Matt Bradshaw
Matt Bradshaw joined Persistent Systems as a solution architect at the start of 2018 to help grow customer engagement in the UK for Persistent. He is engaging with clients…
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DOORS 9.7 Introduction and new features
DOORS 9.7 has arrived, find out more here
Learn how DOORS is now a full member of the JAZZ suite from IBM and what the new release brings in terms of functionality like the contribution to global configurations. Furthermore, a chance to hear what else is coming for DOORS in the near future
DOORS 9.7 Improves requirements with AI
Learn about IBM’s latest offering and how AI is improving requirements quality as they are being written. We will show you how DOORS 9.7 can now make use of the requirements quality assistant and discuss how Watson has been pre-trained using the INCOSE requirement guidelines.
DOORS 9.7 working with test management
With recent improvements in DOORS 9.7, learn how it’s now easier than ever to bolt on IBMs Test Management solution to get complete traceability within the V Model associated with Systems Engineering. We will cover test plans, automating tests and documenting results and raising defects / changes as a result
DOORS 9.7 working with a change control process
Increase the level of rigor and control by implementing a change management process around your requirements documentation. Make use of IBM’s Engineering Workflow Management to give confidence in your requirements as they evolve.
DOORS 9.7 leveraging data to gain engineering insights across the lifecycle
We talk about how you can utilize data across the engineering lifecycle to generate compliance reports and visualize your web of traceability using IBM’s powerful analytics capabilities. This enhances capabilities to undertake impact assessments and perform gap analysis.
DOORS 9.7 helping data interchange with suppliers and customers
ReqIF(Requirements Interchange Format) is a file format that can be used to exchange requirements, along with its associated metadata, between software tools from different vendors. Although developed in the automotive industry, ReqIF is suitable for lossless exchange of requirements in any industry. This session considers the use of ReqIF for interchange of data and how PSL have various utilities to improve the exchange.
DOORS 9.7 Data Migrations
The migration of data from DOORS to IBM DOORS Next unlocks the full power and features of ELM. This session covers our tooling and methodology we have created to enable this migration, and to overcome the challenges of differences between the two tools, in particular in the type system data models.
Demonstrating Compliance in the Medical/Pharma/Life
Sciences Industries using IBM ELM
Engineering medical devices is not an easy job. These devices include an increasing amount of software that integrates with hardware and electronics. To produce medical devices that meet changing healthcare needs and standards, see how the IBM ELM toolset can provide a controlled and collaborative environment to meet the demands of the medical device industry.
Matt Bradshaw joined Persistent Systems as a solution architect at the start of 2018 to help grow customer engagement in the UK for Persistent. He is engaging with clients…
An experienced Pre-Sales Solution Architect with a proven track record of aiding clients to design, build and validate complex products utilising Application Lifecycle…
Richard is the product manager for IBM DOORS family and plays a key role in contributing to the strategy of IBMs Requirements Definition and Management products.
Ian Compton is a solution architect at Persistent Systems, advising companies on best usage of the ELM solution, particularly in the areas of requirements management…
Kerim works as the World wide electronics industry subject matter expert for the IBM Engineering Solutions. His current focus is on adhering to regulations…
Kim Cobb is a Global Industry Executive within IBM’s AI Applications business unit. Her background in software and systems development spans a variety of safety…
Bill Jones is a Senior Technical Staff Member at Persistent Systems and works in Technical Sales specializing in RELM, Reporting and PLM integrations. Bill joined Persistent…
Karl is the UK Sales Director at Persistent Systems dedicated to client success using the IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Solutions. As an ex IBMer of 7 years…
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Jiani Zhang is President of the Alliance and Industrial Solution Unit at Persistent Systems. Prior to this role, Jiani was the General Manager of Industrial Sector for Persistent Systems. Jiani has extensive experience in management consulting, marketing, product development and technology management. She also holds expertise in building and growing a business with P&L responsibility and leading teams in business strategy, offering & product development, go-to-market, and sales execution. Prior to Persistent, Jiani has also served as Director of Offering Management for IBM Watson IoT Platform and Head of Offering Strategy for IBM Industrial IoT where she pioneered the creation of the Industrial Analytics/AI IoT solutions.
Vice President, Principal Analyst Serving CIO Professionals
Jeffrey helps CIOs and digital leaders succeed by working with them to improve their software delivery capability and by helping them assess the relevance of emerging software technologies. As a 25-plus-year software industry veteran, he’s helped clients improve their development shop culture, apply Agile and continuous delivery best practices, and build successful developer ecosystems. Jeffrey’s been a developer; managed development teams; built award-winning commercial development tools; and, over the past decade, has helped Forrester clients navigate mobile, cloud, IoT, DevOps, and low-code technologies and tools.
