Dr.ย Steveย Levineย is Senior Director of Portfolio Management and the leader of the Realistic Human Simulation initiative at Dassault Systรจmes SIMULIA. Since 2006,ย Steveย has been responsible for leading SIMULIAโs strategy and long-term vision of enabling science and engineering software to deliver on its full potential. He began his career at Engelhard Corporation, where he founded and led a simulation group in corporate R&D.ย Steveย subsequently joined a startup molecular modeling company called Biosym Technologies, which grew to become the leading molecular modeling provider for the pharmaceutical, chemical, and materials industries. The company eventually became known as Accelrys Inc. and was recently acquired by Dassault Systรจmes and re-branded as BIOVIA. During his 16 years at Accelrys, he held a number of positions including Director of Product Development, General Manager of Materials Informatics and Senior Director of Corporate Development.ย Steveย holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Rutgers University.