Alice Popescu-Gatlan
Project Engineer
Deere & Company

Alice Popescu-Gatlan is a project engineer for Deere & Company and is currently leading a team of engineers in charge of simulation for John Deere tractors worldwide. Ms. Popescu-Gatlan’s career spans almost two decades and covers products ranging from hydraulic components to consumer and construction equipment products to agricultural equipment. Over the years she has been involved, with very diverse teams, in numerous technology projects, ranging from developing the first durability integrated approach to virtual fatigue life prediction at Deere, to new projects involving new technology application, to knowledge management streamlining projects. Ms. Popescu-Gatlan holds an MS in mechanical engineering from the University of Transilvania and an MBA from Northwestern University.

Abstract

This presentation will share some of the challenges and successes the product verification and validation (PV&V) side of the Tractor Engineering Organization at Deere&Co had with outsourcing simulation and analysis work. The outsourcing was to low cost countries (LLC) in an environment where the development process is already distributed in multiple countries. Learn about the factors that both helped and hindered the process, and the opportunities that exist for the CAE software suppliers to take a partnership role in helping their customers realize the full benefit of using engineering workforces from LLCs.

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