{"324231":{"#nid":"324231","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Seminar (ECE 2001A\/ECE 8001A)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EMr. David Newman\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker\u0027s Title and Affiliation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EDirector - Freestyle Project engineering, Coca-Cola\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENew Product Innovation: The development process\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EWhy do successful companies like 3M, Corning Glass, Exxon Chemical, and Coca-Cola continue to churn out successful, innovative products? This talk will compare these successful companies with the average company, and highlight one cornerstone of their success -- the development process. A model development process that the best companies are using in order to have quicker, more successful new product launches will be discussed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker Bio:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavid Newman is an engineering consultant at The Coca-Cola Company working in Global Innovation. He has had a 25+ year career in the arena of new product development. With a background in digital\/analog and embedded design, David has worked at four different companies in various capacities over his career. Starting out, David worked as a designer\/programmer on marine navigational equipment. He was also involved with new product development for the military. He has been at The Coca-Cola Company for over 19 years. He has worked as a project manager\/technical lead on several new products in the areas of vending and fountain dispensing equipment, and is currently actively involved with Project Freestyle.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavid obtained a B.S.E.E. from the University of Rhode Island and an M.S.E.E. from Georgia Tech. David holds 13 patents in the area of fountain dispensing equipment. He lives in Sandy Springs, Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESeminar with Mr. David Newman, Director - Freestyle Project Engineering at The Coca-Cola Company.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New Product Innovation: The development process"}],"uid":"27842","created_gmt":"2014-09-11 13:52:14","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:21:45","author":"Ashlee Gardner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-09-17T12:05:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-09-17T12:55:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-09-17T12:55:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-09-17 16:05:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-09-17 16:55:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-09-17 16:55:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1577","name":"career"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPaul Steffes\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-3128\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:paul.steffes@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Epaul.steffes@ece.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}