Hello Everyone

  I’m happy to announce that we have scheduled another in-person user group meeting. The meeting will be on Tuesday April 14th  2026 and start at 6:00 pm. We will be at the same location as our other meeting. Decimal Engineering in Coral Springs, see below for their address. The presenters will be Dan Wagner Dana Parrish both from DS SolidWorks.

  About the presenters and their presentations,  Dana Parrish has over 20 years of experience in CAD/CAE industry. Currently, he serves as the South Area Senior Partner Sales Manager for Simulation at DS SolidWorks and is responsible for both sales and for helping develop partner sales reps thru training, events, customer visits, and more. Dana joined DS SOLIDWORKS in 2005 as a Territory Sales Manager for the Southeast region. Prior to that, Dana worked for ANSYS, Inc. as a Sales Executive for the Southeast.  He has also held various sales and technical positions at CoCreate and Unigraphics and got his start as a Systems Engineer for McDonnell Douglas at the Kennedy Space Center processing science equipment that was carried on various Space Shuttle missions. He has a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical Engineering from the University of Central Florida and an MBA in International Business from Rollins College. When not making the world safe for Democracy with SOLIDWORKS Simulation, Dana enjoys traveling, water skiing, family time, and football. He will be doing an in-person presentation for an overview of our Simulation portfolio along with what was missed at 3DExperience World from a Simulation Standpoint.

Dan Wagner is manager of the SOLIDWORKS User Group Network (SWUGN). He has spent over 12 years in the reseller channel providing technical support to SOLIDWORKS users, teaching SOLIDWORKS classes, and delivering marketing & sales presentations to new and experienced SOLIDWORKS users. He is a Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert and is thrilled to continue serving the SOLIDWORKS community for many years to come.  Dan will be presenting virtually with a Community Update followed by SOLIDWORKS Tips and Tricks.

We will follow up with a Q & A session with them.  As always, we will start out with food and networking and finish up with door prizes. Come out and have some fun! Please forward this meeting to any SolidWorks user that you think would be interested in attending the meeting. If you are planning to attend the meeting, please RSVP by 4/10/2026 so I know how much food to order. 

The address for the meeting is:

Decimal Engineering

4300 Coral Ridge Dr

Coral Springs FL 33065 

Thank you all and hope to see everyone at the meeting!

Roy Whitehead

(954) 629-6940 (cell)

BROWARD SWUG

browardswug@gmail.com