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Product Talks #4: Balancing Commercial Initiatives with User Experience Concerns

I will be in Sydney, Australia in early November to facilitate the fourth installment of brainmates' Product Talks. The conversations will focus on the challenges of balancing commercial initiatives with user experience concerns. A copy of the media release follows:

Raising the Bar on Product Management Excellence

brainmates is inviting Product Management specialist, Roger L. Cauvin, to Australia this November to lead public and client events in Sydney, offering his expertise and fresh perspectives in Product Management to local corporations.

Cauvin will be facilitating brainmates fourth Product Talks session, a free quarterly forum that brings together product and marketing professionals to network and discuss issues in contemporary Product Management. Cauvin will lead conversations on ‘Balancing Commercial Initiatives with User Experience Concerns’ on November 5th at brainmates’ office. Registration is required to attend Product Talks events.

A selection of brainmates clients will also be hosting special roundtable events with Cauvin. Product teams will have the opportunity to broach specific Product Management concerns they want to resolve and gain sound advice and new solutions from his Product Management experience and work in the United States.

The series of events are a part of brainmates corporate initiative to build a solid foundation for the Product Management profession in Australia.

In addition to being the principal consultant of his own company, Roger L. Cauvin is the owner and operator of Dadnab, a successful text messaging service for transit planning in the United States. Cauvin also helps manage ProductCamp in Austin, Texas, the American version of brainmates Product Talks.

brainmates continues to invest and promote Product Management excellence and innovation in Australia through their services, events and resources.

For more information contact Adrienne Tan on (02) 9232-8147.

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Sounds pretty cool, congrats and enjoy!

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