Free Webcast Recording: How NPD Professionals succeed in today's job market

Join PDMA and NPD Recruiting on Tuesday, December 6th for insights, advice and a full rundown on New Product Development Professionals (NPDP) and the job market.  Kathy Morrissey, NPDP, Partner at Strategy 2 Market and its subsidiary NPD Recruiting, and Mike Napier, Principal at NPD Recruiting will share the results of the annual survey on NPD job trends, sponsored by PDMA.

Curious about the 2011 NPD job market?  Want to know what employers are looking for in NPD professionals? Wondering how social media has changed the playing field? Reserve your space for the 12/6/11 Webcast now!

Learning Objectives:
1.  The current state of the NPD job market and how it compares to 2010
2.  How employers search for candidates
3.  How NPD professionals search for jobs, what works and the role of social media

Click here to hear Mike talk about the webcast.

About the Speakers

Kathy Morrissey is Partner and Co-Founder of NPD Recruiting, which specializes in searching and placing new product development professionals, and Strategy 2 Market, Inc. a provider of  new product development consulting and training services to companies.

She  has over 20 years of experience with Fortune 100 companies specializing in market and customer research, strategy, business processes and models. Kathy's new product development expertise is in developing innovation, product, technology, and market strategies, as well as product and technology roadmaps. In addition, she also has considerable experience in portfolio management and early-staged new product development activities.

She is certified as a New Product Development Professional (NPDP) by the Product Development Management Association (PDMA) and serves on the Certification Committee.  Kathy has an M.S. in Statistics from Carnegie Mellon and an MBA from The University of Chicago.

Mike Napier is Principal Recruiter at NPD Recruiting. He started his career as an electrical engineer in manufacturing, bringing complex military communications equipment from prototype to full production. This included extensive experience in environmental testing as well as work in optimizing manufacturing line throughput.

After completing his MBA, Mike moved into medical products. He spent time as a field clinical representative in the Midwest helping physicians implant pacemakers and defibrillators in patients, assisting with over 200 procedures. Mike has been a product manager for cardiology, laparoscopic surgery, diabetes, and diagnostic products, focusing on VOC, product development, product launch, and cost reduction.

Mike has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana and a MBA from the University of Chicago.

 ***Please note - This is a webcast recording of a live session that took place on December 6, 2011***