Shelly KRAMER is a founding partner and Senior Analyst at Futurum Research, and the President of Broadsuite Media Group, one of our sister companies. A serial entrepreneur with a technology centric focus, she has worked with some of the world’s largest brands to lead them into the digital space, embrace disruption, understand the reality of the connected customer, and help navigate the process of Digital Transformation. As a brand strategist and DX expert, she has decades of experience helping global companies with marketing challenges, driving strategy and digital transformation for B2B brands across multiple verticals. She is a regular on the conference circuit and a sought after speaker on all topics related to Digital Transformation. The industries Shelly covers include Cybersecurity, RPA/Intelligent Automation, Collaboration, transformative trends across all industries, customer experience, as well as topics and trends related to the Future of Work, the transformation of the workplace and how people and technology are driving that transformation. A transplanted New Yorker, she has learned to love life in the Midwest, and has firsthand experience that some of the most innovative minds and most successful companies in the world also happen to live in “flyover country.”
James ANDERTON is Director of Content for www.engineering.com, a global engineering news and information website. James is responsible for multimedia content, including engineering industry news and analysis with a focus on design and manufacturing. James is host of the webcasts Designing the Future, Manufacturing the Future and End of the Line and has had multiple engineering roles in design and manufacturing with automotive Tier One suppliers. He previously served as editor of trade publications in the automotive, plastics and metalworking industries.
Douglas ORELLANA is ManTech’s Vice President of Intelligent Systems Engineering in the Innovation and Capability Office, focused on the developing the next generation of solutions powered by computing and artificial intelligence.
He has held many roles within systems engineering during his career, most recently serving as Director of Engineering Solutions at SAIC. He was the corporate lead for digital engineering and charged with keeping SAIC in the forefront of industry’s digital engineering transformation. Previous to SAIC, Dr. Orellana worked for Northrop Grumman Corporation for 12 years, holding numerous positions of increasing authority within the systems engineering organization that spanned the life cycle of various systems (unmanned vehicles, special defense, radars, sonars, instrumentation & controls) from concept development to verification and validation. He rose through the ranks and in his final role was a Systems Engineering Manager and lead architect for a Northrop Grumman’s MQ-25 concept.
Michelle BOUCHER is the Vice President of Research for Engineering Practices for research firm Tech-Clarity. Ms. Boucher has spent over 20 years in various roles in engineering, marketing, management, and as an analyst. She has broad experience with topics such as product design, simulation, systems engineering, mechatronics, embedded systems, PCB design, additive manufacturing, improving product performance, process improvement, and mass customization. She graduated magna cum laude with an MBA from Babson College and earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering, with distinction, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Dr. PAVALKIS has spent the past 18 years at Dassault Systèmes (No Magic) in the model based solutions and core R&D team. Currently, he is working as MBSE Transformation Leader in systems modeling, simulation, MBSE ecosystem, interfaces and integrations, traceability, and queries. He has received awards from INCOSE CSEP, OMG OCSMP, and the No Magic lifetime modeling and simulation excellence award. He is a community author for the largest SysML simulation channel (youtube.com/c/MBSE Execution) and MBSE success cases blog (blog.nomagic.com), in addition to being an author of multiple papers on MBSE at INCOSE and NDIA. In 2020, Dr. PAVALKIS got NAVAIR a $20M budget for V&V paper implementation. He serves as a representative at INCOSE CAB, supporting MBSE adoption in A&D, T&M and other domains. Major clients include: P&W, Boeing, NASA, BAE Systems, Raytheon Technologies, NGC, FORD. Dr. PAVALKIS received his BS and MS in Telecommunication and Electronics and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from (Kaunas University of Technology).