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title: viax Blog | Michael Josephson
description: CPQ Product Owner | Michael has more than 25 years of software development experience, including 20 years of designing and implementing solutions for product configuration and pricing (CPQ). He has held positions as developer, CRM consultant, SAP consultant, and most recently as principal at a consulting firm leveraging his expertise across a variety of disciplines. With a firm foundation in liberal arts and philosophy, Michael is able to effectively bridge the gap between engineering — complex configurable products — and marketing — the sale of those complex product models. He received a BA from Hamline University and pursued graduate studies from the University of Iowa.
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# Michael Josephson

#### CPQ Product Owner | Michael has more than 25 years of software development experience, including 20 years of designing and implementing solutions for product configuration and pricing (CPQ). He has held positions as developer, CRM consultant, SAP consultant, and most recently as principal at a consulting firm leveraging his expertise across a variety of disciplines. With a firm foundation in liberal arts and philosophy, Michael is able to effectively bridge the gap between engineering — complex configurable products — and marketing — the sale of those complex product models. He received a BA from Hamline University and pursued graduate studies from the University of Iowa.

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# viax Blog

Insights for Manufacturers and Distributors to help in evaluating fully-integrated cloud commerce; headless commerce; composable business products; and other relevant information for B2B and D2C businesses.

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## [No-code Product Configuration](https://blog.viax.io/blog/no-code-product-configuration)

by Michael Josephson May 5, 2021

Let’s say you have a complex product to be modeled, for example, a product with sub-components that are also configurable, or a product that requires multiple rules. You might be using a platform like SAP or Oracle because those configurators can...

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[![content.name | escape](https://blog.viax.io/hubfs/iStock-1204900547.jpg)](https://blog.viax.io/blog/product-information-management-why-is-pim-important-for-b2b-e-commerce)

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## [Product Information Management: Why is PIM important for B2B E-commerce?](https://blog.viax.io/blog/product-information-management-why-is-pim-important-for-b2b-e-commerce)

by Michael Josephson November 11, 2020

[![content.name | escape](https://blog.viax.io/hubfs/iStock-1217177175%20(1).jpg)](https://blog.viax.io/blog/leveraging-industry-4.0-technologies-for-a-post-pandemic-world)

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## [Leveraging Industry 4.0 Technologies For a Post-Pandemic World](https://blog.viax.io/blog/leveraging-industry-4.0-technologies-for-a-post-pandemic-world)

by Michael Josephson August 11, 2020

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