Robert Green

CAD Manager Column: Is lack of authority just an excuse for not being able to enforce standards and procedures? Here’s what you — and your upper management team — must understand about the necessity of authority in the CAD manager’s role.

Find the bottlenecks in your CAD ecosystem, quantify the issues, and remove them one-by-one.

CAD Manager Column: Find the bottlenecks in your CAD ecosystem, quantify the issues, and remove them one-by-one.

For the most effective fixes, focus on the bottlenecks in your CAD ecosystem.

CAD Manager Column: What part of the CAD ecosystem should you focus on fixing?

What's the right balance of cost and performance? Where can you pinch pennies — and where do you need to go all out? Robert Green explains.

CAD Manager Column: You want to equip your CAD users with the right hardware to help them do their best work. Your boss wants to spend as little as possible. What are the minimum requirements that will address everyone’s needs?

If you could go back in time and give advice to your younger self, what would you say about your career?

CAD Manager Column: If I could have a conversation with my younger self, I’d explain to him that being a CAD manager requires much more than just technical skill.

What lessons can we draw from 2020 that can help make us better CAD managers in the future?