Ken Amann

Ken Amann, Executive Consultant, CIMdata

Ken Amann has over 45 years of experience in the development of PLM, PDM, information technology (IT) architectures, computer-based engineering applications, document and information management systems, astrodynamics, and aerospace engineering. A graduate of Georgia Tech with a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering, he has held senior positions in PLM marketing, development, and consulting; IT systems and architecture; and missile flight dynamics and controls systems. Mr. Amann served 10 years as CIMdata’s Director of Research and is currently an Executive Consultant for the firm. His experience includes evaluating corporate engineering and manufacturing operations, managing PLM programs, recommending collaborative concurrent engineering and product information management solutions, implementing PLM solutions, as well as developing and evaluating requests for proposals, and solution provider benchmarks and selection. As the Managing Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Technology Leadership Group, Mr. Amann conducted research into and evaluated emerging technologies as well as applications based on those technologies, and has defined and described how emerging technologies may be applied to enable leading-edge business solutions.