Yannick WittnerYannick Wittner
Director, PLM Marketing
Dassault Systemes

Yannick Wittner was named director of PLM Marketing in February 2004 and is responsible for strategic marketing. Mr. Wittner began his career at Dassault Systèmes in 1988 as an applications engineer performing various activities in the mechanical CAD area, such as education, demonstrations, technical assistance, and benchmarking. In 1990, he was assigned to Dassault Systèmes’ BMW team in Munich, Germany. A year later, he transferred to the Bombardier Aerospace team in Toronto, Canada. In 1992, he was promoted to marketing manager for Germany, England and Switzerland. In 1996, Mr. Wittner transferred to Dassault Systèmes of America where he led Dassault Systèmes’ U.S. aerospace business unit for three years. In 2001, he was promoted to director of the Consumer Goods and Electronics business unit. Mr. Wittner graduated with a Master’s degree in automation from the Ecole Centrale de Nantes. He lives in Paris.