Tag: leader-spotlight

Steve Chazin Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Helping turn Apple’s business around, with Steve Chazin

Product Management

Steve Chazin, VP of Products at Alarm.com, shares how he was re-hired by Steve Jobs to help turn Apple around.

Kate Trahan
Apr 9, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Deepika Manglani Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Building a comprehensive migration plan, with Deepika Manglani

Product Management

Deepika Manglani discusses major transitions she’s worked on at Tribune Publishing, including a divestiture and application migration plan.

Kate Trahan
Apr 9, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Mina Ghaani Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Thinking as though there are no limitations, with Mina Ghaani

Product Management

Mina Ghaani talks about how she instills a supportive culture in her team by emphasizing that “no idea is too wild or too out there.”

Jessica Srinivas
Apr 8, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Alex Swain Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: The importance of challenging assumptions, with Alex Swain

Product Management

Alex Swain talks about how the key to avoiding building a product that nobody will purchase is to always challenge assumptions.

Kate Trahan
Apr 5, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Drew Wrangles Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: The nuances of quality localization, with Drew Wrangles

Product Management

Drew Wrangles, Head of Product & Design at Taskrabbit, shares his experiences leading product localization.

Jessica Srinivas
Apr 4, 2024 ⋅ 9 min read
Levent Bas Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Becoming a true data laboratory, with Levent Bas

Product Management

Levent Bas discusses Found’s focus on leveraging individual insights to create a comprehensive health profile of each member.

Kate Trahan
Apr 3, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Nadya Boone Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Simplifying the complexity of product strategy, with Nadya Boone

Product Management

Nadya Boone talks about how she simplifies product strategy by creating different versions of the product roadmap for various stakeholders.

Jessica Srinivas
Apr 2, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Rob Keenan Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Content at the heart of the business model, with Rob Keenan

Product Management

Rob Keenan, VP of Product Development at Adweek, shares how the underlying heart of their strategy lies with valuable content.

Kate Trahan
Apr 2, 2024 ⋅ 7 min read
Peter Chau Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Closing the gap in nutrition literacy, with Peter Chau

Product Management

Peter Chau discusses MyFitnessPal’s focus to close the gap in nutrition literacy by educating users on adequate nutrition intake and health.

Kate Trahan
Apr 1, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
Christine Kuei Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Growing the omnichannel market, with Christine Kuei

Product Management

Christine Kuei, Director of Product Management at Forever 21, shares her experience growing and optimizing omnichannel experiences.

Kate Trahan
Mar 29, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Justin Kitagawa Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Riding the rocket ship of scale, with Justin Kitagawa

Dev

We sit down with Justin Kitagawa to learn more about his leadership style and approach for handling the complexities that come with scaling fast.

Jessica Srinivas
Mar 29, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read

Leader Spotlight: Bettering learning velocity, with Jonas O. Klink

Product Management

Jonas talks about his team’s initiatives to “better the learning velocity” — taking an initial idea through hypothesis-driven development to build customer-centric, scalable solutions.

Kate Trahan
Mar 28, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read