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.

Chad Jackson at PLM Connection

Chad Jackson at PLM Connection

June 29, 2010

Here’s a video of Chad Jackson of Lifecycle Insights on what he found most interesting at PLM Connection. He notes in the video: “The thing that stood out to me was the HD3D stuff in NX…th…

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Helmuth Ludwig at PLM Connection

Helmuth Ludwig at PLM Connection

June 29, 2010

Here’s a video interview with our president Helmuth Ludwig. He provides some highlights from his presentation yesterday, including megatrends, innovation and managing complexity. He also shares some …

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Kenneth Wong on NX, HD-PLM and Social Media at PLM Connection

Kenneth Wong on NX, HD-PLM and Social Media at PLM Connection

June 29, 2010

Kenneth Wong of Desktop Engineering published a blog post this morning on NX going HD. At the end of the post is an interesting podcast he did with our Paul Brown. I sat down with Kenneth earlier …

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Bill Allen of NASA JPL at PLM Connection

Bill Allen of NASA JPL at PLM Connection

June 29, 2010

Here’s a brief interview with one of our customers attending the event. Bill manages a design team that uses NX  for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and gets to work on cool projects like the Mar…

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PLM World Chair Jon Jarrett on PLM Connection

PLM World Chair Jon Jarrett on PLM Connection

June 29, 2010

PLM World Chair Jon Jarrett of ATK summarizes the first day of PLM Connection, including HD-PLM, Ford keynote presentation and what PLM-KRZY means on a license plate (http://twitpic.com/20pqt9)!

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Tony Affuso Update at PLM Connection

Tony Affuso Update at PLM Connection

June 28, 2010

Here’s a video update from our CEO Tony Affuso on what he’s seeing and hearing at PLM Connection Americas, including feedback on our HD-PLM technology framework and social media in PLM.

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Social Media at PLM Connection

Social Media at PLM Connection

June 28, 2010

Live from PLM Connection Americas… We had our first tweetup this evening. It was a good mix of folks, quite a few of whom had never met face to face. I guess that officially kicked off social me…

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New NX Self-Paced Training at PLM Connection

New NX Self-Paced Training at PLM Connection

June 24, 2010

Aside from tapping the knowledge of long-time PLM Connection attendees or meeting smart guys like Rick Stavanja, one of the most valuable parts of our user group conference is the free training provi…

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Interview with Rick Stavanja

Interview with Rick Stavanja

June 22, 2010

I blogged yesterday about tapping the knowledge of long-time PLM Connection attendees at the event next week. Rick Stavanja is another long-time attendee and presenter. You can find out if h…

By Dora Smith
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