Class 2 From Idea to Product

Instructor: Dr. Sushil Bhatia, President and CEO of JMD Manufacturing Incorporated,

Dr. Bhatia is a globally known award winning entrepreneur and innovator who has several patents, publications and new products to his name. He has developed/co-developed many products used in daily life. Some of the products that he has innovated, developed and has patents on are - Glue Stic, convention/seminar name badges, mailing labels, laser/copier labels, binding systems, decorative labels for shampoo/cosmetic/food containers and a DeCopier.

He has founded several companies and is currently the President and CEO of JMD Manufacturing Incorporated. JMD's products are used across many industries such as food, pharmaceuticals, electronics, cosmetic and toiletry products. Dr. Bhatia is very active in the community and has been a past President of Rotary Club, Chairperson, micro loan program, board member of a chamber of commerce and editor of a community newsletter.

He has been a speaker at National Honor Society, Boston University, MIT Enterprise Forum-TiE Boston, American Express, John Hancock and others. For his work he has been featured on TV/ Radio shows like ABC's Good Morning America, CNN, NBC, Canada AM, NPR and has been written up in The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Economic Times and many other publications world wide.

He is also currently a professor and executive in residence at Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University, Boston, where he teaches Innovation and new product development.

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Speaker: Julian E. Orbanes, recently the Founder and CEO of GeoPhoenix, Inc

Julian E. Orbanes is an advanced User Interface consultant and recently the Founder and CEO of GeoPhoenix, Inc. Self-taught at age 5 with Atari BASIC, Mr. Orbanes has 29 years programming experience. Since attending MIT, Mr. Orbanes has asked the question -- Why doesn't practical software play like video games and movies?

Mr. Orbanes started releasing software in high school. His first was a video game, Copter. His second product, net.Form, at age 20, and his third product, GIFX, was released when at 22. His human-computer interface research has been praised by both academics and professionals. He published two works at the MIT Media Lab, which included the design and creation of Ping Pong Plus, an interactive ping pong table, and a wired cross country bike trip monitored through wireless technology. In 1998, he was a semifinalist at MITs 50K competition.

Recently Mr. Orbanes has been developing a 'Moore's Law' for User Interfaces(UI) which states that UI will develop exponentially like the computer chip. This so-called 'Orbanes Law' is based on the ability to scientifically develop and measure UI performance.