Siemens PLM Software Appoints Gautam Dutta as Director of Marketing India

June 25, 2013: India - Siemens PLM Software has announced the appointment of Gautam Dutta as Director of Marketing for India. Gautam is based in Gurgaon and takes over this role from Vivek Marwaha, who has moved to an Asia Pacific marketing role within the company.

Gautam brings over 25 years of experience in Aerospace, IT and PLM industries in India. He has held leadership roles in various organizations such as TCS, IBM, Silicon Graphics, PTC and ANSYS. Gautam has previously worked in Siemens PLM Software for four years up until 2010. He has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering and a master’s from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.  “I am very pleased to welcome Gautam Dutta back to Siemens”, said Suman Bose, Managing Director, Siemens PLM Software India. “His experience is an asset as our customers and partners will surely benefit from his industry knowledge, an important contribution as we further scale-up our Indian operations significantly over the next few years. I would also like to express my sincere thanks to Vivek for his contributions over the past many years of his leadership marketing role in India. I wish him success in his new role within the company”.

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with seven million licensed seats and more than 71,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software works collaboratively with companies to deliver open solutions to help them make smarter decisions that result in better products. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/plm.

The Siemens Industry Automation Division (Nuremberg, Germany) supports the entire value chain of its industrial customers – from product design to production and services – with an unmatched combination of automation technology, industrial control technology, and industrial software. With its software solutions, the Division can shorten the time-to-market of new products by up to 50 percent. Industry Automation comprises five Business Units: Industrial Automation Systems, Control Components and Systems Engineering, Sensors and Communications, Siemens PLM Software, and Water Technologies. For more information,

visit www.siemens.com/industryautomation.

A Discussion With David Street (Asia Director of Marketing and Business Development for ANSYS)

David Street (Asia Director of Marketing and Business Development for ANSYS)

 ANSYS needs no introduction among the CAD, FEA, CAE and CFD professionals. Today, 96 out of top 100 industrial companies on the FORTUNE Global 500 list are using ANSYS products to drive innovation. The Company offers a common platform of fully integrated multiphysics software tools designed to optimize product development processes for a wide range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, civil engineering, consumer products, chemical process, electronics, environmental, healthcare, marine, power, sports and others.

The company now known as ANSYS was founded in 1970. The Company has grown both organically and through acquisition throughout its drive toward offering an integrated, full-spectrum portfolio of engineering simulation solutions. Today, the suite of engineering simulation tools from ANSYS is a solution set of unparalleled breadth that goes well beyond FEA and CFD to include interoperative structural, fluid flow, thermal, electromagnetics and related technologies.

ANSYS has more than 60 strategic sales locations throughout the world in addition to a substantial network of channel partners. Combined with its subsidiaries, ANSYS employs over 2,600 people, making it a truly global company.

 During, 2013 ANSYS Regional Conferences in Pune I had an opportunity to meet David Street, here is the interview.

David, can you tell us about yourself?

Sure, I have been with the ANSYS and the former Fluent organization for over 14 years, before that I worked as a process engineer in a Japanese chemical industry where I was responsible for utilizing computational simulation software to improve process plant performance. I am chemical engineering and PhD holder in CFD from University of Leeds, UK and MBA in Technology and Information Management from Theseus IMI in France. Presently, I work from Japan and look after the Marketing and Business Development for ANSYS in Asia.   

How is your experience with India?

Very positive, In India we are formally registered as 'ANSYS Software Private Limited' and operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of ANSYS, Inc., USA. We are headquartered in Bengaluru and have offices in Pune, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Noida.

ANSYS Convergence 2013, Pune

We had two regional conferences ‘ANSYS Convergence 2013’ here in India this year. It is very hearting to see the overwhelming response from design community in India. We had around 1200 attendees in Bangalore and 400 for Pune event. Both venues had very good user presentations showcasing the unique ways in which customers are using solutions from ANSYS to solve challenging problems.

We have 396 employees working in India and good number of employees working on product development and supporting global teams in developing world class product.  

How is ANSYS Market in India?

India is rapidly growing economy; we have good growth in last financial year ended and see increasing demand for our applications in this region. 1/3 of the total revenue comes from ASIA and we see good opportunity as 2013 continues to unfold.

It’s not only the MNCs but the Indian companies like L&T, ISRO, Tata Motors and many medium and small size enterprises are using our solutions. Large number of Government sector, Automotive, Oil and Gas, Consumer Products and Power Sector companies are utilizing our tools for engineering simulation.

