Joe Bowers is the WW director of support and training sales for the World Trade division of Mentor, a Siemens Company. Mentor is an industry leader in electronic design automation, providing software and hardware design solutions that help engineers around the world conquer design challenges in the increasingly complex worlds of board and chip design.

As a sales leader at Mentor, Joe manages the global support and training sales teams across a wide product portfolio. His primary focus is revenue generation through customer retention and cross-selling of services. Additional focus for Joe's organization is on uncovering and closing customer upgrades and adds on business to the benefit of Mentor.

Joe has 17 years' experience in selling software, support, and training with a focus on customer satisfaction and revenue growth. Previous to joining Mentor, Joe worked at IBM in the Global Services division.