Digital Transformation Archives

From Cavemen to AI in 150 Podcasts

In this Stay Sharp Episode, 150 Episodes In: What We Got Right (And Wrong) About Digital Engineering, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott celebrate the successful completion of 150 podcast episodes. They reflect on the topics, people, and opinions they spoke with along the way, including those that stood out and those have stood the test of time—or not.

Juliann GrantAugust 28, 2026

Turn Uncodified Product Data into Business Value: Stay Sharp Episode 149

In Stay Sharp Episode 149, Product Memory: The Context Layer Behind Every Product, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott talk with three-time guest Oleg Shilvitsky, PLM industry expert and CEO of OpenBOM. He returns to discuss a concept that he may have coined, “product memory,” and why it’s critical to understand and capture for your product.

Juliann GrantAugust 21, 2026

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 GrantAugust 7, 2026

Lessons from AI in the Wild: Stay Sharp Episode 125

In Stay Sharp Episode 125, Strategic Patterns for Implementing AI in Manufacturing, co-hosts Jonathan Scott and Juliann Grant sit down with Diego Tamburini, PhD, the AI Practice Director and Executive Consultant at CIMdata. A recognized leader in using AI to drive digital transformation in the industrial sector, Diego brings a wealth of experience with AI to the conversation, including pioneering the use of AI across Microsoft’s marketplace engineering organization.

Juliann GrantMarch 6, 2026

Join Razorleaf and Other Experts to Explore Manufacturing’s Digital Transformation

Razorleaf is proud to support the 2025 Global Product Data Interoperability Summit (GPDIS) as a Silver Sponsor. The twelfth annual event, taking place September 23-25 in Phoenix, Arizona, is an opportunity for representatives of industry, academia, standards bodies, and more to come together and share key insights on the topic of the digital thread for manufacturing.

Juliann GrantJuly 23, 2025

Connecting Sustainability to PLM and the Digital Thread: Stay Sharp Episode 83

In Episode 83 of Razorleaf’s Stay Sharp podcast, Sustainability in PLM: A Pathway Forward, co-hosts Jonathan Scott and Juliann Grant are joined by Jos Voskuil, aka the Virtual Dutchman, arguably one of the foremost experts in sustainability and digital engineering.

Juliann GrantMay 19, 2025

The Integration Imperative: Enabling a Connected Digital Thread: Webinar

As the world becomes more and more connected, our products become smarter and the challenges facing manufacturers get bigger. The promise of a digital transformation—complete with digital threads, digital twins, and integrated systems—means companies can save time and resources while making better business decisions and getting products to market faster. Starting that transformation is often the biggest hurdle, but a recent webinar and paper from CIMdata and Razorleaf can help.

Juliann GrantApril 8, 2025

The Unique Challenges of Taking Shipbuilding Digital: Stay Sharp Episode 69

In Episode 69 of Razorleaf’s Stay Sharp podcast, Navigating the Digital Seas of Shipbuilding, co-hosts Jonathan Scott and Juliann Grant welcome another Razorleaf colleague, Pat Coulehan. A 30-year industry veteran, Pat works with Razorleaf Government Solutions, and in recent years has guided U.S. shipbuilders in their efforts to advance their digital capabilities.

Juliann GrantFebruary 7, 2025

Frontline Workers and Your Digital Transformation: Stay Sharp Episode 15

In Episode 15 of Razorleaf’s Stay Sharp podcast, Digitalization and the Way People Work, hosts Jonathan Scott and Jen Ferello step away from their typical conversations about the broader organizational impacts of digital transformations and instead focus on what the digital journey means to the shop floor. Joining them is Pat Hume, the CEO of Canvas GFX. In addition to her decades of industry experience, Pat brings to the topic Canvas’s perspective as a company that develops innovative solutions to improve the quality of information for frontline workers.

Juliann GrantMarch 4, 2024

Digital Transformation and the CEO’s Role

Though the idea of the “digital transformation”—updating tools, platforms, processes, and business models to take advantage of modern capabilities and improve ROI—has been around for a while, lately it seems to be on every company’s to-do list.

Juliann GrantJune 15, 2023

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