Patrick Willemsen is the director of technical community with Aras. He has more than 25 years of experience helping organizations establish product data management (PDM) and product life cycle management (PLM) practices. Willemsen specializes in requirements management, model-based systems engineering (MBSE), “Green PLM,” and configuration management. He helps customers understand business, process, and technical challenges in the early stages of a PLM project. Willemsen has a master’s degree in chemical engineering.