PDM SWUG's Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner! (and maybe a midnight snack)

The group has grown so much in the last few months! We are hopeful to include everyone, so please join us for a:
PDM SWUG's: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner! (and maybe a midnight snack) Panel Discussion Part II

Agenda (EST):

12:00 pm - 12:05 pm: Business and Introductions
12:05 pm - 12:55 pm: "Talk with Industry Leaders About the Ways They've Configured & Use PDM"
12:55 pm - 1:00 pm: Closing remarks

Presentation Description:

With the success of our first Panel Discussion meeting at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2021, we are back by popular demand, to have an encore panel discussion.

We will be hearing from Industry Leaders from:
Knapheide (Martin Ohnemus)
Vermeer (Greg Johnson)
Applied CAD Solutions (Tom Cote & Craig Lalumiere)
TPM (Mike DeKoning).

As far as topics go, we would prefer this to be a totally open discussion on topics you, the attendee would like to discuss. Maybe it's something like: Some of our favorite enhancements over the past few years, PDM Settings to be aware of, SOLIDWORKS Toolbox (do you use it and if so do you keep it in or out of the vault)?, or everyone's favorite topic: Backups & Disaster Recovery . Yup, we'll "wing it"
As we did for 3DEXPERIENCE World 2021, we will use attendees' feedback to guide the course of our discussion.

Do you have questions for the team?

Enter your questions for the panel to discuss in the meeting comments. This lets the panel start with your questions!

Presenter’s Bios:

Martin Ohnemus, PLM/CAD Administrator, The Knapheide Manufacturing Company
►Over 18 Years on CAD, Never had a Drafting Board Job!
►Using SOLIDWORKS since 1999
►Substitute CAD Teacher at the local community college.
►Advisory Board Member for John Wood Community College,
Hannibal Career and Technical Center and Quincy Public High
School.
►Co-Founder and Co-Leader of the PDM-SWUG
►SolidWorks Champions & ENOVIA Champions Member
►Multiple SolidWorks Certifications: CSWA, CSWP-DT, CSWP-WD,
CSWPSM, CSWA-AM, CEPA, SheetWorks and 3DEXPERIENCE
Collaborative Business Innovator

Greg Johnson, System Engineering Manager, Vermeer
►Over 30 Years on CAD, Never had a Drafting Board Job.
►Using SOLIDWORKS since 97 Plus, 23 years!! (I remember 2 major
releases each year)
►Graduate of Iowa State University in Industrial Technology, 1991
►50% completed with MBA from University of Iowa, Spring 2022
►Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert (CSWE)

Mike DeKoning, Technical Solutions Consultant, TPM
►Implement, upgrade, reconfigure SOLIDWORKS PDM.
►Teach Administering SOLIDWORKS PDM courses.
►Did start on a drafting board. Moved to CAD 2 years later.
►25 years of mechanical design experience.
►Former PDM/CAD Administrator for 12 years supporting globally
replicated vaults with over 600 users.
►Helped implement PDMWorks Enterprise in 2007.
►Create SOLIDWORKS, PDM, DraftSight custom programs.
►Certifications in SOLIDWORKS, PDM, Manage, DraftSight.

Tom Cote, CAD & PDM Admin Specialist, Applied CAD Solutions
►38 Years on CAD, Never had a Drafting Board Job
►Founded Applied CAD Solutions in 2011
►Using SOLIDWORKS Since 1996, 25 Years!!
►SOLIDWORKS CAD Admin Since 1997
►I’ve implemented almost 40 PDM systems around the globe
►Active in the SWUG community, Co-Founded the CMA-SWUG, Co-
Leader of the Tampa SWUG & the PDM-SWUG
►CSWA, CSWP, CEPA, CSWS-D & CSWP-D & The Advanced Data
Management, Specialist Certifications from SOLIDWORKS

Craig Lalumiere, PDM Management Specialist, Applied CAD Solutions
►Over 13 Years on CAD, Never had a Drafting Board Job.
►Educated and Practiced as Electrical-Mechanical Engineer
►Using SOLIDWORKS Since 2009, 11 Years!!
►SOLIDWORKS CAD Admin Since 2012
►I’ve implemented almost 20 PDM systems around the globe
►President of the NVTSWUG & Committee Member of the PDM-
SWUG
►CSWA, CEPA & The Advanced Data Management, Specialist
Certifications from SOLIDWORKS