Mr. Patrick Aretz has been active in the PLM sector for over two decades and had the opportunity to participate in the dynamic development of this ever-changing industry. He has been and still is active in various PLM integration and migration projects as technical consultant or project manager mainly in the Aerospace, Defense, and Automotive industry. For T-Systems as an IT system company, partnerships with PLM system vendors such as Aras Corp. are a cornerstone of its PLM business. In his role as Product Manager for PLM and CAD Integrations at T-Systems Mr. Aretz maintains these partnerships and drives the T-Systems' integration solutions which in turn are the basis for the successful execution of various PLM migration and integration projects.