Boeing & Northrop Grumman Executives to Keynote at PLM Road Map @ GPDIS 2022

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Aug. 23, 2022 - PRLog -- CIMdata, Inc. announces that Boeing's Don Farr and Northrop Grumman's Carol Erikson will make keynote presentations at PLM Road Map @ GPDIS 2022.

PLM Road Map @ GPDIS will take place at the McCormick Ranch Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ, as a one-day event on Tuesday, 27 September. The theme is "Digital Transformation and PLM – a call for PLM Professionals to redefine and reposition the benefits and value of PLM." Global Product Data Interoperability Summit or GPDIS will take place on 28 & 29 September at the same location.

Mr. Farr's presentation, Model-Based Engineering Diamond Adoption at Boeing, will offer an updated version of Boeing's MBE Diamond concept and how the company applies it. The presentation will also expand on Boeing's use of virtual components in the generation of Digital Twins. A short discussion will take place on how Boeing leverages the MBE Diamond in internal communication and training on the company's Digital Transformation.

Realizing the vision of enterprise digital transformation requires many technical transformations but, most importantly, means a cultural shift. In this presentation, How to Transform an Enterprise, Ms. Erikson will discuss how to strike that balance and approach the cultural shifts necessitated by digital transformation.

For more information about PLM Road Map @ GPDIS 2022, please visit the CIMdata website https://www.cimdata.com/en/education/plm-conferences/plmrm-gpdis-2022.

About Carol Erikson

Carol Erikson is vice president of Systems Engineering and Digital Transformation for Northrop Grumman's Space Systems sector. In this role, she is responsible for leading systems engineering and digital transformation initiatives across the sector that will enable the Space Systems team to leverage transformational capabilities to ensure effective execution across the full program life cycle, from concept through sustainment.

Most recently, she served as vice president and enterprise program manager for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program, where she established and led a nationwide team responsible for capturing and executing the Technical Maturation and Risk Reduction program and for developing innovative engineering and digital environment solutions critical to capturing and preparing for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development program.

About Don Farr

Don Farr is a Senior Technical Fellow in Model-Based Engineering (MBE). In this role, he supports Boeing's Digital Transformation initiative. He has spent the past seven years evaluating and integrating advanced technology into Boeing's development environment across the lifecycle of programs.

Don has 36 years of System Engineering experience working on dozens of programs, 31 years at Boeing working on Defense and Commercial platforms/systems, and five years at General Dynamics working on fighter platforms.