Thursday, April 28, 2011
Professional Development Meeting
Early-Bird registration discount ends April 25. Early Bird price is $20 - after the deadline the price goes to $30 so register early.
Dinner Speaker: Philip G. Ralston, Jr., has spent more than 35 years in the life science industry as a senior executive, inventor, company founder, venture capitalist and business coach. He has represented companies in public, private and non-profit sectors. Ralston holds 18 patents on various medical products, including drug delivery, monitoring and cardiovascular devices.
Ralston holds a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Brigham Young University. He is a charter board member of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association and currently serves on the advisory board of the Houston Technology Center. He is a Director and Senior Business Advisor with the North Texas Enterprise Center. He is also an executive committee member of the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship at Texas A&M University. He has taught Small Business Growth and Management at the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University.
Dinner Topic: Practicing and Supporting "Passing Attack Technology Development"
- Why are some development projects stopped before they should be? Why are others kept long after they should have been killed?
- When development costs are high and failure is common, companies should structure research to seek truth first and success second.
- Learn how a business-friendly quality program can support an aggressive, truth seeking product development environment.
Tutorial Speaker: Philip G. Ralston, Jr.
Tutorial Topic: The "Ess" Program: How to assess and ensure sucess in a development project.
Go to http://www.asqdallas.org/registration.html to register now!