Thierry Le Sergent is Product Manager for Ansys’s SCADE. His focus is on model-based system & software engineering tools for the development of critical embedded systems. Thierry Le Sergent got his PhD in computer science from “LAAS-CNRS” in 1993. He has more than 25 years of experience in the methods and tools development for Software Engineering at Verilog, Telelogic, Esterel Technologies and Ansys as R&D project manager then product manager for the flagship SCADE Suite product. In 2011, he launched the SCADE Architect product line, extending the scope of this SysML tool to the support of Avionics Interfaces, the AUTOSAR , FACE and the AADL standards.