Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I have recently taken a full-time position with CA Technologies. I have responsibility for a Process & Quality organization in their Lisle, IL technical center. At this center, we develop software products to secure, manage and improve the performance of IBM Mainframes and applications that run on them.

As a result, I am on sabbatical from mc2solutions until further notice. If you are in need of services in the interim, I encourage you to reach out to my long-time colleagues:

For the most comprehensive support and training in New Product Development, please contact:

Ken Crow of DRM Associates at: www.npd-solutions.com

For the premier, peer learning network for product development focused on Lean Product Development, Knowledge Management and Virtuous Leadership, please contact:

Jim Jacobs of The Savvy Consortium at: www.savvy consortium.com

You will find Ken and Jim to be two of the most competent and dedicated professionals to be found in the world of product development.

I am deeply grateful for your loyal support of mc2solutions over the last 10 years, I wish you continued success in your professional travels.
Sincerely,
Gene Kania

If you are interested in achieving excellence in product development operations, then you're in the right place. For 10 years now, mc2solutions has been helping clients maximize their value and performance in this critical area of their business. While you may know us best for our effectiveness in improving the management of product development operations (i.e. portfolio, resource and project management systems), we have also been leading the charge to improve the product development process itself. Our knowledge-based (“lean”) approach to product design and development helps organizations achieve "faster, better, cheaper" with less risk and more innovation than standard approaches.

At the end of the day, achieving excellence in product development operations is all about change (doing things differently) and continuous improvement (doing things better). mc2solutions helps clients change and improve through our full-service capabilities:

• Training: we offer seminars to introduce teams to powerful, breakthrough mc2solutions to their problems and we offer workshops to teach teams the skills and disciplines required to be successful.
• Facilitation: we help teams build a bridge from how they do things today to how they will do them in the future. This helps them through the change and allows us to put proven, successful tools and processes in place.
• Consulting: at all times, we provide assessment and guidance to make sure that you are getting maximum value and performance improvement from your mc2solution.