MLC CAD Systems competitors

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.

James R. Swayze is the Chief Executive Officer and one of the founders of Symbility Solutions. James originally planned to get into the film production industry but the insurance sector appeared in his life as an opportunity to quickly pay off his travel bills. Today James is at the helm of a successful technology company, an acknowledged expert on the application of technology in the insurance sector, a regular contributor to key industry publications and a sought-after speaker. Prior to founding Symbility Solutions, James held various senior executive positions with a number of global technology, financial services and insurance leaders, including General Electric. James was born and raised in Toronto but throughout his career has worked extensively in the United States. He also lived and worked in France and Germany just before the Wall came down and speaks fluent German. James is a true winter sports Canadian – with hockey and skiing being his favourite sports.