SVPMA Monthly Event - Skills You Need to Succeed as a Product Manager in the Next Decade with Rich Mironov and expert panel December 1, 2010

Organization: SVPMA - Silicon Valley Product Management Association
Topic: Skills You Need to Succeed as a Product Manager in the Next Decade
Moderator: Rich Mironov (Principal, Mironov Consulting and SVPMA board member)
Date: Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 9pm
Location: Network Meeting Center at the TechMart - 5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara
Cost: Free for Members. $30 for pre-registered Non-Members. $40 at the door
More info: http://www.svpma.org/meetings.html

Topic:
SVPMA will mark their 10-year anniversary with a panel discussion on the key role that product managers play in today’s organizations and the skills you need to succeed as a product manager in the next decade.

Presentation :
The role of a product manager has changed dramatically in the last decade. Several factors in product development and lifecycle practices have contributed to this. Agile practices, Etymology and Social Media have impacted on lifecycle management activities such as roadmap planning and feature prioritization. Value based pricing practices have changed how products are priced and technical trends such as software as a service, cloud computing, virtualization, and infrastructure as a service have impacted the basic go to market principles.

So has the basic skill sets to being a successful product manager changed? What do you need to succeed as a product manager in the next decade?

Come hear what the veterans and experts of the field have to say about the trends they see in product management and what you need to need to do in order to be a successful product manager in the next decade.

About The Moderator:
Rich Mironov is a principal at Mironov Consulting, where he provides full-time, interim executive and project-based PM consulting to technology companies of all sizes. Rich has held PM/Marketing leadership roles at Tandem, Sybase, iPass, AirMagnet and Enthiosys. He's the author of "The Art of Product Management," the ongoing Product Bytes blog, and is a frequent guest lecturer at area business schools.

About The Panel:
TBD – experts in the product management and marketing profession