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As the Chief Executive Officer and co‐founder of Hawk Ridge Systems, Dale Ford steers the company toward market leadership, technology innovation, service excellence and profitability. With over 20 years in sales and technology management, Dale co‐founded Hawk Ridge Systems in 1996. As the leading solutions provider of 3D design and manufacturing solutions, Hawk Ridge Systems is recognized as one of the largest Dassault Systèmes strategic business partners, and has been awarded the #1 worldwide SolidWorks leadership position in three of the last six years. With over 160 employees in North America, Hawk Ridge Systems has 16 offices and training centers in the United States and Canada. Serving over 12,000 customers in all major business verticals, marquee customers include Medtronic, IGT, Electroimpact, Terrex, Google and Apple. Dale began his career at SciCan Corp. as a research and development engineer and then moved on to RAND Worldwide as an Engineering manager in Canada before starting Hawk Ridge Systems. He holds an engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and is a licensed professional engineer in Canada. Dale is a native of Ontario, Canada, and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to start Hawk Ridge Systems in the mid‐90s.