Featured Guests
James Gardner
Research Engineer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
James Gardner works at Lockheed Martin in the ETIC Model Based Solutions team. Prior to ETIC James had an 8-year tenure at Rotary and Mission Systems in Syracuse, NY, where he was responsible for Mechanical Engineering, Structural Analysis and Model Based Definition using Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing. This work ranged from designing for Underwater Explosive dynamic shock, design for injection Molding and working closely coupled with a US Navy Customer to release the first Model Based dataset in Undersea Sensors and Systems. Prior to Lockheed Martin he worked for Cannondale and Saab-Sensis. He has a deep interest in Digital Transformation of Engineering Data Set for reuse from Engineering & Production through Training & Sustainment.
James holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is ASME Senior GDTP Certified.
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Jim Heppelmann
President & CEO, PTC

Katie Linendoll
Emmy Award-winning TV personality, Consumer Technology Expert, and One of The Leading Women in the Field of Technology

Jon Hirschtick
Executive Vice President & President of SaaS, PTC

Mike Campbell
Executive Vice President & General Manager of Augmented Reality, PTC

Sarah Reynolds
Vice President of Marketing, PTC

Michael Ekbundit
Director, Engineering Development, GE Appliances, a Haier Company

Lori Austin
Senior Customer Success Coach, Arena, a PTC Business