Zhichao (Charlie) Li is a principal engineer at Dante Software, located in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Li received his bachelor and master degrees on materials engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China, and his doctoral degree from Wright State University. He continued his studies and earned in 2012 his MBA from Baldwin Wallace University. Dr. Li’s areas of expertise are design, innovation and optimization for heat treatment processes, materials characterization, finite element modeling, etc. Li’s current focus at Dante is on heat treatment software development, technical support to Dante users, and new market development.