Business Excellence Consortium
Special Interest Group (SIG) Event
Business and Product Development
For CEOs, Managing Directors, General Managers and Senior Managers in Engineering, Marketing and Product Management
| Details | |
|---|---|
| This course has not been scheduled. Please contact the BEC for more information. | |
| Individual Price | |
| BEC Member: | Free! |
| Non-Member: | Free! |
| Organization Price | |
| BEC Member: | Free! per day ** |
| Non-Member: | Free! per day ** |
| ** Responsible for facilitator's expenses, including travel, lodging and food. | |
The BEC is excited to introduce the SIG Event for Business and Product Development schedule for 2005-06. This series is focused on business and new product development from a vocational, operational and organizational perspective, offering you tangible tools to improve your product development operations today. Because of the strategic and operational importance of product development, topics have been planned according to the schedule below.
BEC SIG Events are intended to be self-help sessions where participants come together on a monthly basis to discuss the challenges they have encountered on their world-class journey. These facilitated events enable participants to share their experiences, and in the process, learn from one another.
By attending a SIG Event, you will:
- Share successes and discuss potential ways to improve your product development process
- Learn how product development is a key discipline in Lean and Six Sigma initiatives
- Take new information back to share with your own organization
- Provide collective input to the BEC for additional future SIG meetings
| Month | Topic | Location |
|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Communications in Business and Product Development | Milwaukee Metro |
| November 2006 | Intellectual Property Protection | Milwaukee Metro |
| March 2007 | Finance in Business Development | Milwaukee Metro |
| May 2007 | Integrating Technologies and Acquired Companies | Milwaukee Metro |
Facilitator: Marc Annacchino
Marc is the director of the Business Excellence Consortium. He was vice president and general manager of Marathon Energy Systems in East Troy, Wis. Marathon designs and manufacturers Alternative Fuel Energy Systems for remote power and Micro CHP applications. He also owns Marconi Product Development Institute, Inc., a technology and business development consulting firm specializing in the new product conception and development.
With more than 29 years of experience, he has vast knowledge, both domestic and international, in the fields of sales, marketing, new product development, manufacturing operations quality control, and accounting and finance. Over the years, Annacchino has held such roles as the Division Manager, Director of Engineering Operations, Product Manager - New Products, Product Marketing Supervisor, Marketing Engineer and Sales Engineer for several well-known organizations such as Unico Inc., Jordan Controls Inc., Rockwell Automation and Johnson Controls.
Annacchino is the author of New Product Development: From Initial Idea to Product Management, Pub: Elsevier, which is a detailed and comprehensive guide through the process of new product and business development. He has won a number of awards in the last 15 years for new product development and engineering design. Annacchino currently holds two U.S. patents, issued in 1991 and 2005.
In 1974, Annacchino earned an A.A.S. in computer engineering technology and in 1976, a B.S. in electrical engineering technology, both from MSOE. In 1996, he was awarded the Outstanding Alumnus Award for the class of 1976.