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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Meeting Archives 2012 Please click on the link below to see the meetings for that year. 2021 | 20202019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 DecemberCreating…
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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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By Lesley Brownlie Gamification is becoming a much more common business practice. The definition of gamification is intentionally broad since there are many different ways of incorporating game design thinking and techniques into non-game contexts. Gamification can be applied to: · external business processes (customer engagement) · internal business engagement (employee productivity) · personal behavior…
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“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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“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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Meeting Archives 2011 Please click on the link below to see the meetings for that year. 2021 | 20202019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 DecemberThe…
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“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” 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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