We’ll be combing the aisles of SolidWorks World in San Diego January 26-29, 2014 looking for the best, most useful or interesting products. Our experts will be nominating products and services for our “Best of Show” awards.

	Roopinder Tara, TenLinks founder and CEO, has spent over 28 years in the CAD, CAM and CAE business, including roles as CAD manager, senior engineer, manager of a CAD division, editor in chief of CAD magazine, conference chair, professor of engineering and CAD. He has a masters in engineering and is a registered professional engineer. More…
	Ralph Grabowski, TenLinks’ senior editor, is one of the leading CAD journalists and authors, with over a 100 books and many hundreds of articles. His upFront.eZine may be the industry’s longest running newsletter. Ralph holds a civil engineering degree. More…

	Josh Altergott has been a designer, trainer and consultant in a variety of industries since 1995. He has used SolidWorks since 1998 and is a CSWE, as well as a Certified SolidWorks Instructor and Support Technician for CATI. More…
	Lars Christensen has worked as a Technical Solution Specialist for one of the first SolidWorks resellers. Before that, he was a SolidWorks user and had extensive Mastercam use for building high complex molds, plastic extrusion dies and stamping dies. More…
	Edson Gebo has used SolidWorks since 2003 and has earned both a CSWA and CSWP. He is experienced in fixture design, reverse engineering, woodwork design, legacy redraws and PDMWorks. More…
	Deepak Gupta is a certified SolidWorks user. He specialized in mold and die, but spent the last 7 years in product development. He owns the Boxer’s SolidWorks Blog. More…
	Bradley Hakemen is an experienced SolidWorks user. He has earned the Certified SolidWorks Professional designation and has been using SolidWorks since 2006. More…
	Michael LaFleche has 20 years of engineering experience, much of it designing mobile military equipment, tooling & sensing equipment, forgings, and castings. He is experienced in a variety of 2D and 3D engineering tools and is recognized as an Elite Engineer by SolidWorks. More…
	Jim Lucas has been in product development for the last 15 years. He teaches, consults and dabbles in a variety of industries including medical, toys and sporting goods. Jim uses SolidWorks but has also used AutoCAD and Pro/E. More…
	Brian McElyea is a Senior Mechanical Engineer and supports CAD users at Intuitive Research & Technology. He is a Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP), and a founding member of the North Alabama SolidWorks User Group (NASWUG). More…
	Elise Moss has been teaching Autodesk and SolidWorks software for the past decade. She is an Autodesk Certified Instructor and teaches at an Autodesk Authorized Training Center in San Francisco. She speaks regularly at SolidWorks World and leads the Oakland SolidWorks user group. Elise has a mechanical engineering degree. More…
	Jason Pancoast was one of the first Elite SolidWorks Applications Engineers in 2006. He is a 3-time Model Mania winner. He has supported the SolidWorks community since 1997. Jason has attended 11 SolidWorks Worlds and presented at 8. More…
	Ralf Steck has written extensively about CAD, CAM, PLM as well as hardware. He writes in German and English publications and in his blog. More…
	Alin Vargatu is an Elite AE at Javelin Technologies and an avid contributor to the SolidWorks Community. He has presented at SolidWorks Worlds, Technical Summits, and SWUG meetings, while being very active on the SolidWorks Forum. More…