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Bernard Charl�s was named president of Dassault Syst�mes on September 1, 1995. He was named president and CEO on May 28, 2002.
Mr. Charl�s began his career at Dassault Syst�mes in 1983 leading teams to develop new technologies. In 1986, he founded a dedicated Strategy and Research department, and in 1988, was named president of Research and Development. Under his direction, Dassault Syst�mes introduced CATIA-CADAM Solutions Version 4, which incorporated a new architecture and established a new dynamic for rapid response to customer needs.
Since becoming president, Mr. Charl�s, drove the key markers of Dassault Syst�mes' evolution including the development of the Version 5 architecture; introduction to the Nasdaq and Bourse de Paris stock markets in June 1996; as well as a series of key acquisitions: SolidWorks in 1997, followed by DELMIA, ENOVIA, SMARTEAM, ABAQUS and MatrixOne making it the leader in PLM (Production Lifecycle Management) solutions.
The solutions and services developed by Dassault Syst�mes today give shape to Bernard Charl�s' vision of leveraging the power of 3D to help companies develop, simulate, and optimize the complete lifecycle of their products, and preserve the environment for the future.
Bernard Charl�s graduated with honors as a mechanical engineer specialized in Automation and Computer Science Engineering from the prestigious Ecole Normale Sup�rieure in Cachan, France where he still belongs to the scientific core of professors.
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