President and Principal Consultant, WBH Associates
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Cyon Research, LLC
Managing Director, COFES2001
Chairman, The CAD Society
Editor and Publisher, The CAD Rating Guide®
Publisher, Engineering Automation Report
Mr. W. Bradley Holtz is the founder and principal consultant of WBH Associates, a Bethesda, Maryland-based firm consulting in the field of Computer-Aided Design, co-founder and managing partner of Cyon Research, LLC, and author of The CAD Rating Guide®. Mr. Holtz is the managing director of COFES2001: The Congress on the Future of Engineer Software. He is also a Registered Architect, a freelance writer, and the former Conference Director for A/E/C SYSTEMS and M/TECH Expo. An expert in the analysis of CAD systems and the CAD market, Mr. Holtz first started using computers in the mid 1960s and has been using and investigating CAD since the late 1970s. He practiced architecture for a large firm from 1977 through 1984 and founded WBH Associates in 1984.
Mr. Holtz is Chairman and past-president of The CAD Society (formerly of the NCGA), a member of the Computer Graphics Pioneers, a member of the advisory board of The CAD Management Institute, a former member of the board of directors of the Washington Computer Consultants Association. Mr. Holtz is listed in Marquis' Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Who's Who in the Computer Industry, National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, Who's Who Registry of Global Business Leaders, The Sterling Edition of the Who's Who Registry, Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans, Who's Who in the East, Men of Achievement, Two Thousand Notable American Men, International Who's Who of Professionals, Strathmore's Who's Who Registry, and Marquis' Who's Who in the World, Millennium Edition. Mr. Holtz was a jury member for the 1997 and 1998 Designer's CAD Shoot-out and the Archimedes MCAD Competition.
Mr. Holtz has been a consultant to and lecturer for major national and international corporations and CAD manufacturers. His reviews and articles have appeared in major journals and newsletters including, Architectural & Engineering Systems, Byte Magazine, DESIGN SYSTEMS STRATEGIES, Deusche Bauzeitung, Micro CAD News, PC Magazine, and Start Magazine. Over the past 17 years Mr. Holtz has lectured widely, on the topics of productivity, evaluating CAD software systems, CAD technology trends, Enterprise Workflow, technology, and on the impact certain federal procurements will have on the marketplace.
Most recently, Mr. Holtz and Dr. Joel Orr formed a new partnership, Cyon Research, LLC (CYON). The first result of this new company was the highly successful Summit on the Future of Engineering Software, held in Chicago, November 8, 1999. The follow-on to The Summit is The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software, otherwise referred to as COFES. Mr. Holtz is the Managing Partner or Cyon Research.
Registered Architect, State of Maryland, #6594-A.
Chairman, The CAD Society, (formerly with the National Computer Graphics Association). Since 1993.
Board of Directors, The CAD Management Institute.
Member, Computer Graphics Pioneers.
Advisory Committee to the Computer-Aided Design and Drafting Laboratory, University of Maryland Fulcrum Project, 1985-1990.
Board of Directors, Washington Chapter, Independent Computer Consultants Association, 1985 & 1986.
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