- Fortune 200 Consumer Products Firm: Developed and
coached the implementation of a proprietary new product development/innovation process
that had a corporate goal of 25% revenue from products introduced over previous four
years. Included was an audit of the organization for purpose of identifying accelerators
and barriers to change in the process as well as organizational culture
- Consumer Products Firm: Audited the enterprises
product mix and new product development projects as to type (breakthrough, platform, line
extensions) to meet strategic growth goals; developed plan to improve profitability as
well as market share
- Global Manufacturing Firm: As part of R&D
ideation in the "fuzzy front end" of the New Product Development Process,
conducted a survey of customers and end-users to identify product attributes that would
create value-added, and identified trends that impact on longer term product development
- Billion Dollar Technology Firm: Provided executive
education on best practices of highly innovative companies for their gap analysis on new
product development with a goal of doubling revenues in a five year period
- European Manufacturing/Technology Firm:
As part of the corporate
mission to be global leader in the industry, developed
understanding and analysis of end-users' view of product distinctiveness and
the impact of
global trends, for geographies of North America and Europe, with the
intent of creating new products and services for the future
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