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Paul O'Connor is an expert in
the field of New Product Development. For over twenty-five years
he has worked with executives and facilitated teams of senior
managers. In 1984, Paul founded The Adept Group Limited, Inc.
Capitalizing on his skills in business strategy, marketing
research, technology assessment, organizational process and
team facilitation, Mr. O'Connor influences and guides the
product development and innovation efforts of clients in both
consumer and industrial markets, around the globe.
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Mr.
O'Connor has
conducted successful assignments, implementation initiatives
and benchmarking activities with such firms as Akzo-Nobel,
Hercules, Shell Chemical, SAP, Procter & Gamble, Black &
Decker, L & F Products, DuPont, Polaroid, Kraft, Raychem,
Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Chevron, Bausch & Lomb, Coca Cola, Exxon Chemical,
Nabisco, Ameritech, Corning, Dow, Owens Corning, Eastman Chemical,
Colgate-Palmolive, Pitney
Bowes, Honeywell, S.C. Johnson, Eaton, Pfizer, Hersheys, Motorola, Blue Cross Blue Shield, NOVA Chemicals,
Lucent, Johnson & Johnson, Eaton, US West, Calgon Carbon,
Milliken, Alcoa, Kodak, Mead Paper, AT&T, McNeil
Labs, AlliedSignal, Praxair, W.R. Grace, Senco, Ashland Chemical
and Stanley Tools. |
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As
a frequent speaker for professional
organizations and corporate seminars,
Mr. O'Connor addresses such topics
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- "Leveraging SAP for Improved New Product Development"
- "Implementing NPD Portfolio Management"
- "Product Line Roadmapping and Innovation Planning"
- "NPD Portfolio Analytics"
- "Deconstructing the Stage Gate Process"
- "Coupling New Product Development
to Business Strategy,”
- "Optimizing the Probability
of Success in New Product Development,”
- "Using RiskAssessorSM: A
Process Approach Yielding High Performing
Cross-Functional Teams,”
- "Assessing and Managing New
Product Development Risk,”
- "Using Predictive Metrics
in Portfolio Management,”
- "Expert Brainstorming in
Product and Business Development,”
- "Product Strategy Deployment
through Front to Back Process Architecture,"
and
- “SpiralUp Implementation
of Portfolio and Pipeline Management.”
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| Mr. O'Connor is a Past-President of the Product Development and Management Association.
He is a contributing author to the Journal of Product Innovation Management, the first and second editions of The PDMA Handbook of Product Development (1996, 2004), and The PDMA Toolbook of Product Development (2004). Paul is also a past contributing editor to R&D Magazine. His SpiralUp capability maturity implementation methodology, based on primary
empirical research at several hundred organizations, is widely recognized and in use by firms around the world. Since 2002, Mr. O'Connor has worked with members of SAP solutions management on roadmapping SAP's
PPM solution. In 2007, he initiated and facilitated the SAP NPDI/PPM lead user group designed to drive exchange among SAP Software Integrators and SAP Customers about NPDI/PPM challenges and the recourse to such challenges. Mr. O'Connor created and delivered the first SAP NPDI/PPM dedicated, in-depth workshop entitled "Leveraging SAP for Improved New Product Development."
Mr. O'Connor also teaches Master Courses on NPD Portfolio Management, Product Line and Technology Roadmapping, as well as NPD Risk Assessment and Forecasting.
Paul
pioneered the development and application of RiskAssessor, a statistical
model of critical factors influencing the success
or failure of new products. Numerous companies
now use RiskAssessor, for benchmarking individual projects,
analyzing and managing NPD portfolios, and teambuilding
across functional disciplines.
Mr. O'Connor is Managing Director and principal
shareholder of The Adept Group Limited,
Inc. He received a Master
of Business Administration from Babson College
and holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Stevens
Institute of Technology. He is also a Product Development Professional (PDP) and holds the distinction of contributing and shaping the first test for receiving such professional
reccognition.
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