July 27 meeting of ICGC ----- plan ahead to attend

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PRODUCT INNOVATION AND MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANT TO ADDRESS LOCAL INVENTORS
Eric P. Rose Brings 30 Years of Experience to Help Inventors

 

    The Inventors Connection of Greater Cleveland is happy to welcome guest speaker Eric Paul Rose to their July 27 meeting at the Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Parma Branch, located at 6996 Powers Boulevard, in Parma. The meeting starts at 7:00 P.M.. Eric is a product innovation and management consultant who provides to startups, entrepreneurs, and established companies the expertise to move new products from market opportunity into marketplace reality.
    Eric has more than 30 years’ experience in product innovation, product development, commercialization, and project management. He has worked in the consumer, medical, and industrial product industries with companies ranging from startups through Fortune 500 firms.
   A Cleveland Heights native now based in Los Angeles, CA, Eric Rose serves clients throughout the United States and worldwide. Eric’s areas of expertise include new product innovation, new product strategy, project planning, program management, and product innovation education. He specializes in evaluating existing New Product Development processes, identifying areas of opportunity and enhancement, and implementing improvements.
   He has been certified as a New Product Development Professional (NPDP) by the international organization, Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) since 2008. This NPDP certification allows his clients to know he brings both breadth and depth of product innovation expertise to their new product opportunities.
   Recognized as an industry expert, Eric’s latest article is featured on the 2013 Issue 4 cover of PDMA’s Visions Magazine. His experience spans a wide range of industries including healthcare, industrial, and consumer products. He has worked with companies including Intel, Mattel, Disney, Sunrise Medical, Discus Dental, and American Hospital Supply (now Baxter). Eric is an Adjunct Professor of Product Innovation at Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount universities and a Student Mentor at the USC Greif Center for Entrepreneurship. In May 2012, Eric founded the Inventors’ Mastermind SoCal Meetup, a group of inventors and product entrepreneurs who are passionate about bringing new products to market and who share best practices in how to do this most effectively.
    The Inventors Connection of Greater Cleveland is an all-volunteer, nonprofit networking group serving local independent inventors since 1984. All are welcome to attend their monthly meetings. Send an e-mail to ic...@aol.com to request meeting announcements and other information.