Ozen Engineering is Poised for Growth
by Kathleen Burton

Ozen Engineering, July's NRP Partner of the Month, has set the stage for a spurt of new growth.

Ozen, who serves as California's sole distributor and consultant for Pennsylvania-based ANSYS simulation software, just joined a major European software alliance called TechNet, jump-starting their plans to expand their global customer base.

"TechNet will increase our visibility in Europe and the U.S.," said company CEO Metin Ozen.
"However, in the near term, we will also expand our California customer base," he said, adding that his location at the NRP in the heart of the Silicon Valley positions the company perfectly to meet this goal.

A tenant at the NRP since June 2005, Ozen has found the NASA connection an important piece of his growth plan. He has applied for an SBIR grant with the U.S. Marine Corps, and has "dress-rehearsed"
his software simulations with potential customers at the Ames Calibration Lab, a strong selling point for his clients.

Ozen's flexible ANSYS software, geared for simulations in semiconductors, biotech and medical devices, allows users to do an array of tasks -- everything from modeling drug dispersion rates in the human body to CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) applications.

The company's relocation to the NASA Research Park was largely motivated by the ability to be close to other NRP startups and NASA Ames programs, both potential ANSYS customers. While at Ames, Ozen has doubled the company's client base from 30 to 60 customers. "We see possible collaborations at the Research Park in software simulation and R&D projects," Ozen said.

Currently, Ames' Fluid Mechanics Lab uses the ANSYS CFX application, and another group uses ANSYS for finite element analysis.

Metin Ozen hails from Turkey and his earlier career includes being an archaeological tour guide in Turkey and Egypt. He's put together a multinational staff of talented ANSYS engineers, including Gunsu Temirer, also from Turkey, and newly-minted young talent, including Chris Cowan from the U.S., Can Ozcan from Turkey and MBA marketeer John Mutungi from Kenya.

"We see a bright future ahead and we think the NASA Research Park right now is the right place to be," said Ozen. "At the rate we are going, in five years, we'll need more space, test labs, a wet lab and parallel computing power to fuel our growth."

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