Qualis Corporation's Roger Herdy to Keynote PLM Road Map
 RIVERSIDE,
CT, May 29, 2009 - CPDA is pleased to announce that Roger Herdy, Program
Manager and Director for Strategic Business Development at Qualis
Corporation will join Siemens PLM Software's Chuck Grindstaff, Pendaran
Inc.'s Dr. Hossein Nivi, General Motor's John L. Givens Jr., IMVP's Glenn
Mercer, and Mentor Graphic's Dr. Walden Rhines as a keynote speaker at its
annual PLM Road Map conference, to be held at The Inn at St. John's, outside
of Detroit, Michigan on September 22 and 23.
In his keynote address, A Paradigm Shift in Process Information Flow at
NASA, Roger Herdy will share information on a new tool being used at NASA
that can and will revolutionize space logistics, campaign planning, and
simulation.
Planning for space logistics campaigns is paramount for success, and more
often than not the central approach employed by most organizations heralds
back to Gantt and PERT charts. For the new era of human space exploration,
new tools must surpass the existing Gantt and PERT chart approaches to
support the transition from the Space Shuttle to Constellation, while
simultaneously balancing potential changes in priorities. The concept model
to convey information quickly and efficiently to the vast workforce needed
to successfully conduct and orchestrate a space logistics campaign plan and
simulate this plan down to the level of a limited task cannot be fulfilled
by Gantt and PERT charts alone.
Qualis Corporation has demonstrated at NASA that a new tool, Vdot as COTS
software, can and will revolutionize space logistics, campaign planning, and
simulation. Representative areas include the servicing and sustainment of
the International Space Station and a future lunar outpost, the optimization
of future launch vehicles for responsiveness and serviceability, and the
broader modeling of manned and unmanned missions and campaigns as a supply
chain in space.
The presentation will describe the various advantages Vdot offers to NASA
and the aerospace industry in general. Specifically, it will show the
benefits of uploading directly into Vdot a comprehensive project schedule
compiled in Microsoft Project. The approach transforms the way NASA looks at
schedules for the current multi-billion dollar Constellation Program. A
paradigm shift in thinking about process information flow with Vdot shifts
the focus to a complete methodology for accomplishing the space campaign
planning and the simulation of the various process threads. The approach
contrasts dramatically with the limiting views of task flows with the old
Gantt or PERT tools in support of a much more thorough and intrinsically
beneficial result. Overall, the process threads lead to the most efficient
outcome, and generate an extremely useful and resource efficient approach.
To find out more about PLM Road Map 2009 or to register for the event
click here or e-mail us at
events@cpd-associates.com.
About Roger Herdy
Roger Herdy started his career at the Air Force's Arnold Engineering
Development Center, where he worked in the Special Projects group. He then
joined the contractor community at NASA MSFC, where he managed the design
and development of several test facilities, including the Solid Rocket Motor
Air Flow Test Equipment, the Turbine Test Equipment, and the Nozzle Test
Facility. He has also managed diverse programs such as the Otis Elevator
Everest Project, which for the first time combined horizontal and vertical
movement in a man-rated elevator system; he wrote the first project plan on
the X-43 Hyper X scramjet demonstration program; and managed a program for
the Missile Defense Agency where a F-16 class size unmanned supersonic
target launcher was conceptualized. He holds two patents in propulsion, and
has a joint patent with NASA MSFC pending in the area of advanced oxidizers.
Currently the Program Manager for Qualis Corporation on the NASA MSFC
Engineering, Science and Technical Services contract, Roger focuses on
cooperation and coordination for the development of the launch systems for
NASA's Constellation Program.
About CPDA
Collaborative Product Development Associates (CPDA) is a provider of critical
analyses for PLM decisions. CPDA offers the latest in-depth, objective
information for assessing technology and business goals. Coordinated by a group
of experienced analysts, its cohesive suite of collaborative research programs
leverages the efforts of top software designers and leading-edge users. CPDA's
differentiation is its specific, deep, and pragmatic approach to the market, and
a hands-on understanding of the technology required to drive successful
implementations. CPDA’s collaborative research programs include Design Creation
and Validation, Design/Simulation Council, PLM-Integration/Product Definition,
and Product Value Management.
For more information, visit
www.cpd-associates.com.
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Additional News
Aug 28 - CPDA Announces Speakers for PLM Road Map 2009
Jun 12 - Boston Scientifics' Dan Kussman to Keynote PLM Road Map
May 29 - Qualis Corporation's Roger Herdy to Keynote PLM Road Map
May 22 - Siemens PLM's Chuck Grindstaff to Keynote PLM Road Map 2009
May 1 - Dr. Hossein Nivi to Keynote PLM Road Map 2009
Mar 27 - GM Powertrain's John Givens to Keynote at PLM Road Map
Feb 20 - IMPV's Glenn Mercer to Keynote PLM Road Map 2009
Jul 14 - Toyota Culture's Co-author Hoseus to Keynote at PLM Show
July 2 - Sogeti's Manager Sottocasa to Keynote at PLM Road Map
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