BIO: Paul W. Downing – VP PROSTEP, INC. Mr. Downing brings over 20 years of IT knowledge and related experience in a variety of industries including Automotive, Aerospace, and High Tech Manufacturing. Mr. Downing joined PROSTEP, Inc. in 2006 as Vice President, in order to establish PROSTEP’s subsidiary office in North America (located in the greater Detroit area). BIO: Dr. Andreas Schreiber – PRESIDENT PROSTEP, INC. Dr. Schreiber has been with PROSTEP for 10 years and was most recently in charge of the PROSTEP PDM Competency Center which is responsible for the deployment of OpenPDM (PROSTEP’s PDM Integration Platform) at such customers as Airbus, VW/Audi, Ford, Delphi, Bosch and others. Mr. Schreiber relocated to the US full time in 2006 as PRESIDENT of PROSTEP Inc. BIO: Dr. Matthias Grau (in work) Dr. Grau brings over 13 years of experiences in project management, research and development in the areas of shipbuilding, offshore structures, aerospace, CAx/PDM software systems, engineering and information management, software development as well as international standards. Mr. Grau joined PROSTEP ITS GmbH in 2003 as a Senior Consultant.