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SUMMARY:C-Suite - Secrets to Creating Market-Driven Technology
DESCRIPTION:Featuring  past President, COO and CFO of Creo: Mark Dance
Are you struggling to balance the aspirations of your development teams with the feedback from your customers for your next innovative project?  
Being able to develop leading-edge technology products and services derived from market-driven demands is a key ingredient in any successful business strategy. Having your functional teams work and think as one is a must in order to achieve market success. 
As the past President, CFO and COO of Creo, Mark Dance has been on many sides of the fence and helped to grow Creo into one of the largest high tech companies in BC: with 4000 employees world wide and an engineering team of 1000. Mark joins BCTIA to share his insights on building a market-focused corporate environment that result in the delivery of innovative products addressing real client needs.  
Join Mark and your peers for a frank and interactive discussion and gain valuable advice on how you can foster an organizational culture that encourages collaboration and minimizes tug-of-wars.  
Mark’s biography: http://www.bctia.org/files/BIOS/Bio_-_C-Suite_-_March_17.pdf
C-Suite Roundtable is exclusive to all C-Class executives of BCTIA member technology companies. Non-member executives are invited to a single C-Suite session per year. Please contact events@bctia.org for more details.

URL:http://techvibes.com/event/c-suite-secrets-to-creating-market-driven-technology
LOCATION;VENUE-UID=techvibes-venue-65b9eea6e1cc6bb9f0cd2a47751a186f:Segal Graduate School of Business @ 500 Granville St, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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