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- About Me:
- I have eight years in the public sector, 12 years in the non-profit sector, and six years in the private sector. Twelve of those years involved research and competitive intelligence.
At present, I work in competitive intelligence and IP administration for Reflexite, a microstructured optics company in Avon, CT. We are world-wide in three industries: the display industry (computer monitors, flat screen TVs, PDAs), the specialty optics industry (cockpit displays, heads-up displays, solar concentrator Fresnel lenses) and the retroreflective industry (reflective tape for safety and firefighter garments, traffic conspicuity tapes for barrels, construction cones and the like). I created the competitive intelligence function here and am a one-person "shop".
My internal customers are the senior management team, heads of the business divisions, the R and D team, and the product development teams. I also monitor the regulatory landscape. In short, if you have a question, I'm the go-to person at Reflexite!
In my other "lives", I have had significant marketing, public relations, and adminsitrative experience.
I seek a position in competitive intelligence, and would be open to a larger department, a consulting firm or to creating the function in another company.
The photo, by the way, is from a trip to France, Land of Chocolate Croissants. I don't have a head shot, and thought viewers might like a little scenery as well!
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Now, it gets interesting. :)
I will try to summarize the discussion so far: basically, the difference between CI and PI is – and should be – that CI professional, unlike PIs, always follows all ethical principles of the profession (e.g. SCIP code...
Hi Puji,
This is a great question. I find that Europe has the most experience applying competitive intelligence methodologies to its territories, which tend to operate independently due to historical and cultural factors. France and Switzerland i...
For CTI practitioners - share your insights
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5AQ0TR20091127
This link is to an article about how video gaming might help forensic investigators determine what happened at the scene of a crime.
Do you think there could be an application f...
thank you Vivek, could you recommnend me a book or addicional info about rbv models?
thank you/regards!
Puji,
Strategic Clusters.
I hope you get the drift!
A group for people based in the UK (& Ireland) with an interest in competitive & marketing intelligence.
I used CTI in Process Design of chemical industry with CI-IC model http://herdyliow.wordpress.com/mon-poster/, if you have some experience please share, especially simulation tools
For CTI practitioners - share your insights
A collective of professionals and passionate amateurs around the globe who analyze a world in transition and help guide leaders in their most critical decisions.
Thank you August,
do you know where I can find the advantages for those regions who have developed CI or any information/example to read? because I wonder how can the CI can help for their success and how.
thank you very much
regards
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Great story, thanks for sharing. I have a couple of success stories of my own, convincing the C-level in public companies to allow me to create new departments, but not in the CI capacity. Although, in retrospect, it was my talent for gathering, organizing and advising through CI. I'm looking to move into the CI space officially (in Financial Services). I've looked into the Fuld-Gilad-Herring CIP Certification, but the $13,000 price tag is causing me to baulk. Any suggestions on how I can build my bona-fides, without breaking the bank?
Cheers,
- Arik