John Swanson and ANSYS - An engineering success story

This talk will begin with an overview of the life of John Swanson, showing that his success was due to a community effort, and celebrating the people and institutions which made his engineering contributions possible. A milestone in this path is the awarding of the John Fritz Medal, said to be the highest award in the engineering profession. The rest of this talk will be a non-technical history of ANSYS, the worlds premier engineering simulation software. Discussion will include the technical, engineering, and business factors and decisions which put ANSYS on the path to global success. Questions will be welcome at the end of the talk, and at the conference after the luncheon address.