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About PDMA
The Product Management and Development Association is the leading international organization for product managers and product development and other professionals involved in developing and managing products and services. PDMA's mission is to provide a forum for people to meet and exchange ideas and to provide access to knowledge that will help improve the effectiveness of people engaged in developing and managing products - both manufactured goods and services.
About Our Chapter
The New England chapter was established by a team of professionals and relies on the volunteer work of its members. Our chapter’s mission is to enhance the value of PDMA membership and contribute to our local product development and management community by creating opportunities for continued learning and professional interactions for practitioners and students alike.
We invite all PDMA members and other professionals to participate in local chapter's activities include chapter meetings and serving on the board.
400 Years of Innovation
New England has a rich tradition of innovation that goes back 400 years. Founded as a vision of a society in the New World that differed radically from that in England, the settlers built political and social structures that laid the foundation for the American Revolution. The early settlers implemented a system of public schools that allowed everyone on the colony to get an education. Knowledge and critical thinking were seen as an essential part of this new society. Six years after Boston was first settled, Harvard College was founded. New England has a rich tradition of higher learning, with its universities being the source of many innovative technologies.
Struggling to survive during the early years, the colonists learned to adapt and innovate in order to survive and eventually thrive. They learned to collaborate and exploit the resources they had. Maritime commerce became the main economic activity. New Englanders established trade routes and in less than a hundred years since it founding, Boston became the third largest port in the British Empire. Whether salt cod or shipping ice from New England pond as far as India, New Englanders constantly found new opportunities to exploit its maritime trade network.
Later New England would lead the Industrial Revolution in the United States of America. Modern surgery started in Massachusetts when, in 1846 ether was used for the first time during an operation at Mass General. Massachusetts has continued to be an innovator in the life sciences, and our hospitals are still recognized as some of the pre-eminent medical institutions in the world. Today pharmaceutical companies from all around the world coming to Massachusetts to set up R&D facilities that can leverage the rich tradition of medical innovation in the region.
New England also has a rich tradition of high tech innovation in the region. From Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone to the first computers and the birth of the internet, New England has been at the forefront of innovations in high tech.
This spirit of innovation continues to thrive in New England, and members of the PDMA are working at companies that are creating the innovations of tomorrow.Membership
Our chapter serves the professional community in the New England area. Membership is open to people with direct interests in innovation and product development and management. We are a chapter of the PDMA and enjoy the benefits provided by the national organization as well as the cooperation with other chapters in the US.
There is no formal process or fees required to become a member at the local level. We consider you as a member when you provide your contact information and join our activities.
What participating in our activities can do for you:
- Opportunities to meet other product development and management professionals
- Access to local job bank. Active members can post their resume online
- Opportunities for continued learning by attending our events
- Study and take the exam for the NPDP certification in our area
- Opportunities to participate on our board and/or be a chapter officer
- PDMA members enjoy special rates for many of our events and services
Like to join us? go to the Join Chapter page and fill out the form. We will add you to our mailing list
Want to join PDMA and have access to the resources and benefits of membership in the national organization? Go to the PDMA Web site
