Jean-Philippe Laguerre

JP Laguerre is a business executive leader with more than 20 years of experience in international consultative, strategic and enterprise Sales, and in managing enterprise accounts and strategic corporate initiatives.

JP is Director for Education in North America with Dassault Systèmes (DS), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company that provides end-to-end software, content and services, designed to support companies’ innovation processes. In his role, he manages activities and relationships with academic institutions across North America to transform engineering education. He develops strategic partnerships to establish and manage Centers of Excellence engaged in various industries and focused on impactful research activities. He also works with Dassault Systèmes commercial customers to orchestrate and execute outreach programs focusing on Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

Formerly, JP Laguerre had management responsibilities with DS commercial customers in various industries where he has managed executive relationships, has led sales engagement and managed engineering and project execution.

He joined Dassault Systemes in 1996 in Tokyo, Japan as an expert for the manufacturing solutions working with OEM and suppliers in the aerospace and automotive industries. He then transferred to California in the same capacity for North America.

Born in France, he holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from The Polytech Group. He is also a graduate from UCLA Anderson. JP Laguerre is on multiple boards with a common goal to transform STEM/STEAM education to be accessible to all, exciting and effective at all levels. He has been serving as a judge for engineering competitions and undergraduate senior design projects. He facilitated the creation of a FIRST Robotics team in Boyle Heights (East Los Angeles) volunteering his time with the i.am.angel Foundation to TRANS4M Lives in underserved communities.