I read your recent press releases on acquisitions; can you elaborate the technologies that were added to ANSYS?

 Well yes. We have number of acquisitions recently. Last month we acquired Switzerland based company EVEN – Evolutionary Engineering AG, a leading provider of composite analysis and optimization technology relying on cloud computing. We are now offering the EVEN’s composite technologies through a product called ANSYS Composite PrepPost.

In 2012, ANSYS acquired Esterel Technologies, we now provide a solution to accurately model and simulate the behavior of the embedded software code. Our solution is now used in aerospace, rail transport, automotive, energy, medical devices and other industrial products to design, simulate and produce embedded software.

And, in 2011 we acquired Apache Design Solutions; it helped us to increase our simulation software portfolio in electronics industry.  

Now, we are working on developing complementary combination of cutting edge, customer-driven solutions with the companies we have acquired to accelerate development and delivery of new and innovative products to the market place. 

I see lot of developments in ANSYS. Would you like to highlight any technology/feature added recently?

Well, we always keep on adding new features with the new release. We work hard on providing solution to the customer enhancement requests. The functionality that I would like to share is HPC Parametric Pack license; it offers to run multiple simultaneous parametric analyses. A single ANSYS HPC Parametric Pack license enables execution of four simultaneous design points.  With this functionality more simulations are done in less time, it’s very cost effective. The companies now do not have to go for hiring more engineers to complete bigger tasks instead can go for the HPC Parametric Pack License.

Another thing that I would like to highlight is the Application Customization Toolkit (ACT). It  is easy to use tool to customize ANSYS simulation environment. Even the non-experts can utilize this tool kit to automate various procedures as per company requirement. We call these ACT users as ACTors (smiles).

Sachin Nalawade Editor DailyCADCAM with David Street ANSYS

Does ANSYS products support cloud computing?

Yes, cloud computing is ideally suited for analyst and engineers because it provides immediate access to flexible, HPC resources. We have already announced the cloud solutions in support with our partners, so that the small and medium enterprises would be benefited. At present the service is limited to our customers who already have the local licenses installed. We look forward to have it on mobile devices soon. So today's ANSYS cloud story is really a continuation of a long term focus.

How is your company’s collaboration with academic institutions in India?

We have academic partnerships in place with IITs, reputed Universities and engineering colleges throughout the country. Also, we are working towards better collaboration with the leading Universities, PhD aspirants and professors. To overcome the shortage of CAE manpower in India, we have developed a number of creative approaches to train the next generation of engineers, such as project sponsorships, student competitions and hands-on programs. 

Any message for DailyCADCAM.com users and Indian design professionals? 

   

If your company is looking forward to develop a world class product, the value of creating better product have never been greater then cost you pay for the development of wrong product. Our tools would not just allow you to meet the customer requirements, but exceed their product promises and remain successful in a competitive marketplace. If you have any query, come to ANSYS!

Thank you,

PTC’s Certified User Program through ATC Partners, India

Last Week, I had an opportunity to attain PTC’s Annual Authorized Training Center (ATC) meet,
L E A P 2013 at Hotel Hayatt Regency in Pune. It was great to meet Mr. John D Stuart. SVP Global Education and Country Manager PTC Romania, Eduarda Camacho, VP Partner Services, Mr. Sajith Mohan M.P Director – Education Program and Mr. Rafiq Somani AVP and Country Sales Manager, India

Over 100+ ATC partners participated for this year’s annual summit, shows success of the program started 6 years back. L E A P is great platform to network with other ATC partners and learn about best practices of successful ATCs.  It also provided a unique opportunity for partners to interact with senior management from PTC to gain further insights.

PTC announced the PTC Certified Professional Program, a comprehensive testing program that validates the skills of PTC Creo users based on the latest release –Creo 2. The ATCs would provide the high quality training services on PTC Creo software through In-centre training classes. On successful completion of the program, student would go for the certification test designed and developed by PTC.

While discussing, John D Stuart said “We want to set a new standard of excellence for using PTC Creo for product design and development in India. With our ATC partners we would provide world class training, material, methodology and certification” 

With John D Stuart. SVP Global Education and Country Manager PTC Romania

I think this is very good initiative by PTC, thousands of engineering students undergo training on various CAD products throughout India. Having a quality course content, trained instructor and the latest tools would help students to equip him with the right skills.

