Tag: leader-spotlight

Leader Spotlight Ellen Linardi

Leader Spotlight: Contextualizing problems through firsthand observation, with Ellen Linardi

Product Management

Ellen Linardi, SVP of Product and Design at Clover, shares how her design-oriented team came to understand the importance of system thinking.

Kate Trahan
Feb 13, 2024 ⋅ 14 min read
Brant Snow Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Finding people solutions with Brant Snow

Dev

Brant Snow is the Vice President of Technology at Extensiv, an omnichannel software solutions provider for warehouse, inventory, and order […]

Jessica Srinivas
Feb 12, 2024 ⋅ 7 min read
Sapna Gulati Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Adopting the right mindset for AI, with Sapna Gulati

Product Management

Sapna Gulati discusses how GenAI is changing the game for product managers to focus more on strategic innovation and competitiveness.

Kate Trahan
Feb 9, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
Steve McIrvin Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Building a winning product factory, with Steve McIrvin

Product Management

Steve McIrvin shares the importance of creating a “product factory” — a suite of products that all work together and sustain over time.

Jessica Srinivas
Feb 8, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Ryan Salsman Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Optimizing for happiness, with Ryan Salsman

Product Management

Ryan Salsman, Vice President of Digital Product at West Shore Home, discusses his leadership principle of “optimizing for happiness.”

Jessica Srinivas
Feb 7, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Leader Spotlight Faline Wu

Leader Spotlight: Spiritualizing the work life, with Faline Wu

Product Management

Faline Wu, SVP of Product Management at Better, talks about how to “spiritualize the work-life” by practicing compassion at work.

Kate Trahan
Feb 6, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Pranav Mittal Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: The difference between success and failure, with Pranav Mittal

Product Management

Pranav Mittal, VP, Consumer Product at Hertz, highlights how innovative thinking is the difference between a company failing and succeeding.

Jessica Srinivas
Feb 5, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Mauricio Monico Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Raising standards in the marketplace, with Mauricio Monico

Product Management

Mauricio Monico, Chief Product Officer at Wish, talks about the blurred lines between what it means to be a marketplace versus a retailer.

Jessica Srinivas
Feb 1, 2024 ⋅ 7 min read
Jie Weng Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Driving for measurable success, with Jie Weng

Product Management

Jie Weng discusses how he and his team work to surface actionable insights and get to the lowest level of the data to move the needle.

Jessica Srinivas
Jan 31, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
Jason Penkethman Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Applying an ROI model, with Jason Penkethman

Product Management

Jason Penkethman talks about how he runs Simpro Software’s product organization with a return on investment (ROI) model.

Kate Trahan
Jan 30, 2024 ⋅ 9 min read
Francois du Toit Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Ensuring your global workforce owns outcomes with Francois du Toit

Dev

Francois du Toit discusses the challenges of balancing long-range vision with day-to-day activities in global roles.

Jessica Srinivas
Jan 30, 2024 ⋅ 7 min read
Sumeet Howe Leader Spotlight

Leader Spotlight: Running product lines like startups, with Sumeet Howe

Product Management

Sumeet Howe, VP, Product at Hover, shares how each of Hover’s product managers act as founders of Series A companies.

Kate Trahan
Jan 29, 2024 ⋅ 7 min read