Excellence in Product Management Awards Recipients Announced

The Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM), the resource for all things product management, announced today the winners of the Excellence in Product Management Awards.

“This is our second year of awards and we are already seeing an increased focus and importance placed on the role of brand and product management in addition to education in those areas,” said Therese Padilla, President of AIPMM. “The caliber of the nominees was exceptional and the committee had a difficult time excluding any of them,” added Padilla.

The Excellence in Product Management Awards categories recognize achievement and merit in the following areas: Product Management Education/Training, Individual Thought Leader, Best Product Management Organization, and Excellence in Product Management Tools.

The Excellence in Product Management Awards Dinner was held at the Product Management Educational Conference (PMEC) West in Squaw Valley, California, on Thursday, June 14, 2007.

The winners are as follows:
Excellence in Product Management Education/Training
This award recognizes the contribution and excellence of an outstanding individual, university program or training company. The focus is on how the training was introduced to the customer, and how it developed and promoted the discipline of product management. Nominees must actively teach the product management discipline to one or more industries.
Winner » Linda Merrick, Pivotal Product Management


Excellence as a Thought Leader
This award recognizes individuals who are making or made sustained and substantial lifetime contributions to the growth and development of the product management discipline. Designed to honor individuals who by leadership and creative insight, has positively advanced the product management discipline.
Winner» Scott Cook & Signe Ostby, Center for Brand & Product Management, University of Wisconsin -Madison

Excellence in Product Management Organization
This award recognizes an organizational entity that has made significant commitment to their product managers, actively supports the discipline of product management, and who is an active supporter of industry educational programs and activities which foster and promote excellence in product management. Recognizes a company that has done an outstanding job of implementing and supporting the product management discipline within the organization.
Winner» Intuit, Inc.

Excellence in Product Management Tools
This award recognizes the innovative and practical tool designed for commercial use to support the product management discipline within an organization.
Winner» Accept 360, Accept Software

The Product Management Educational Conference is sponsored by the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM), the resource for all things product management. The AIPMM is the only worldwide professional association dedicated to product managers, brand managers, product marketing managers and other professionals who cover the entire discipline of the product life-cycle throughout any industry.

For information about the Product Management Educational Conference East or West go to http://www.aipmm.com/pmec

About the Association of International Product Marketing and Management

The AIPMM is the only professional association dedicated solely to the professions of product managers, brand managers and marketing managers throughout the product lifecycle. The AIPMM provides value to its individual members, corporate members, and sponsors by providing training, education, certification and professional networking opportunities. Membership benefits include the national Product Management Educational Conference East and West, regional conferences, the Career Center, peer Forums, tools, templates, publications and eligibility to enroll in the Certification Programs. The Certified Product Manager (CPM) and Certified Product Marketing Manager (CPMM) program allows individual members to demonstrate their level of expertise and provides corporate members an assurance that their product professionals are operating at peak performance. For more information on issues concerning product management, brand management and marketing management go to http://www.aipmm.com.

Global organization devoted to supporting product managers and brand managers.

Editorial Contact:
Paula Gray
AIPMM
Paula.gray@aipmm.com
(877) 275-5500

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