Tag: leader-spotlight

Sowmya Sundararagavan Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Balancing long-term goals with flexibility, with Sowmya Sundararagavan

Product Management

Sowmya Sundararagavan shares best practices for maintaining a strong long-term vision while also remaining flexible.

Sibel Bagcilar
Jan 9, 2025 ⋅ 7 min read
Julie Swanke Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Applying D2C strategies to build internal tools, with Julie Swanke

Product Management

Julie Swanke talks about the importance of prioritizing intuition and user-friendliness while building internal tools.

Sibel Bagcilar
Jan 8, 2025 ⋅ 8 min read
Miles Kronby Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Evaluating opportunities to extend your brand, with Miles Kronby

Product Management

Miles Kronby talks about how to evaluate opportunities for brand extensions and shares examples from his time at Merriam-Webster.

Jessica Srinivas
Jan 7, 2025 ⋅ 6 min read
David Cost Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Removing friction in the mobile shopping experience, with David Cost

Product Management

David Cost talks about ways his team has removed user friction from Rainbow’s website by migrating to Shopify and leveraging Shop Pay.

Sibel Bagcilar
Jan 6, 2025 ⋅ 8 min read
Karen Letendre Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Guiding PMs up the career ladder, with Karen Letendre

Product Management

Karen Letendre talks about how she helps her team advance in their careers via mentorship, upskilling programs, and more.

Sibel Bagcilar
Dec 19, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Aditi Jain Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Fulfilling customers’ emotional needs, with Aditi Jain

Product Management

Aditi Jain discusses listening to your consumers’ emotional needs and using that to create an experience that goes beyond just transactional.

Sibel Bagcilar
Dec 18, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Dane Molter Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Thinking about the broader business impact, with Dane Molter

Product Management

Dane Molter shares how he pushes his teams to adopt a business mindset and to think about the broader portfolio and overall business impact.

Jessica Srinivas
Dec 17, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Jarrad Lokes Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Illustrating value and gaining trust, with Jarrad Lokes

Product Management

Jarrad Lokes, Director of Digital Product Management at Trupanion, shares how trust is an artifact of the transparency and value you provide.

Sibel Bagcilar
Dec 16, 2024 ⋅ 9 min read
Drew Doman Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Complementing processes with tenets, with Drew Doman

Product Management

Drew Doman, VP of Product at Apptegy, talks about leveraging tenets in product management rather than strictly relying on processes.

Jessica Srinivas
Dec 10, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Alex Guernon Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Instilling a data-centric culture, with Alex Guernon

Product Management

Alex Guernon talks about how she promotes a data-centric culture, including leading by example and giving PMs an effective measurement system.

Jessica Srinivas
Dec 9, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
Nick Ehle Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Structuring teams to minimize dependencies, with Nick Ehle

Product Management

Nick Ehle talks about minimizing dependencies by designing teams and organizations to be as empowered as possible.

Jessica Srinivas
Dec 5, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Carolina Devia Angarita Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Understanding who your customers truly are, with Carolina Devia Angarita

Product Management

Carolina Devia Angarita about the importance of understanding who your customers are and what they’re thinking when they come to your site.

Jessica Srinivas
Dec 4, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read