Meet (a few) of the MSC Software UK Team!

Name: Sophie Norman
Job: Business Operations/UK Marketing Support
How long have you been with MSC Software? 4 Years
Day to Day Role? Mixture between marketing and supporting the office!
Expertise? Being organised!
One word to describe how you work? Chaotic!
If you could go anywhere for dinner, where would it be? Ithaa Undersea Restaurant, Maldives
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Name: Karin van Oevelen
Job: HR Coordinator
How long have you been with MSC Software? Almost 37 years
Day to Day Role? HR
Expertise? HR Admin and office management
One word to describe how you work? Accurate
If you could go anywhere for dinner, where would it be? Stockholm

Name: Lionel Humphreys
Job: Strategic Aerospace & Defence Account Manager
How long have you been with MSC Software? 9 Months
Day to Day Role? Helping Aerospace & Defence customers in the UK get the most from MSC Software
Expertise? 32 years working in the CAD/CAM & CAE industry backed by 12 years in precision engineer
One word to describe how you work? Passionately
Project you are most proud of & why? 222 Exhaust Mod - getting it to this stage as my first ever scale project
If you could go anywhere for dinner, where would it be? Croatia
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Name: Alexis del Rio
Job: Technical Consultant
How long have you been with MSC Software? Just started middle of May
Day to Day Role? Adams, Easy5, Vires support...
Expertise? Hydraulics, MBS...
One word to describe how you work? Easy going
Project you are most proud of & why? Patenting things, because it proves my great imagination
If you could go anywhere for dinner, where would it be? Lemans 24H
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Name: Richard White
Job:  Presales Manager
How long have you been with MSC Software?  22 years
Day to Day Role?  UK presales – working with customers and prospects to improve their processes
Expertise?  Background in FE, but these days I’m a generalist.  FE, multibody, data management, learning all about CFD.
One word to describe how you work?  Pragmatically.
Project you are most proud of & why?  Displacing a tough competitor from a major defence customer.
If you could go anywhere for dinner, where would it be?   Meat and Weissbier, in Munich
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Name: Sas Harrison
Job:  Technical Consultant`
How long have you been with MSC Software?  1 Month
Day to Day Role?  I develop, collate, manage & transmit knowledge of engineering analysis software. I also discuss problems with potential customers to understand their work, and I put the two together to see & explain how we can help.
Expertise?  Rocket Science & asking the right questions.
Project you are most proud of & why? Evaluating & developing education programmes at TU Delft. I earnt the respect of my mentors & felt I’d “made it” as a complete & well-rounded scientist & educator, and was adding to people’s lives.
If you could go anywhere for dinner, where would it be?  Europa, frozen Galilean moon of Jupiter, you did say if!
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Name: Darrel Sinclair     
Job: Senior Technical Consultant
How long have you been with MSC Software? 22 years
Day to Day Role? Technical support
Expertise? Patran, Apex
One word to describe how you work? Conscientious
Project you are most proud of & why? My kids – an ongoing and very expensive project!
If you could go anywhere for dinner, where would it be? Rio de Janeiro for a nice feijoada
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Name: Douglas Marriott
Job: Senior Technical Consultant
How long have you been with MSC Software? Nearly 9 years
Day to Day Role? Mixed affair mainly between customer support and consulting services
Expertise? Explicit nonlinear and fluid-structure interaction with Dytran
One word to describe how you work? Enthusiastic
Project you are most proud of & why? Birdstrike analysis service project – customer happy and great certified test result
If you could go anywhere for dinner, where would it be? Barbeque in the sun
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