{"id":712,"date":"2013-09-11T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/CIMdata-s-John-MacKrell-Shares-Shipbuilding-Industry-Insights\/ba-p\/335159"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:25:11","slug":"cimdatas-john-mackrell-shares-shipbuilding-industry-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/cimdatas-john-mackrell-shares-shipbuilding-industry-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"CIMdata&#8217;s John MacKrell Shares Shipbuilding Industry Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Industry analyst firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cimdata.com\/news_events\/press_release.html?press_release_ID=210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">CIMdata recently celebrated its 30th anniversary<\/A>. So its senior consultants like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cimdata.com\/services\/education\/plm_certificate_instructors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">John MacKrell<\/A> have deep industry knowledge both in PLM and in specific industry niches. John has a bachelor&#8217;s of science in naval architecture from the University of Michigan (Go Blue) and has studied computer science in the graduate program at the University of Maryland. I caught up with him at our analyst event to find out more about his history and his insights on the shipbuilding industry. <!--more-->He provides his perspective on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/marine\/shipbuilding-catalyst\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Shipbuilding Catalyst<\/A>&nbsp;announced last week in this video interview:<BR \/><BR \/>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rCq6gcbr0os<BR \/><BR \/>John noted the &#8220;value gap&#8221; that the Industry Catalysts Series focuses on bridging. Steve Bashada shared this image of the gap in his presentation at the analyst event.<BR \/><BR \/><A href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/11\/cimdatas-john-mackrell-shares-shipbuilding-industry-insights-at-analyst-event\/catalyst_graphic_1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16440 nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"wp-image-16440 alignnone\" alt=\"Siemens PLM Software industry catalyst series\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2013\/09\/Catalyst_Graphic_1-1024x1024.png\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" \/><\/A><BR \/><BR \/>Stay tuned for more on how our customers are addressing value gaps. In the meantime, let me know if you have any questions about our new Industry Catalyst Series.<BR \/><BR \/>&#8211; Dora<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry analyst firm CIMdata recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. So its senior consultants like John MacKrell have deep industry knowledge both in PLM and in specific industry niches. 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