Sponsors

If you’re interested in becoming a sponsor for the event this year, click here to download our sponsorship document.

You can also reach our sponsor admins with questions by email: dick_lee@valueinnovations.net or suejotblad@yahoo.com.

2011 Sponsors

Platinum Level:

Pragmatic Marketing’s training is based on the fundamental belief that a company’s products need to be grounded in a strategy that is driven by the market. We combine this core principle with a team of instructors who have real-world experience leading high tech product teams, to deliver training seminars that are informative, entertaining, and impactful.  To find out how you or your company can join the growing international community of more than 75,000 product management and marketing professionals trained by Pragmatic Marketing, visit www.pragmaticmarketing.com.

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Gold Level:

Metro State is a comprehensive college, providing an amazing selection of majors, minors, certificate programs and custom-degree options to meet any need or interest. We also offer evening, weekend and online courses to fit even the busiest schedules.

Founded in 1965, Metro State has grown to more than 24,000 students and educates more undergraduate Coloradans than anyone else in the state.

Metro State empowers students to create their own success by providing relevant academic experiences through its unique attributes:

• An individualized and relevant education in urban Denver.
• High-quality academics and an unsurpassed faculty that add up to Colorado’s best value in education.
• Connections and choices that only a large urban college can offer.
• A four-year degree that impacts our students’ lives and their communities.

Find out more about us at www.mscd.edu

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Silver Level:

Value Innovations (Vi) is a consulting company providing a complete range of software, services, webinars and workshops in the growing field of Value Innovation. Vi has a team of 14 value innovation subject matter experts and over 20 partners in Canada, India, Serbia, the UK and the USA. We have served over 300 organizations worldwide and conducted 44 Mastering Value Innovation Workshops in Europe, Asia, SE Asia and North America. We bring >300 years of business experience, leading marketing and R&D organizations and managing Fortune 500 business units in the USA and India. Vi was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Castle Rock, CO. www.valueinnovations.com

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Denver, Colo., ReadyTalk delivers audio and web conferencing services that empower customers to conduct audio and web conferences of all sizes – from small ad hoc meetings to large webinars.  ReadyTalk combines ease-of-use with sophisticated marketing tools to increase audience engagement, event ROI and meeting productivity. Unlike other services, ReadyTalk gives customers a full suite of tools for training, collaboration, sales demos webinars and more. You’ll always have access to the right features when you need them, no need to upgrade to another product. Please call toll free 800.843.9166 or visit www.readytalk.com for more information.

Return Path works to make email work better.  We are the worlds leader in email certification and scoring. If you’re a marketer or publisher we can help you get through to your audience — not by sneaking around email spam filters but by using them to your advantage. If you’re an ISP or other email receiver, we can help you distinguish valuable messages from junk mail — not by outgunning the spammers, but by outsmarting them. With all of our services we help subscribers have a better experience with email by helping to reduce their exposure to spam, phishing and other malicious messages.  www.returnpath.net

Though best known for GPS technology, Trimble integrates a wide range of positioning technologies including GPS, laser, optical and inertial technologies with application software, wireless communications, and services to provide complete commercial solutions. Its integrated solutions allow customers to collect, manage and analyze complex information faster and easier, making them more productive, efficient and profitable. www.trimble.com

Mercury Payment Systems leads the industry in POS payments integrations. MercuryPay™, our processing platform, is readily available inside hundreds of POS systems. We distribute it solely through our POS reseller partners. With them, we focus on providing exceptional service and leading edge technology to restaurants, retailers, and supermarkets throughout the U.S. and Canada.  www.mercurypay.com

One way to describe Rally is to say we are absolutely dedicated to making your development organization faster, leaner and more agile. In fact, we think helping you be “on time and on budget” is setting a pretty low bar for success. We want you to consistently win product awards. We want to spike your net promoter score. We want you to be in control of your own destiny, because no matter how fast things change, you’ve got the speed and agility to move to the front of the pack.  www.rallydev.com

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Bronze Level:

Proclivis provides a range of services to support New Product Development, including Product Management, Hardware and Software Design, Remote Infrastructure Management and Web / Enterprise Solutions. With the joint presence in the US and India we can provide the best of both worlds, the advantages of being onsite as well as executing development offshore. Working from multiple time zones provides the advantage of working round the clock. Onsite presence enhances to ability to understand and relate customer problems easily. The Offshore development reduces cost, yet provides quality deliverables.  www.proclivis.com

The mission of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Product Development and Management Association (RMpdma) is to build a vibrant community of practitioners, academics, and industry partners that share experiences and knowledge of the principles, practices, and processes of effective product development, product management and innovation. Participation in this community results in professional growth for the individuals and a competitive advantage for their enterprises.  RMpdma is one of the fastest growing PDMA chapters in the US and with over 340 members in its LinkedIn Group is the largest in the US. PDMA has 22 chapters and 3,000 members. RMpdma has more New Product Development Professionals (NPDP) than any other PDMA chapter in the US and we expect to certify 27 more NPDPs in 2010. RMpdma conducts chapter meetings the third Thursday of every month from 5:30 to 8:00pm featuring great speakers addressing hot topics in product management, product development and innovation. Chapter meetings are held from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins. If you like RMPcamp, you’ll love RMpdma. Come join this vibrant group and network with your peers. For more, go to: http://www.pdma.org/chapter_home.cfm?pk_chapter=30

Sequent Learning Networks is a global training and consulting firm. We are the world’s most experienced professionals in the field of product management and marketing. We help product managers, marketers, and executives in the world’s leading firms to improve the success of their products and services. Our goal is to catalyze our clients so that they can make durable, long-lasting, improvements to their products, services, and their organizations.  www.sequentlearning.com

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Media Sponsor:

w3w3® Media Network is all about supporting business and technology in Colorado.  We specialize in creating valuable links and relationships to help you grow your company, build your team, get insights to various industries, keep you up-to-date, raise money, increase your income and profits, and so much more.  www.w3w3.com