Welcome to the
Pittsburgh PDMA! I am honored to serve as Chapter President for 2013-2014. As I
stepped into this role, the Chapter was recognized as a Top Tier Chapter in the
Nation! This is a testament to the response and support of our members and
guests, the tremendous talent and dedication of our Board and the leadership
and vision of our past Presidents – Jeff Thompson and Mark Adkins. I am excited
and proud to be part of this growing and vibrant community of practitioners,
academics and service providers engaged in the principles, practices and
processes of effective product innovation.
This is one of
the most dynamic times in history for innovation and product development. Bill
Gates suggests in Bloomberg Businessweek: “We’ve had more progress in the last
decade than ever before.” For innovators, product developers, designers and
engineers, advancements in technology (real and virtual) have created a vast
body of knowledge and resources including the advent of some of the most
creative and unique product development platforms in history—crowd sourcing,
open innovation, rapid manufacturing and the maker movement, just to name a
few. There has never been a more exciting time for innovation and product
development yet organizations, regardless of size, openly admit to ongoing
struggles with sustainable growth through their product portfolios and
pipelines. We continue to hear of the high number of new product failures and
the lament over incremental product improvement.
The mission of
our Chapter is to impact the success of product development by growing and
unifying the knowledge, talent and resources in our region. With the connection
to the international PDMA organization, we also enable wider access to global
resources. This coming together of professionals from different perspectives,
disciplines and backgrounds, creates a valuable forum for genuine dialogue
about current best practices, methods, challenges, opportunities and new
thinking.
I encourage you
and your colleagues to become part of the innovation conversation and join the
Pittsburgh PDMA community. Whether through membership, sponsorship, event
participation or volunteerism, there are many ways PDMA can fit your schedule
and interests.
See you at the
next PDMA Innovation Forum on September 16th!
Randy Rossi
President, PDMA Pittsburgh
President, Bally Design
President, PDMA Pittsburgh
President, Bally Design
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