CIMdata Press Release

CIMdata Announces Schedule for the 2013 PLM Certificate Program

December 18, 2012

CIMdata PLM Certificate Programs available in North America and Europe for 2013.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17 December, 2012 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces its CIMdata PLM Certificate Program schedule for 2013. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership — the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education offering for today’s PLM professionals.

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based certificate program includes an intimate classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. Additionally, the program provides participants with intensive and extensive exposure to CIMdata’s team of trusted experts. Upon successful completion of the program, each participant receives a CIMdata PLM Certificate and becomes a member of CIMdata’s global PLM Leadership community.

According to Peter Bilello, CIMdata’s President, “Since the program’s introduction in 2009, over 150 global PLM professionals have received their PLM Leadership certificate from CIMdata. In many ways, our program has become the de-facto standard in PLM education. We are extremely excited with the program’s success and we look forward to continuing to deliver this valuable program throughout much of the industrial world.” James McKinney, CIMdata’s PLM Leadership Practice Manager, commented, “Our 2013 schedule has been designed to address the needs of PLM professionals around the world. We look forward to providing in-depth education and helping more companies realize the benefits of PLM and related technologies.”

For more information on CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program visit our website at http://www.cimdata.com/services/education/plm_certificate.html.

The CIMdata 2013 PLM Certificate Program schedule is as follows:

• Newport Beach, California, USA – February 25-March 1
• Amsterdam, The Netherlands – April 22-26
• Ann Arbor, MI – May 13-17
• Oslo, Norway – June 10-14
• Boston, Massachusetts, USA – September 16-20
• Birmingham, UK – October 21-25
• Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – December 2-6

About the CIMdata PLM Certificate Program

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program consists of nine educational sessions. These sessions can be completed by either attending the full program delivered over five consecutive days or attending the pre-requisite core PLM Certificate sessions offered over three consecutive days and at a later time, within a 12-month period, completing the remaining sessions over two consecutive days.

The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is available to industrial companies who are considering and/or implementing PLM, and to PLM solution suppliers. The program is built on CIMdata’s close to 30 years of extensive worldwide experience guiding industrial companies in successfully defining and implementing best-in-class PLM strategies and tactics.