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4th 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 September 19, 2006 |
9:00AM - 5PM |
| PPRD (AM) + PDMP (PM) |
Wednesday September 20, 2006 |
8:30AM - 5PM |
| PDMP |
Thursday September 21, 2006 |
8:30AM - 4PM |
Testimonials By Prior Metrics Summit Attendees
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"Stimulating, high quality intelligent exposure
to precisely relevant product development measurement/assessment
methodologies. Anyone who wants to do more with less
in today's economy must attend this seminar!"
-Mark Breland
Director of Software Development
Advanced Solutions International Inc.
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"Excellent exposure to the various metrics
that are currently being used. Gives you a running start
in creating a metrics process."
-Gabriel Rojas, Program Manager, Argon ST
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"Drinking water from a fire hose - a lot
of information in a short period of time."
-Thomas Phair, Corporate Controller, ArQule, Inc.
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"Great research and presentation. Brad is
extremely knowledgeable. Group interaction and learning
strong. Fast paced and interesting."
-Richard Jones, VP, R&D, Chatsworth Products Inc.
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"This summit provides the right balance
between theory and practical application of the concepts.
It's the only session where I left with company-specific
tool to use immediately."
-Herm Rosenman, VP Finance & CFO, Gen-Probe
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"Confirmed what I knew while opening new
doors. Thorough - lots of valid current data."
-Michele Dovel, Senior Manager, Engineering Process,
General Dynamics AIS
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"The seminar essentially confirmed my long
- standing gut feelings about the process and selection
of projects."
-Jim Hunter, VP Design Engineering,
Klipsch Group Inc.
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"It is an eye opening experience to see
such an insightful discussion on R&D metrics."
-Lin Guo, Executive Director, Engineering
Maxtor Corp
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"Excellent learning opportunity with a diverse
group of professionals led by an extremely knowledgeable
instructor."
-Lana R. Kington, Director, Global R&D Operations
Mgt., Mead Johnson Nutritionals
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"A comprehensive and structured review of
R&D metrics commonly used at the functional, program
and corporate levels."
-John Elter, VP Systems Research, Architect,
Plug Power, Inc
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"Good introduction to Metrics and how to
apply them to any area."
-Lisa Napolitano, Project Coordinator
Reckitt Benckiser
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"The workshop stimulated fruitful discussions
that allowed me to understand how product development
metrics can be applied to a non-profit driven industry."
-Muhammad EL, Manager,
Sandia National Laboratories
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"Provides stimulation for discussion on
eventual implementation used to improve effiency."
-Luis A. Paz, Manager,
Sandia National Laboratories
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"This was the best source of information
we have found regarding meaningful metrics in an R&D
environment."
-Cliff Renschler,
Sandia National Laboratories
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"Great"
-R. Kent Crawford, Vice President, Engineering,
Schneider Electric: Square D
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"I would recommend this course to any engineering
R&D leader looking to take jurisdiction of their
measurable by implementing meaningful metrics that give
inward and outward visibility and alignment with company
wide objectives."
-Shane Doehrmann, Director, R& D,
Wellman Products Group
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"The working groups were very good as the
exposure to adjacent companies approach metrics were
discussed debated and will be carried back to my company."
-Rich Dowell, VP, Research & Development,
Wellman Products Group
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"This extraordinary conference provided
me with a great deal of pertinent and invaluable information
to provide value to my company. The experiences and
group interactions was well worth the time and money."
-Mike Dagar, General Manager, Solutions Development,
Sunguard Higher Education
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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.
Donald M. Stewart [instructor]
has been practicing
in the marketing and new-product business strategy areas for
the past thirty-five years, and in the concurrent engineering
area for the past fifteen years. Mr. Stewart worked for twenty
years with Teradyne, Inc. Teradyne is the leading U.S. designer
and manufacturer of semiconductor test systems. Don held a
variety of positions at Teradyne including product manager,
sales manager, sales engineer, and market support engineer.
Mr. Stewart holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from
MIT, and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School. View
a more complete biography on GGI Staff page.
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 Monday, August 21, 2006
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. Discounts are 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 Monday
August 21, 2006. Please note that a 5% credit processing fee
will be deducted from your refund if you do choose to cancel.
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Summit is a service. When we settle your transaction, we will
credit the sales tax added and you will not be charged a sales
tax. We will not charge sales tax on services.
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