The Digital Twin Consortium Podcast

Modernizing National Security with Digital Twin Innovation

In this episode, OMG Chairman & CEO Bill Hoffman sits down with Doug Orellana, Vice President of Intelligent Engineering at ManTech. They explore how digital twin technologies are shaping the future of national security.
Doug shares insights into ManTech's strategic focus on emerging technologies—from digital engineering and AI/ML to model-based systems engineering—as tools to drive modernization across defense, intelligence, and federal agencies. ManTech is leveraging its innovation arm to rethink how government agencies operate in an increasingly digital world.
You will hear how digital twins are accelerating decision-making, improving system resilience, and bridging gaps between operational and engineering data. Whether you're in government IT, defense, or the digital engineering space, this conversation offers practical takeaways and a forward-looking perspective on how digital twins are becoming mission-critical.Image from the Intelligent Engineering section of the ManTech website.Visit us at https://digitaltwinconsortium.org.

From Data Chaos to Digital Twin Clarity

In this episode, Object Management Group's Chairman & CEO Bill Hoffman sits down with Bassam Zarkout, CEO of IGnPower and veteran contributor to both the Industry IoT Consortium and Digital Twin Consortium.With a career grounded in enterprise data strategy and transformation, Bassam shares candid insights into how organizations can turn fragmented data assets into structured digital twin ecosystems that generate real business value.
The conversation explores the evolving landscape of digital twins—from buzzword to boardroom priority. Bassam highlights the importance of architecture-driven approaches, trusted data governance, and executive alignment in deploying scalable digital twin solutions. Whether you’re just beginning your digital twin journey or scaling complex implementations, this episode offers a clear-eyed look at what it takes to succeed in a data-driven future.Image from IGnPower.com. Visit us at https://digitaltwinconsortium.org.

Driving Digital Twin Innovation at Scale

In this episode, OMG Chairman & CEO sits down with David Hall-Johnston, Field CTO for Asia-Pacific and Japan at Dell Technologies.
As a founding member of the Consortium, David shares how Dell leverages digital twins internally across manufacturing, logistics, and operations—while also helping shape global standards and best practices for its digital twin customers. They look at use cases in areas such as manufacturing, natural resources, and aerospace and emerging technologies such as agentic AI. David discusses how Dell navigates the technical and organizational challenges of implementation and why collaborative innovation is key to unlocking the full potential of digital twins.Image from the Dell Technologies brochure "Take advantage of AI innovation with digital twins."Visit us at https://digitaltwinconsortium.org.

The DTC Testbed Initiative: Develop, Test, Validate

In this episode, OMG Chairman & CEO Bill Hoffman chats with David McKee, Managing Partner at Counterpoint Technologies and CTO at Crysp, about the launch of the DTC's Digital Twin Testbed initiative.
Digital Twin Testbeds are a member-driven initiative designed to advance digital twin systems and enabling technologies. The initiative provides a collaborative, holistic approach DTC members can use to develop, test, verify, validate and implement digital twin systems and advance digital twin-enabling technologies. David describes the origins of the initiative, how the members will bring it to market, and how his company is launching one of the initial testbeds, which aims to develop a standardized digital twin blueprint for moving from paper-based processes to real-time, AI-driven asset management. 
David McKee Websites: Counterpoint Technologies  |  Crysp
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The Future is Generative: Reimagining Innovation with Intelligence Towards 2040

In this episode, OMG Chairman & CEO Bill Hoffman chats with Gan Wang, VP Systems Engineering Ecosystem, at Dassault Systèmes. Gan walks through his organization's vision for the Generative Economy, a technology roadmap for a 3D universe to be realized by 2040. The universe will combine modeling and simulation techniques based on real world evidence and data with AI-generated content.
Gan explains that in this Industrial Metaverse, AI will digest large amounts of data and synthesize the highlights across vertical markets. The early capabilities are already emerging in test environments, in industries such as mobility, infrastructure, and healthcare.  Gan describes the two pillars of AI services in development at Dassault, including experiences generated by AI and virtual companions, AI based agents that assist professionals in their daily work. He also encourages technologists to get involved in consortium work, citing the influence of standards such as SysML v2 on industrial applications.Visit us at https://www.digitaltwinconsortium.org

Why We Are Betting on Digital Twins

In this episode, OMG Chairman & CEO Bill Hoffman chats with Liang Downey, MBA MEng, and Industry Blackbelt at Microsoft. She is an industry advisory for the power utility industry.
They discuss Microsoft's commitment and investment in digital twins in industry. Liang explains that Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. She touches on the evolution of digital twins and Microsoft's influence on the digital twin ecosystem.
She discusses her organization's work in designing and testing systems and running electrical simulations. In the utilities industry, Microsoft is investing in GenAI to enable natural language communications between physical and digital twins. She also offers advice for companies getting into digital twins -- be agile and start with small projects.
Windmill image from the Microsoft publication "Orchestrating the Grid: Tackling Utilities Largest Opportunities and Challenges."
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Building a Metaverse Ecosystem for Finland

In this episode, OMG Chairman & CEO Bill Hoffman chats with Jani Vallirinne of DIMECC. DIMECC provide an open collaboration platform that facilitates the formation of new business ecosystems, including the Metaverse Ecosystem Finland (MEFI), as well as the technological and commercial renewal and growth of companies.As the Ecosystem Lead for MEFI, Jani plays a key role in developing the ecosystem and helping customers unlock the opportunities offered by emerging technologies. The ecosystem covers the overall value chain from technology and service provides and business networks to research organizations, along with industry, health and society appliers.Jani offers advice for getting started with digital twins and addresses the challenges of deploying security, digital thread, and AI in digital twin settings. 
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Progress and New Challenges in Manufacturing with Digital Twins

In this episode, Dr. Carlos Toro, Director of Data & Analytics at NTT Data (Chile) / Digital Twins Innovation Centre coordinator for Latam, and  DTC Ambassador, chats with OMG Chairman & CEO Bill Hoffman.Carlos shares insights into how NTT Data is driving real-world adoption of digital twins through AI and analytics. He discusses NTT’s mission to create value through technology and collaboration, emphasizing a people-centered, client-first approach. He breaks down how digital twins are evolving beyond pilots and research into practical enterprise applications, and how collaboration within DTC accelerates that process. Carlos maintains a highly optimistic view of the digital twin landscape, highlighting growing maturity, increased cross-industry momentum, and the importance of keeping a positive, proactive spirit when tackling real-world challenges.
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New Book: "Digital Twin Fundamentals and Applications"

In this episode, OMG Chairman & CEO Bill Hoffman chats with two of the editors of a new book, "Digital Twin Fundamentals and Applications" from Springer Nature Publishing.
Kostas Alexandridis of County of Orange, CA, and Soheil Sabri, of the University of Central Florida, are co-chairs of the Digital Twin Consortium's Academia & Research Working Group.
This book presents a conceptual framework that examines critical perspectives on digital twins across diverse disciplines. It evaluates the contributions of leading thinkers to the broader discourse about digital twins. The group discusses the origins of the book, its contents and authors, and the outlook for digital twin technology. 
The book is available here: Digital Twin: Fundamentals and Applications | SpringerLink
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The Impact of Digital Twins on Airport Operations

Philippe Delannoy, Director, Building Equipment at Dassault Systèmes, chats with Bill Hoffman, Chairman & CEO of Object Management Group, about how digital twins are driving efficiencies in airport operations, one of the most challenging ecosystems to manage. 
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