Standards enforce how products are designed, manufactured, tested, distributed, and more. Published as PDFs, standards are not interoperable with the digital transformation initiatives underway today.

Digital transformation can increase productivity, agility, and ROI by transforming business processes.  Join us for a discussion with experts from industry and standards organizations to hear about VOC research and digital use cases that may provide the best opportunities for savings and efficiency gains.

• Moderator:
  • Simon Powell, Senior Program Operations Manager of the Digital Standards Alliance.  Simon has 30 years’ experience with ISO, BSI, Wolters Kluwer and others.
• Panelists:
  • Alton Sanders, Senior Project Engineer at The Boeing Company.  Alton’s 39-year career has focused on improving the quality of standards and transitioning standards from documents to digital data.
  • Sam Gambrell, Quality Project Engineer at Lockheed Martin. With 19 years’ experience in quality, Sam is working on digital transformation initiatives that will positively impact the quality organization.
  • Leslie McKay, Director, Digital Standards Development at SAE International.  Over the past 5 years, Leslie has been driving changes in how standards are written to make them more “digital-ready.”
  • Sven Bergander, Head of Strategy and Transformation at DIN Solutions.  Sven has led efforts for DIN’s SMART standards and SDI activities.
  • Lesley West, Director, Product Development at ASTM International.  Lesley is currently leading ASTM’s efforts to transform standards from PDF publications to digital data.
  • Chris Carnahan, AVP, Standards at AIA. Chris leads AIA’s standards program and is actively involved in initiatives to transform PDFs to digital data.