Michel Pereme is the Director of Global Business Partners of Simufact, a Business Unit of MSC Software. Michel started his career at Transvalor, a French material forming simulation company where he held various positions in Business Development and Marketing. During his time at Transvalor, he developped operations in Europe and Asia. he wrote and presented several technical papers at world class conferences such as International Forging Congress and AsiaForge. Subsequently, he started his own company as a Business Partner for US-based SFTC company, introducing DEFORM in the French speaking countries in Europe, and writing different articles in the French journal « La Forge ». Over the past 3 years at Simufact, Michel has developped successfully the Channel Partner Operations in the EMEA region. Since February of this year, Michel has been promoted as a Director, Global Channel Business, bringing his 20-year experience in the field of material forming simulation to Simufact customers.