Experts in Product development

Top 7 experts
Jason Kitayama
Jason Kitayama

Medford, MA | Providing insights into the customer experience to create a better product development process.

Jason is a strategist, marketer and researcher with over 10 years of proven success in consulting services. His deep experience in marketing strategy, portfolio planning and customer needs assessments spans from traditional organizations to start-ups, including a breadth of medical device work in cardiology, endoscopy, uro-gynocology and oncology, as well as work in pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, biotechs and medical technology. His background in market analytics drives his rigorous, yet practical approach to problem solving. This data-oriented approach to decision-making provides a... Read more
Tony Writer
Tony Writer

New York, NY | Helping brand owners solve marketing problems using first class qualitative research and a custom-designed approach to ideation

I bring more than twenty years of experience to my work. My career began in the UK, where I trained with some of the best researchers in the business and worked on many influential brands and campaigns. I founded my company, Headspace in New York in 2001. Clients appreciate my capacity to wring original insights from research and translate those findings for brand teams without losing sight of business goals. Increasingly, I'm called upon to design and run client workshops independent of or alongside qualitative assignments. I bring to these workshops the creativity, analytical... Read more
John Ziobro
John Ziobro

Delafield, WI | Medical Device Consultant

John Ziobro is the Principal Consultant at SpectraMedEx, LLC, a medical device consulting firm specializing in strategic business development. To help grow your company, we focus on three key components of successfully launching your medical devices: 1) Quality Systems & Regulatory Compliance 2) Product Development & Project Management and 3) Global Marketing & Distribution. SpectraMedEx's strength comes from over 30 years of hands-on medical device expertise in Executive Management, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, Project Management, Engineering, New Product Development, Sales,... Read more
Jeff Sward
Jeff Sward

New York, NY | Consulting, Coaching, Creating and Managing Change

People+Product+Planning+Positioning+Pricing+Presentation+Promotion = Productivity & Profit Jeff Sward has tremendous depth and breadth of experience. His multi-faceted background has spanned across a full range of Retail and Wholesale assignments. He has worked for premier retailers such as Macy's, Sak's, Abercrombie & Fitch, and American Eagle Outfitters. His brand background includes Polo Ralph Lauren, Tommy Bahama, Ben Sherman, DKNY, and Orvis. Product specialties include Men's and Kids apparel, but the lessons and thought processes apply to a much broader universe of... Read more
Patti Becker
Patti Becker

Stamford, CT | Award-Winning, Full Service Global Marketing Consultant and Licensing Agent Available as Expert Witness

Award-Winning, Full Service Global Marketing Consultant and Licensing Agent. Digital Strategist. Startup Advisor. Consumer Products Licensor with Many Items Selling Over 1 mm Pieces. Brand Builder A global branding, licensing, IP rights management, and consulting firm. Becker Associates LLC is an award-winning, full service global brand extension and consulting agency growing our customers revenues through strategic and creative development of licensed products. We provide strategic consulting services, branding, product development, animation, social media, IP rights negotiations,... Read more
Amy Siegel
Amy Siegel

Boston, MA | Founder, S2N Health

Amy Siegel is the co-founder of S2N Health, a consulting firm providing business and marketing strategy support to the emerging medical technology community. S2N stands for "signal to noise" - we help identify and amplify the "market signal" to create value for entrepreneurs, investors and ultimately patients. S2N works with organizations as a virtual marketing team or on a project basis, assisting with application prioritization, fundraising, partnering, product development, and global commercialization planning. Amy brings 15+ years of healthcare strategic marketing and business... Read more
Joseph Giordano
Joseph Giordano

Haverhill, MA | Principal at Synecticsworld, Executive In Residence at Southern New Hampshire University

Joe Giordano is a Principal with Synecticsworld. He started with the firm in 2004 after spending 10 years in the organizational development field. Prior, Joe spent most of his career in the high-tech education and training marketplace first working for the world’s largest computer training firm and then several years working for software companies. Now, a professional trainer, facilitator, coach and NLP practitioner with Synecticsworld, he uses his 15 years of experience to design, develop and deliver enterprise-wide learning and development programs that span many different... Read more