Take to the Skies: An A&D Webinar

Tonya Cole focuses on managing and evolving the Aerospace & Defense manufacturing engineering and manufacturing operations portfolios to deliver game-changing solutions at Dassault Systèmes. She has a unique career story, which allows her to bring real-life technical experience to her current position, beginning her career on the shop floor as a machine operator while earning an associate's degree in precision machining.

It is through these experiences that she discovered her passion for engineering. Cole’s career progressed from there to take on more challenging roles at GKN Aerospace related to engineering, manufacturing and quality control before she accepted a position with Dassault Systèmes. Over the past 15 years at Dassault Systemes, Cole has held multiple key roles within the brand and industry sales and services organizations.

Chris Gottlieb brings more than 25 years of manufacturing experience to Protolabs having worked with customers in aerospace & defense, automation, industrial and more. Beginning as a calibration engineer in Detroit, Gottlieb has a passion for systems engineering and optimization in technical fields. She brings a customer needs perspective to the Protolabs organization while leading the CNC product management team.

As Machine Design’s technical editor, Sharon Spielman produces content for the brand’s focus audience—design and multidisciplinary engineers. Her beat includes 3D printing/additive manufacturing; CAD/CAM/CAE; mechanical and motion systems; automation; robotics; and CNC machining.

Spielman has more than three decades of experience as a writer and editor for a range of B2B brands, including those that cover machine design; electrical design and manufacturing; interconnection technology; food and beverage manufacturing; process heating and cooling; finishing; and package converting.