Earle Sherrod, founder and president, of Product Development Solutions uses his over thirty years of product development successes to assist your company in commercializing new and improved products. Earle has managed the development and launch of over a dozen highly successful new and improved products for two Fortune 500 companies. He has extensive experience with all phases of the Product Development Process from the fuzzy-front-end to launch. He has also successfully executed market research and marketing programs.Product Development Solutions will conduct your product development process for you, assist your in-house staff in planning and executing a new product development process, and/or teach your employees the techniques of successful product development. Our areas of expertise include:• Planning an overall product development program.• Executing a Product development program on time and within budget• Identifying target markets and dimensioning market potential size• Consumer research and understanding• Matching unmet consumer needs with available technology• Developing prototypes• All phases of consumer testing• Design of equipment (in-house versus external sourcing decisions)• Start-up support• Product and process checkout• Post-project reviews and analysis• Patents, prior art searches, and designing around the existing artProduct Development Solutions can also assist your company in market research and marketing programs. We can help you to:• Identify the correct market research tools• Contact market research firms, moderators, and facilities• Conduct your market research• Analyze the market research data developed• Interrupt the results of your market research and determine how it impacts on your program• Develop a marketing strategy• Identify key consumer benefits• Identify impactful consumer demonstrations.Specialties: New Product Development (and training your employees in NPD), market research, bussiness development, Patent related work, expert witiness.
Listed skills include Market Research, Business Development, Product Development, Cross Functional Team Leadership, and 21 others.
