Ideal Fit
We partner with companies aspiring to industry leadership built on a foundation of high-impact products. Our expertise lies in providing end-to-end assessments and optimization of the business components essential for delivering superior products, expediting their development, and enhancing overall economic efficiency, across the full value chain.
Approach
Every engagement is meticulously crafted for the client's unique needs, whether you need an expert guide, a seasoned partner, or supplemental leadership. You won't get buzzwords or fads. You will receive proven guidance, tools, and the support you need to propel your business forward.
Your high-value opportunities may already be clear to you. Or perhaps you'd benefit from a more structured assessment to inform your improvements. Iconic Product Development Consulting's collaborative approach will quickly work through your complex challenges and organizational strengths, distill the insights down to the high priority gaps and opportunities, then build a clear plan to optimize and accelerate delivery of market-leading products. Throughout the process, you'll get the support you need and your teams’ capabilities will be honed across leadership, strategy, organization, and execution to guarantee a lasting impact.
Services
Product & Product Development Assessment
Conduct thorough assessments of products and product development processes, delivering detailed reports and comprehensive, actionable improvement recommendations.
Product Architecture
Evaluate product and system architectures, identifying technical risks and opportunities. Offer recommendations to simplify designs and manufacturing strategy while enhancing desirability, reliability, scalability, and overall economic value.
Product Strategy & Roadmapping
Provide expert guidance in developing product strategies and roadmaps, ensuring alignment of purpose, promise, and capabilities.
Implementation/Execution
Support implementation of concept-through-production process improvements and critical change management. Advise real-time on engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing practices to elevate product performance, quality, and cost efficiency. Bolster proactive identification and mitigation of technical and operational risks, and evaluation of production readiness to support successful launches.
Organizational Development
Analyze team competencies and organizational structures, presenting tailored enhancement strategies. Deliver leadership development and coaching services and fractional or interim leadership as needed.
Product Development Process
Guide the development of a streamlined operating model with innovation and R&D enhancements, and product development processes optimized for focus, rigor, and value-add, while improving individual ownership and accountability.
Executive-Level Advisory
Offer broad strategic counsel to senior leaders. Support investor engagement, technical due diligence, and board-level presentations.
Fees
Project-based / Monthly retainer (3 tiers) / Daily / Hourly
Areas of Expertise
Strategy
Product/Portfolio
Product Architecture
Critical Capabilities
Process Optimization
Innovation & IP
Product Development
PD Budgeting/Financials
Organization & People
Org Design
Leadership Development
Hiring/Coaching/Mentoring
Engineering
Modular Platforms
Optimization-Driven Design
Design Engineering/DFM/DFA
Operations
Supplier Partnering
Cross-Functional Value Engineering
Other
M&A, Due Diligence Support
Board of Directors Interface
Investor Engagement
Let's Talk
Whether you're a senior executive or decision-maker at another level, if you have the ability to implement meaningful cross-functional change in your product-focused business, we should connect. Schedule a no-commitment online introductory meeting.
“Vance has an ambitious and uniquely visionary eye for product development. He consistently challenges convention and pushes the boundaries of design, which is evident in the accomplishments he’s achieved throughout his career — including being an instrumental figure in taking LiveWire public. That kind of firsthand, high-stakes execution is something most entrepreneurs and business leaders only dream of, and it gives him a depth of insight you rarely find.”
– Auto OEM, Vehicle Development, Planning & Strategy