This blog is my contribution to the community of professionals seeking information about engineering and manufacturing software. I started it back in 2008 with the goal of helping engineers find insights about product lifecycle management (PLM) software. The original idea was to share daily thoughts on innovations related to CAD, PDM, and PLM. Over time, it has evolved to cover a wide range of topics, including CAD, PDM, PLM, collaboration, innovation, data, data management, and much more.

“If you want to have a great future you have to think about it in the present, because when the future’s here you won’t have the time”. [Nathan Myhrvold, ex-CTO of Microsoft].

About me:

I have been building software products for data management, engineering, and manufacturing for the past 25 years. This journey has provided me with valuable experience across diverse fields, including industries, customers, technology, organization, management, and communication.

I am passionate about leveraging technology and building businesses that transform the way people work in engineering, manufacturing, and enterprise. My greatest moments of enjoyment come from seeing technology solve real customer problems. I also have a deep appreciation for companies that create physical “things.” This passion stems from my father, who was a mechanical engineer. I always remember him sketching ideas to improve industrial equipment at the metallurgical factory where he worked.
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At Beyond PLM, I’m consulting companies in engineering and manufacturing domain. My primarily area of focus is data and product lifecycle management strategy. It cover diverse set of topics – software vendors, products, technologies, processes. I’m also mentoring startup companies in both hardware and business software domain.

OpenBOM is a company I started in 2016 with the vision to change how companies can use data to improve decision effectiveness. OpenBOM is a SaaS digital-thread platform that offers cloud-native collaborative services, including PDM, PLM, and ERP capabilities. With extensive experience in federated CAD-PDM and PLM architecture, I advocate for agile approaches, open product models, and the adoption of cloud technologies in manufacturing.

At Autodesk my focus was search and data technologies. Over the course of the time in different groups I was responsible for Data Management group, development of cloud PLM, Autodesk Vault and Search technologies.

In 2010, I co-founded Inforbix, where we developed cloud-based semantic search and big data tools for engineers. We used RDF/OWL and triple store databases to capture CAD data and organize search user experience. We pioneered innovative solutions to help engineers tackle product data challenges. It was an exciting and demanding journey to bring these ideas to life. In 2012, Autodesk acquired Inforbix’s technologies.

I spent 10 years working at Dassault Systèmes. I initially joined as part of the SmarTeam team and later transitioned to ENOVIA in Boston. During my time there, I held various roles in the R&D group and company management. I led development teams and, as SmarTeam’s CTO, collaborated closely with customers and partners.

At Decision System Israel I developed data management and CRM applications. My team was developing components for Professional Help Desk (PHD) startup in Stamford, CT. DSI sold PHD to Computer Associates in 1998.

In the early 1990s, I worked for an Autodesk reseller in Israel, where I developed AutoCAD applications using AutoLISP and various other data management technologies available at the time. Additionally, I was involved in pre-sales, customer support, and training.

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Oleg Shilovitsky.