John Stark

Dr. John Stark has worked in industry for more than 30 years at the boundary between Information Systems and Engineering/Manufacturing. During this time, he has worked with more than 100 companies. He is well-known in industry, having written several books about information systems, manufacturing automation and integration, CAD, and PLM. He has written the most cited book about PLM (over 1200 citations according to Google Scholar). Dr. Stark has given courses on many subjects including computers in industry, information management systems, digital transformation, CAD, and PLM. With companies in industry, his work has to be very practical. Giving courses, he has to be aware of learning objectives and ensure that the students have learned something they can put into practice at the end of the course. The experience of continually working in both industry and academic environments leads to well-structured books of practical value to readers.