PTC LiveWorx Presenters
Learn from Leaders at the Forefront of Technology
2023 Featured Keynotes & Talent
PTC LiveWorx showcases influential technology trailblazers, bestselling authors and futurists of our time for mind-blowing presentations. Discover the global leaders who are rethinking how technology can be used to make an impact in the digital era.


Jim Heppelmann
Chief Executive Officer, PTC

Steven Johnson
Bestselling Author & Host of PBS six-part series: How We Got To Now

Alex Honnold
Professional Climber & Environmentalist

Kelly Corrigan
Best-Selling Author, Breast Cancer Survivor, Host of the PBS series Tell Me More

Jimmy Chin
Professional Climber, Skier, Photographer, and Director

Dierks Bentley
Country Star & Double Platinum Album Artist
2023 Track Spotlights
These speakers are industry visionaries who will inform you on what’s new and exciting today, and provide insight on future technology trends.
Ajei Gopal
President & CEO Ansys
Dave Duncan
VP Sustainability PTC
Track: Environmental Sustainability
Paul Sagar
VP, CAD Product Management PTC
Track: Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Brian Thompson
Divisional Vice President & General Manager, CAD Segment PTC
Track: Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Howard Heppelmann
DVP and GM, ThingWorx IoT Solutions PTC
Track: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Abby Eon
SVP Digital Thread Portfolio & GM Kepware PTC
Track: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Christoph Braeuchle
SVP, GM of ALM PTC
Track: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
JJ Lechleiter
SVP, GM of AR PTC
Track: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
Catherine Kniker
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer PTC
Track: Environmental Sustainability
Professor Steven Eppinger
General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Professor & Professor of Management Science and Innovation Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management
Track: Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Neil Barua
President, SLM Business Unit PTC
Track: Service
Jean-Pierre Samilo
VP, Services Digital Experience Schneider Electric
Track: Service
Phillip Greene
IT Director Alcon Vision Suite
Track: Service
Mark Lobo
SVP and General Manager, PLM PTC
Track: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Reggie Fortson
Senior Director PLM and Advanced Engineering Johnson and Johnson
Track: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Helmut Huprich
VP of Engineering Applications Schaeffler AG
Track: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Lasse Lundberg Nowack
Head of Engineering Development Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Track: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
2023 Session Presenters
Hear from adopters, researchers, engineers and new industry voices as they present the most transformative ideas of our time. Learn how you can benefit from the latest technologies, prepare for the challenges ahead and enable your company to achieve its business goals. Apply to become a PTC LiveWorx presenter!
Michelle Stone
Senior Product Manager PTC
Simon Storbjerg
Head of Digital Product Life Cycle Vestas Wind Systems
Anthony Stroessenreuther
Senior Consultant, Senior Software Developer ArcherGrey LLC
Sriram Subramanian
Business Development Manager PDSVISION
Shankar Subramanian
Senior Manager Deloitte Consulting LLP
Shravan Sudhakaran
Product Manager PTC
James Sullivan
CEO & Founder CadActive Technologies, Inc.
Patrick Sullivan
Vice President, Business Development Archer Grey LLC
Par Svensson
Senior Product Manager PTC
Zsolt Szalavari
Vuforia Engine Product Owner, Sr. Dir. Eng. PTC
Wendy Tai
Senior Product Marketing Manager PTC
Mirko Theiss
Senior Product Manager PROSTEP AG
Bradford Thomas
Manager Retail Analytics PTC
Randy Thompson
Sr Business & Solution Architect Transition Technologies PSC
Brian Thompson
Divisional VP and General Manager, Creo CAD Business PTC
Bob Thompson
VP, Head of Systems Integrators PTC
Joerg Thomsen
Senior Director PLM Product Management PTC
Severin Todt
Senior Director IT Lufthansa Technik
Koji Tokunaga
Vice President, Digital Manufacturing, Global Olympus Corporation
Julie Toscano
Director, Hardware Integrated Systems Solutions Sonos
Mark Trammell
Director eQ Technologic
Amy Tran
Director, Service Planning Cisco
Sebastian Trolli
Sr. Industry Analyst Frost & Sullivan
Ross Turpin
Industrial Engineering Manager Wachter
Don Tuttle
Global Training Specialist Luxion, Inc.
Jose Ignacio Ulizar Alvarez
Director Engineering & Technology Indra Sistemas SA
Samir Uppal
Principal Deloitte Consulting LLP
Paul Urban
Principal Product Manager MathWorks
Kate Urchuk
Student Red Hawk Robotics
Dmitry Ushamirsky
MCAx/PLM Support Engineer Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Richard Vaillancourt
Program Manager Cisco Systems
Arnaud Van de Veerdonk
Creo Product Manager PTC
Nandita Vedantan
UX Designer PTC
Adrian Velazquez
Manager - CAD Engineering Dexcom
Nihal Velpanur
Product Manager PTC
Hannah Verlin
Senior User Researcher PTC
Charles Vernor
Senior Solution Architect Arena, a PTC Business
Gian Villegas
Manager Sabel Systems
Andreas Vlahinos
CTO Advanced Engineering Solutions
Harald Vogt
Lead Software Architect Trumpf
Patrick Vogt
Senior Manager Capgemini
Stephen Wall
Technical Fellow, Augmented Reality Center of Excellence PTC
John Walther
Sr Mgr Analytics Southwest Airlines
Ricky Watts
Senior Dr Intel
Julian Weyer
Engineer and ALM/PLM Consultant BHC Consulting
Matthew Whelan
Engineering Director for Automated Storage Retrieval Systems Ocado Technology
Traci White
Global Client Enablement PTC, Inc.
David Whitney
Senior IT-Consultant BHC Consulting
Daniel Wiegand
Product manager OpenDXM PROSTEP AG
Mark Wilding
Vice President, Global Customer Transformation PTC
Clay Wilker
Director, Operations Process Improvement Northrop Grumman
Andrew Wilkinson
Head of Product FloweQ
Jason Williams
Sr Program Manager Medtronic
Doug Wilmot
VP Sales, North America Aquant
Tadeusz Witczak
Senior Product Strategist PTC
Rafal Witkowski
PLM Portfolio Director Transition Technologies PSC S.A.
Chris Woerther
VP of Business Development EAC Product Development
David Wolf
PLM Life Science Sales Specialist PTC
Robert Wolf
Product Owner PLM-Solutions Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Christine Wolff
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships PTC
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