Meet the team: Get to know Kerry Lamb
We’re excited to welcome Kerry Lamb to the team as a Principal Solution Architect! With years of experience in PLM, he has a background in engineering and information systems. Some specialties include engineering business processes, IT architecture, Teamcenter administration, upgrades, implementations, and CAD integrations.
Kerry has worked across diverse industries: aerospace, defense, marine, commercial, transportation, and industrial.
Q: What made you want to join the Applied team?
A: My working relationship with P.O. Meta and the interview with Keram were big reasons. Additionally, Applied CAx has a lot in common with my work ethic and business direction.
Q: What are your areas of expertise?
A: My expertise is in:
- General IT /PLM Architecture (on-prem and AWS), including RDBM
- Engineering Business Process development and Deployment
- Teamcenter Sustainment/SLM/Physical BOM Management
- Teamcenter PLM Architecture and Deployment/Installation
- Teamcenter Active Workspace
- Teamcenter Rich Client
- CAD/Computation Geometry
- CAD Data Exchange (IGES/STEP)
Q: What’s your background or education?
A: BS in Computer Science and MS in Engineering (CAD/PLM development).
Q: How did you get started in your field?
A: During a career fair at Lockheed Burbank, the Tech Fellow for all CAD/CAM came over to talk to me since I was asking questions to everyone attending. He asked me if I was interested in CAD/CAM. I said I was told it was a dead field. Mike D then called me back to do a job interview and prove to me that CAD/CAM was not a dead field. From there, I started working and then got my MS in engineering with an emphasis in CAD/CAM.
Q: Where are you based?
A: Greater Los Angeles, CA
Q: What’s your favorite way to start the day?
A: My day actually starts at the end of the previous day. I check my calendar and make notes about how to start the next day. This allows me to plan and prepare if I have to get up earlier than planned for meetings in earlier time zones. Then, I hit the road with a schedule and a plan.
Q: What’s a favorite quote or motto you live by?
A: Churchill: “Never give in-never, never, never, never.” In other words, don’t give up if you want something good to happen. One of many quotes I live by.
Q: What’s something new you’ve learned recently—work-related or not?
A: I was given a task at my last customer that a team had been working on for almost two years and could not resolve. Getting MRL/Graphics Builder to work in a Linux environment. I took the task on as a challenge. I detailed my plan of attack. Gathered the SME’s in the space who had been working on it. Reviewed their work and documentation. Then, I executed my plan of attack on the problem, documenting along the way all the issues. When I found that the notebook computer the customer issued me was not going to allow me to execute a Hyper-V image, I then worked to download the image and convert it to run on a Siemens laptop. The Hyper-V customer image had networking limitations to connect to the outside world, so I created a Hyper-V client image. When I needed to run NX within the client, I figured out how to share the GRU card of the Siemens notebook computer with the Hyper-V image.
In the end, I found out it was the “Proxy” config with the customer environment that was the issue. Not the Siemens software. I completely documented the solution and shared it with the other teams that were having issues, along with the product team.
Q: What’s a professional achievement you’re proud of?
A: While working as one of the leads on the “PLM in a Box” effort at Boeing, I was recognized by Phantom Works’ CEO to receive the Silver Phantom award. To my knowledge, I was the only contractor to ever receive the award.