Ch…ch…ch…changes

Ch…ch…ch…changes

A few weeks ago, I sat in on a special session at PLM Connection that was focused on the impact of ‘Social’ on PLM and Engineering / Manufacturing in general.  This should be the last post from …

Interview with Lonnye Bower from Microsoft on Teamcenter and SQL

Interview with Lonnye Bower from Microsoft on Teamcenter and SQL

Catching up on a few posts that I didn’t get to do during the whirlwind of PLM Connections last week.  The Microsoft team was there in force this year and there was a lot to talk about.  In…

Interview with Paul Nelson from ATK

Interview with Paul Nelson from ATK

The power of social media comes through again!  Paul Nelson just started tweeting last week (give him a follow) and I happened to see a few of the things he was posting from the PLM Connections …

Interview with Craig Rode from Microsoft

Interview with Craig Rode from Microsoft

Before I started into all this online stuff, I was in charge of the alliance we formed with Microsoft.  Way before that, I used to work with a guy named Craig Rode when we were both responsible …

Interview with Mario Joyal from Matritech

Interview with Mario Joyal from Matritech

Matritech is in the business of cutting, stamping, lasering and otherwise shaping metal to the will of its designers.  They also happen to have been successfully using Solid Edge since all the w…

Interview with Bill Allen from JPL

Interview with Bill Allen from JPL

How often do you get a chance to talk to a guy that gets to send things into space? OK, maybe it happens to you all the time, but for me it was a rare treat.  Bill Allen from NASA’s Jet Propuls…

Live from Las Vegas

Live from Las Vegas

The kickoff to Siemens PLM Connection started with the usual parade of dignitaries, executives and partners. After a very nice opening from Jon Jarrett, PLM World Chairman, and partner presentations…

Quick Chat with Karsten Newbury at Siemens PLM Connection 2011

Quick Chat with Karsten Newbury at Siemens PLM Connection 2011

I got the chance to sit down with Karsten Newbury, the head of our Velocity team at Siemens PLM Connection today. (OK, we were standing – but it was beautiful outside and there was no place to sit).&…

BYOB (Build your own Bicycle)

BYOB (Build your own Bicycle)

Unfortunately I am not on my way to COFES today. Even more unfortunately this makes the second year in a row that I won’t be there.  It is one of the (un)conferences that I most look forward to …