A Year in the Life….

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Wayne Tiffany knows how to please his KSWUG members with unique presentations, and uses enticing titles and descriptions when he announces them.  Last year, Wayne brought in Aukse Kalantaite, Marketing Programs Manager at SolidWorks for a session titled "What's the Deal with SolidWorks Marketing?"  "What's in it for Me?".  I was at that meeting, and it went very well.

On October 27th, Wayne will host Julie Napolitan, Product Definition Specialist from SolidWorks.  It's not uncommon for the PD department to send people out to user group meetings, but this one is a little different.  Wayne's title – "A Year in the Life of a Product Definition Specialist".  The plan is to have Julie explain how customer feedback is essential to the development of future SolidWorks releases.  In addition, she'll present new functionality in eDrawings 2010, and then lead a mock design session intended to give first-hand experience at solving some of the challenges involved in designing software features.  Sounds like a great way for KCSWUG members to get some real insight into the process.

Julie has done a couple of other user group meetings, and was one of the presenters at NESWUC last week, so she has some exposure to this already.  I think she's in for a few surprises this time, but I know that Wayne and his members will be gracious and energetic, and Julie will gain some valuable input from all of them.

Have fun Julie!!

Richard Doyle

Richard Doyle

My official title is Senior User Advocacy & SolidWorks User Groups - but most people just call me "The User Group Guy". I've been a SolidWorks user since 1997, and was one of the founding members of the SWUGN Committee. Since starting the Central Texas SolidWorks User Group in 1999, my career path has led me to DS SolidWorks and a dream job supporting the SolidWorks User Group Network worldwide.
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