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Why You Should Start Creating Digital Threads Right Now: Stay Sharp Episode 148

In Stay Sharp Episode 148, The Question Every Digital Thread Has to Answer, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott expand on a previous conversation (Stay Sharp Episode 141) with Chris Finlay, the former VP of Engineering Innovation at SAIC and current Digital Systems Engineer Director at Raytheon. This time, they explore the benefits and power of the digital thread through Chris’s experience and real-world use cases.
Juliann Grant
August 14, 2026
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What’s Really Happening in Digital Engineering Beyond the AI Noise: Stay Sharp Episode 147

In Stay Sharp Episode 147, Data Fiefdoms and Cheese: An Analyst’s View of the Industry’s Blind Spots, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott sit down with PLM industry analyst Christine Longwell. From her start as a mechanical engineer at Ford to her most recent work owning the global PLM market model for CIMdata, Christine has spent her career analyzing the business of digital engineering (DE). In this conversation, she offers her perspective on current and future use of DE platforms.
Juliann Grant
August 7, 2026
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The Digital Thread Behind Custom Aircraft Interiors

A new case study from Razorleaf, Data Automation Project Flies Smoothly for Duncan Aviation, examines how an ongoing partnership between Razorleaf, Aras, and Duncan Aviation has transformed how Duncan Aviation teams manage project scope. A fourth generation, family owned, full-service aircraft service provider, Duncan Aviation supports the aviation needs of business aircraft operators, government agencies, and more. The largest privately-owned business in its field, they do a booming business in nose-to-tail services—everything from refurbishment to maintenance—for global private aircraft.
Juliann Grant
January 28, 2026
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The Best Moments of 2025: Stay Sharp Episode 116

In Episode 116, Stay Sharp 2025: A Guest Soundbite Mashup, co-hosts Jonathan Scott and Juliann Grant wrap up 2025’s podcasts. They reflect on the year’s surprises, including how technology is changing in the PLM space, how popular sustainability was, and how they couldn’t ever not talk about AI. From the pithiest quotes and the most insightful analogies to the biggest conceptual impacts, they highlight and revisit the best of the best podcast moments.
Juliann Grant
January 9, 2026
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The Continuing Evolution of the Digital Thread: Stay Sharp Episode 113

In Stay Sharp Episode 113, Extended Digital Threads and PLM Reality, co-hosts Jonathan Scott and Juliann Grant welcome Martin Eigner, Doctor of Engineering, founder of the world’s first PDM/PLM company, and recognized thought-leader in the PLM community. The trio discuss Eigner’s perspective on PLM and the digital thread, how they relate to each other, and where they might be heading.
Juliann Grant
December 11, 2025
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The Structure Behind the Right Data at the Right Time: Stay Sharp Episode 112

In Stay Sharp Episode 112, The Data Models Dilemma in Digital Engineering, co-hosts Jonathan Scott and Juliann Grant discuss a subject of growing importance in the manufacturing world: data models. While other podcast episodes have touched on the topic, Jonathan and Juliann spend some time investigating the role of data models in digital engineering and how they impact PLM, digital twins, and the digital thread—in short, why data models matter.
Maggie Calderwood
December 5, 2025
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GPDIS Promotes Community and Cooperation: Stay Sharp Episode 104

In Stay Sharp Episode 104, GPDIS Wrap Up, Juliann Grant steps in as the sole host to interview three attendees of last month’s Global Product Data Interoperability Summit (GPDIS): podcast co-host Jonathan Scott, Razorleaf account manager Tony Ceccoli, and Razorleaf account manager François Schlub. The group reviews highlights and insights from the event, the goal of which is bringing aerospace and manufacturing leaders together to discuss the major challenges they all face around data and digital engineering.
Juliann Grant
October 10, 2025
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Separating Digital Twin Fact from Fiction: Stay Sharp Episode 93

In Stay Sharp Episode 93, Unpacking Digital Twins Series: Myths and Misconceptions, co-hosts Jonathan Scott and Juliann Grant are joined by the Director of Mission Integration at SAIC, David Ewing. Dave has worked in industry and at a software OEM, and he’s the architect of ReadyOne, SAIC’s award-winning digital engineering platform for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Juliann Grant
July 25, 2025
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Digital Twins Could Be Helping Everywhere: Stay Sharp Episode 87

In Stay Sharp Episode 87, Digital Twin Use Cases, co-hosts Jonathan Scott and Juliann Grant are back with a new topic in Razorleaf’s series on digital twins. This time, they’re discussing concrete examples of twins of all kinds in physical, virtual, and even cinematic form. Their returning guest is Dr. Patrick Hillberg, who has decades of experience in PLM digitalization and advanced manufacturing. The trio cover real-life situations and explain the twins behind them.
Juliann Grant
June 13, 2025
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