Not everyone knows this, but OPMMA began as a LinkedIn group, and Peter Hanschke is the one who started it. So, it was good to have him back in front of the community this month, talking about how he built myFabWines, an iPhone app that suggests wines for whatever you're cooking or eating in a restaurant. He did it on his own, using AI where he'd normally have needed a developer and a marketing team. Peter has had a long product career in Ottawa, including JetForm, Corel, Kin

Andrew Faulkner, President, OPMMA At our latest OPMMA session, Ian Kerr, VP Operations at Ottawa International Airport, gave our community a practical look at how AI is being introduced in an environment where safety and security come first. There was very little hype in it, which made a pleasant change. He started by asking whether anyone knew where the nearest first aid kit was. Nobody did. His point was that a safety culture depends on people paying attention to their sur

Event Review by Andrew Faulkner Our February event featured Myriam Davidson from Stratford Intellectual Property for a very practical conversation about IP strategy for product managers. The discussion stayed firmly grounded in business reality. This was not about legal theory. It was about how IP supports product and company strategy when it is handled deliberately and early. Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 One of the clearest messages from the evening was timing. IP works