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June 9–10, 2026 | Swissôtel Chicago
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Guest speakers

Stephen Olive

<p>Chief Digital Strategy Officer, U.S Department of Energy </p>

Trish Nicoli

<p>Digital Engineering Deputy Program Manager, NASA </p>

Kevin Gaskell

<p>Former Group CEO of BMW GB, Porsche GB, & Lamborghini GB </p>

Stephen Olive Chief Digital Strategy Officer, U.S Department of Energy Trish Nicoli Digital Engineering Deputy Program Manager, NASA Kevin Gaskell Former Group CEO of BMW GB, Porsche GB, & Lamborghini GB

What’s new & what’s next in product innovation

In 2026, PTC is redefining how innovation shows up in the market by delivering two signature innovation seasons—Spring and Fall—that turn innovation into impact across the Intelligent Product Lifecycle. Each season introduces major product updates in CAD, PLM, ALM and SLM, new AI innovation, and cross-portfolio advancements.

PTC NEXT Chicago (June 9–10) is the flagship moment of the Spring innovation season—where PTC brings its newest innovations to market with a clear point of view: helping manufacturers go beyond what’s possible with speed, agility and resilience enabled by the Intelligent Product Lifecycle.

Why Attend:

  • Early visibility and details into PTC's latest product innovations before public release
  • Access to PTC executives and product leaders
  • Clarity to plan your technology roadmap with confidence

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Agenda: Tuesday, June 9

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Speakers

12:00 PM

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

1:45 PM

2:15 PM

2:30 PM

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

4:45 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Registration & Lunch

Innovation Gallery Opens

Welcome to PTC Next – Establishing the Next Vision for the Intelligent Product Lifecycle

PTC & Our Customers: The Transformative Moment

Neil Barua, CEO
Stephen Olive, Chief Digital Strategy Officer, U.S Department of Energy

Never Afraid to Disrupt: PTC's DNA

Jon Stevenson, Chief Product Officer

Innovation to Strengthen the Product Data Foundation

John Haller, General Manager – PLM
Joseph June, General Manager- SLM & AI Strategy

Break & Innovation Gallery Open

Better Together: Delivering Customer Outcomes with Portfolio Connectors  

Brian Thompson, Divisional General Manager- Creo CAD Segment
Greg Brown, VP- Onshape Product Manager
John Haller, General Manager – PLM
Enrique Krajmalnik, General Manager – ALM

Recognizing Customers Who Disrupt

David Katzman, EVP – Velocity Group General Manager
Deirdre Yee, Senior Director- Customer Marketing

Day 1 Recap / Day 2 Preview

Networking + Innovation Gallery Hour

Evening Event

On Tuesday, June 9, join us for a special networking event with your peers at the Chicago House of Blues.

Agenda: Wednesday, June 10

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7:30 AM

8:30 AM

8:35 AM

9:15 AM

10:15 AM

11:00 AM

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

3:00 PM

3:30 PM

4:00 PM

4:45 PM

Breakfast

Welcome to Day 2: Fueling the Intelligent Product Lifecycle with AI and Intelligent Solutions

AI Keynote: How AI Fuels the Intelligent Product Lifecycle

Joseph June, General Manager- SLM & AI Strategy
Customer Hero

Product Leaders Launch Session: Exciting Innovation in our Intelligent Solutions

Mark Lobo, SVP Product Management- PLM
Mark Simpson, VP Product Management- ALM
Paul Sagar, VP Product Management- CAD
Mayhul Jain, Senior Director of Product Management- SLM
Greg Brown, VP- Onshape Product Manager
Alan Goodrich, Director Product Management- Arena

Break & Innovation Gallery Opens

Product Launch Breakouts

Lunch & Innovation Gallery

Product Launch Breakouts

Break & Innovation Gallery

Our Disruption Recipe: How We're Getting Ahead in this Transformative Moment

Tom Bianchi, PTC SVP of Growth Marketing
Trish Nicoli, Digital Engineering Deputy Program Manager, NASA

Closing Keynote: Take Advantage of Disruption & Turbulence

Kevin Gaskell, Former Group CEO of BMW GB, Porsche GB, & Lamborghini GB

Closing & Thank You

Discounted hotel rates available at the Swissôtel until May 18. Please register to receive information about the PTC discount for this event.

