Addressing this topic and sharing their experience working with some of the most cutting-edge technology companies, will be Tom Keegan (Program Manager, Tact Product Development), Chris Fruhauf (Partner, Alloy Product Development), and Kaethe Henning (Director of Business Development, Alloy Product Development).
The session will discuss the role of product development and design houses as a resource to the audio industry and manufacturers, and how these leading companies’ expertise helps support both SMEs or large corporations in “filling in the gaps” that are missing internally in their product development resources. For many companies, working with an experienced external team to optimize product design, engineering and manufacturing, managing quality, cost and time-to-market challenges, is an essential component to market success.
The product development consultants in this session will address the specificities of their business, and how to bring products to market in 2021. The two companies presenting in this webinar - Tact Product Development and Alloy Product Development - both work with some of the largest consumer electronics and technology corporations, while also helping to support some of the most exciting and innovative startups.
Both firms have worked in some of the most cutting-edge, high-volume audio products recently launched in the market, and fully understand the requirements of today's product definition and architecture development. Tom Keegan is program manager at Tact, an industrial designer with extensive experience gained in product development for the consumer electronics industry. Chris Fruhauf is a partner of Alloy Product Development, a company he co-founded in 2008 with long-time collaborator Arturo Meuniot. Kaethe Henning is director of business development at Alloy, with a vast experience working in product introductions and high-volume manufacturing to support the development efforts of clients in the consumer electronic and related industries.
The AES Audio Product Education Institute’s Supply Chain and Sourcing Webinar #7 is part of an ongoing and multi-faceted event series that underscores the AES’s commitment to providing its membership and the industry at large with timely real-world information. Guest presentations will be followed by Q&A discussion time with attendees.
Webinar registration is open here.
