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SWW Speaker Spotlight - Devon Sowell

Devon Sowell is another one of those special SolidWorks users that spends a lot of his free time helping others.  From local user group presentations, to SWUGN Summit events, Devon does them all.  He's a regular on the SolidWorks discussion forums, and still finds time to run his own business - 3-D Design Solutions.

Last year in San Diego, Devon did two presentations - SolidWorks Explorer and FeatureWorks Tips and Tricks.  I attended the latter session for two reasons...to learn from Devon, and to see if there was anything is his presentations that I could "borrow" for my own later in the week.  There was ;)

This year at SolidWorks World, Devon will again present on both topics, and I know they'll be well attended and highly rated.  Both topics get to the core of a lot of what engineers and designers have to do these days - manage files and work with imported/translated data.  I recommend you attend both if possible.

One more little tidbit - Devon recently did a search of his system, and found out that he has over 160,000 SolidWorks files. That's amazing - read about it on his blog.

Increasing Productivity with SolidWorks FeatureWorks and Utilities
Monday, February 9th - 1:30pm to 2:30pm

Experience SolidWorks Explorer for Basic File Management
Tuesday, February 10th - 4:30pm to 6:00pm

SWW Speaker Spotlight - Richard Wand

The first time you see one of Richard Wand's presentations, you'll be blown away.  Richard will command your attention not only with his knowledge of the subject, but by his speaking style.  Always smiling, always talking, and always looking like he's having fun, Richard can speak on many topics.

Renowned in the SolidWorks Community for his knowledge on analysis, Richard has presented at several user group meetings outside of his own, and demand for his presentations is growing.  At SolidWorks World 2008 in San Diego, his presentation on managing large assemblies was one of the highest rated user presentations.  This year, Richard returns to the analysis track, presenting a case study on using SolidWorks and SolidWorks Simulation to help solve customer issues.  If your work involves SolidWorks Simulation, you do not want to miss this session.

Richard and his father Graham run MJ Engineering, a contract engineering firm located near Columbus, Ohio.  Both Graham's are involved with local SolidWorks and Simulation User Groups as well.  To the best of my knowledge, it's the only Father/Son team in SWUGN.  Thanks to both of them, SolidWorks users are well taken care of in Central Ohio.

A Case Study in Analysis: Verifying Strain GaugeTesting with SolidWorks Simulation
Monday, February 9th - 1:30pm to 2:30pm