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February 2003 Participant of the Month - Mike Iapalucci

Mike was nominated in our January Meeting as our Participant of the Month.  Mike is a business professional with over twenty years experience in Technical Product Development in High-Tech and Telecom areas.  Mike has worked on domestic and international market services for the wireless carriers of the world including AT&T and British Telecom, and for enterprise clients such as Lycos and Peugeot. Mike was a pioneer in the use of advertising to augment business models for mobile services utilizing partnerships with CMGI - Engage and EnPocket.  Over the last year Mike has built a unique Product Marketing business called Market Carver Inc.  Market Carver's business proposition is designed to provide companies with a Market Agent that will consult, and help them accomplish the following: Product Strategy/Management, Business Analysis, Technology Architecture. Mike through Market Carver is seeking contract or full time engagement with companies developing or deploying products, applications, or services in or utilizing high technology elements, with specialties in mobile and wireless mediums.

Vision for the DFW Chapter: Provide a forum where product development professionals across business and markets boundaries can share, learn, and grow.

mailto:Mike.i@marketcarver.com(M) 972-672-3997 http://www.marketcarver.com/

 

January 2003 Member of the Month - Becky Rotan

Becky is in her second year as Product Development Manager at LandSafe, Inc. LandSafe Inc. is the closing services subsidiary of Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE: CFC). Becky has had the opportunity to build LandSafe Product Development from the ground up. Becky is responsible for taking products through discovery, development and delivery. Her most recent product launches include wireless credit, wireless automated property valuations, and wireless flood certification. Prior to LandSafe, Becky spent six years at Nortel Networks in various roles, working with wireless networks. Becky also has a strong background in market research and competitive analysis. Becky received a Bachelor of Arts at Texas Tech University, a Master of Library Science at Texas Woman's University and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing at the University of North Texas. Hobbies and interests include glass working, golf and wire working.
Vision for the DFW chapter: Spark Discussion | Ask Questions | Challenge the Norm | Share Experiences | Network.

This page is intended to share the diversity of the individuals and organizations that make up the DFW Chapter of the PDMA.  If you would like to be highlighted, send me a good quality JPEG image and then brief write-up (as the board has done see Officers and Board).  We will try to highlight one to two members per month.... Jay