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.

Teamcenter Goes Mobile

Teamcenter Goes Mobile

April 5, 2011

Are you in the growing majority of mobile workers? The latest mobile research from Forrester notes 57% of all employees in 2010 are mobile and that number will increase to more than 90% by 2015. T…

By Dora Smith
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Innovation Leadership Summit Summary

Innovation Leadership Summit Summary

March 24, 2011

The pics my colleague Branco took at the Americas Innovation Leadership Summit made me really wish I was there. Of course her video reports from the event made me feel like I almost was. Below is a c…

By Dora Smith
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Chuck Grindstaff on Innovating Better Decisions in Product Development

Chuck Grindstaff on Innovating Better Decisions in Product Development

March 15, 2011

Our President Chuck Grindstaff presented at the Innovation Leadership Summit last week. “It doesn’t matter whether you are a aerospace company or a retail apparel company, you all have similar nee…

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Goodrich Aerospace CIO Steve Hagood on Global Enterprise Alignment

Goodrich Aerospace CIO Steve Hagood on Global Enterprise Alignment

March 15, 2011

Steve Hagood, VP and CIO of Goodrich Aerospace, presented at last week’s Innovation Leadership Summit. He is responsible for managing the company’s global enterprise IT organization. He noted: “In…

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Fueling Innovation

Fueling Innovation

March 14, 2011

Mathias Boehmisch, manager of design services and configurationmanagement at the Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC), attended last week’s Innovation Leadership Summit. As the fuel center of exce…

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Ben Walker of Black Diamond on NX and Dramatically Shortened Design Cycles

Ben Walker of Black Diamond on NX and Dramatically Shortened Design Cycles

March 14, 2011

“The biggest challenge our type of products present is that it forces the design team to understand what it is our customers want and need. You can look at market research or study up on these acti…

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Bob Parker of IDC on Investments in a Recovering Economy

Bob Parker of IDC on Investments in a Recovering Economy

March 14, 2011

Bob Parker, group vice president for research at IDC Manufacturing Insights, attended our Innovation Leadership Summit last week. He shares in the video summary below some of the insights he took awa…

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Peter Bilello of CIMdata on Intellectual Assets as the Core of Innovation

Peter Bilello of CIMdata on Intellectual Assets as the Core of Innovation

March 11, 2011

Peter Bilello, president of CIMdata, presented on the theme of intellectual asset as the core of innovation at our Innovation Leadership Summit in Arizona. Below is a video overview from Peter, in wh…

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HBR Survey Finds PLM-Managed Innovation Improves Outcomes

HBR Survey Finds PLM-Managed Innovation Improves Outcomes

March 11, 2011

Angelia Herrin of Harvard Business Review presented at our Innovation Leadership Summit earlier in the week. HBR recently surveyed 1,200 readers who are in product development in a joint research pro…

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