The digital future promises to be an exciting one. Noted PLM author and NASA Consultant, Dr. Michael Grieves, will present his predictions of the technologies and directions that will shape products and their environments in coming years. From product design to manufacture to sustainment and service to disposal, virtual products and techniques will play and increasing role in producing physical product that are "Virtually Perfect." Initiatives sponsored by NASA and other leading industrial and educational organizations are being started that will drive fast-paced innovation and revolutionize and revitalize manufacturing in the United States.

About Dr. Michael Grieves

Dr. Michael Grieves is an acknowledged world-renown expert in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). He is the author of “Virtually Perfect: Driving Innovative and Lean Products through Product Lifecycle Management” (SCP, 2011) and, the seminal book on PLM, “Product Lifecycle Management: Driving the Next Generation of Lean Thinking” (McGraw-Hill, 2006).

Dr. Grieves has consulted with a number of international manufacturers, governmental organizations and information technology providers on PLM-related issues and has given speeches world wide at PLM, engineering, and manufacturing conferences. He has been a consultant to NASA since the mid 2000s.

Dr. Grieves has been a senior executive at both Fortune 1000 companies and entrepreneurial organizations during his career. He founded and took public a $100 million systems integration company. Dr. Grieves has substantial board experience, including serving on a subsidiary company of NTT Communications of Japan and currently serves as Audit Committee Chairman for a major Chinese steel producer.

Dr. Grieves has academic appointments at the University of Iowa, Florida Institute of Technology, and CIMBA, Italy. He has degrees from Michigan State University College of Engineering, Oakland University, and his doctorate is from Case Western Reserve

About PLM Innovation

The PLM Innovation Americas 2012 is North America's only independent and technology agnostic PLM event. Bringing together 300 senior end-users, thought leaders and select PLM vendors, we aim to leverage the collective wealth of knowledge and experience to identify and encourage best practice. The combination of a world class speaker roster, cross-industry case studies, targeted Think-Tanks and pre-qualified networking opportunities make this North America's must attend PLM gathering.