“Our motive behind starting the ATCs in India is to bridge the gap between opportunities and skills by bringing engineering students and industry closer to prepare every engineering student for a competitive, global industry” Said John D Stuart “We have target of training around 8000+ engineering students on Creo 2 this year” adds Eduarda Camacho

The industry always complains about the lack of required skills in the fresh engineering graduates. Such, well designed programs would definitely play a vital role to benefit both Industry as well as students. Using tool to its optimum would simulate the innovations in new product development and save time and cost on the product development.  Higher proficiency in using Creo would help students to land into good jobs in India and abroad as well.

“With very high competition among engineering students, they are often looking for ways to set themselves apart from their peers and gain a leg up on the competition,” said John D Stuart “Our Certified User program provides validation of their skills and helps them continue their pursuit of careers in design.”

PTC Certification Program Site

To support this activity, PTC have launched a special website http://www.ptcgsindia.com with simple UI, where the students will find the

-          List of ATCs in India

-          List of courses offered

-          List of trained Instructors

-          List of Students

This list includes the database of students; those who have registered for the ATC program and those who have passed the certification exams. The employers looking for the resources can directly access this list to hire a certified user. 

PTC provides course kit, which includes training manuals, scribbling pad, and pen. Also, monitor and make sure that the instructors follow the PTC training methodology. 

 I had chance to interact with the ATC partner GNA – IMT, Phagwara Punjab. Chitta Ranjan Tripathy of GNA – IMT said that “PTC ATC program is very unique; they provide and support us with the latest tools, world class training material developed by PTC University. So, students trained following the PTC methodology have edge over the other students at the time of interview, we easily get 100% placement for the PTC certified students”

 With Mr. Chitta Ranjan Tripathy of GNA – IMT

It was great to know that more then 500 students are trained on PTC tools by GNA – IMT every year and placed in local companies and MNCs in India and abroad. 

Another ATC partner said that “Creo is one of the best parametric tools, once students are trained on it. They can easily learn and understand any other parametric tool if requires”

  

“I am very delighted with the growth and quality of the Authorized Training Center (ATC) program in India. We are looking forward to implement similar certification program through ATC partners in US and Europe in future”   concludes John D Stuart

Check it.

 http://www.ptcgsindia.com/index.aspx

DesignTech Systems, Pune Wins ‘Top Partner in India’ Award at Siemens PLM's Annual GO! Partner Conference 2013

More than 500 participants from Siemens PLM Software’s channel partner ecosystem gathered in Bangkok for the annual GO! Partner Conference to discover the latest innovation in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) in Asia-Pacific. Hosted by Siemens PLM Software, a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software, and held from January 21 to 25, the 2013 GO! Partner Conference is a premier event for the company’s channel partners in the region to experience the latest solutions and to share best practices in the PLM marketplace.

With a focus on achieving strong market growth and expansion, the 2013 GO! Partner Conference delivered numerous go-to market strategies and tactics for channel partners to implement in local markets. For the first time, the ZEN (Zone Technical Enablement) event was hosted simultaneously with the GO! Conference. The event provided technical workshops surrounding Siemens PLM Software’s key products for channel partners to maximise their value.

“Despite the global economic slowdown in 2012, Siemens PLM Software recorded a strong year of growth as a result of its close collaboration with partners and customers,” said KC Yee, senior vice president and managing director, Asia Pacific of Siemens PLM Software. “As discussed throughout the conference, continued commitment from our partners and customers is imperative to driving further success in 2013. We remain dedicated to enabling our stakeholders to make better decisions and build better products via our ecosystem of results-driven solutions and products.”

In addition to solutions showcase sessions and keynote presentations delivered by Siemens PLM Software executives covering hot topics HD-PLM vision, market growth strategy, Channel Enablement and more, the conference celebrated its channel partner excellence with the annual partner awards and recognized the exceptional performance of its channel partners in the region. The categories in which partners were awarded included Asia Pacific Top Partner, Asia Pacific Top Country Partner and a host of other awards for exceptional sales and marketing performance.

