{"id":812,"date":"2015-04-10T18:49:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T01:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Polarion-Blog\/Thought-Leaders-from-Forrester-Siemens-Danlaw-Method-Park-and\/ba-p\/380965"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:31:19","slug":"thought-leaders-from-forrester-siemens-danlaw-method-park-and-polarion-to-meet-with-automotive-executives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/thought-leaders-from-forrester-siemens-danlaw-method-park-and-polarion-to-meet-with-automotive-executives\/","title":{"rendered":"Thought Leaders from Forrester, Siemens, Danlaw, Method Park and Polarion to Meet with Automotive Executives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re excited about the upcoming Forrester Executive Briefing on <SPAN class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1436276888\"><SPAN class=\"aQJ\">May 7<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/\/Siemens+PLM+Software,+38695+7+Mile+Rd+%23+300,+Livonia,+MI+48152,+United+States\/@42.424866,-83.427692,17z\/data=!4m12!1m3!3m2!1s0x8824adf391dded8d:0x47d113c180bbf6c9!2sSiemens+PLM+Software!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x8824adf391dded8d:0x47d113c180bbf6c9!2m2!1d-83.427692!2d42.424866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> Siemens PLM Software Livonia Office<\/A>.<\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forrester.com\/Kurt-Bittner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Forrester Principal Analyst Kurt Bittner<\/A> will be joined by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/about_us\/leadership\/gutmann.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Kirk Gutmann, SVP Industry Strategy at Siemens PLM Software<\/A>, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoominfo.com\/p\/Mike-McCormack\/273978745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mike McCormack, Director of Product Development at Danlaw<\/A>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/soster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Sebastian Oster, PhD, Regional Manager at Method Park<\/A>.&nbsp; From Polarion, Account Executive Gary Greenwood, Director of Professional Services David Merrill, and Product Manager Regg Struyk will be present.<\/P><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\">Key topics of discussion will revolve around the challenges and opportunities of leveraging ALM-PLM, Continuous Delivery, Agile Practices, and an innovative approach to Variant Management to effectively deliver Mass Customization. Also on the agenda is an exchange re the advantages of Software Product Line Engineering to develop a family of related products at lower cost, reduced time to market, and better quality.<\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\">Invitations have gone out for the exclusive event, and in addition, there is an opportunity to sign up for access to the recording of the sessions after the event. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polarion.com\/company\/events\/workshop_us.php?eventid=687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <IMG src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2015\/04\/RSVP-today-btn.png\" alt=\"RSVP today\" width=\"114\" height=\"26\" \/><\/A> to ensure that you will receive the on-demand version when it becomes available.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><HR \/><br \/>\n<P style=\"text-align: center;\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.polarion.com\/products\/automotive\/functional-safety-iso-26262-automotive-spice-cmmi.php?utm_source=forresterSiemens1&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=blog\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4606\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/siemensplm_blogs\/2013\/12\/polarion-automotive-solutions.jpg\" alt=\"Banner: Polarion Automotive Solutions - ISO 26262, SPICE, CMMI\" width=\"660\" height=\"135\" \/><\/A><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re excited about the upcoming Forrester Executive Briefing on   May 7   in the Siemens PLM Software Livonia Office.<br \/>\n Forrester Principal Analyst Kurt Bittner will be joined by Kirk Gutmann, SVP I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53725,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":813,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/polarion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}