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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

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 GrantAugust 14, 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

How to Capitalize on CMMC Breathing Room: Stay Sharp Episode 146

In Stay Sharp Episode 146, CMMC Paused, Not Cancelled: Why Contractors Shouldn’t Stop Now, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott welcome returning guest Steve Nichols, the head of Razorleaf Government Solutions. The podcast has covered the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) in past episodes, Understanding the Cybersecurity Maturity Model and How SMBs Can Break into the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), and this week’s topic is the recent CMMC pause and what organizations should do about it.

Juliann GrantJuly 31, 2026

Licensing Is Already Changing, And There’s More to Come: Stay Sharp Episode 145

In Stay Sharp Episode 145, Why Nobody Can Predict Their Software Costs Anymore, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott sit down with Paul Empringham, the VP of CAD Simulation and PLM at NYBS Consulting. Paul’s previous episode, What Leaders Need to Know About Software Licensing, focused on tips for license management and optimization. This time, he’s talking about what the future holds for enterprise software licensing.

Juliann GrantJuly 24, 2026

The DIY Approach to PLM Software: Stay Sharp Episode 143

In Stay Sharp Episode 143, Build vs. Buy in the Age of AI-Assisted Coding, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott sit down with returning guest Jonathan Girroir, Technical Evangelist at Tech Soft 3D, a software company that creates the building blocks for digital engineering. This episode breaks down why the idea of writing your own PLM software might not be so farfetched, how far vibe-coding can take you, and what to consider when doing anything outside of your manufacturing plant with your data.

Juliann GrantJuly 10, 2026

How Knowing Who’s Using What Software, Where, and When Helps Your Bottom Line: Stay Sharp Episode 142

In Stay Sharp Episode 142, What Leaders Need to Know About Software Licensing, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott welcome Paul Empringham, the VP of CAD, Simulation, and PLM at NYBS Consulting, an independent consulting and software asset management firm. Paul, whose career has ranged from designer to engineering systems manager and transformation manager, offers insight into why a thoughtful and analytical approach to software licensing is something you should be thinking about and acting on.

Juliann GrantJuly 3, 2026

Advice from the Digital Transformation Trenches: Stay Sharp Episode 141

In Stay Sharp Episode 141, Finlay’s Five Firsts – a Field Guide to Digital Engineering Adoption, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott sit down with a digital engineering (DE) implementation veteran, Chris Finlay, the Vice President of Engineering Innovation at SAIC. Chris shares his lessons learned from the 20 years he’s spent driving the adoption of DE across the defense industry.

Juliann GrantJune 25, 2026

Discussing OCM for PLM in a Sherry Bodega: Stay Sharp Episode 140

In Stay Sharp Episode 140, Share PLM Summit 2026 Recap, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott are joined by Razorleaf International colleagues Ashish Kulkarni, Director of Growth, and Luc Van Hemelrijck, Director of Strategic Alliances. Both Ashish and Luc attended the Share PLM Summit in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, which was billed as an event “Where People Take Center Stage to Drive Human-Centric Transformations.”

Juliann GrantJune 19, 2026

The Software You Didn’t Know You Relied On: Stay Sharp Episode 139

In Stay Sharp Episode 139, Digital Product Series – Tech Soft 3D, co-hosts Juliann Grant and Jonathan Scott welcome Jonathan Girroir, Technical Evangelist at Tech Soft 3D. The trio discuss the foundational software company in the digital engineering space, delving into what Tech Soft does, why that’s critical, and how it is that they provide everything you never knew you needed.

Juliann GrantJune 12, 2026

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