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Dr. Robert G. Cooper, Professor

In-house seminars with Robert Cooper

Robert G. Cooper is ..

a world-renowned expert in innovation management,

labeled "the quintessential scholar" in the field of new products in the U.S. publication, JPIM,

marketing professor at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada

co-founder of Product Development Institute Inc.

Meet Dr Cooper
8-9 May 2012
at the seminar
Maximise your Productivity in New-Product Development

The best companies have 500% higher productivity in product development.
Learn how to maximise your company's productivity.

Father of Stage-Gate®
He is the father and developer of the Stage-Gate^® process, now widely used by leading firms around the world to drive new products to market. He is also the developer of the NewProd system for screening and diagnosing new-product projects, also used by many companies.

Active researcher
He is a prolific researcher and conceptual leader in the field of product innovation management. His NewProd series of research - an extensive investigation over the last 25 years into the practices of product innovation in hundreds of companies and over 2000 NPD projects - is widely cited.
He has published more than 75 articles in leading journals. He is twice the winner of the prestigious Maurice Holland Award from the IRI (Industrial Research Institute, Washington), and five times the winner of the UK's award for the best article in the publication R&D Management.

Author of Winning at New Products
Bob has written six books on new product management including "Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch". This book is now referred to as the classic bestseller in this field - over 55,000 copies have been sold.

Worldwide consulting
Bob has provided consultation in the field of new product management to leading companies worldwide, including IBM, Procter & Gamble, Exxon Chemicals, DuPont, BP, Courtalds (UK), SC Johnson's Wax, Shell-Wavin, Kodak, Corning, Northern Telecom, LEGO, Polaroid, the Royal Bank of Canada, Pfizer, Rohm & Haas, Hoechst (US), Bell-Canada, and Reckitt & Colman (UK&US).
Bob holds bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering, an MBA and a PhD in Business.

The Stage-Gate® process is template for turning ideas into profitable business. The Stage-Gate process is also a checklist to help you not to omit critical activities and to build best practices into your every single development project that you carry out. In fact, implementation of Stage-Gate can increase company profits by millions, frequently by just as many millions as your company's annual development budget. A systematic process New product development begins with an idea and ends with the launch of a new product. The steps between these points can be viewed as a systematic product development process. Stage-Gate® divides this process into a series of stages. Stages are cross-functional Each stage contains a set of prescribed and cross-functional activities, incorporating industry best practices. It is important to remember that the activities during a stage are executed in parallel, not in sequence. This ensures that they are carried out quickly and effectively. stages are cross-functional - all areas of the company contribute each stage is preceded by a gate Updated 2007-07-12 ©Jens Arleth, 2007