Picture Imperfect

 Picture Imperfect is a blog maintained by Alain Breillatt, a product manager with more than 14 years of experience in bringing new products and services to market. His previous professional lives have carried him through medical device R&D, consumer credit, IT management, software product management, and new product consulting at companies including Baxter, Sears, InstallShield, Macrovision, and Kuczmarski & Associates. As a consultant he has generated new product portfolios for Fortune 500 and smaller organizations and developed course materials on innovation for the MBA and Executive Education programs at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Alain is a Director of Product Management for The Nielsen Company’s syndicated consumer research solutions.

He also has a passion for the true Chicago hot dog and can rattle off the pros and cons of many of the local hot dog stands.  His current favorite dog comes from Portillo’s and his favorite fries from Hot Doug’s - duck fat fries baby! (Though he could show you a number of superior “frites” stands if you were to join him in Paris, France or Bruxelles, Belgium.)  As Doug Sohn says, “There are no two finer words in the English language than ‘encased meats,’ my friend.”