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8th R&D-Product Development Metrics Summit
This Summit has already been held. Please visit our current Metrics Summit.
Three Seminars
Seminar Dates
| MPD II |
Tuesday June 17, 2008 |
9:00AM - 5PM |
| PPRD (AM) + PDMP (PM) |
Wednesday June 18, 2008 |
8:30AM - 5PM |
| PDMP |
Thursday June 19, 2008 |
8:30AM - 4PM |
Testimonials By Prior Metrics Summit Attendees |
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"Excellent mind-expanding presentation."
-Anne Leventry, EVP, Research and Development, Ball Horticultural Company
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"Very interesting. The summit leader is well prepared and caught the group's attention from the beginning."
-Carlos Molina, Business Manager, Ball Horticultural Compnay
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"It's obvious that the company, (GGI) has amassed an incredible knowledge base on metrics for corporate R&D. The format of the seminar with interaction with other companies is an excellent vehicle for learning and building a solid metrics starting point. "
-Art Rofano, Senior Manager, Quality Assurance, BEA Systems, Inc.
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"Great material with immediate applicability."
-Matt Waninger, VP, Product Development, Cook Medical
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"I enjoyed the workshop. It provided me with the guidance and tools to establish R&D metrics in our company ."
-Andrey Livchak, CTO, Halton Group Americas
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"It was a valuable and intensive workshop that shed light on metrics and the science of management."
-Darren Kahan, Senior Manager, SOftware Engineering, Hotwire.com
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"Come to the workshop with co-workers so you can work on a list of metrics that are suitable for your organization."
-Ellen Coppola, Director, Program Management, Qualcomm Inc.
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"Great opportunity to learn the best in class R&D metrics applicable to my company and compare with different types of companies."
-Matt Toth, Director, Engineering, Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company
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"I will definetly have a better sense about metrics for my organization after this semiar."
-Fred Nikolac, VP, Engineering, Sunrise Telecom
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"At was a good learning experience. My company is just beginning to formalize their metrics process and this Summit was a great start. As a result, I have the resources I need."
-Mike Francis, Manager, Information Technology, USA Funds
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"Great workshop and lots of information presented in 3 days. Market-leading knowledge transfer from GGI. "
-Roger Hofmann, Financial Analyst, Qualcomm Inc,
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"It was valuable."
-Sean Peterson, Manager, Engineering, Central Research Labs
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"It clarified some ideas and gave me a direction on what to do next. It was well worth the time. "
-Gert Burkhardt, VP, R&D, George Fischer Signet, LLC
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"Opens your mind to new concepts."
-Diego Santoro, Manager, Program Managment - Latin America, Stiefel Laboratories
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"The course work proved quite valuable and provided our team with new ideas on how to measure and report product development processes and results in our organization. I would highly reccommend the Summit to anyone who is responsible for innovation and product development processes in their own organization."
-Matt Kramer, Research Director, Ball Horticultural Compnay
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"Great opportunity for a collaborative team to work together on metrics for our specific situation."
Marjorie Baird, Senior Manager Finance, Qualcomm Inc.
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Summit Faculty
Bradford L. Goldense, NPDP, CMfgE, CPIM, CCP [seminar leader]
 
is Founder and CEO of Goldense Group, Inc. [GGI],
a twenty two-six old Needham Massachusetts consulting and education
firm concentrating in advanced business and technology management
practices for line management functions. Mr. Goldense has
consulted to over 150 of the Fortune 1000 and has worked on
productivity improvement and automation projects in over 400
manufacturing locations in North and South America, Europe,
and the Middle East. Abbott Laboratories, Bayer, S.C. Johnson,
Ford, General Motors, John Deere, Phillips, Carrier, Molex,
United Technologies, Bose, and Shure are representative among
GGI’s clients. Mr. Goldense is an internationally recognized
expert on both rapid product development and R&D metrics.
Brad has been an invited guest on Alexander Haig’s World
Business Review, and has appeared on PBS The Business &
Technology Network, and on CNBC, and has authored or been
quoted in over 150 articles in industry trade press. Brad
is the Worldwide President of the Society of Concurrent Product
Development [SCPD], and on the Worldwide Board of Directors
for the American Society of Engineering Management [ASME].
View a more complete biography on
GGI Staff page.
John R. (Dick) Power, PMP, CFP [instructor]
is Director
of Executive Education at GGI. Mr. Power has been practicing
in the advanced and new product development and production
areas for over 30 years. He is highly experienced in project
management of large and complex high technology products from
Initial phases through production, distribution and sustaining
support. As a US Army Signal Corps Officer, retiring as a
Colonel in 1992, he was a leader in acquisition of electronic
systems. More recently, Dick worked at GTE (before its merger
with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon) as Director of Total Quality
for the Government Systems Group and later as Corporate-wide
program manager for information security. View
a more complete biography on GGI Staff page.
Paul A. Szulewski, PMP,[instructor]
 is a Managing Associate at GGI with responsibility for primary research and new product development consulting. Paul's past experience spans academic and government sponsored research in software metrics, systems and software development for military and space applications, commercial hardware development, commercial hardware production and manufacturing, business unit operations management, ISO and business process assessment, process documentation, process improvement, corporate acquisitions assimilation, internal training, and customer support. He has spoken at several major software engineering conferences on the topic of software metrics, and has had his work published in conference proceedings, military handbooks, journals, and textbooks.
Summit Location
The seminar will be held at the Four
Points Sheraton in Norwood, Massachusetts. The Four Points/Norwood
is equidistant between Boston and Providence on major U.S.
Route 1. One can fly into either Logan Airport in Massachusetts
or T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island, each about a 45 minute
ride. (Less expensive airfares are potentially possible through
T.F. Green Airport, as well as less traffic congestion en
route.) There are several fine restaurants within walking
distance, more within a short hotel shuttle ride. A major
attraction of this hotel is its food. The General Manager
is a former chef and the head chef is a name in the Northeast.
"One Bistro," at the Four Points/Norwood, is a locally
renowned restaurant and nighttime hotspot. One of New England's
largest brand name discount shopping malls is just a short
ride south on Route 1.
A block of rooms have been reserved for this conference.
Hotel reservations must be made by May 16, 2008
to ensure availability. GGI's block of rooms will be released
back to the hotel after this date.
Summit Brochure
All 3 seminars are represented in a single brochure for the
Metrics Summit. The brochure includes a brief description
of each seminar. A discount of $254 per person is available for Teams with 3
or more people registering from the same company.
Summit At-A-Glance
All three seminar agendas are portrayed in a single document
for a quick read.
Register
This Summit has already been held. Please visit our current Metrics Summit.
In the event your plans change after you register, GGI will
give you a 100% refund through end-of-business EDT May 18, 2008. Please note that a 5% credit processing fee will
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