Steve Pilz Email & Phone Number

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

The ReLogic team is directly supporting Weapons Development and Integration Directorate, PEO Aviation, Missile Defense Agency, Test Resource Measurement Center, Air Force Research Lab, Naval Research Lab, Office of Naval Intelligence, as well as other various commercial customers.

Pittsburgh, Pa

Canonsburg, Pa

Anticipate, envision and produce the tools needed to harness the incredible design freedoms that additive manufacturing unleashes, particularly in high strength, high temperature metals. Created an ecosystem of researchers, software and hardware developers, OEM's and customers that lead the state of the art in product design which centers around multiple physics topology optimization and light weight, high strength metallic lattice structures. Mentor newer engineering graduates on best practices and evolving to create collaborative and long lasting customer relationships.

Canonsburg, Pa

Manage geometry creation and editing tools that provide a critical component of a multi-domain engineering simulation software suite. Form partnerships with industry and academic experts to jointly tackle complex research projects. Deeply involved with additive manufacturing, topological optimization, and faceted to nurbs conversion areas.

Family business expansion director, facility design, construction,

Lead technical evaluation team for vetting potential acquisitions in Explicit Dynamics fieldCreated technical due-diligence program for Century Dynamics AUTODYN product line and recommended purchase of companyDeveloped integration plan for Century Dynamics Corporation once acquired by ANSYS Inc.Managed multi-year product and company integration effort while Century Dynamics was in "earn out" phaseAdded product management duties for Rigid Dynamics productsCreated Web centric pre-sales seminars to promote products and automatically distribute leads to sales staff worldwide in conjunction with team members from IT, Marketing, Sales and Development departmentsPresented Explicit Dynamics Update Seminars in US, South America, Western Europe, Greece, Israel, Hungary and RomaniaEarned cover page exposure for products managed in Machine Design and MCAD magazinesContinued to manage ANSYS/LS-DYNA product line which specialized in contact, composites, nonlinear materials (plasticity, hyperelasticity, creep, etc.), nonlinear buckling, static (steady state) and transient dynamic structural analysesCreated and presented to Sr. Management "5 Year Plan for Explicit Dynamics Product Line"

Directed product development efforts for ANSYS/LS-DYNA and Drop Test Module explicit dynamics productsCoordinated communication between sales staff and development staffCreated release specific product plans based on customer requests and market opportunitiesConceived and sold internally a new marketing campaign for explicit products, obtained funding Hired external consultants and managed creation of self paced explicit dynamics tutorial problems in drop test, metal forming, composites and bird strike areasOrganized multi-department team for automated web based lead generation/tutorial distribution system Held semi-weekly conference calls with direct sales staff and channel partners to review new explicit dynamics leads and assist with sales effortsCreated and taught yearly update seminars to new and existing sales personnel for product lines managedGrew sales of explicit dynamics product line 18-25% annually

Directed marketing efforts for CAD integrated products existing ANSYS/ProFEA product and the then new DesignSpace product lineDeveloped demonstration problems to highlight CAD/FEA interoperability, persistence for PTC's Pro/Engineer, Autodesk's Inventor and Mechanical Desktop, SolidWorks Corp.'s SolidWorks and Intergraph's Solid Edge productsDeveloped training seminar with team of AE's when Training group was unable to do so in time for product releaseTaught DesignSpace classes in Brazil, Italy, Germany, France and The NetherlandsManaged summer interns in updating of marketing materials and demonstration problems to latest versions of CAD and FEA productsInterviewed potential new hires for the marketing department

Provided first and second level technical support via phone for direct customers and channel partners technical support staffInvestigated potential defects in released products, filed error reports with created demonstration problems when appropriate for both linear and nonlinear problem areasVerified error fixes in pre-release productsChaired technical sessions at ANSYS International conferences, introduced authors, interpreted audience questions and presented best paper awards Worked closely with a co-worker on a yearlong project to develop custom simulation model for AT&T to simulate undersea plowing and laying of trans-Atlantic fiber optic cablesDemonstrated beta and new release software at trade shows in the US

Created user documentation for both printed manuals as well as for on-line help in various ANSYS productsWrote and taught technical seminars for Introductory, Solid Modeling, and Design Optimization classesCreated custom engineering models for both documentation and training purposes: linear, nonlinear, beam, shell, solid, structural, thermal and magnetic models

Demonstrated ANSYS products to prospective customers via in-house seminars for up to 30 people as well as customer on-site visits at companies in the Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia regionsProvided technical phone support in ANSYS products to new and existing customers in regions noted above.Taught introductory and second level training courses in-house and on-site at new customer locationsSupported two direct sales people in technical discussions and sales callsDeveloped industry specific marketing campaigns to introduce FEA in general, and ANSYS in particular to target markets in local regionsCoordinated software development staff to address shortcomings in future versions of software products

Advanced Training On Additive Manufacturing Metal Part Production

Perform the appropriate steps to fabricate parts, from AM machine set up to post processing and refinishing successfully Determine.

Industry Practicum: Additive Manufacturing With Metallic Materials

Activities and Societies: Design workflow for AM, from CAD to part Materials for Additive Manufacturing Powder Bed Fusion Processes.

Project Management

Six Sigma White Belt, Lean Six Sigma

Education record

Graduate-level business coursework included Financial Accounting, Quantitative Decision Making Theory, Managerial Economics.

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering course work included Machine Design, Finite Element Theory, Computer-Aided Design, and Computer-Aided Manufacturing.