Presenter

Rich leads strategic partnerships at Ansys where he helps deliver global partners vision and goals. Previously he was director of product marketing at Ansys and was responsible for digital marketing, branding, marketing strategy, product marketing, and content marketing for Ansys' leading simulation software products. Rich joined Ansys with the acquisition of Lumerical, where he was the head of marketing. Prior to that, he was a Partner at Silicon Catalyst where he coached semiconductor startup executives. Prior to that, he was Chancellor at Global Technology University in Silicon Valley, California. He was Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Synopsys where he led the corporate marketing team and its University Program.