Hear from the people defining PTC’s innovation strategy

Neil Barua

CEO

Neil Barua is the President and Chief Executive Officer of PTC.

Neil’s career spans more than 23 years across global operations, financial, and executive positions. Prior to joining PTC, Neil served as CEO of ServiceMax and transformed the company into a recognized leader in field service management. When PTC completed its acquisition of ServiceMax in January 2023, Neil led PTC’s Service Lifecycle Management business and joined PTC’s executive leadership team. Neil became CEO of PTC on February 14, 2024.

As CEO, Neil focuses on PTC’s global business strategy, customer experience, and company culture.

Previously, Neil served as an operating partner at Silver Lake, a global leader in technology investing. Earlier in his career, Neil was CEO of IPC Systems, a global provider of specialized technology solutions for the financial services community.

Neil resides in the Boston area with his family. He earned his Bachelor of Science from NYU. Neil serves on the board of directors of Streetwise Partners.

Jon Stevenson

Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer

Jon Stevenson is Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer at PTC, where he is responsible for the strategy, development, and delivery of PTC’s Digital Thread product portfolio.

Jon brings more than three decades of experience in product development, engineering leadership, and technology innovation across the CAD, PLM, AI, and SaaS domains. He previously held executive roles at Stratasys and Grab CAD and has more recently served as a board member, advisor, and investor to a variety of product development, SaaS, and AI-focused companies, including All Spice, SimScale, Duro, nToplogy, and Vention. He previously served as a Vice President in PTC’s R&D Group and as the Executive Vice President of PTC's CAD business unit.

Jon holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delaware and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California State University.

David Katzman

EVP – Velocity Group General Manager

David Katzman is the General Manager of the Velocity Group at PTC – which is comprised of Onshape, Arena and the PTC Education team. David is responsible for driving operational excellence, while overseeing the day-to-day execution of the Velocity Group’s business strategy.

Prior to his current position, David served as the SVP and general manager for Onshape, where he oversaw the design and implementation of business strategy and policies – from customer success and sales to partnerships and business development. Onshape was acquired by PTC for $470 million in October 2019. Previously, David was a senior consultant at Deloitte Consulting.

He serves on the board of the PTC Foundation and holds advisory roles in several tech companies.

David received an MBA from Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering and economics from Tufts University.

Joseph June

General Manager- SLM & AI Strategy

Joseph June leads AI innovation at PTC, where he defines how the company delivers enterprise-wide AI capabilities across its product portfolio. In this role, he focuses on establishing a consistent, scalable approach to AI that helps customers apply emerging technologies across complex, multi-system environments.

In addition, Joseph serves as General Manager of ServiceMax, where he has led the development and go-to-market of AI-powered service capabilities alongside broader product innovation. At ServiceMax, his work centers on translating platform and product strategy into real-world outcomes for manufacturers running global service operations.

Prior to PTC, Joseph held product leadership roles at Pegasystems and Oracle, building enterprise software platforms across workflow, data, and automation.

Joseph holds a degree from the University of Chicago

John Haller

General Manager- PLM

John Haller is the General Manager of PLM at PTC, where he leads the strategy, product, go‑to‑market, and customer success for Windchill, Windchill+, and Windchill Navigate. In this role, he is responsible for driving growth across PTC’s PLM portfolio while strengthening key company initiatives that help manufacturers manage complexity and scale innovation.

John previously spent more than a decade in PTC’s sales organization, where he drove revenue growth, secured major enterprise contracts, and led global teams across the PLM and SaaS businesses. Before returning to PTC, he served as Chief Revenue Officer at aPriori, leading global sales, customer success, services, and RevOps, and helping transform the company’s go‑to‑market model to support scalable, recurring revenue growth.

Brian Thompson

Divisional General Manager- Creo CAD Segment

Brian leads PTC’s Creo CAD and engineering calculations businesses as Division Vice President and General Manager. Under his leadership, this 30-year business enjoys above-market growth rates and a reputation for the highest-levels of innovation in support of customer needs. Brian is the primary spokesperson for Creo and PTC’s CAD business.

