About Us

Executive Advisory Board

Here are a few of the people who comprise our Executive Advisory Board:
 

Mark R. Orzen, –  Founder and President of Progressive Computing and cSHARE Corporation, a company that helps manufacturing companies see and share product lifecycle information across the enterprise to increase revenues, enhance innovation and reduce time to market.

Mark is a proven business leader with over twenty years of experience at over 850 clients. Primarily focused on optimizing processes and addressing enterprise inefficiencies, Marks businesses have overseen global collaboration solutions, 3D standardization, integrations with SAP/Oracle/Mapics and other ERP solutions, supply chain, FDA and helped to accelerate new product development. Progressive Computing became one of the fastest growing companies in Cleveland, winning the Weatherhead 100 Outstanding Growth for three years and the Lake-Geauga County FAST Track 50 six years in a row.

Mark formed cSHARE to provide solutions for two primary process-centric challenges in today’s manufacturing community. First, to help manufacturers become more competitive through product lifecycle management initiatives and secondly, to help Engineer-to-Order (ETO) firms shorten time to market through design, sales and manufacturing process automation.

Mark has been an active member of NEOSA, SME, PMI, CAMP, COSE and VarBusiness.
 

Craig J. McLeod - PLM Business Development, Dassault Systemes of America

Craig graduated with a BS Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University (Formerly GMI) with cognates in Advanced Manufacturing and Polymer Processing in 1990.  As part of his bachelor’s degree, Craig completed a thesis on the Implementation of Activity Based Costing (ABC) in GM’s Powertrain Division.  Craig then went on to complete a MSME in 1993 also from Kettering University with his emphasis on Engineering and Manufacturing Systems.  As part of this under-graduate degree, Craig was in a co-op program with General Motors where he worked every other semester.  Upon graduation he continued working for General Motors and held various positions including:  Financial Analyst, Senior Manufacturing Planning Administrator, Senior Timing and Readiness Analyst, and finally Manager of the New Vehicle Planning and Scheduling Group, for the Metal Fabricating Division, GM’s largest.  Craig left General Motors in 1999 to become the Executive Manager of E-Commerce at DCT, Inc. While at DCT, Craig deployed SMARTEAM as an enterprise PLM solution for internal use and for a newly formed industry focused business.  In 2002, Craig was asked to join the Dassault Team to work as a PLM Business Development Manager for Dassault Systemes.  Currently, Craig manages Dassault’s PLM Business Development and Marketing efforts for 10 distributors covering 30 states and five provinces.  Craig has several outside interests including a love for the financial services industry where he holds several state licenses.  He also loves downhill skiing and is certified through the United States Coaching Association (USCA) as a Level I Alpine Ski Racing Coach.  Craig is married to his wife, Amy, of six years and has a 17 month old daughter, Keely Brynn.

More to come!

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