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Congratulations!
 Management
Roundtable is proud to announce the
winner and runner ups
for the second annual Product
Development and R&D MVP Awards:
The
MVPs will be honored at a special ceremony and networking reception
on November 7, 2006 at Management Roundtable’s
11th Annual Conference on
Product Development Metrics: Assess, Predict and Foster Innovation,
in Chicago. We welcome you to join us in celebrating and
learning from these outstanding individuals.
- The
2006 MVP Winner -
CONGRATULATIONS to
Kenneth J. Brown,
Senior Manager, Design Assurance, Interventional Cardiology Division
at Boston Scientific Corporation, the overall winner of Management
Roundtable’s second annual Product
Development and R&D MVP Award!
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see personal profile -
Ken’s achievements are many – most
noteworthy is his leadership in Boston Scientific’s Lean Product
Development initiative. Ken’s impact on his organization has been
significant on a number of levels, cultural as well as financial.
Read an interview describing how he facilitated change and achieved
dramatic cost savings; also read his views on metrics for
innovation...more
- The
2006 MVP Runner Up Finalists -
Congratulations
once again to the other MVP finalists,
Steve Payne, Product
Development Manager, Engineered Products Group, Johns Manville; and
Terry Vance former
Program Manager, ADC Telecommunications. It was a tough call for the
judging panel; all three finalists led new product development
initiatives with very impressive results.
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see personal profile -
We thank all those who submitted
nominations and the panel of judges who helped us choose among them
– Gene Kania, mc2
Solutions; Preston Smith,
New Product Dynamics, co-author of Developing Products in Half
the Time; Robert Shelton,
Principal at PRTM Management Consultants, co-author of Making
Innovation Work; Thomas
Kuczmarski, Senior Partner and President of Kuczmarski &
Associates, author of Innovating the Corporation;
Gregory D. Githens, PMP,
NPDP, co-author of Successful Project Management; and
David Vermette, Editor in
Chief, Management Roundtable FastTrack.
This award was established in 2005
to honor individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership
and made significant contributions in advancing the field of product
development and R&D performance measurement.
The finalists and winner are
selected by Management Roundtable and an independent panel of judges
based on nominations from peers and leading industry experts as well
as its own observation of exceptional performance by individuals. |