Previous Work Experience
Jeffrey has been with Forrester since 2006. Prior to joining Forrester, Jeffrey worked at IBM, Rational Software, and was part of Accenture’s Advanced Systems Group.
Education
Jeffrey holds a B.S. in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Karl Mulcahy
Karl is the UK Sales Director at Persistent Systems dedicated to client success using the IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management Solutions. As an ex IBMer of 7 years (coming from the Rational Brand) Karl has worked across industries to help transform and establish efficient development processes using the IBM technology. His recent move to Persistent was a natural extension to his IBM career by connecting users to the development team at Persistent for product roadmaps, feature requests etc. Persistent develops the Engineering Lifecycle Management solution (Including DOORS) on behalf of IBM and in a great place to help maximise existing investments with Persistents expertise and unique IP in this space.
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Matt Bradshaw
Matt Bradshaw joined Persistent Systems as a solution architect at the start of 2018 to help grow customer engagement in the UK for Persistent. He is engaging with clients and leveraging Persistent’s deep technical expertise to provide tailored solutions for clients as well as helping them improve efficiency and control in areas like requirements, planning, code management and testing. Prior to this he spent 7 years in the IBM Rational brand working directly with clients in across a range of industries such as automotive, aerospace and defence, energy & utilities, insurance and finance.
Mark Best
An experienced Pre-Sales Solution Architect with a proven track record of aiding clients to design, build and validate complex products utilising Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools and the Internet of Things (IoT) across a number of industry sectors. Mark is heavily experienced in the Requirements Management area using DOORS and more recently DOORS Next
Bill Jones
Bill Jones is a Senior Technical Staff Member at Persistent Systems and works in Technical Sales specializing in RELM, Reporting and PLM integrations. Bill joined Persistent in April 2016 as part of the IBM partnership and has been involved with development of Rational product development for 20 years. Bill is a subject matter expert in Enterprise Lifecycle Management, Systems and Software Engineering, IBM Engineering Insights, Jazz Reporting and Data Warehousing, ALM-PLM integration, OSLC Integration and Internet of Things.
Kim Cobb
Kim Cobb is a Global Industry Executive within IBM’s AI Applications business unit. Her background in software and systems development spans a variety of safety critical industries including electronics, automotive, aerospace & defense, healthcare and medical device. Kim’s focus is on accelerating the development and deployment of complex products, leveraging AI and lifecycle data, while maintaining compliance to unique industry and regulatory standards. By helping clients craft and implement modern engineering lifecycle management processes and tools, Kim empowers clients to accelerate compliance, meet changing market demands and improve engineering ROI.
Kim has over 20 years experience in engineering complex products while improving disciplines across the lifecycle such as requirements definition and management, software development, systems modeling, V&V and process compliance. Kim’s experience and industry expertise informs successful strategies for tackling the complexity inherent in the development and delivery of interconnected systems, devices and products within unique compliance and regulatory environments.
Kerim Cakmak
Kerim works as the World wide electronics industry subject matter expert for the IBM Engineering Solutions. His current focus is on adhering to regulations on medical device development and life sciences industries. He is responsible for supporting the IBM Engineering Solutions both from technical and sales points of view, via delivering proof of technology, proof of concept, and other customized workshops especially for the industry, as well as running business value assessment and executive value proposition workshops.
Kerim has 15+ years of experience in Change and Configuration Management, Requirements Management, Quality and Test Managment practices and Model Based Systems Engineering applications for different industries like electronics, medical devices, aerospace and defence and automotive. Kerim holds a PhD degree in High Energy and Particle Physics, he is a member of board of directors in the INCOSE Turkey Chapter and holds OMG (Object Management Group) OCSMP (OMG Certified System Modelling Professional) Model User and Model Builder – Fundamental certifications.
Ian Compton
Ian Compton is a solution architect at Persistent Systems, advising companies on best usage of the ELM solution, particularly in the areas of requirements management and configuration management with global configurations. Previously he has had 15 years experience working in system test, initially with DOORS, and latterly the entire ELM solution, including using the solution to test it.
Richard Watson
Richard is the product manager for IBM DOORS family and plays a key role in contributing to the strategy of IBMs Requirements Definition and Management products.
Based in the UK, Richard has been working in the systems and software industry for nearly 30 years and has been directly involved with all aspects of development from testing the Boeing 777 flight systems through to software development of database and software design tools. Richard joined Telelogic as a modelling and test consultant in October 1998 and quickly moved into business development and then Product Management for automated test products. Richard joined the product management team for IBM Rational DOORS in 2001 and is now overall responsible for Product Management for the IBM DOORS family.