Founder Bio
Norman F. LaVigne, Jr. is the president and founder of Valcour Strategic Group, LLC.
Norman has over twenty years of business experience in strategic planning, new product development, sales and marketing management, and market commercialization for Industry Leading companies including Emerson Electric, Danaher, and Invensys. Much of his career has been committed to assisting companies develop and commercialize new and existing technology products, such as Adjustable Speed Drive Systems, Sanitary Process Instrumentation, and Hand Held Instruments and Analyzers.
His unique areas of expertise involve collaborative product development, remote monitoring and service-enabling applications, lean enterprise, sustainability, voice-of-customer research, and sales channel analysis and re-architecture. Of particular interest is integrating innovative sensor technology into current products for new market applications. Norman is passionate about business innovation and enabling new market opportunities for his clients.
Education
- Masters of Business Administration, University of Indianapolis
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Western New England College
Executive Level Programs and Courses
- Creating and Managing Strategic Alliances and Managing New Products and Services for Strategic Competitive Advantage, Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management
- Marketing Strategies of the Executive Development Program, The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business
- Leadership Development Courses, Otterbein College School of Business
- MBA Completion Courses, Washington University's John M. Olin School of Business
Norman currently consults to Industry Leading suppliers to the Food & Beverage Industry and specialty sensor technology companies. Additionally, he consults to regional food product companies on developing and launching new value-added products. He also hosts and teaches an annual Business Innovation Workshop for regional early stage companies in Valcour, New York.
A native of Vermont, Norman enjoys the outdoors with his wife, Heather, and Labrador Retrievers, Sumi and Taz. They currently reside in Valcour, New York on the Adirondack Coast.
