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Ken Maren, SolidWorks Admin with 30+ years experience, Chief Solutions Architect at Sibe, ready to demo Sibe
Ken Maren
Chief Solutions Architect
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Ken Maren is Sibe's Chief Solutions Architect — a Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP), Trainer, and Technician with 30+ years in SolidWorks.

Before Sibe, Ken managed SolidWorks and PDM for a multi-national manufacturing firm across sites in Malaysia, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, and Canada — installing and maintaining the servers for SolidWorks, SolidWorks PDM Professional, SolidWorks Manage, DriveWorks, CADLink, and 2D CAD, and leading the teams that set global engineering and CAD standards.

Today he helps SolidWorks teams move to modern version control, revision workflows, and browser-based design reviews with Sibe — starting with a free 20-minute demo.

Expertise
  • Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP)
  • Certified SolidWorks Trainer
  • SolidWorks Technician
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