Microsoft Industry Digital Forum
Enhancing Innovation and Agility with Digital Twins

Join us for a visionary discussion with Microsoft and our partners from PTC, Sight Machine and Ansys. We will explore digital twin technology and its tremendous potential to transform manufacturing.

During this webinar we will:

• Learn about the state-of-the-art applications of digital twin technology.
• Share real-life best practices from leading manufacturers who are reimagining their factory operations with digital twins, showing you how to apply their learnings to your own business.
• Demonstrate the differentiated capabilities that bring digital twin visions to life from Microsoft and our partners PTC, Sight Machine and Ansys.

Speakers

Amol Adgaonkar, Director of Business Strategy, Manufacturing Industry, Microsoft Amol drives the go-to-market initiatives to transform manufacturing enterprises, with a focus on Connected Product Innovation and Digital Twins. With a passion to enable digital transformations for customers along Industry 4.0 initiatives, his interests lie in the Aerospace, Industrial Equipment and High-Tech industries, all of which make up key verticals in the Manufacturing industry space.

Joe Biron, CTO and GM of IoT, PTC Joe oversees the IIoT business segment and product strategy for PTC. This includes the core ThingWorx IoT platform, analytics, connectivity and application enablement tools. Joe brings years of experience with a focus toward breakthrough IoT technology and ecosystem collaboration. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts.

Jon Sobel, Co-Founder & CEO, Sight Machine Sight Machine Co-Founder Jon Sobel has led the company as CEO since 2012, driving all aspects of the company’s business and setting its strategic direction. A visionary in the digital transformation of manufacturing, he has built a company that the world’s top manufacturers turn to for solving their toughest production problems.

Sameer Kher, Sr. Director, Product Development, Systems and Digital Twins, Ansys Sameer heads the ANSYS Twin Builder product team, where he is responsible for the Digital Twin initiative. Kher has a bachelor’s degree in electronics from the University of Pune, a master’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.