The winners of these prestigious awards are:

·         Top Partner in India

·         DesignTech Systems Ltd

·         http://www.designtechsys.com

·         Asia Pacific Top Partner               

o   ISID (Information Services International-Dentsu, Ltd)  (Japan)

·         Asia Pacific Top New Partner

o   Shanghai Wit Information Technology (China)   

·         Asia Pacific Top Partner – Velocity series product

o   CADEX Technology Co. Ltd (China)

·         Top Partner in AuSSEAN

o   Atos (Australia) Pty Ltd

·         Top Partner in Greater China

o   UNITED DIGITAL SYSTEMS, CO

·         Top Partner in Japan

o   ISID (Information Services International-Dentsu, Ltd)

·         Top Partner in Korea

o   CITEK System Co. Ltd

“In just a few years, GO! Partner Conference has evolved from a channel partner event to the region’s premier PLM conference, generating meaningful conversations and driving innovation for the PLM landscape in Asia-Pacific,” said Angus Marshall, vice president, solution partner sales, Asia Pacific, Siemens PLM Software. “Siemens PLM Software is committed to creating the best ecosystem for our partners and the GO! Partner Conference is a perfect validation our continued efforts.”

FREE PTC Mathcad Express - Engineering Calculations Made Easy!

PTC is offering a free license copy of the PTC Mathcad Express. The tool that handles engineering calculations, specifically formulas and equations for various engineering disciplines (mechanical, chemical, electrical, and civil engineering).

The software was originally developed Allen Razdow (of MIT, co-founder of Mathsoft),with its first relase in 1986. It is consider as the first computer application to automatically compute and check consistency of engineering units.In April 2006, PTC aquired Mathsoft.  


Calculations are the important aspect of engineering and product development process. Today, many professionals still use calculators, do calculations by hand or use some programming laguages. These methods lead them to confusion when working with critical equations and formulas.

The new PTC Mathcad express is not just the upgraded version of PTC Mathcad explorer viewer that was offered free by PTC previously, but is a limited version of PTC Mathcad Prime 2.0. It is a free version of Mathcad that allows user to utilize some selected features of Mathcad Prime 2.0, for an unlimited time.

The features available with PTC Mathcad express supports equation editing, documentation,basic numeric functions and operators, units and X-Y plots. Its features also help to convert old Mathcad files to the Mathcad Prime file format.

Check the comparesion of features available PTC Mathcad Express and PTC Mathcad Prime...

Users can access all the capabilities of latest PTC Mathcad Prime 2.0 for first 30 days with the Mathcad Express download.

Ninety percent of Fortune 1000 companies, 500 government agencies and 2,000 colleges and universities around the world use PTC Mathcad to capture the strategic value in their engineering calculations. So, what you are waiting for....Download and try it now!

So, better to have this tool on your workstation to make your calculations easy!

Download

Download link - http://www.ptc.com/product/mathcad/free-trial/?3pe=MathcadExpressDailyCADCAMEN122012

India's #1 VAR for SolidWorks 'BEACON' Wins SIX Prestigious Awards at SolidWorks World 2013

The New Year 2013 began with a big bang for Best Engineering Aids & Consultancies (P) Ltd., (BEACON) as they were crowned the Best SolidWorks Reseller in India by Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp at the just concluded SolidWorks World 2013 event, held on January 20-23, 2013 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin in Orlando, Florida. This annual event conducted by SolidWorks has thousands of attendees, with partner pavilions showcasing hundreds of technology products that work with SolidWorks, indepth training sessions, and the grand event finale where SolidWorks Value Added Resellers (VARs) are awarded for their achievements in promoting SolidWorks solutions across the globe.

The event witnessed BEACON winning a host of other awards, other than the Best SolidWorks Reseller, which include:

Best Simulation Reseller in India

Best 3DVIA reseller in India

100% achievement in India

The most significant honor came with the announcement of the Presidents Club award, for BEACON, which made it a hat-trick of sorts, as this was the third time in a row that BEACON was winning this prestigious award. The President’s Club Award recognizes top performers among the global SolidWorks Reseller community, and who demonstrate a commitment to providing customers with a comprehensive SolidWorks Solution to their design, engineering, and manufacturing challenges.

Finally, BEACON also walked away with the award for the Highest Customer Satisfaction Rate in rest of Asia.  The award validates SolidWorks customers' appreciation for BEACON's services, reaffirming its status as a No.1 Reseller for SolidWorks in India.

