Sponsors
We graciously thank all of our sponsors for being generous with their resources and time and helping us to make ProductCamp successful. Below are our sponsors for our April 2011 ProductCamp event.
Platinum Sponsors |
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 | The Microsoft New England Research & Development Center (NERD) is a research and software innovation campus located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The NERD vertical campus spans two buildings with its primary presence and conference center located at One Memorial Drive and a recently renovated and expanded space located at One Cambridge Center. NERD is home to some of Microsoft’s most strategic teams including Microsoft Research New England, Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), SharePoint Workspace, Microsoft Technical Computing, Microsoft Advertising, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Office 365 and more. NERD has become a hub of activity for the local tech community and has hosted more than 500 events and welcomed more than 40,000 visitors during the past two years. |
 | If you have multiple products that target the same markets but your products are being managed as individual entities, there’s a good chance your organization has more #1 priorities than anyone can keep track of. Product Managers & Marketers constantly compete for resources and everyone thinks their view of the market is the right one, all of which make it more difficult to meet the organization’s goals. Product Portfolio Management from ZIGZAG Marketing can align your organization to a single set of priorities by leveraging the value of the entire product portfolio to grow revenue and market share in key market segments that value your strengths most. |
 | The 280 Group is the world’s leading Product Management & Product Marketing services firm, and offers consulting, contractors, training, certification, books and templates. Since 1998 they have helped tens of thousands of customers throughout the world implement best practices and become more effective at bringing successful products to market. Offerings include the PM Fast Track™ intensive training course, Agile Excellence for Product Manager’s™ training course, the Product Management Office, Certified Product Manager and Agile Certified Product Manager self-study courses and the 280 Group book series: “Expert Product Management”, “The Phenomenal Product Manager”, “Agile Excellence for Product Managers”, “42 Rules of Product Management” and “The Product Manager’s Toolkit Book.” To download the 280 Group’s free white paper library, free templates, samples, product management survey and join the 280 LinkedIn group go to http://www.280group.com/signup.htm. |
 | The Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM) is where product professionals go for answers. It is the world's largest professional organization of product managers, brand managers, product marketing managers and other individuals responsible for guiding their organizations and clients through a constantly changing business landscape. It is the only organization that represents those who manage the entire product life-cycle throughout any industry. The AIPMM provides value to its individual members, corporate members, and sponsors by providing training, education, certification and professional networking opportunities. Membership benefits include the national Product Management Educational Conference, regional conferences, the Career Center, peer Forums, tools, templates, publications and eligibility to enroll in the Certification Programs. Our Certified Product Manager (CPM) and Certified Product Marketing Manager (CPMM) program allows individual members to demonstrate their level of expertise and provides corporate members an assurance that their product professionals are operating at peak performance. |
 | Pragmatic Marketing conducts the world’s most popular product management training, with more than 70,000 seminar attendees from 6,000 companies in 23 countries. Product management certification from Pragmatic Marketing is the most recognized in the industry with 15,000 product managers and marketers earning the designation Pragmatic Marketing Certified. Indicative of the company’s worldwide success, Pragmatic Marketing has been recognized four times by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in America. |
 | The Boston Product Management Association (BPMA) is the leading professional association in the Greater Boston region dedicated to the career development of product management and product marketing professionals. The BPMA provides educational seminars, job resources, executive mentoring programs, networking opportunities, and a variety of online resources. |
 | Respond to customers' actual use of your application or service. Apptegic helps (1) Product Managers, UXD, and Engineering invest in the features that customers use (2) Customer support and Sales proactively engage customers based on the their latest activity (3) Partner managers give partners detailed insight into the value of the partnership (4) Engineering focus on the core product and (5) Your company gain the insight it needs to reduce churn, engage, renew, and satisfy customers. |
 | OHO Interactive is a design and web development firm with over 85 awards for creative and interactive excellence. OHO creates compelling user experiences for websites, SaaS and mobile applications, and provides services from user research to visual design to full development services. OHO specializes in higher education, publishing, health sciences, financial services and high tech. OHO is located in Harvard Square. Visit us at OHO Interactive. |
Gold Sponsors |
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 | Cosponsored by MIT's School of Engineering and the MIT Sloan School of Management, System Design and Management (SDM) master's program in engineering and management educates mid-career professionals to lead effectively and creatively by using systems thinking to solve large-scale, complex challenges in product design, development, and innovation. SDM provides a global mindset; a systems thinking perspective that integrates management, technology, and social sciences; and ways to lead across organizational and cultural boundaries to address rapidly accelerating complexity and change in today's global markets. The curriculum of MIT's System Design and Management Program encompasses leadership development and critical, creative, and integrative thinking as well as an appreciation of diversity and an understanding of how to foster positive change within organizations, society at large, and — most importantly — within oneself. Please join us at our next information evening, on April 12, 2011, to learn more about the program! |
 | The Product Management and Development Association is the leading international organization for product managers and product development and other professionals involved in developing and managing products and services. PDMA's mission is to provide a forum for people to meet and exchange ideas and to provide access to knowledge that will help improve the effectiveness of people engaged in developing and managing products - both manufactured goods and services. |
Silver Sponsors |
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 | Axure is a software development company based in sunny San Diego, CA. Our flagship product Axure RP is a wireframing, prototyping and specification tool that helps information architects, UX professionals, business analysts and product managers get the benefits of prototyping without a lot of hassle. |
 | Sequent Learning Networks is an internationally recognized and respected training and advisory services firm. Sequent helps organizations to improve the effectiveness of the Product Management function and the efficiency of product managers. Sequent’s founder is Steven Haines. Steven is the author of the definitive body of knowledge for Product Management: “The Product Manager’s Desk Reference.” He is also publishing new book entitled “Managing Product Management: Empowering Your Organization to Product Competitive Products and Brands” (McGraw-Hill, Summer, 2011). |
