Barb Schmitz is a Senior Marketing Communications Manager at Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS. She possess expertise in web content, blogging, press releases, publications, white papers and 32 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "I worked with Barb on the Brand Marketing Team at SOLIDWORKS, and later managed Barb when I took over managing the team for a short period of time. When I met Barb, she was coming to work for SOLIDWORKS, a B2B software company, after a career covering various technology companies as a journalist. For some, that transition, especially coming to work for a large organization, can be daunting, but Barb came in like the pro she is and quickly adapted. She had to learn quite a few things, such as corporate policy and just the way this French owned company operated, internal processes and new technology, but she did so with determination and her unique flair of humor, that only Barb is known for. Given her journalistic background, Barb has a unique ability to get to the heart of the message. She's able to take extremely technical information, ask intelligent and insightful questions, extrapolate the key take aways and communicate that in written (white papers, blogs, eBooks, articles, social) and digital formats that are informative and engaging to the audience she's targeting. It was only a natural fit, that Barb was handed the keys to the SOLIDWORKS Blog kingdom, putting together a strategy, media calendar, and working with various stakeholders in the organization on a wide variety of topics. She'd write anything from product specifics releases, events, case studies, industry or thought leadership articles. Barb was a great resource to the team for being able to dummy down the technical and bounce ideas off of for new content ideas. She was that person, if you needed something written last minute (and that happened a lot), she could whip something up and nail it on the first draft! Barb's a team player, always willing to step up and take on new projects and campaigns. She was and is an a wonderful team member and friend, and one who I can't recommend enough. If given the chance, I'd love to work with her again!" and "I and the DUO team have worked a number of years with Barb on a variety of video promotions for Dassault Systèmes/SOLIDWORKS. Whether for live footage or animated productions, Barb’s focus is always on producing engaging and informative content. She brings learned marketing experience to the table, being a strong contributor to the vision/concept development phase of a project as she leverages her familiarity with the target audience. She’s a pleasure with which to work and a strong team player."