We are excited to announce the next PLM Network event: an evening of cocktails and conversation on Managing the Flow of Data in an Outsourced Environment. A panel of industry experts will share real-world experiences and best practices, and you’ll have an opportunity to network with users of various PLM applications. Cocktails & appetizers will be served.

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The Panelists

John Holton

Co-Founder and Senior Consultant

Symphony Consulting

John has more than 20 years of experience in strategic procurement, materials and supply chain management. John started his career at Hewlett-Packard, where he affecting much of HP’s supply chain activity in instrumentation, printers and printed circuit board assembly operations. He joined Trimble Navigation Ltd. in 1995, where he held two senior roles in supply chain management, and championed the outsourcing of Trimble’s manufacturing operation to a tier-1 contract manufacturer.

Cynthia O’Connell

VP Operations

Rohati Systems

Cynthia comes to Rohati with over 25 years of operations expertise. Prior to Rohati, Cynthia served as Director of Operations for Palo Alto Networks where she was responsible for the development and implementation of scalable, cost-effective solutions for the company’s outsourced supply chain, logistics, order and fulfillment infrastructure, and RMA warranty processing and support.

Brian Cipresse

Co-Owner and Principal Consultant

Tobuka Consulting

Brian is Co-Owner and Principal Consultant with Tobuka Consulting in San Jose California, which provides product management and product marketing services for companies needing to quickly scale or improve their products in the market. Prior to Tobuka, Brian was Director of Product Strategy and Product Management for Oracle Agile PLM where he was responsible for the core PDM module and helped to define and build the CAD integration and collaboration business unit.

Eric Larkin

Co-Founder and CTO

Arena Solutions

Eric will moderate the panel discussion.
As co-founder and chief technology officer of Arena Solutions, Eric Larkin leads product strategy, design and development and supervises all technical operations. Prior to co-founding Arena, Eric managed electromechanical projects at D2M, Inc., a product design and development firm, and managed hardware product development at Storm Technology, a manufacturer of consumer image-capture devices.

Agenda & Location

Thursday, November 13th, 2008, 4:00–7:00pm

This PLM Network event will take place at the Arena Solutions headquarters in Foster City, CA. Our full address is:

Arena Solutions headquarters
4100 E. Third Ave., Suite 300
Foster City, CA. 94404

A Google map of our office (Note that Google lists our office as located in San Mateo):


The Goal of the PLM Network

As a PLM user you are on the forefront of the latest trends and technologies in manufacturing. Please join us for this event to meet and mingle with other PLM users and add your expertise to the conversation.

The goal of the PLM Network is to enable participants to:

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