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Product & Market Development Inc. is a technology-facilitated business process company that is 100 percent focused on facilitating growth opportunities of new products and markets, the first derivative of business strategy. Uniquely, PMDI brings "method to the madness" of development with software and training that provides precision to what is inherently complicated and chaotic.

SyncDev™, PMDI's flagship product, is the single most powerful way there is to stretch safely, allocate capital, reduce risk, increase return, and achieve smooth profitable growth.

Management Team

Frank RobinsonFrank Robinson
President
805-689-7930
frank@productdevelopment.com

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Frank is a founder of PMDI and member of professional services. He contributed to the development of 200 products in 50 business and consumer markets in software, scientific instruments, semiconductors, financial services, and other fields. Before PMDI, he was VP Sales & Marketing for Tracor Aviation and a management consultant with KPMG. Frank began working as an aeronautical engineer and pilot with Tex Johnston, Inc. Two products, a flying simulator and large airplane were technical successes but business failures. That set in motion Frank's mission to codify a better development process, the SyncDev system. Frank has a BA in physics and a MBA in finance from SUNY Buffalo. He is from Hornell, New York, south of Rochester.


Nicholas O'ConnorNicholas O'Connor
Customer Engagement Coach
408-893-6886
nick@productdevelopment.com

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Nick has employed SyncDev for over two years as a founder, team-member and consultant in business and consumer markets such as semiconductors, solar equipment, business software, social media and mobile wellness solutions. Previously, Nick led teams (product support, product marketing, hardware and software engineering) to win key product selections resulting in millions of dollars in business. Nick has a BSc Honor's Degree in Applied Physics and Electronics from the National University of Ireland, Galway and holds dual MBAs from UC Berkeley and Columbia University. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.


Jim SmithJim Smith
Vice President, Product Development
650-400-7468
jim@productdevelopment.com

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Jim is the co-founder, director, and manager of product development of PMDI. He has worked extensively in brand-name consumer and business software with such brands as Intuit, Dow Jones, Autodesk, Macromedia, Adobe, and The Learning Company, where he was a producer responsible for developing educational software products. Before PMDI, Jim founded a software and online data service company for investors called Personal News where he was introduced to a precursor to SyncDev. Jim sold his company to Intuit who then bundled his service with Quicken Deluxe. Jim has employed SyncDev for over 17 years as a team-member, founder, angel investor and consultant. Jim has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management. He is from the San Francisco Bay Area.