Thierry Marchal leads the medical devices, pharmaceutical and biotech strategy of Ansys through the in silico and personalized medicine evolution. Thierry’s vision of Personal Digital Avatar -- driven by the potential of healthcare digitalization, including Medical Digital Twin and AI -- could be achieved by closely interacting with industrial innovators and SMEs, academic leaders and governmental and regulatory authorities (FDA, EMA, etc.) Since January 2018, Thierry is the Secretary General of the Avicenna Alliance, a global non for profit organization of leading healthcare companies collaborating towards the large scale adoption of in silico healthcare. Thierry is also a member of the eHealth Stakeholder Group which provides advice and expertise to the European Commission. In his 30+ years of professional experience, Thierry has worked as the Global Materials Market Segment Manager with Fluent and Product Manager for Polyflow. Thierry is the author of more than 100 publications and communications; he holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a MBA both from Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.