TCS and PTC Present the North America Leadership Forum 2025

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Bringing life to the connected digital enterprise by integrating PLM, ALM, and SLM, enhanced by AI.

Welcome to an exclusive event brought to you by TCS, in collaboration with PTC. Join industry leaders, visionaries, and top executives from leading enterprises at this invitation-only event. In an era where industrial manufacturing organizations are challenged to bring complex products to the market swiftly, while ensuring seamless customer experience, the integration of product lifecycle management (PLM), application lifecycle management (ALM), and service lifecycle management (SLM) powered by AI is more critical than ever.

Join us for an insightful event where we explore how to streamline design, manufacturing, and service related processes using technology to reduce costs and improve throughput. Discover the strategies for integrating new technologies smoothly and fostering cross-departmental alignment, as well as upgrading outdated systems to align with modern standards, while addressing internal resistance to change.

Why attend?

Accelerate product lifecycle processes: Understand how a digital thread creates a single source of truth, breaks down data silos, and facilitates cross-functional collaboration.
Deploy effectively: Learn how to define and implement a digital thread roadmap tailored to your organization, creating superior user experiences and deriving useful insights from your organizational data.
Unlock AI and GenAI potential: Discover strategies to harness the power of AI and GenAI to amplify the capabilities of the digital thread for a truly connected digital enterprise.
Networking opportunities: Connect with industry peers, experts, and technology leaders to explore potential partnerships and collaborations.

Agenda

Time in EST	Duration (mins)	Topic	Led by
2:30 - 2:50	10	Registrations \| Networking
2:50 - 3:00	10	Welcome Address	Gates Ouimette, Strategic Alliance Leader – PTC, IoT & Digital Engineering, TCS
3:00 - 3:25	25	TCS Perspective: How AI is impacting the product and Manufacturing value chain across industries.	Raja Shan, Global Head – Business Development, IoT & Digital Engineering, TCS
3:25 - 3:50	25	State of the industrials Industry with PTC Trends, challenges, and how PTC enables the Digital Threads to support your AI aspirations	Eric Froebel, Executive Advisor, PTC
3:50 - 4:15	25	Customer Keynote: ePLM with Cummins - Pathways to success	Krishna Baride, IT Solution Leader– Enterprise PLM
4:15 - 4:35	20	Break: High Tea + Networking
4:35 - 5:00	25	How AI Agents Are Accelerating Digital Transformation	Brad Cline, Solutions Consultant, PTC
5:00 - 5:30	30	TCS Bringing Life to Things^TM Lab Tour to decode the art of the possible across industries, technologies, and GenAI	Brian Purvis, Head IoT and Digital Engineering Lab, TCS
5:30 - 6:00	30	Panel discussion: Realizing the digital thread with TCS and PTC	Eric Froebel, Executive Advisor, PTC Brad Cline, Solutions Consultant, PTC David Segal, Global Head-Digital Thread, TCS Farid Bichareh, Director, TCS
6:00 - 6:10	10	Wrap-up \| Closing Remarks
6:10 - 7:00	60	Dinner + Networking

Seats are limited. Register soon to reserve your spot.

Connect with us for more information: IoT.DE@tcs.com

TCS Speakers

David Segal

Global Head - Digital Thread, IoT and DE, TCS

David is a digital transformation leader with over 25 years of industry experience in engineering and manufacturing. He headsall aspects of digital thread business within TCS’ IoT and Digital Engineering group. Prior to this role, David served as the Global Vice President – Business Transformation for PTC Federal, Aerospace and Defense (FA&D) industry vertical, leading the strategy, business transformation, and industry-based go-to-market operations for PTC Digital Thread technology solutions. Mr. Segal holds a Master’s degree in Engineering and Advanced Certificate for Executives (ACE) in Management, Innovation, and Technology, from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Farid Bichareh

Director - Connected Plants, IoT and DE, TCS

Farid Bichareh is a technology expert and entrepreneur with over 24 years of experience defining solutions and strategies for smart, intelligent manufacturing and digital transformation, IoT-IIoT, neural and autonomous manufacturing and innovative optical wireless communication/Li-Fi, GenAI, digital twin, and metaverse. He has co-founded several technology businesses and served as a board member and top executive for many of them. Farid also chaired the Smart Factory at the Industrial IoT Consortium (IIC) for four years and served as a member of the IIC Steering Committee.

Raja Shanmugam

Global Head – Business Development, IoT & DE, TCS

Raja is a visionary leader responsible for driving global business growth, market development, and strategic alliances at TCS, where he plays a pivotal role in shaping the company's long-term strategy and expanding its presence in new and existing markets. His leadership fosters strategic partnerships and identifies emerging business opportunities, ensuring both TCS and its clients stay ahead in the competitive digital landscape. A recognized thought leader in the IoT and digital engineering sectors, Raja frequently delivers keynote addresses at prestigious industry forums like FICCI and CII, sharing his insights on market trends, digital innovation, and technology-driven transformation. His thought leadership is regularly featured in respected publications such as RT Insights, CIO Forum, and RFID Journal, solidifying his influence in shaping the future of market growth through digital advancements. Raja has also been honored with the Tata Business Leadership Award, recognizing his exceptional contributions to driving business growth, innovation, and sustainable transformation. His strategic vision, deep industry expertise, and focus on market development continue to position TCS and its clients at the forefront of digital evolution, ensuring long-term competitive advantage.

Krishna Baride

IT Solution Leader– Enterprise PLM, Cummins

Krishna leads the development and implementation of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and user needs. He collaborates with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, define product roadmaps, and prioritize features. He oversees the entire product lifecycle—from concept to deployment—ensuring seamless integration with existing systems. He conducts regular stakeholder meetings to communicate progress and gather feedback, driving continuous improvement. Additionally, he manages vendor relationships and evaluates new technologies to enhance PLM capabilities.

Eric Froebel

Executive Advisor, PTC

Mr. Froebel joined PTC in 2024 after 35 years of experience in the automotive, construction, medical device, electronic and agricultural industries. As PTC’s Engineering Executive Advisor, he provides guidance internally to PTC and to PTC customers with a focus on product development, manufacturing and service.

Brad Cline

Solutions Consultant, PTC

Brad manages the customer-facing Solutions Consulting team, which comprises Advanced Analytics and Data Science consultants. This team is responsible for supporting the Sales and Customer Success teams in working with customers to apply Advanced Analytics—particularly Machine Learning—to develop solutions that address industrial IoT use cases. The typical use cases they support include Statistical Process Control (SPC), Predictive Quality, Predictive Maintenance, and Process/Batch Quality within the contexts of IoT Smart Connected Manufacturing and Smart Connected Products.

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Leadership exchange: Decode the GenAI powered digital thread with TCS and PTC

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Bringing life to the connected digital enterprise by integrating PLM, ALM, and SLM, enhanced by AI.

Why attend?

Agenda

TCS Speakers

David Segal

Farid Bichareh

Raja Shanmugam

Guest Speakers

Krishna Baride

Eric Froebel

Brad Cline

Transformation starts here

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Where adaptability meets advantage

With you for the long run

Our Thought Leadership Institute

Want to be a global change-maker? Join our team.

Find the latest news about TCS in our Newsroom

Recent Press releases

Recent News

Recent recognitions

Upcoming events

TCS works hand in hand with world-leading investors.

Global knowledge. Local support

Services

Bringing life to the connected digital enterprise by integrating PLM, ALM, and SLM, enhanced by AI.

Why attend?

Agenda

TCS Speakers

David Segal

Farid Bichareh

Raja Shanmugam

Guest Speakers

Krishna Baride

Eric Froebel

Brad Cline

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