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Thoughts From New Users at #PLMCONX?

Thoughts From New Users at #PLMCONX?

With more than 1800 attendees at this year’s event, we continue to see new faces show up at #PLMCONX. Check out these two stories from first time attendees: Tony Valenti from Pratt & Whitn…

Higher Engineering Education From Arizona to Vietnam

Higher Engineering Education From Arizona to Vietnam

Little did Octavio Heredia know when he was doing software engineering for distance learning years ago that one day similar work would take him all the way to Vietnam. He is pictured above getti…

Michigan Tech Summer Youth CAM Camp

Michigan Tech Summer Youth CAM Camp

It’s that time of year when I’m booking my boys into summer camps. After the FIRST Robotics Competition, they are definitely signed up for a robotics camp. There are a lot of great summer programs fo…

Day 4: Tecnomatix Track at PLM Connection 2012

Day 4: Tecnomatix Track at PLM Connection 2012

Final Day Recap: We completed the Tecnomatix Track this morning with three sessions.  We typically boil these sessions down to the technical details but this time, marketing took a spot.&nbsp…

A Conversation With DOL’s Jane Oates

A Conversation With DOL’s Jane Oates

By now you may have heard we had a unique keynote presentation Tuesday at PLM Connection. Typically customers speak about what is happening in their business and how they are apply PLM technology to …

Day 3: Tecnomatix Track – Afternoon Sessions at PLM Connection 2012

Day 3: Tecnomatix Track – Afternoon Sessions at PLM Connection 2012

Here’s the recap: We kicked off the afternoon sessions with an update from Todd Bengtsson, Director, Manufacturing Business Group – Automotive.  Todd presented a Robotics and Automation tech…

Day 3: Morning Update from the Tecnomatix Track at PLM Connection 2012

Day 3: Morning Update from the Tecnomatix Track at PLM Connection 2012

We kicked the morning off with three, well attended sessions.  The customer speakers of course were the main draw, talking about Manufacturing Change Management at GE and Visual Work Instruction…

Tecnomatix Track Day 2 @ PLM Connection Americas 2012

Tecnomatix Track Day 2 @ PLM Connection Americas 2012

Recap of Day 2: Uli Rossgoderer, Director, Product Management kicked off Day 2’s Tecnomatix session with a comprehensive overview of the Assembly Planning solutions.  He made it clear that th…

Kinecting Microsoft and Siemens PLM Technology

Kinecting Microsoft and Siemens PLM Technology

IMHO, one of the most inspirational keynotes yesterday came from Simon Floyd, Director, Innovation and Product Lifecycle Management Solutions at Microsoft. Simon, @floydinnovation, began wi…