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2005 MVP AWARDS PRESS RELEASES
10/20/05
John Cordes Recognized as 2005 Product
Development and R&D Metrics “MVP”
by Management Roundtable
 For
more than a decade, product development veteran John Cordes
has been the driving force behind National Semiconductor Corporation’s
(Santa Clara, CA) R&D metrics journey. A leader in the business process
group focused on new product development, he has been in the
semiconductor industry for over 20 years and in product development most
of that time.
10/12/05
Dow's Kurt W. Swogger Earns Prestigious "R&D Metrics" MVP Award
When it comes to R&D investment and value creation, few understand it
better than Kurt W. Swogger, vice president of Plastics R&D for The Dow
Chemical Company, who will receive a First Annual Product Development
and R&D Metrics MVP Award at the Management Roundtable's 10th Annual
Conference in Chicago, Illinois, on November 8.
10/11/05
2005 Product
Development and R&D
Metrics MVPs
Describe Best
Practices That
Make Them
Winners
New product development must be a business priority and its performance
accurately measured and tracked to assure success, the four recipients
of the 2005 Product Development and R&D Metrics MVP award agree.
10/6/05
 Management Roundtable Recognizes Four Innovators
as Product Development and R&D Metrics MVPs
Management
Roundtable, Inc., the leading
knowledge and networking resource for product developers, has announced
the winners of its First Annual Product Development and R&D Metrics MVP
Awards.
Duane Y. Oda Designated
a 2005 Product Development
and R&D Metrics “MVP”
by Management Roundtable
 Duane
Y. Oda, product development chief, strategic road-mapping & product
development collaboration, Boeing Commercial Airplanes (Seattle,
Washington) has identified and deployed a state-of-the-art approach to
strategic planning that enhances the alignment of company strategies,
strategic objectives, market influences, product/services opportunities
and needs with the right product/technology investments.
K.L. Seshu Seshasai
Named as 2005 Product
Development and R&D
Metrics “MVP” by Management
Roundtable
 K.L.
Seshu Seshasai joined Textron Fastening Systems (Troy, Michigan,
www.textronfasteningsystems.com) as executive vice president, technology
almost four years ago, and immediately instituted a series of major
initiatives that improved the Textron (Inc) subsidiary’s ability to
drive for market accepted new products.
Kurt W. Swogger Honored
With a 2005 Product
Development and R&D Metrics
“MVP” Award by
Management Roundtable
 Kurt
W. Swogger, vice president R&D, plastics, The Dow Chemical Company
(Freeport, Texas) has compiled an impressive record of achievement as a
leader and visionary in driving new product innovation, development and
commercialization.
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PRESS CONTACT:
Jackie Cooper,
Management Roundtable
781-891-8080 ext 211
email:
jackie@roundtable.com
MVP AWARD DETAILS:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The award
recipients will be honored at a special ceremony during the
10th Annual Conference on
Product Development Metrics: Achieving the Full Value of R&D, in
Chicago on November 8, 2005.
For
press invitations, please contact Jackie Cooper, 781-891-8080
ext 211
jackie@roundtable.com
Measuring and Delivering R&D Value,
is a short series of publications created to report on Management
Roundtable's activities in the area of measuring product development and
R&D effectiveness.
About Management Roundtable:
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leading knowledge and networking resource for product developers.
Founded in 1980, Management Roundtable hosts a variety of specialized
conferences, workshops, audio-casts and custom training. It also offers
publications, research and a peer-to-peer information service,
Knowledge Roundtable.
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