• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Jon Hirschtick

PTC, Inc.

EVP & President, SaaS

Jon Hirschtick is the General Manager of Onshape and Atlas at PTC. Onshape is the leading cloud SaaS platform for product design, including 3D CAD, data management, collaboration, and integrations to engineering applications and business systems. Thousands of companies use Onshape to design products faster, more efficiently, and more securely. Prior to Onshape, Mr. Hirschtick was Co-Founder of SolidWorks where he served as CEO, Board Member, and then Group Executive until 2011. SolidWorks was acquired by Dassault Systèmes. He has been a board member and advisor at many other start-up companies in the 3D printing, augmented reality, and CAD markets, including Magic Leap, Markforged, Z Corporation, Revit, Liquid Machines, Express3D, and Vela Systems. Mr. Hirschtick holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from MIT, where he was also a member of the MIT Blackjack Team, featured in several movie, book, and TV stories. 

Sessions With Jon Hirschtick

Monday, 9 March

  • 03:00pm - 03:50pm (CST) / -

    Voices of Innovation: Jon Hirschtick—Winning at blackjack, data, innovation & entrepreneurship

    Hear from an original member of the legendary MIT blackjack team that “brought down the house” in Las Vegas. John Hirschtick shares his remarkable journey from winning at cards to becoming a renown tech entrepreneur. He is the Founder of both SolidWorks and OnShape, the first full-cloud product development platform, acquired by PTC, where he now serves now as President of SaaS. What role did data, analytics, and computer science play then and now? How can the odds be turned in solving today’ biggest energy and technology challenges? What are the lessons for entrepreneurship—and beyond? How does the cloud improve the hand of innovators and entrepreneurs? 

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 08:30am - 09:20am (CST) / -

    Agile, Generative & Additive: Manufacturing 4.0 & what it means for energy
    Innovation & Technology

    Agile and generative design—along with additive—are transforming manufacturing worldwide. These new and disruptive technologies accelerate energy innovation and solutions. What role can Manufacturing 4.0 play in facilitating the energy transition? How will these technologies challenge traditional relationships between technology providers and operating companies? How can energy companies leverage advanced manufacturing to drive cost reduction and improved productivity? Will new manufacturing mean lower energy demand?