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We provide practical effective solutions to:
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identify needs, applications & markets
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assess competitor companies and technologies
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leverage core technologies
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plan programs and manage development.
We harness the possibilities inherent in technology to real user needs.
We make technology work for you.
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Technical planning for products,
services and strategic objectives.
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Identify needs for new and existing products.
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Simplifications, trade-offs, and value-added features provide enhanced marketability, faster development, manufacturability,
and reliability.
Axelrod Associated provides experience & expertise in successful practical
use of technology on a regular basis. For example:
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generated plan to apply optical sensing & pattern recognition system for bank checks to factory automation.
Product objectives defined in terms of system features, target price & market size, core technologies. Product need & industry profiles generated.
Meetings arranged & held with potential partners (e.g, GE)
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assessed technology of M&A target company in rapidly emerging technology.
Visited company, with client CFO, to determine technological competence,
competitiveness, and completeness of products, manufacturing and engineering.
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planned & implemented new technology-based system to improve quality
& productivity.
Multiple-computer sensing/display/image-analysis/control/filing/ document
system by Axelrod Associates won annual award of Fortune 500 corporation.
Exceeded objectives for improvements in quality & productivity.
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managed product upgrade for automated, image, storage/retrieval system;
Provided simple immediate remedy for false identifications in
this scanning/recognition system. Upgrade reduced service calls by
90% and parts cost by 50%. U.S. patent issued (assigned to IRSC).
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guided fledgling technology company funded by international venture capital
group.
Provided quantitative market assessments & development discipline
to improve products and reduce development time. Performance rose to meet standards for
new funding.
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consulted on long & short term applications of technology to reach
business objectives better & quicker.
Generated strategic technical plans, product needs, technology roadmaps,
competitor assessments, etc. for U.S. and overseas corporations including
Matsushita, Recognition Equipment Inc., Sharp, Teijin, Toshiba, Calor PLC, Angenieux Cie, etc.
Norman N. Axelrod
Norman N. Axelrod provides experience & expertise in innovative,
sound, profitable technical planning.
He has:
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identified needs for new & existing products
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leveraged core technologies
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planned & developed successful award-winning systems to improve productivity
& quality
He has identified, developed and consulted on opportunities for established
products in new areas of application and for new technology in existing
markets.
Norman N. Axelrod generates simple, practical solutions to complex challenges.
A partial client list includes:
American Consumer Products
Baker Botts
Bausch & Lomb
Calor plc
CompuScan
Corning
Finnegan, Henderson et al
General Electric
General Foods
International FiberCom, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
Konishiroku Photo Industries
Lockheed-Martin |
McKool Smith
Matsushita Research Institute
Medical Lab. Automation
Perkin-Elmer
PPG
Recognition Equipment Inc.
Samsung
SPS Technologies
Stanley Tools
Timex
Timken
Unilever Research
Wall Street Journal
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Norman N. Axelrod is a principal of Norman N. Axelrod Associates. He completed
the PhD. at the University of Rochester in Physics and Optics, and the
A.B. at Cornell University; studied at the University of Paris and spent
post-doctoral years at the University of London and NASA-Goddard Space
Flight Center. He received a certificate in Strategic Planning from the American Management Association.
He did R & D at Bell Labratories, Murray Hill, NJ before joining Axelrod Associates. He has identified commercial applications of research results and generated patent applications as a guest/consultant at MBL, Woods Hole since 1993.
On the basis of his outstanding planning & development of new systems,
he was Certified by Stature as a Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE)
by SME. He is a fellow of AAAS. He was elected to Sigma Xi (science honorary society)
and Pi Mu Epsilon (math honorary society).
Additional biographical information on Norman N. Axelrod is available
in Who's Who in Technology, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who
in Science & Engineering, American Men & Women of Science, Who's
Who in America, and Who's Who in the World.
E-mail Norman
N. Axelrod Associates
121 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001
212-741-6302
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