"I sincerely thank entire BEACON team for your contribution for achieving such distinction. We should do better in 2013..." said Varakumar Siddavattam, Director, BEACON

  

BEACON, India's #1 Reseller for SolidWorks 3D CAD, advances the way companies design, prototype, manufacture and manage products. Customers of this leading professional 3D CAD services and technology company include organizations from the manufacturing, product design, special purpose machines, defense and engineering services industries. As one of the India’s largest resellers of SolidWorks 3D design and engineering software, the team leverages unrivalled industry experience to help businesses design products better and quicker. Headquartered in Bangalore with offices in over 9 major cities of India, BEACON with its state-of-the-art training and infrastructure facilities, provides exceptional user training and technical support.

For more information, visit BEACON website, beacon-india.com, or call +91-80- 424-57336

PTC Tech Forum - learning more about PTC solutions

It’s time again for CAD industry’s premier event "PTC Tech Forum" in India. After the grand success at Mumbai and Chennai events in 2012. This year it’s time for Bangalore and Pune designers and engineers to experience the latest PTC products LIVE. 

PTC Tech forum event series is conducted worldwide with an idea to make engineers aware of PTC's breakthrough technologies like PTC Creo, Windchill, Integrity, Arbotext and Mathcad. 

With Mr. Rafiq Somani and Mr. Jeffrey Wilmot at PTC R&D 

“India is rapidly growing economy; we have double digit growth in last financial year ended and see increasing demand for our applications” said Mr. Jeffrey Wilmot Country Manager India during the recent conversation with him at PTC R&D office. “During the showcase events we will demonstrate how our innovative products benefit to overcome challenges faced by design engineers, both within India and on global scale. Thousands of designers and engineers in India are using PTC products to bring their projects to life.PTC Tech forum is a platform for attendees to share, collaborate, learn and explore new functionalities and embrace their love for creating innovative products" said Mr. Jeffrey Wilmot

This year PTC has scheduled events in Bangalore and Pune

Bangalore: Feb 12, 2013 at ITC Gardenia, Residency Road 

Pune: Feb 14, 2013 at The Westin Pune, Koregaon Park 

For more information: Visit - http://liveforum.ptc.com/

Attendees will hear from keynote speakers who use PTC products to help change the course of human history, and ultimately, acquire knowledge and inspiration that will take their projects to the next level. Automotive leaders Ashok Leyland, Nissan, and Gabriel India would be presenting their experience using PTC products to develop world class vehicles at Bangalore event.

VE Commercial Vehicles, a joint venture between the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors Limited and bearing manufactures NEI would be presenting at Pune event.

"It’s a wonderful opportunity for existing and potential users of PTC software solutions to get a hands-on experience, learn how to leverage the latest product enhancements and use these capabilities more effectively by attaining best practice sessions" said Mr. Rafiq Somani, Country Sales Manager and AVP.

“We have invited two renowned speakers from PTC, US team.  Mr. Brian Thompson, VP, Creo Product Management. He is well known speaker for PlanetPTC events worldwide. He would talk on the MCAD, Creo and Technology Road map. Another is Mr. Bill Newman, VP, PLM Solutions at PTC. To give an overview on Wildchill 10” said Mr. Jeffrey Wilmoth

Event covers more than 20 sessions to give insight of PTC’s business, vision and service advantage.  The key note presentations will cover the latest solutions and capabilities and show users the way to apply them to their business. Apart from PTC Creo 2, Concept Design, Mathcad there would be sessions on PTC Windchill 10. More than 800 professionals are expected for the event this year, giving very good opportunity for attendees to expand their professionals network. 

I am very excited to learn more about the PTC’s new and exciting Service Lifecycle Management solutions and various training solutions for education innovators.

    

So, if you are

·          Design Engineer

·          Designer

·          Software Engineer

·          Analysis Engineer

·          QA Engineer

·          CAD Administrator

·          CAD Manager

·          IS/IT Manager

·          QA Manager

·          Technical Author

·          Technical Illustrator

·          Publishing Manager

·          Compliance Manager

·          CAD Faculty

PTC Tech forum is for you! 

*Free online registration required to attain these events, click these links to register.  

Bangalore: https://www.cvent.com/events/ptc-live-tech-forum-bangalore-karnataka-february-12-2013/registration-6b44b6aa8c7149329268513f1ba38b22.aspx?r=14E1D77C-4B80-47C3-8B88-AC52F72B23F9

Pune: https://www.cvent.com/events/ptc-live-tech-forum-pune-february-14-2013/registration-d7ee27b59403430095a37cab1284c8bb.aspx?r=8D0D7E67-F8F4-4B68-93E2-9BCFDBC19232