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INNOVENTURE Announces Lunch Speaker Robin Karol: Executive Director of Product Development and Mgt Assoc To Launch SC Chapter

Submitted by: John Warner on Mar 16, 2009 at 11:35 pm Tagged with: Entrepreneurship, Innovation Source: InnoVenture, Swamp Fox

GREENVILLE, SC—InnoVenture Southeast 2009 announced today the conference’s luncheon speaker on March 24, 2009, will be Dr. Robin A. Karol, Executive Director of The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), and adjunct full professor at the University of Delaware Lerner School of Business Administration.

Dr. Karol is former Manager of the DuPont Consulting Solutions, where she led the New Offering Development Process. She is a certified New Product Development Professional with the PDMA. At DuPont, Robin held many positions including Research Supervisor of the Virology Research Group, Systems Team Leader in Clinical Diagnostics, and Quality Manager of R&D for the IMED (Imaging Medical). Prior to joining DuPont, she was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Robin has consulted with non-DuPont clients including Colgate-Palmolive, TetraPak, and Mitsubishi Chemical, and brings a wealth of academic and industrial experience to our clients. Robin holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from SUNY Buffalo and did a Postdoctoral fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

The lunch presentation will be followed immediately by a breakout session of those interested in attending the PDMA in South Carolina. Dr. Karol will be joined by Wayne Cameron, South Carolina Chair of PDMA and President of Proviso, an outsourced marketing firm, as well as Claire-Juliette Beale, Owner and Chief Consultant at Innovate2market and President of the Carolinas chapter of the PDMA.

“A global thought leader with the credentials of Dr. Karol sharing her wisdom and experience is a perfect fit for InnoVenture,” said John Warner, CEO of Jute Networks and Chairman of InnoVenture Southeast. “The economic storm which is wreaking havoc can also power the greatest entrepreneurial surge of our lifetimes. I am inspired by the optimism of Wayne Cameron and Claire-Juliette Beale to launch the PDMA in South Carolina at InnoVenture. We look forward to a long, fruitful relationship in the future.”

About Product Development and Management Association
The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) is the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals. With more than twenty regional Chapters throughout the United States, PDMA sponsors local meetings which offer an excellent opportunity for local involvement, networking and exchange of ideas. More information can be found at http://www.pdma.org.

About InnoVenture Southeast 2009
In its sixth year, InnoVenture Southeast will be held March 24, 2009 at the Carolina First Center in Greenville, SC. InnoVenture is one of the United States’ largest innovation conferences, attended by hundreds of people providing expertise, resources and customers to entrepreneurial companies, researchers, and innovators. 2009 Diamond Anchors include Michelin, Milliken, GE, BlueCross BlueShield of SC, SC Launch!, and Zeus. Additional information can be found at http://www.swampfox.ws.