Marc C. Schneider earned a BA in 1989, an MS in 1991, and a PhD in 1995, all in mechanical engineering from the University of Iowa.

After working as a research assistant modeling solidification processes in the Solidification Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering under Prof. Christoph Beckermann, Marc seized the opportunity to move to Aachen, Germany, to join a group of fewer than 20 professionals at MAGMA Giessereitechnologie GmbH. This small but pioneering company was following the vision that a computer and process simulation has a place in a foundry, and their turnkey software MAGMASOFT^® for simulating metal casting processes was designed to be used by a foundryman without any knowledge of computational methods.

Originally planning to stay in Germany for just a few years, Marc found the challenge of applying his expertise in process modeling, numerical methods, and metallurgy to commercial software development so compelling that he decided to stay.

Starting as a software developer in 1995, he contributed to or led projects on modeling steel casting, copper continuous casting, and centrifugal casting, as well as delving into the simulation of plastic injection molding processes for a new software, SIGMASOFT^®. In 2001, he was appointed head of software development and accompanied the growth of the R&D group from 16 to more than 50 people working on modeling and simulating flow, heat transfer, solidification, metallurgy, and stress development in various processes and materials. His primary responsibilities were the continuous development and quality assurance of the software programs for casting and injection molding simulation and optimization.

During this time Marc was also responsible for coordinating collaboration with strategic R&D partners from industry and academia, and he participated in several research projects funded by the European Union and the German government, including serving as work-package leader and on project steering committees.

In 2013, Marc became CEO and president of the MAGMA group of companies and in that role is responsible for the technical, financial, and personal management and strategic growth of the group. This includes not only the R&D activities carried out in Aachen, Germany, but also the responsibility for all aspects of the development and growth of the group companies with 250 employees at 10 locations worldwide.

Beyond his corporate leadership, Marc remains actively engaged in applied research by serving as a member of the Advisory Board of the Research Cluster AMAP - The Aluminum Cluster and on the Industrial Advisory Board of the Cluster of Excellence Internet of Production both at the RWTH Aachen University and as a member of the scientific committee of the Modelling of Casting Welding and Advanced Solidification Processes conference series. He is member of the German Foundryman’s Society VDG and the German Engineering Society VDI.

Marc and his wife, Barbara, have two sons and live in Aachen, Germany.