Matthias Friedrich

Break down complexity brings value.

Greater Karlsruhe Area

About

Experience

  • Dassault Systèmes (Full-time · 13 yrs 3 mos)
    • MODSIM Industry Process Expert - Consumer Packaged Goods
      Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Helping customers in CPG-R industry on their digital transformation journey, to achieve sustainability targets by unlocking value using validated, automated, democratized and integrated simulation.

    • Technical Sales Director SIMULIA WW Partner Enablement
      Apr 2015 - Jan 2023 · 7 yrs 10 mos

      The enablement of our Worldwide Value Solutions (WW VS) Partners includes sales, presales, postsales, training and technical project aspects and helps our partners from onboarding up to being a trusted advisor for our software users.

    • Technical Director SIMULIA Optimization
      May 2013 - Mar 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Managing the SIMULIA Optimization Team in Germany, focused on project work, presales, support and training - international portfolio enabling and still proceeding with a lot of activities in the U.S. and worldwide.

  • Head of Engineering Services at FE-Design GmbH
    Aug 2002 - Apr 2013 · 10 yrs 9 mos

    FE-DESIGN's product is TOSCA, an optimization system based on numerical simulation. Leading an engineering team of locally 5 and globally 20 people. The engineering team is working in the field of numerical simulation and optimization, mainly in automotive (powertrain and chassis) and wind energy sector. Engineering plays a very important role for FE-DESIGN's software sales strategy, so besides project work we are focused on presales, training and customer specific consulting in simulation based development processes. Since 2007 involved in international reseller activities in U.S. and Brazil. Since 2011 deeply involved in FE-DESIGN's business activities in the U.S. to ramp up business and technical enablement in the american automotive industry.

  • CAE Project Manager at Freudenberg Forschungsdienste KG
    Mar 1997 - Jul 2002 · 5 yrs 5 mos

    The CAE area provides simulation services to the whole Freudenberg Group, working with highly nonlinear finite element models of rubber components (mainly for vibration damping and sealing), intensively with ABAQUS as finite element solver. I built up an optimization team (5 engineers) within the finite element group (15 engineers), focused on application of optimization methods on rubber components.

  • Scientific Assistant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / University of Karlsruhe (TH)
    Feb 1996 - Feb 1997 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Industrial application and documentation optimization methods as member of a research group in cooperation with FE-DESIGN