Christian Kelley

I have worked for Siemens PLM Software since 1996. I've done lot's of different things, but for since 2007 I have lead the online marketing team. The Community platform is my responsibility so if you have any ideas about what we could do better here, let me know.

Everyone wants to be free

Everyone wants to be free

April 5, 2011

Today was Teamcenter Mobility launch day at Hannover Fair 2011. We started the morning with a press briefing that was really well attended. It was a good indication that interest in our new iPad app …

By Christian Kelley
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Hannover Messe: It’s All Ball Bearings

Hannover Messe: It’s All Ball Bearings

April 4, 2011

Picture above courtesy of Siemens PLM Germany on Twitter. Day 1 at Hannover Messe 2011 is in the books and what a day it was.  I haven’t been at the fair since 2007, right before I became par…

By Christian Kelley
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Short chat with Bill Carrelli on the IDC Marketspace report

Short chat with Bill Carrelli on the IDC Marketspace report

March 16, 2011

I was finally able to corner Bill Carrelli today and ask him a few questions about the IDC Marketspace report.  Bill has worked with IDC for years, so I though his perspective on the report woul…

By Christian Kelley
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Meeting the Challenges of Transitioning PLM Implementations

Meeting the Challenges of Transitioning PLM Implementations

December 15, 2009

Anyone who has ever attempted to move from one version of an enterprise software application to the “new improved” version knows that upgrades can be painful and costly. The critical elements of any…

By Christian Kelley
2 MIN READ
Beware of customers as the main source of innovation

Beware of customers as the main source of innovation

October 27, 2009

I was catching up with my social production feeds in Google Reader last night and ran across a report from Grant Thornton International from September (via Mass Customization and Open Innovation). I…

By Christian Kelley
2 MIN READ
We’ve got questions

We’ve got questions

August 26, 2009

Hopefully you all have some answers. We are participating in a study conducted by Aberdeen Group, a Massachusetts based research firm, on the subject of Global Design Collaboration and we need a few…

By Christian Kelley
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Manufacturing a Recovery

Manufacturing a Recovery

August 20, 2009

Since late March there has been discussion in the U.S. about green shoots, consumer confidence and lack thereof, the “new normal” and whether unemployment is a leading or lagging indicator of a recov…

By Christian Kelley
3 MIN READ
Will PLM catch the wave?

Will PLM catch the wave?

May 29, 2009

Yesterday Google previewed one of its newest apps in conquest of world domination indexing the world’s information, Wave. There’s a (rather lengthy) demonstration embedded below (be sure to watch at…

By Christian Kelley
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So do we really have to wait until 2011?

So do we really have to wait until 2011?

April 27, 2009

Web strategist Jeremiah Owyang (with Forrester) posted today on the results of a recent Forrester study that classified the future of the social web into 5 eras: 1) Era of Social Relationship…

By Christian Kelley
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