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Mark Hindsbo

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Head of Operations Software, Digital Industries at Siemens
📍 Greater Pittsburgh Region, United States

Mark Hindsbo leads Operations Software at Siemens Digital Industries, focusing on merging the digital and real worlds for manufacturers. His career includes leadership roles at Ansys, Microsoft, and The Boston Consulting Group. Colleagues describe him as an inspiring, transparent, and visionary leader with deep technology and market knowledge. He holds an M. S. from the Technical University of Denmark.

Outside of work, Mark is a lifelong martial artist with a 5th-degree black belt in Karate, applying its principles of discipline and focus to his professional life. He maintains a passion for coding that began with 8/16-bit computers and has developed retro-style video games for the Commodore 64. He also enjoys reading.

He is also an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches a course on applying AI and machine learning in industrial applications.

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Experience
36 Years
Current Role
Head of Operations Software, Digital Industries
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Pittsburgh Region, United States
Personality Overview

How Mark shows up

Hard To Convince
Upfront
Demanding

They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles.

Priorities

Topics Mark cares about

Autonomous Manufacturing
He frequently speaks on creating autonomous, AI-driven factories that are self-orchestrating, resilient, and adaptive to market changes.
Industrial AI/ML
As an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon, he teaches the application of AI/ML for designing smart and intelligent industrial products.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Head of Operations Software, Digital Industries
Siemens
9-2022
Adjunct Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
6-2022 - 4-2025
General Manager and Vice President (Multiple Business Units)
Ansys
2017 - 6-2022
Vice President & General Manager, Design Business Unit
Ansys
2017 - 2025
Board Member
Computational Engineering International, Inc.
In the press

Media appearances

Beyond Automation: Operations Software and the Future of Software-Defined Industry. Featured in Siemens Blog
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Results by Mark Hindsbo on Siemens Blog. Featured in Siemens Blog
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Education
1991 - 1996
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
DTU - Technical University of Denmark
1987 - 1990
High School
Herlufsholm Skole og Gods
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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