Jon Hirschtick
{{Short description|Software developer and founder of SolidWorks}}
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| name = Jon Hirschtick
| image = Jon-Hirschtick.jpg
| caption = Jon Hirschtick
| birth_place = Chicago, U.S.
| education = Bachelors and Masters from MIT
| years_active = 1987–present
| title = CEO and Cofounder at Onshape
| spouse = {{marriage|Randy Lyanne Gollub|2011}}
}}
Jon Hirschtick is a CAD software developer, founder and former CEO of SolidWorks, a popular solid modeling 3D CAD and CAE system for Microsoft Windows, and Onshape, a cloud platform for product development that includes tools for CAD, data management, collaboration, workflow, analytics, etc.
Education
Hirschtick holds a Bachelors and Master's degree from MIT, graduating in 1986.{{cite news |url=https://news.mit.edu/2016/sharing-excitement-of-mechanical-engineering-research-0923 |title=Sharing the excitement of mechanical engineering research |date=September 23, 2016 |publisher=MIT News}}
Career
Hirschtick was director of engineering at Computervision from 1991 to 1993,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvJ5CtM-bu8C&pg=PA84|title=The portable MBA in entrepreneurship case studies|last2=eds|first2=Dan D'Heilly|date=1997|publisher=Wiley|isbn=047118229X|location=New York, NY [u.a.]|page=84|last1=Bygrave|first1=William D.}} and a manager at the MIT CADLab. He was a player and instructor on the MIT Blackjack Team{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120700626010078587|title=In Cards or Business, Act on the Advantage|date=April 1, 2008|publisher=Wall Street Journal|last1=Gomes|first1=Lee}}{{cite news|url=http://www.eurekamagazine.co.uk/design-engineering-features/interviews/ahead-in-the-cloud/119170/|title=Ahead in the cloud|date=13 May 2016|publisher=Eureka Magazine|author=Tim Fryer}} featured in the movies 21 and Breaking Vegas.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/|title=21 (2008)|work=IMDb}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402075/|title=Breaking Vegas (2004)|work=IMDb}}
Hirschtick founded the SolidWorks Corporation in 1993 using $1 million he made while a member of the MIT Blackjack Team.{{cite news |date=February 13, 2015 |title=Hawk Ridge Systems and ATR Soft Create xBOM Tool for SOLIDWORKS |url=https://3dprint.com/44267/xbom-tool-for-solidworks/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |publisher=3dprint.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/03/27/of-card-counting-startups-and-the-real-story-of-the-mit-blackjack-team/|title=Of Card-Counting, Startups, and the Real Story of the MIT Blackjack Team|date=March 27, 2008|publisher=Xconomy|author=Robert Buderi}} Under his leadership, SolidWorks revenue eventually grew to $600 million.{{cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2015/03/06/exclusive-solidworks-vets-raise-64-million-for-onshape/|title=Exclusive: SolidWorks vets raise $64 million for Onshape|date=March 6, 2015|publisher=Fortune|author=Erin Griffith}} When Solidworks was acquired by Dassault Systèmes in 1997, Hirschtick continued on as CEO and then a group executive for the next 14 years.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=355367&privcapId=225108544|title=Jon Hirschtick M.S.|publisher=Bloomberg}}{{cite news|url=http://www.solidsmack.com/cad-design-news/jon-hirschtick-resigns-from-ds-solidworks/|title=Jon Hirschtick Resigns from DS SolidWorks|date=October 5, 2011|work=SolidSmack|last1=Mings|first1=Josh}} In October 2011, Hirschtick left Solidworks and in 2012 founded Belmont Technology (later changed to Onshape) with other members of the original SolidWorks team.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323446404579011501388418552|title=Litigation Over Noncompete Clauses Is Rising|date=August 14, 2013|publisher=Wall Street Journal|author=Ruth Simon, AngusS Loten}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cimdata.com/en/industry-summary-articles/item/456-belmont-technology-is-now-onshape-inc|title=Belmont Technology is now Onshape, Inc.|date=January 9, 2014|publisher=CIMData}} Hirschtick is currently CEO at Onshape. In October 2019 Onshape entered into an agreement to be acquired by PTC.
Hirschtick was awarded the CAD Society Leadership Award,{{cite web|url=http://cyonresearch.com/News/newsid439/144/mid/439/CAD-Society-Announces-Its-2015-Award-Winners-and-One-Surprise-Winner-To-Be-Announced-At-COFES.aspx|title=CAD Society Announces Its 2015 Award Winners and One Surprise Winner To Be Announced At COFES|date=April 6, 2015|publisher=Cyon Research}} joining Autodesk’s Carl Bass, Dassault Systèmes’ Bernard Charles, and 3D Systems's Ping Fu, and is a recipient of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Leadership Award.{{cite web|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/unit-awards/leadership-award-cie|title=Leadership Award|publisher=The American Society of Mechanical Engineers}} He is a member of the Advisory Board at Boston University and Arcbazar, where he was once director, and is an advisor to Magic Leap and MarkForged, Inc.{{cite news|url=http://www.betaboston.com/news/2015/03/09/audio-onshape-chairman-jon-hirschtick-on-cad-3d-printing-and-more/|title=Onshape chairman Jon Hirschtick on CAD, 3D printing, and more|date=March 9, 2015|publisher=BetaBoston|last1=Kirsner|first1=Scott}}
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