Category: Event Reviews

PM Lessons Learned from Companies Big and Small

“PM Lessons Learned from Companies Big and Small” with Dane Glasgow, VP of Global Product Management at eBay By Dan Galatin July 2012 Event Dane Glasgow, Vice President of Global Product Management at eBay, presented at the July 11th meeting of the SVPMA.  He shared the story of his career journey and some of the…
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Career in Product Management – What Next?

Career in Product Management – What Next? with 1) Al Nevarez, VP Product Management of Allegiance, 2) Deb McClanahan, Principal of BroadBand HR Consulting, 3) Eric Carrasquilla, General Manager of Amdocs CRM Division and 4) Justin Schuster, VP Product Marketing of Lithium. Moderator, Greg Geracie, President of Actuation Consulting and author of the book Take…
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Strategic Planning for More Effective Product Management

“Strategic Planning for More Effective Product Management” with Brian Lawley, CEO and Founder, 280 Group By Cindy F. Solomon, CPM, CPMM May 2012 Event As former president of the SVPMA, and the CEO and Founder of the 280 Group, Brian is a relentless evangelist for the product management profession, product manager excellence and purveyor of…
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Platforms for the Next Wave

“Platforms for the Next Wave” with Rick Chavez, General Manager for Microsoft Advertising’s Online Services Division By Chen Zou April 2012 Event Rick Chavez heads Microsoft’s advertising Online Services organization, which delivers solutions that enable companies to connect and deeply engage with their customers. In this capacity, the marketing solutions team spans field sales, strategic,…
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The Secrets of Unlocking Access to Venture Capital – as a Career or for Funding

“The Secrets of Unlocking Access to Venture Capital – as a Career or for Funding” with Ravi Belani, Venture Capitalist and Instructor at Stanford University by Dan Galatin March 2012 Event Ravi Belani, a venture capitalist and instructor at Stanford, presented at the March 7th meeting of the SVPMA.  Mr. Belani discussed techniques for gaining…
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Starting from Scratch? Lessons Learned From Trying to Create Software as a Service at SAP

“Starting from Scratch? Lessons Learned From Trying to Create Software as a Service at SAP” with Mike Tschudy, VP, Product Design Group, On Demand Applications at SAP By Tej Ravindra February 2012 Event In February’s SVPMA monthly meeting, Mike Tschudy shared his experience and insights on developing SAAS solutions from a scratch. Three key takeaways…
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What Every Product Manager Needs To Know About UX

“What Every Product Manager Needs to Know about UX” with Glen Lipka, Vice President of User Experience at Marketo By Cindy F. Solomon January 2012 Event Glen Lipka is the Vice President of User Experience at Marketo where he was the first non-founder employee that ran product management and UX for several years of the…
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The Tyranny of Benchmarking

“The Tyranny of Benchmarking” with Mike Harding, Vice President of Juniper Networks by Nate Zou December 2011 Event Mike Harding is an entrepreneur; mixing business and technology to solve hard problems. Over his 25-year career, Harding has founded seven startups and has had four successful exits. Two of these were dismal failures, for which Mike…
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The Journey of Mobile Computing – Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow

“The Journey of Mobile Computing – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” with Anthony Yung, Group Manager, Product Management, Intel by Dan Galatin November 2011 Event Anthony Yung, Group Manager of Product Management at Intel, presented at the November 2nd meeting of the SVPMA.  Mr. Yung discussed the history of mobile computing, major milestones over the years,…
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Managing Products In The Mobile App World

“Managing Products in the Mobile App World” with Etay Gafni, Owner, Bright Act LLC by Tej Ravindra October 2011 Event Etay Gafni, an experienced mobile app consultant and owner of Bright Act LLC, addressed the whys and hows of Mobile Product planning and product management for mobile devices. In addition to the best practices of…
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