Conference Information
If your company is like most, it is continuously changing -- either through expansion to meet growing demand, globalization, or scaling back when market conditions shift. In the midst of this change, a consistent requirement remains -- collaboration. The difference between managing collaboration well or poorly has a direct impact on your company's bottom line.
During this on-demand event, Ed Miller, President of CIMdata, discusses how companies are better managing their internal and external collaboration and the economic benefits they're realizing. Miller shares how product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions play an important role, and why companies need to invest in PLM-enabling collaborative solutions during stressful as well as prosperous economic times.
You also hear the experiences of product development experts from Schneider Electric and PTC in a panel discussion moderated by IndustryWeek.
Speakers
Adrienne Selko
eMedia Editor
IndustryWeek
Adrienne Selko manages the editorial content of IndustryWeek's award-winning Web site. Before joining the staff in 2004, Selko was managing editor of corporate publications at a large regional financial institution. She was also an editor for the U.S. based publication of a medical manufacturing company. Prior to that she ran a public relations and marketing company that published a best-selling healthcare book. Selko received a bachelor's of business administration from the University of Michigan.
Ed Miller
President
CIMdata
Ed Miller, President of the consulting and research firm CIMdata, is an internationally-recognized authority on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and a frequent keynote speaker at conferences and seminars around the world on trends, directions, strategies, methods, and technology issues. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Purdue University, he has more than 30 years of experience in the application of information technology (IT) for engineering and manufacturing. Miller has been instrumental in defining PLM, and is one of the most quoted experts in the field, articulating the overall industry vision and broad business implications of this rapidly-evolving field. He has authored numerous papers and research reports on PLM and related topics, and his articles, commentaries, and perspectives regularly appear in publications throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
Tom Shoemaker
Vice President Product Marketing
PTC
Thomas Shoemaker is VP of product marketing at PTC. Shoemaker is responsible for the marketing of PTC products and communications about Product Lifecycle Management to customers, industry/financial analysts, and press. Since joining PTC in 1992, Shoemaker has held various positions in technical pre-sales and R&D. Prior to PTC, Shoemaker worked as a process engineer for semiconductor test equipment supplier, Teradyne.
Shoemaker attended Babson College, where he earned his master's of business administration. He received a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Lori Michel
Staff Analyst of the PLM / CSM Competency Center
Schneider Electric
Lori Michel is a staff analyst of the PLM/CSM Competency Center for the North American Operating Division at Schneider Electric; a leader in electrical distribution and energy management. She has more than 15 years of experience with Schneider in multiple facets of information technology implementations. Michel has been the leader in driving the development and deployment of an Order Management solution using the PTC PLM technologies throughout North America.
Michel has a master's in business administration in technology management from the University of Phoenix. She also has a bachelor's in systems analysis from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Tim Freimuth
Manager of the PLM / CSM Competency Center
Schneider Electric
Tim Freimuth is the manager of the PLM/CSM Competency center for the North American Operating Division of Schneider Electric. His team provides leadership, competencies and project management for the global Engineering Information Systems. Freimuth attended Northern Kentucky University and has 28+ years experience with Schneider Electric holding various IT positions.