Marie Planchard is the Director of World Education Markets at SolidWorks Corporation. Before she joined SolidWorks, Marie spent more than 10 years as an engineering professor at Mass Bay College in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. She has some 14 years of industry experience and has held a variety of management and engineering positions. Marie has co-authored a variety of books on SolidWorks, Pro/SHEETMETAL, and Pro/ENGINEER. The founder of the New England SolidWorks Users Group, she is an active corporate council member of the American Society of Engineering Education. Marie holds a BSME, MSME, and the Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) Certification.