Category: Monthly Meetings

Better Strategic Product And Business Decisions For Complex Global Markets

Better Strategic Product And Business Decisions For Complex Global Markets with Liesl Leary, Director of Marketing at SDL by Lisa Rathjens  July 2014 Event When product managers think about bringing their products to global audiences, translation of the product content is of first importance.  This is an expensive endeavor, but generally well understood and straightforward. …
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Extending Agile Practices To Large Distributed Teams

“Extending Agile Practices To Large Distributed Teams” with Luke Hohmann, Founder and CEO, Conteneo By Dan Galatin June 2014 Event Luke Hohmann, Founder and CEO of Conteneo, presented at the June 4th meeting of the SVPMA.  Mr. Hohmann discussed powerful techniques

Walmart’s Agile Journey: How We Scaled From 1 To 135 Agile Teams

Walmart’s Agile Journey: How We Scaled From 1 To 135 Agile Teams with Kamal Manglani, Sr. Mgr. & Agile Lead and Dawn Marshall, Sr. Product leader Health and Wellness, Walmart Labs GeC by Lisa Rathjens May 2014 Event When most of us think of Agile engineering processes, we think of software development, Scrum, Kanban, and…
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3 Tools To Increase Your Productivity Immediately

“3 Tools To Increase Your Productivity Immediately” with Senia Maymin, Ph.D, Profit from the Positive, LLC By Tej Ravindra April 2014 Event April’s SVPMA speaker was author and executive coach Senia Maymin. Senia outlined and taught three tools that we can apply right away to increase productivity in both our professional and personal lives. The…
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Elevating From Consumer To Mission Critical Value

“Elevating From Consumer To Mission Critical Value” with Brian Cox, Senior Director of Marketing for Enterprise Solutions, SanDisk By Clara Kuo March 2014 Event High tech companies – just like people – are often are trying to reinvent themselves, and often the change is seen as necessary to stay relevant in the marketplace.

Innovation Investment Strategy And Product Portfolio Optimization

“Innovation Investment Strategy And Product Portfolio Optimization” with Jeff Lash, Research Director/Product Management, Sirius Decisions By Helene Eichler February 2014 Event Jeff kicked-off an insightful discussion highlighting that many companies struggle with funding new product innovation and often lack a “structured strategy” for selecting investments that fuel successful business. Two astounding findings he shared: 34%…
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Charting A Career Path To Your Dream Product Management Job

“Charting A Career Path To Your Dream Product Management Job” with Muffi Ghadiali, VP Product Management, OUYA Inc., Advisor and Lecturer at Stanford CSP. By Kishore Elimineti January 2014 Event Muffi started off talking about three important perspectives that every Product Manager should know to build a successful career in Product Management. WHO IS A…
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How to Get In, Move Up, and Excel in Product Management

“How to Get In, Move Up, and Excel in Product Management” with Panel – John Cook, Disruptive Products Guy, Nokia; Rashmi Menon, Product and Strategy Consultant; Sandy Cook, Senior Director of Product Management, Minted By Pushpa Chandrashekaraiah December 2013 Event The panel moderated by Gal Josefsberg, VP Products at Social Chorus, provided a great mixture…
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Building Great Products the Lean Startup Way

Building Great Products the Lean Startup Way with Dan Olsen, Interim VP Product Management, Product Management Consultant, Olsen Solutions by Tejaswini Ravindra November 2013 Event Dan Olsen did a very informative presentation on how to apply Lean Startup principles and cover best practices in understanding customer needs, prioritization, UX design, user testing, and analytics that can…
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The Factors That Make Product Teams Successful

“The Factors That Make Product Teams Successful” with Ron Lichty, Software Engineering Manager and Product Development Consultant by Dan Galatin October 2013 Mini-Session Ron Lichty, a consultant and expert on managing software development teams, presented a special breakout session at the October 2nd meeting of the SVPMA. Mr. Lichty is a coauthor, along with Greg Geracie,…
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