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.

Chuck Grindstaff Talks About New Role as President of Siemens PLM

Chuck Grindstaff Talks About New Role as President of Siemens PLM

October 7, 2010

At the Siemens Industry Software analyst event a couple weeks ago, Helmuth Ludwig ended the Q&A with analysts with a literal passing of a baton to Chuck Grindstaff. Chuck became president of Siem…

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Welcoming Al Robertson to our Blog Squad

Welcoming Al Robertson to our Blog Squad

September 20, 2010

I’d like to introduce you to a new voice joining our blog: Alastair Robertson. Alastair, aka Al,is the marketing manager for the Velocity Series CAE products including Femap with NX Nastran…

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Chuck Grindstaff for President

Chuck Grindstaff for President

August 26, 2010

In case you haven’t heard already, we will have some changes in our executive team starting Oct. 1. Our president Helmuth Ludwig is moving to a new role heading up Corporate Communications for Siemen…

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Welcoming Linda Kerdolff to our Blog Squad

Welcoming Linda Kerdolff to our Blog Squad

August 23, 2010

Hey folks, I want to introduce you to another new blogger to our team. Linda Kerdolff is a brand marketer with more than 20 years experience with consumer product manufacturers. She is a senior mark…

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Interview With Josh Mings of SolidSmack

Interview With Josh Mings of SolidSmack

August 19, 2010

Hey folks! Hope you missed me while I was out for a few weeks. I’m back. I was reading Mark Burhop’s series on Practical Social Media and it reminded me that sitting in my inbox was Mr. Josh Ming’…

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PLM Connection Americas Summary

PLM Connection Americas Summary

July 16, 2010

The level of social media keeps increasing each year at the PLM Connection events. With so much content coming out of the event in Dallas, I wanted to share a summary post with key links for you to s…

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Managing Automotive Complexity

Managing Automotive Complexity

July 16, 2010

Managing complexity was a consistent theme at PLM Connection two weeks ago. We shared with customers ways in which the HD-PLM technology framework could help visualize and make sense of that complexi…

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More on Corporate Social Networking at PLM Connection

More on Corporate Social Networking at PLM Connection

July 13, 2010

I mentioned in my previous post on the Social Media presentation at PLM Connection that I’d ask Tord to share more on his detailed social networking presentation with Todd Meadows of Microsoft. You m…

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Welcoming Jeff Hojlo to our Blog Squad

Welcoming Jeff Hojlo to our Blog Squad

July 12, 2010

Folks, I want to introduce you to a new blogger on our team – Jeff Hojlo. He has more than 17 years of experience in our industry as an analyst, researcher and product marketer. You may have alrea…

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