Dora Smith

Dora Smith is the senior director of the global academic program for Siemens PLM Software. The program empowers the next generation of digital talent through project-based learning, STEM competitions and industrial strength software and curriculum to support students and academic institutions worldwide.

Tony Affuso Highlights Innovation and Customer Commitment

Tony Affuso Highlights Innovation and Customer Commitment

September 7, 2011

Tony Affuso presented this morning at our analyst/media event here in Boston. He focused on innovation, customer commitment and key areas we are winning business. He noted the culture of innovatio…

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Cyon Research’s Brad Holtz Soundbite

Cyon Research’s Brad Holtz Soundbite

September 7, 2011

Following on Stan’s soundbite, Brad Holtz of Cyon Research shares what’s happening in the industry from his point of view. He notes we are going in a different direction than our competitors. …

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CIMdata’s Stan Przybylinski Soundbite

CIMdata’s Stan Przybylinski Soundbite

September 7, 2011

Today we kick off our two-day analyst and press event in Boston. In case you didn’t see it yet, our president Chuck Grindstaff kicked off our event blogging with the first post about how we’re innova…

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Innovation in Asia Pacific

Innovation in Asia Pacific

June 17, 2011

– Report by Molly Hwa Last week, we held our annual Asia Pacific Executive Client Event (APECE) in Singapore. Nominees of the APECE Innovation Awards shared lots of innovation inspiration. It was …

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Happy Birthday Blog

Happy Birthday Blog

May 25, 2011

Does a blog have a birthday or an anniversary? This month, our blog turned 3. What do you get a blog for its birthday? I’m sure our blogsquad would suggest something that begins with i and ends…

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Welcoming Mike Atkins to the Blogsquad

Welcoming Mike Atkins to the Blogsquad

May 17, 2011

Meet Mike Atkins. He manages our D-Cubed Components development and support team. Mike has a engineering degree from the University of Cambridge and a PhD. He got his doctorate by computing the flow …

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Geek Versions of X Games and American Idol From COFES

Geek Versions of X Games and American Idol From COFES

May 10, 2011

John Voeller thinks the keys to where we’re headed in computing lie in geekier versions of X Games and American Idol. He’s serious. The last question I asked Voeller and John Gage to address in ou…

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Decisions as Data From COFES and PLM Connection

Decisions as Data From COFES and PLM Connection

May 5, 2011

While I’m not at PLM Connection this week, I’ve been following the online conversations from our blogsquad, customers, media and analysts in attendance. When Chuck Grindstaff spoke on Monday, he spok…

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A Conversation on Computing and Water From COFES

A Conversation on Computing and Water From COFES

April 29, 2011

“Fifty years ago computer science didn’t exist, today it is frothing into every aspect of life…By 2047 almost all information will be in cyberspace.”” That is a quote from a book John Voeller hig…

By Dora Smith
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