LongView Advisors

"Longview Advisors successfully completed a project for BMW Group regarding 3D software and CAD/CAE solutions. The Longview team not only had excellent knowledge, experience and contacts in 3D software and CAD/CAE solutions, but also, they helped us in the decision process and evaluating technology aspects in our project."

- Dr. Joachim Taiber , Head of Project Management Office IT Research Center , BMW MC

"Mr. Prawel & his colleagues at Longview Advisors have been a real asset to my business. His energy, experience, contacts, and the insights he provides in the 3D and CAD software markets have been invaluable. I highly recommend them. I have been very impressed with David Prawel’s knowledge of the processes and technology that differentiates successful supply chains. This is compounded by his ability to take this complex issues and explain them clearly and succinctly."

- Bill Abramson, President, Abramson CAD/CAM Technology, Inc.

"David has a very rich knowledge of 3D software and I always appreciate his advice. He’s also an excellent speaker."

- Robert Bean, Executive Vice President, Kubotek USA, Inc.

“ I know of few people who can get their finger on the pulse of a company and its business as quickly as David. He is a quick study who can figure out the right strategy and positioning, synchronize and lead a team, and get to market as fast as anyone I know. "

-  David T., President, Radian Technologies

“ David brought strong leadership, insight, experience and execution skills to our team as we repositioned and re-launched one of our companies, in a very short amount of time. It’s clear he has done this before and we truly benefited from his help. "

-  Hubertus L., Investment Director, Siemens Business Services

“ Dave is very well connected within the manufacturing software space, and he has a solid grasp of how to position a company or product in that market. His network, experience, and his strategic and executional skills should benefit any manufacturing software company. "

-  Isaac K., Investment Director, Summit Accelerator Fund

“ The challenge was to expand a small German software company’s business in the US, but to do this we needed to very quickly re-position and re-launch it in the US and Europe, with very few resources. David got the job done and we like where we’re going. His executive leadership and creativity brought a strong positive influence and excitement to the team. "

-  Achim L., Investment Director, 3i Group

“ David developed an excellent marketing plan for our advanced 3D visualization technology. We built a successful business with his help and we appreciated and valued his contribution. "

-  Dr. Kevin M., Director, Visualization, IBM

“ David was a great asset to our company. He very quickly assessed our strategic situation, analyzed our strengths and weaknesses, identified a new positioning and strategy, and led us to consensus. Then he managed the complete process of re-positioning and re-launching our company, all in about four months, and we are very happy with the result. David’s energy and enthusiasm was great to have on our team. "

-  Dr. Georg H., President & CEO, Critical Reach AG

“ David did an excellent job for us and we benefited a lot from his help. Moreover, it was a pleasure working with him "

-  Roland D., Investment Director, Atila Ventures

"I have found David Prawel’s impartial recommendations and in-depth PLM knowledge to be extremely valuable in supporting my strategic roles."

- Nathan Nalven, PLM/PDM Senior Technical Fellow, Northrop Grumman

"Mr. Prawel & his colleagues at Longview Advisors have been a real asset to my business. His energy, experience, contacts, and the insights he provides in the 3D and CAD software markets have been invaluable. I highly recommend them."

- Michael R., Global Director of Engineering, Delphi Steering

“ We launched our US operation nearly five years ago, but we were unable to achieve the levels of growth we hoped for. Then we started working with Longview Advisors. David and his team quickly helped us tune our marketing and develop our sales channel and very quickly we had dozens of very good prospects in our sales pipeline. Longview Advisors has been part of our company for nearly two years and we highly value our partnership."

-  Richard R., President & CEO, Orbis America Inc.

"After a brief review of our products and strategy, David and his team provided valuable insights to help us hone our message and pinpoint opportunities. He also has an extensive network which he leveraged to provide high impact introductions to potential business and channel partners. LongView Advisors has been a great ally!"

- Chris F., President & CEO, Digital Paper Corporation

“The cost and risk of entering the US market are very important considerations for us. David and his team at LongView Advisors leveraged their rich knowledge and contacts in the manufacturing software industry to research and recommend a market entry decision and strategy for our company. They performed some excellent market research for us and then prepared recommendations that make a lot of sense. Their work was very thorough and professional, and was executed according to the schedule and cost promised. Their services were very cost effective for us and will likely save us a lot of money. We highly recommend LongView Advisors for professional consulting services in business and technology strategy and planning involving manufacturing software."

- Lutz V., Managing Director, ProCAEss, GmbH

“One of the most challenging aspects of commercialization is finding the right combination of strategic and tactical skills and experience in the specific market(s) that we're targeting. David and his team at LongView Advisors are our domain experts for the CAD/CAM and manufacturing software markets. By running some initial workshops, they helped us clarify our product, strategy and positioning, and then led us through the process of transforming our ideas into an actionable plan. They then leveraged their expertise and extensive contacts in CAD and manufacturing to help us execute our plan, begin developing a sales channel, and we have a very good business emerging. We have been working with Longview for just over a year, and launched in November 2003. Since our successful launch, we signed an important reseller partner, built our initial pipeline and generated our first revenue, all while capturing the attention of the media with some excellent PR. I highly recommend the team at LongView Advisors for commercialization assistance in the CAD/CAM, manufacturing and related software industries."

- Michelle D., Director, Technology Commercialization and Licensing, Delphi Corporation

"LongView Advisors successfully completed a project for BMW Group regarding 3D software and CAD/CAE solutions. The LongView team not only had excellent knowledge, experience and contacts in 3D software and CAD/CAE solutions, but also, they helped us in the decision process and evaluating technology aspects in our project."

- Dr. Joachim Taiber , Head of Project Management Office IT Research Center , BMW MC