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##**PDMA Learning and Networking Event**
##** User Experience: What’s The Big Deal?**
**Thursday, March 27, 2014**
**6:00-8:00 PM**
Join PDMA for an interactive discussion with seasoned local Designers and Product Managers on how their experiences at the junction between design and product have driven business results. What do Product Managers need to know about UX and how do Product Managers and UX Designers effectively work together? How can Product Managers incorporate best UX practices into their daily lives? We hope you can join us to explore this exciting topic!
**Panelists:**
**Clodine Mallinckrodt, Manager, Planning Analytics---Providence Health and Services**
**Margi Waite, Senior Product Manager---ADP Dealer Services**
**Liz Walker, Director of Nike+ Platform Experience--Nike**
And don’t forget to join us at ProductCamp Portland 3.0 on Saturday, April 12th at Southridge High School. More info at: [productcamppdx.org](http://www.productcamp.org/)
The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) is the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals. The Oregon chapter's mission is to help local professionals and organizations to identify, develop, and launch more innovative and profitable products and services through cross-industry collaboration, thought leadership, and the sharing of best practices and practical knowledge. For more information about the Oregon Chapter of the PDMA, please contact: David Nash, Chapter President, at [email protected].
We encourage everyone in Oregon who is interested in the Product Development Manager's Association to become a member of the National PDMA. For a great explanation on the benefits of membership in the PDMA, click [here](http://www.pdma.org/p/cm/ld/fid=171)
**Schedule:**
6:00 – 6:30pm: Gathering / Networking / Refreshments**
6:30 – 6:45pm: Announcements (upcoming events, who’s hiring, etc.)
6:45 – 7:30pm: Panel Discussion
7:30 – 7:45pm: Q&A / Open discussion
7:45 – 8:00pm: Networking
**Cost:**
$10 on-line registration prior to the event **
$15 at the door
A discount is available for PDMA members.
To register online, click the website address above
** Note: This is a no-host event. The complete Lucky Lab food and drink menu is available. Grab a cold ale & bite to eat - and bring a friend or colleague to add to the discussion. |
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##**PDMA Learning and Networking Event**
##** User Experience: What’s The Big Deal?**
**Thursday, March 27, 2014**
**6:00-8:00 PM**
Join PDMA for an interactive discussion with seasoned local Designers and Product Managers on how their experiences at the junction between design and product have driven business results. What do Product Managers need to know about UX and how do Product Managers and UX Designers effectively work together? How can Product Managers incorporate best UX practices into their daily lives? We hope you can join us to explore this exciting topic!
**Panelists:**
**Liz Walker, Director of Nike+ Platform Experience--Nike**
Liz loves working with smart, passionate people to build and launch great consumer tech products. She works on the Nike+ Digital Sport team. She and her team focus on building the core platform features for Nike+ web and mobile products, which include features such as profile, friends, community and sharing for Nike+ Running and the Nike+ FuelBand. She also leads Social Partnerships for Nike+. She spent 4+ years at LinkedIn as a Product Manager where she launched LinkedIn Today, launched the Publisher Platform, led the Premium Subscriptions product team, launched multiple subscription packages, launched LinkedIn Polls, and was an early member of the ad sales team in New York. She is data driven (thanks to a couple of years as a strategy consultant), and passionate about great design and building elegant, intuitive, simple products that delight users and improve their lives.
**Clodine Mallinckrodt, Manager, Planning Analytics---Providence Health and Services**
Clodine is passionate about the communication and architecture of information - especially in the design and delivery of tech-based products and services. From Wall Street to MarCom Way, Clodine's varied background spans agency-based, vendor-side and strategy consulting work. Her career has touched:
•Data and Business Intelligence
•Interactive Media and eLearning
•Web App & Software Development
•Program & Change Management, and Management Consulting
•Localization
Currently, Clodine is Manager of Planning Analytics at Providence Health & Services, one of the top 20 integrated healthcare delivery systems in the U.S. Her specialized team delivers both quantitative and qualitative Market Intelligence in support of Oregon Region Strategic & Business Planning. This work supports the organization's response to healthcare transformation. She is also helping to develop Providence Consumer Segments, and is a GE-certified Change Facilitator. As of 2014, Clodine is Program Co-Chair for CHIFOO.org, the Computer-Human Interaction Forum of Oregon.
**Margi Waite, Senior Product Manager---ADP Dealer Services**
In her current role as Product Owner at ADP Dealer Services, Margi is responsible for delivering Common Services for new products being introduced in 2014. In this role Margi partners with UX every step of the way from research to design to UX testing and application development. Margi has over fifteen years’ background managing B2B products including CRM, ERP, and Financial Services software and has always been a strong advocate of UX as she considers it essential to the success of her Products.
And don’t forget to join us at ProductCamp Portland 3.0 on Saturday, April 12th at Southridge High School. More info at: [productcamppdx.org](http://www.productcamp.org/)
The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) is the premier global advocate for product development and management professionals. The Oregon chapter's mission is to help local professionals and organizations to identify, develop, and launch more innovative and profitable products and services through cross-industry collaboration, thought leadership, and the sharing of best practices and practical knowledge. For more information about the Oregon Chapter of the PDMA, please contact: David Nash, Chapter President, at [email protected].
We encourage everyone in Oregon who is interested in the Product Development Manager's Association to become a member of the National PDMA. For a great explanation on the benefits of membership in the PDMA, click [here](http://www.pdma.org/p/cm/ld/fid=171)
**Schedule:**
6:00 – 6:30pm: Gathering / Networking / Refreshments**
6:30 – 6:45pm: Announcements (upcoming events, who’s hiring, etc.)
6:45 – 7:30pm: Panel Discussion
7:30 – 7:45pm: Q&A / Open discussion
7:45 – 8:00pm: Networking
**Cost:**
$10 on-line registration prior to the event **
$15 at the door
A discount is available for PDMA members.
To register online, click the website address above
** Note: This is a no-host event. The complete Lucky Lab food and drink menu is available. Grab a cold ale & bite to eat - and bring a friend or colleague to add to the discussion. |