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.

CTO Chuck Grindstaff Presents PLM Vision

CTO Chuck Grindstaff Presents PLM Vision

March 16, 2010

Chuck Grindstaff, our CTO, is at the Innovation Leadership Summit to meet with customers and present our technology vision. I caught up with him this morning in this video interview. He comments on S…

By Dora Smith
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AMR Analyst Mike Burkett on Current PLM Priorities

AMR Analyst Mike Burkett on Current PLM Priorities

March 15, 2010

Mike Burkett of AMR Research presented earlier on economic value in the PLM market. He shared insights from research released late last year. Here is a video interview of Mike recapping some of the k…

By Dora Smith
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Mosler Street Legal Sports Car

Mosler Street Legal Sports Car

March 15, 2010

  Jill Wagner, general manager and vice president of global operations for Mosler Automotive, brought the MT900S to our Innovation Leadership Summit. She revved up the car last night and gave…

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Innovation Leadership Summit

Innovation Leadership Summit

March 15, 2010

I’m attending our Innovation Leadership Summit in Scottsdale, AZ, today and tomorrow. Attendees are executives from some of our enterprise customers. They’re here to hear and share best practices on …

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Interview With Analyst Jim Brown

Interview With Analyst Jim Brown

March 11, 2010

  I often point out a Jim Brown example when I talk about social media here at Siemens. It was probably a year and half ago when Jim and I realized from respective tweets that we were b…

By Dora Smith
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Interview With Cory Goulden of National Steel Car

Interview With Cory Goulden of National Steel Car

March 1, 2010

  One thing I realized while reaching out to some of our customers in honor of Engineers Week is that we really need a CAD Designers Week, a CAD/PLM Administrators Week and maybe even CAE Ana…

By Dora Smith
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Planes & Butterflies Flying at the Singapore Airshow

Planes & Butterflies Flying at the Singapore Airshow

February 10, 2010

Some of my colleagues were at the Singapore Airshow over the past week. It was only the second year the event has been held in Singapore. The show’s success can be attributed to Asia’s fast growing c…

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3D Model of the Month

3D Model of the Month

January 26, 2010

For those of you who received one of our print 2010 calendars, you saw this bar dispenser, aka a “bar gun”, from Schroeder America gracing the month of January. All of the images can be seen in our G…

By Dora Smith
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Employee Interview: Ashley Eckhoff & Electronic Origami

Employee Interview: Ashley Eckhoff & Electronic Origami

December 2, 2009

image via Origamiancy on Flickr At PLM Connection two months ago, a customer of ours asked me if I knew Ashley Eckhoff, who works in the same building I do, just on a different floor. I did not bu…

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