Dr. Olaf Kath received his PhD in 2001 from the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin, at the institute for computer sciences. From 2001 onwards he engaged in the introduction of tool supported model-based technologies and methodologies into safety & security assurance processes. He is a functional safety expert with detailed knowledge and experiences in methods, processes, and tools for functional safety according to state-of-the-art standards. He has a long year’s track record in the definition of safety concepts and the application of safety analysis methods as well as in software architectures. Today he is VP Product at Ansys, responsible for the Safe Systems, Digital Twins, PIDO and AVx Autonomy product lines as well as leading Ansys’ Model-based Systems Engineering efforts.