Mark Silvestri

Mr. Mark Silvestri

CEO and Principal Consultant, TransR Corporation


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Council Member Biography

Mark Silvestri is the CEO & Principal Consultant of Life Cycle Solutions (LCS), a world-recognized independent Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution provider. LCS executes on the deployment of PLM solutions. Mr. Silvestri develops comprehensive, accurate business cases, and is a specialist at mitigating project risk. He deployed PLM solutions in virtually every industry sector, and continues to participate in the design, development and deployment of world-wide PLM solutions with both onshore and offshore models. He can provide expert opinions on subjects like trends in PLM industry, revenue reports, role of PLM in enterprise architecture, supply chain management, secure collaboration, business process transformation, new product introduction, product portfolio management, regulatory compliance, CAD, CAM, CAE, and ERP. Mr. Silvestri's clients include Honeywell, Merck, Optivus, Frequency Electronics, MKS Instruments, Intel, and Textron. www.lcsplm.com. Mr. Silvestri's newest company, TransR Corporation, supplies critical business process transformation resources-- seasoned solution architects and change agents steeped in cross-functional experience and business acumen -- as part of the critical few who provide the drive, vision and cross-functional knowledge to lead the project detail workers to the future enterprise solution. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History

2010 - Unspecified
CEO and Principal Consultant, TransR Corporation
1992 - Unspecified
CEO & Principal Consultant, Life Cycle Solutions, Inc.

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Had to happen

May 18, 2007

Oracle to buy Agile for $495 million | www.computerworld.com

After some period of integration effort, Oracle can now effectively compete in the PLM market.  Aglie has some breathing room.

All Upside, At Least for the Next Several Years

February 6, 2007

Oracle does the right thing with open source acquisition | fscavo.blogspot.com

By supporting open source database technology, Oracle will:
--Stifle a Microsoft DB engine monopoly;
--Open the lines of communication

Enterprise yes, VAR delivered, maybe

November 15, 2006

PLM Takes Center Stage At Enterprises | www.varbusiness.com

1) PLM is a key enterprise application when applied to the entire product life cycle involving collaborating cross-functional teams
2) Simple product data management of parts and documents is not PLM, but rather PDM
3) The technical depth and breadth required within the VAR organization makes the delivery of a PLM solution a difficult task.