Innovation Examples
Consumers were using 2-way radios in theme parks. These family users had completely different usage scenarios from the traditional sports and outdoors. Developed good, better, best product line with colors, features, and accessories aimed at theme-park experiences.
Giant International
Light-duty commercial radio business was looking for new retail/restaurant product line. I led an alternate model with simplified interface, smaller footprint, and better ergonomics for female target audience. Product was well received and remains popular 15 years later.
Motorola
Motorola
My personal frustration with cooking pizza on the Big Green Egg, led to development of a mechanical solution to improve the cooking characteristics. Through a number of lean experiments the Pizza-Porta was launched. Product is a simple solution that emulates the cooking chamber of a wood-fired oven in a kamado grill.
Pizza-Porta
Innovation Examples
Consumers were using 2-way radios in theme parks. These family users had completely different usage scenarios from the traditional sports and outdoors. Developed good, better, best product line with colors, features, and accessories aimed at theme-park experiences.
Giant International
The commercial radio business was looking for a new retail/restaurant product line. I led an alternate model with simplified interface, smaller footprint, and better ergonomics for the female, retail target audience. Product was well received and remains popular 15 years later.
Motorola
My personal frustration with cooking pizza on the Big Green Egg, led to development of a mechanical solution to improve the cooking characteristics. Through a number of lean experiments the Pizza-Porta was launched. Product is a simple solution that emulates the cooking chamber of a wood-fired oven in a kamado grill.
Pizza-Porta
Developed a tabletop demonstration technique that illustrated the product advantage of a medical product. Showed that a low friction fabric would do less damage to a mini patient made out of dough material. This memorable demo opened numerous doors in a crowded marketplace.
Parafricta - Invista
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