorks company and its customers.<\/p>\n<p>Both Sicot and Ray will attend at SolidWorks World 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp accounced that executive vice president of sales, Bertrand Sicot, is now the\u00a0new CEO.\u00a0 Former CEO, Jeff Ray,\u00a0was promoted into a leadership role at Dassault Syst\u00e8mes based in V\u00e9lizy, France.\u00a0 Sicot started his career at DS SolidWorks in 1997 as the regional sales manager for Western Europe and Scandinavia.\u00a0SolidWorks Corp stated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2171\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New head at SolidWorks Corp&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,27,1065],"tags":[1216,400],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-solidworks-world","category-sww11","tag-bertrand-sicot","tag-jeff-ray"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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