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by
Roopinder Tara, September 12,
2008
Sean Flaherty, CEO of Nemetschek North America.
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What company does Vectorworks compete most
directly with?
Autodesk primarily, but also Graphisoft with their ArchiCAD.
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What about Revit?
Revit is just not very good for conceptualization and design.
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How do you stay in touch with your customers?
Reading our online forum
and with speaking events.
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What did you study in college?
I have a degree in computer science from University of Maryland
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How long have you been with Nemetschek?
I started in 1985, about 6 months after Richard Diehl founded Graphsoft
[Graphsoft bought by Nemetschek in 2000]
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What do you like to do on weekends?
We have 3 kids (a 3 1/2 yrs old, 2 yr old and a 10 month old) so most we
try to do something fun with them, like a carousel, and maybe sneak in some
education, like museums.
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What do you do to stay fit?
I play soccer (in a league) and ride a recumbent bike.
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What kind of distance do you ride?
These days, a 50 or 60 mile ride is all I have time for.
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What is the last book you read that you would
recommend?
Barbara Kingfisher's
Poisonwood Bible
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What should I put on my Netflix queue?
Wonder Boys, a sleeper of a film with Michael Douglas as an English
professor.
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