BIO: Dan Staples is the Vice President of Mainstream Engineering R&D at Siemens PLM. Dan has more than 20 years experience in the Mechanical CAD industry, including key roles at Intergraph, SensAble Technologies, and UGS. Dan was instrumental in defining the original vision for the Solid Edge product line and managing its deployment and evolution. More recently he has been involved in the creation and evolution of industry-leading Synchronous Technology. Staples holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Rice University and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.
Talk Title:
Are you driving disruption or is disruption driving you?
Talk Abstract:
Dan Staples will be sharing how digital trends like generative design, additive manufacturing, and reverse engineering are completely changing the way engineers develop and manufacture products. Software access is also changing with the growth of cloud platforms and subscription access. Dan will be joined on stage by Craig Hall of Hall Designs, to show how his team is using generative design and additive manufacturing in the fast paced world of Baja racing. Learn how to make these opportunities work for you to solve real-world problems today, accelerate your product design and create innovations in your market.