Prior to PTC, Brian worked for more than 15 years in electro-mechanical product development in a variety of discrete manufacturing industries. Brian holds six product design patents, many of which are on products still being sold today. He has worked in a variety of roles representative of PTC’s customer base such as functional engineering management, product development management, and technical product management.

Brian holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering and an M.S. in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

Enrique Krajmalnik

General Manager, ALM

Enrique Krajmalnik is PTC’s General Manager for ALM, leading strategy and growth for the ALM portfolio, including Codebeamer. He brings 30+ years of experience in engineering software. Prior roles include leadership at Vitech, VP of Business Development at Zuken USA, and CTO of No Magic. He holds a BA in economics from UC Santa Cruz and studied mechanical engineering at Duke University.

Tom Bianchi

Senior Vice President, Growth Marketing

Tom Bianchi is Senior Vice President, Growth Marketing at PTC. An international B2B marketing leader with nearly 20 years of experience, Tom has worked across large enterprise software vendors and high-growth organizations, including Dassault Systemes, Software AG, Acquia, Snow Software, and Rimini Street. He has built and led global marketing functions across the US, Europe, Australia, and Japan, with a consistent focus on growth. Tom joined PTC from Acquia, where he served most recently as SVP Product Marketing and previously as interim CMO.

Deirdre Yee

Senior Director- Customer Marketing

Deirdre Yee is the Senior Director of Customer Marketing at PTC. She collaborates with customers to help thought leaders promote their successes, build up their network, and demonstrate the transformative power of technology. Her favorite programs help top customers take the spotlight and highlight their strategies and innovation through world-class events, speaking engagements, videos, and beautiful, compelling storytelling. Her team creates strategic programs to add value for customers by driving customer adoption, advocacy, and influence. At home in Vermont, she and her family enjoy the mountains, the snow, and the summer sun.

Mark Lobo

SVP Product Management- PLM

Mark is the SVP of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Product Management at PTC. In this role, he is responsible for PTC’s product strategy, vision, and roadmap for its PLM offerings, including Windchill, Windchill+, and Windchill Navigate.

Mark has led the PLM Product Management team for over 20 years and has overseen the solution strategy and roadmaps across the Windchill and Creo View product lines, drawing on years of experience at PTC working in various product areas.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Mumbai and a Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Oklahoma State University.

Mark Simpson

VP Product Management- ALM

Mark Simpson is the Global Vice President of Product Management for the ALM Family of products at PTC, including Codebeamer, Pure Variant, PTC Modeler and RV&S. 

Mark recently joined PTC after having previously been the Vice President responsible for the IBM ELM suite of products: Requirements (Doors), testing, MBSE (Rhapsody) and validation. During that time, Mark was responsible for all aspects of the product life cycle: Product Management, Engineering, Test, Support, Marketing and Sales.

Mark had a 32-year career at IBM working in Asia, North America and Europe on various software products across IT Service Management, Distributed Computing, Telecommunications, Cyber Security and Application Lifecycle Management.

Mark earned a B.S. in Computer Science from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas in the United States.

He currently lives in Denver, Colorado (USA).

Paul Sagar

VP Product Management- CAD

Paul Sagar is the Vice President of Product Management responsible for the CAD Product Management team. In his current position, he is responsible for understanding broad customer requirements for all of Creo, Creo Elements Direct, and Mathcad, developing short and long-range product release plans and communicating those plans across PTC’s development organization.

Alan Goodrich

Director Product Management- Arena

Alan Goodrich is a Product Director of Extensibility at Arena Solutions, where he leads strategy and delivery for platform capabilities including integrations, automation, and AI-powered workflows. With a background spanning product management, presales engineering, and global solutions leadership, Alan specializes in designing systems that translate deliberate human intent into scalable, auditable outcomes.

He works closely with customers and internal teams to modernize product lifecycle processes, embed extensibility into core PLM workflows, and apply agentic AI to real-world manufacturing challenges. Alan is also an active advisor in startup and innovation programs, helping early-stage teams navigate product strategy, platform thinking, and go-to-market execution.