Product Management Episodes

March 15, 2023

The Intersection of Customer Centricity and Data Centricity with Mike Cozart of Concreit

In this episode, Mike Cozart shares his journey in product management. From fintech and telecom to investment banking and venture capital, he’s seen it all. He explains how working at Amazon differs from smaller companies. M…
Guest: Mike Cozart
March 7, 2023

Increasing NPS As A Product Manager with Amanda Laferriere of C2FO

When Amanda was getting her Master’s in engineering, she felt product management calling her. She just didn’t know the name of it yet. She gravitated towards a role where she could lead people, processes, tech, and marketing…
March 1, 2023

Building Your MVP with Bill Sherby of Havenly

Bill Sherby started his career in advertising. After exploring analytics, data science, and product development, he found his passion in product management. He shares his career story, explains how he consistently delights h…
Guest: Bill Sherby
Feb. 22, 2023

Building a Product From Scratch with Roman Kudryashov of Recommended Systems

Roman Kudryashov is the founder of Recommended Systems and co-founder of Dragon Blood Balm . He started his career in journalism – right when the industry was transitioning to digital. He then moved into marketing and eventu…
Feb. 15, 2023

Upping Your Team's EQ with Urvish Khandwalla of Arctic Wolf

Urvish (UV) is a Product Leader at Arctic Wolf, the leader in Security Operations. With 18+ years of cloud and web security experience, specializing in product strategy, product portfolio management, cross-functional leaders…
Feb. 8, 2023

Building Out Your Product Team with Janet Brunckhorst of Aurora Solar

Janet Brunckhorst, Director of PM at Aurora Solar, shares her vast knowledge about creating, building, and working with product teams. She draws from her experience in publishing and IT and explains how collaboration is the …
Feb. 1, 2023

Working With International Product Teams with Brian Dreyer of Sightcall

Brian Dreyer has seen it all: startups, large companies, and everything in between. He knows a lot about product management. He transitioned into it after working in marketing for a bit. In this episode, he talks about this …
Guest: Brian Dreyer
Jan. 25, 2023

Embracing a Testing and Experimentation Mindset with Rachel Schiff of Intelycare

Rachel Schiff is a big believer in the power of mindset. And that’s exactly what she teaches her team at IntelyCare. She’s Senior Vice President of Product which means that she manages the product and design teams. In this e…
Guest: rachel schiff
Jan. 18, 2023

Building and Scaling Products From Scratch with Dave St. Geme of OpenMind

Have you ever wanted to unlock the knowledge of the world and bring it to the masses? Dave St. Geme has, and that’s exactly what he’s working on right now. He’s sharing his learnings along the way. He’s also talking about hi…
Jan. 11, 2023

Enabling Product Teams to Succeed with Eric Xiao of Fountain

Eric Xiao is the VP of Product at Fountain. In this episode, he talks about his transition from an individual contributor to a team leader and his learnings and struggles along the way. He also shares how he supports his tea…
Guest: Eric Xiao
Oct. 26, 2022

Stakeholder Management for Product Managers with Adam Kropf of Texada Software

Adam Kropf truly leads by example. He’s a Head of Product and Development at Texada Software. But he’s also so much more than that. He leads a local product management group – a community for likeminded product fans to chat …
Guest: Adam Kropf
Oct. 12, 2022

Neurodiversity and Mental Health at Work with Gavin Wade

Mental health follows you throughout your life. In this episode of Product Chats, Gavin Wade, VP Product at Unmind, opens up about his mental health journey. He talks honestly and openly about dyslexia, his childhood, and ho…
Guest: Gavin Wade
Oct. 5, 2022

People Enabled by Products with Matt Peters of Expel

People are good at two things – judgement and relationships. Everything else is largely automatable. When it comes to building software, product managers should really focus on giving people the opportunity to utilize those …
Guest: Matt Peters
Sept. 28, 2022

Getting to "Why?" with Leo Gong of Apartment List

The core aspect of product management is the “why”. That’s what Leo Gong, VP of Product at Apartment List, truly believes in. In this episode of the Product Chats, we dive deep into his journey in product management and his …
Guest: Leo Gong
Sept. 21, 2022

Prioritization and Strategy in Product Management With John Slocum of 3Play Media

Prioritization is critical to successful product management. In this episode of Product Chats, John Slocum, Senior Vice President of Product at 3Play Media, dives into his prioritization approach. We discuss how to leverage …
Guest: John Slocum