Podcast #159 Engineering What's Ahead

What does the future hold for engineering?

In today's episode, Ken Forster talks to Prith Banerjee, Chief Technology Officer at Ansys, a leader in engineering simulation.

Prith founded AccelChip in 2000 and BINACHIP in 2006. He serves on the Board of Directors of Cubic and Turntide. Prith has an extensive academic background as Dean of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Director of Computational Science at Urbana-Champaign.

In 2009, Prith was recognized by Fast Company as one of the top 100 business leaders. Prith is a Fellow of the AAAS, ACM, and IEEE. He received a B.Tech. (President's Gold Medalist) electronics engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Prith is currently the CTO at Ansys, an American company based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Bloomberg, Business Week and FORTUNE magazine have named Ansys one of the world's most innovative firms. It develops, markets, and supports software solutions for design analysis and optimization. The Company's software accelerates time to market, reduces production costs, improves engineering processes, and optimizes product quality and safety. The company's solutions are used in a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, automotive, biomedical, and other industrial sectors.

Key Discussion Points:

• What would you consider to be your 'Digital Thread'?
• Summarizing your experience into three observations of technology catalyzed transformation, what would those be?
• What is your perspective on the IT/OT gap? Do you see the gap, and if so, how has that gap changed over time?
• What exactly does the term "Digital Twin" mean to you? And why should it matter to our digital industry-focused audience?
• It's been nearly eight years since PTC purchased ThingWorx. Do you believe we're any closer to fulfilling that promise at this point?
• What are some of the most interesting best practices in business innovation that you've seen?
• What are three trends you believe will shape the digital industry over the next five years?
  
  

Connect With Prith Banerjee via LinkedIn 

Prith's Inspiration comes from... 

A combination of three elements. Reading books, listening to podcasts such as "The Digital Thread," and looking to outstanding leaders and innovators—people who inspire—such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos—who both are fantastic role models. 

About Ansys:

Founded in 1970, Ansys is the original and gold standard simulation provider allowing engineers the ability to explore and predict how products will work, or won't work, in the real world. It's like being able to see the future, enabling engineers to innovate as never before. This simulation superpower also speeds time-to-market, lowers manufacturing costs, improves quality, and decreases risk.