ITI TranscenData is the product data interoperability business within International TechneGroup, Inc. We are the leaders in Product Data Interoperability, with over 150+ years of combined management experience in planning, developing and delivering interoperability solutions.

Michael Lemon
Chairman and CEO, International TechneGroup, Inc.

Having been with ITI since its inception, Mike has held several positions and has provided technical services to many ITI engineering projects. Working in the area of computer graphics and technical data interchange over several years, he has been responsible for implementing multimedia and interactive display technology and methodology on ITI internal and external systems development efforts.

Specializing in electronic visualization of engineering results and documentation, Mike has developed a reputation for producing high tech and high impact deliverables for major ITI Global clients and affiliates. Mike served as manager of ITI's Virtual Product Development business, providing web-based global collaboration solutions. This involvement with applied extranet and database technology to product development led to a VPD leadership role.

Today, as Chairman of the Board, Mike leads the company while leveraging his experience and expertise in building strategic partnerships and global business development opportunities.

Tom Gregory
Executive Vice President, CFO and COO, International TechneGroup, Inc.

Tom has been with ITI since 1998 and has a diversified background in finance, accounting and operations including small private company and large public company experience. While with publicly traded companies he has participated in an IPO, a secondary offering, has managed credit lines in excess of $175 million, and been involved in 15 acquisitions. While with privately held companies Tom has led four acquisitions and arranged for or refinanced $20 million of secured funding. Tom has been chair of ITI's operating management board prior to this position.

Don Hemmelgarn
President, ITI TranscenData Business

Don's responsibilities include managing the company's business operations and interests throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, and partnerships with major PLM providers including Siemens PLM, Dassault Systemes, and PTC. Since joining ITI in 1984, Don has been instrumental in ITI's transformation from a software development organization to the world's leading provider of product data interoperability solutions.

In addition to his duties at ITI TranscenData, Don serves as an Officer and Executive Committee member of the PDES Inc. Executive Board, and formerly served as a longstanding member of the board of directors for the US Product Data Association.

Tom Makoski
Vice President, ITI TranscenData PLM Integration Business

Tom started his career as a software engineer developing mechanical CAD (MCAD) translators for ITI. After a number of years, Tom joined SDRC as a project/product manager for several I-DEAS data management solutions. Tom has also enjoyed a short stint as an entrepreneur working with MCAD and ECAD vendors, and a select group of manufacturing organizations, to improve their ability to exchange key information between the ECAD and MCAD domains. Tom returned to ITI in May of 2000 to head up the Sales and Marketing effort for the newly formed TranscenData business. In his current role at ITI TranscenData, Tom manages the PLM Integration business unit, which encompasses the development and delivery of related implementation services for MCAD/PLM and PLM/ERP integrations.

Dr. Geoffrey Butlin
Chairman and CEO, TranscenData Europe Ltd.

Dr. Butlin gained a BSc Civil Engineering from Birmingham University in 1963 and a PhD, from Cambridge University in 1966. From 1966 to 1978, Dr. Butlin held various academic research positions, including research fellow in Cambridge University Engineering Department, a visiting research worker in MIT and a visiting lecturer in SINTEF in Trondheim, Norway, pioneering, what today has become known as Computer Aided Engineering (CAE).

As the Assistant Director of Research in the Engineering Department of Leicester University, England, Dr. Butlin established foundation software for interactive graphics applications in engineering leading a 20 strong team researching geometry representation, computer graphics, data structuring and structural re-analysis.

In 1978 Dr. Butlin founded FEGS Limited where he developed and built a market for the FAM, Field Analysis Modeler software package and pioneered parallel FEA. In 1996 Dr. Butlin brought the CAD data exchange software product, CADfix, to market. In 1998 he sold FEGS to International TechneGroup Incorporated and has since been the Chairman and CEO for TranscenData Europe Limited.

Alex Tsechansky
General Manager, ITI Proficiency, Ltd.

Mr. Tsechansky is responsible for Proficiency product line and interoperability solutions. He has over 20 years of experience in CAD/CAM/CAE field. Mr. Tsechansky previously headed the development of the next-generation 3D solid modeler for Cimatron, a NASDAQ-traded CAD/CAM company. Prior to Cimatron, he developed customer tied CAM applications for APEX, a privately held Russian company.

Mr. Tsechansky holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and computer science from The Moscow Polytechnic Institute.

Rendell Hughes
Vice President and Director, CAD/CAM/CAE Interoperability

With over 25 years of experience in CAD/CAE/CAM/CAT/PDM/PLM/MRP/ERP integration programs, Rendell leads ITI’s CAD/CAM/CAE interoperability practice, which includes products and services around: feature based CAD translation via Proficiency, CAD model validation via CADIQ, intelligent drawing conversion via IGESworks/DXFworks, and enterprise wide data exchange automation via DEXcenter. Rendell also oversees the support of ITI TranscenData’s strong customer base with translators and/or development libraries to rapidly implement world class standards based translation capabilities.

ITI TranscenData is focused on leveraging our client’s investments in technologies, information and models to accelerate upfront product development (including the design supply chain) and accelerate interactions with manufacturing suppliers and customer integrations. Industry spends millions of dollars each year on large scale IT programs, most of which do not impact product development, especially in the early stages of engineering. Our goal is to leverage these investments and move a client forward quickly to achieve unprecedented levels of results.

Rendell's experience includes fourteen years in the aerospace industry with a focus on business development, program management, design and CAD integration. Since 1996 Rendell has been with ITI as a product development manager, executive consultant and practice manager. Rendell earned his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University with an emphasis on advanced stress analysis. Rendell also completed the Lockheed Executive Management Institute program at Emory University in Atlanta and is now working on his MBA from Florida Institute of Technology.