Passionate about cars and new technologies, David MEAR graduated from the French Automotive Engineering school ESTACA, and after that, he has worked for five years at a major automotive supplier in Germany on the development of vehicle dynamics control systems for sport vehicles. Then, he led for two years the validation of Autonomous Driving (AD) level 2 at a prominent international OEM in France. Recently, he joined MSC Software to manage the Business Development activities of VIRES Virtual Test Drive in the EMEA region.

VIRES Simulationstechnologie GmbH provides simulation solutions for the automotive, railroad and aerospace industries. VIRES is a member of the MSC Software Group of companies and is owned by Hexagon, a leading global provider of information technology solutions. We are located in Southern Germany and our core product, the highly modular „VIRES Virtual Test Drive“, is used for the development and testing of advanced driver assistance and active safety systems, leading to solutions for automated driving.