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.

PLM Connection: Astronaut Hans Schlegel Keynote

PLM Connection: Astronaut Hans Schlegel Keynote

October 5, 2009

Astronaut Hans Schlegel provided a keynote presentation at PLM Connection. It’s hard not to be amazed at someone’s experience when it includes working weightless and viewing up to 16 sunsets in one d…

By Dora Smith
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PLM Connection Europe Kicks Off

PLM Connection Europe Kicks Off

October 5, 2009

Maarten Romers just kicked off the event to a crowd of about 500. He presented an award to one attendee for his 25th year attending the conference. I asked Maartan to be a citizen journalist for us s…

By Dora Smith
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Roving Reporting at PLM Connection EMEA

Roving Reporting at PLM Connection EMEA

October 4, 2009

A few of us are at PLM Connection EMEA in France this week to provide some DIY blogging. If you see something on the agenda you’d like to know more about, just leave us a comment. My fellow blogge…

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Employee Interview: Raymond Kok

Employee Interview: Raymond Kok

September 25, 2009

The other night my son and I were reading Built to Last by George Sullivan. He loves the story about the St. Louis arch and its architect, Eero Saarinen. Maybe he’ll one day want to design buildings….

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Analyst Event: Helmuth Ludwig

Analyst Event: Helmuth Ludwig

September 17, 2009

Our president Helmuth Ludwig reviews the analyst event from an analyst, customer and Siemens PLM employee perspective.

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Analyst Event: Cambashi

Analyst Event: Cambashi

September 17, 2009

Peter Thorne, director, Cambashi shares his takeaways from the analyst event. He was very interested in the use case by Siemens Infrastructure Logistics.

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Analyst Event: Siemens Infrastructure

Analyst Event: Siemens Infrastructure

September 17, 2009

Presenters from Siemens Infrastructure Logistics shared two unique product development programs in their presentation to the analysts today. The first dealt with postal service logistics and the seco…

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Analyst Event: Tony Affuso

Analyst Event: Tony Affuso

September 17, 2009

Our chairman and CEO, Tony Affuso, recaps the past two days and shares his highlights of the event in this video.

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Analyst Event: Microsoft

Analyst Event: Microsoft

September 17, 2009

This morning, Dave Gower, senior director of PLM for Microsoft presented to the analysts. It was interesting to hear about the hardware side of the software giant. It’s kind of the inverse of Siemens…

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