“Connecting the Dots: Decision-Making for Next-Generation Products” with Vanee Pho, Senior Product Manager, Life Technologies by Lisa Rathjens August 2013 Event Vanee Pho, an accomplished product manager, spoke to a packed house for the first in a three-part SVPMA series intriguingly titled “Innovation to Execution.” Holder of both a Ph.D. and an MBA, Vanee is…
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June Event Review: “When Your Culture is Their Product” with Richard Lyons, PhD, Dean UC Berkeley Haas Business School by Helene Eichler July 2013 Event Dr. Lyons opened SVPMA’s July meeting with “Leaders set culture” a provocative quote from the former CEO of Levis. But how and why do leaders set organizational culture is the…
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“Pricing Revealed, What Every Product Manager Should Know” with Mark Stiving, Director of Pricing at Maxim Integrated by Dan Galatin June 2013 Event Mark Stiving, Director of Pricing at Maxim Integrated, educator, author and coach discussed three key principles of effective pricing: know your value and charge for it; segment your pricing; and build a…
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“Achieving Competitive Advantage by Patenting Your Inventions” with Pat Bhatt, CEO and Founder of Skyaccountant By Pushpa Chandrashekaraiah May 2013 Event Pat provided very good guidance on how to manage an Intellectual Property Portfolio. He specializes in product innovation and owns 15 patents. He discussed Product Managers’ role in identifying and initiating patent applications within…
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“APIs: Opening up Business and Providing Avenues for Growth” Panel discussion moderated by Delyn Simons, VP, Developer Platform at Mashery with: Daniel Jacobson, Director of Engineering API, Netflix, DeVaris Brown, API Product Manager and Evangelist, Zendesk, Rich Manalang, Developer Advocate, Atlassian Sam Ramji, Vice President, Strategy, Apigee. By Cindy F. Solomon April 2013 Event Delyn…
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“Build Better Products and Services Through ‘Optimal’ Customer Feedback” with Greg Ryan, Marketing Consultant and former Cisco Product/Research Manager By Lisa Rathjens March 2013 Event Greg has over 20 successful years in the product manager sphere in a wide range of industries, at companies like Cisco, Schlage Lock, JD Powers, Nissan, Plantronics, and K2 Skis.…
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February Event Review: “Solving Complex Problems with Simple Pictures” with Dan Roam, Founder and President of Digital Roam Inc. by Dan Galatin February 2013 Dan Roam, Founder and President of Digital Roam Inc., presented at the February 6th meeting of the SVPMA. Dan discussed and demonstrated how we can quickly and easily visualize the essentials…
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“Improving Products – Synergies from Business Development and Product Management” with 1)An Le, VP Business Development, Yammer, 2)Ani Chaudhuri, Entrepreneur & Founder/CEO, Whodiniand 3)Blaine Mathieu, Chief Product Officer, Mindjet. Moderator, Timm Hoyt, Head of Strategic Alliances, Brocade. By Pushpa Chandrashekaraiah January 2013 Event This month’s event featured a three-person panel that had experience working with…
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“Creating New Products – A Case Study on Application of Proven Principles that Work” with Alexander Cowan, CTO, Leonid Systems By Cindy F. Solomon December 2012 Event At the December 5, 2012 meeting of the Silicon Valley Product Management Association meeting held at Tech Mart in Santa Clara, Alexander Cowan, CTO, Leonid Systems presented “Creating…
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Product Management: Lessons learned in the trenches with 1) Alan Lewis, Principal Product Manager, Move.com, 2) Darayush Mistry, Sr. Director of Product Management, Salesforce.com and 3) Miriam Geller, Director of Product Management, Yahoo! Mail. Moderator, Mike Freier, President, SVPMA and Product Management Consulting Group By Pushpa Chandrashekaraiah November 2012 Event SVPMA’s Monthly event featured a…
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