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.

Motor City Software Revolution

Motor City Software Revolution

March 18, 2014

One month ago we were in Cincinnati to kick off a series of events on the software revolution in manufacturing. The conversations at these events focus on the future of manufacturing and the future w…

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Meet Rocket Engineer Joy Wobido

Meet Rocket Engineer Joy Wobido

March 3, 2014

It’s that time of year when parents are signing up their kids for summer camps. I wonder if Joy Wobido’s parents knew that the eighth grade space camp they signed her up for would lead to a career la…

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Training the next generation of technical rock stars

Training the next generation of technical rock stars

February 27, 2014

“It’s up to us to create the thrill about being the next technical rock star.” – Steve Bashada, VP of  Industries, Siemens PLM Software Those words echoed through more than 430,000 sq…

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Build the Future Event – Cincinnati, Ohio

Build the Future Event – Cincinnati, Ohio

February 18, 2014

Join us here to watch our Build The Future event live stream from Cincinnati, Ohio and talk about the Software Revolution happening on Wednesday, February 19th. “The manufacturing industry in Am…

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Find out why CEO Chuck Grindstaff is excited for 2014 in this podcast

Find out why CEO Chuck Grindstaff is excited for 2014 in this podcast

January 6, 2014

I recently caught up with our president and CEO Chuck Grindstaff to record our latest podcast. We happened to be in the same city at the same time so there is video to boot. I noticed Chuck uses t…

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Students Design Energy Efficient Cars to Win Brazil Marathon

Students Design Energy Efficient Cars to Win Brazil Marathon

November 27, 2013

  Guest blog post by my colleague Dan Siqueira, Siemens PLM Software This past weekend Infiniti Red Bull Racing team became Formula One World Champions here in Brazil. The race was at the …

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Howard University Students Design Future Public Transportation

Howard University Students Design Future Public Transportation

November 7, 2013

Meet Nicolas Hunter, Atiba Brereton and Matthew Clarke – three very bright future engineers at Howard University. I first met the trio at the PACE Annual Forum in late July where they won first place…

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Meet EcoCAR Engineer Lucas Shoults and Mary the Malibu

Meet EcoCAR Engineer Lucas Shoults and Mary the Malibu

October 25, 2013

Lucas Shoults is a first-year graduate student engineer at Virginia Tech (VT). He is majoring in mechanical engineering and is the business manager of VT’s EcoCAR 2 team. I met Lucas at the EcoCAR 2 …

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A Conversation with Dr. Jewel Barlow of the University of Maryland

A Conversation with Dr. Jewel Barlow of the University of Maryland

October 17, 2013

I visited the beautiful campus of the University of Maryland (UMD) in September to sit down with Dr. Jewel Barlow, one of the advocates who helped bring Siemens PLM software on campus to locations li…

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