How did you start in Product Management? And any tips to those striving to start in this field? Growing up I loved technology and understanding how things work. I was always taking things apart, trying to fix them, and putting them back together. When I was in college, I knew that I wanted to do…
Can you tell us a bit about your path to becoming SVP Digital Products at ASCAP? I studied Psychology as an undergraduate and focused on environmental psychology and perception. When the time came to pick a graduate program my advisor handed me a book listing Human Factors and Ergonomics Graduate Programs. It changed everything. After…
Kristina, can you tell us a bit about your professional journey and how did you come to be Director of Product Management at Booking.com? I have spent my career building products and leading teams that drive global business impact. This originates from my lifelong interest in how other cultures and people behave. As a…
Patrick Tsao is currently the VP of Products at Getsafe. Previously, he worked in product at Uber and Redfin, a technology-powered real estate brokerage. He grew up in Taipei, Taiwan, and studied Computer Science and Business Administration at the University of Washington in Seattle. In his spare time, he enjoys music, tennis, traveling, and also…
Jacob Bank is currently Director of Product Management at Google, responsible for Gmail, Hangouts Chat, and Google Groups. Prior to joining Google, he was the co-founder and CEO of Timeful, a startup that Google acquired in May, 2015. Timeful’s mission was to combine insights from behavioral economics and artificial intelligence to help people get the…
Scott Eblen is Director of Product Management at Twitter and will be speaking at Product Management Festival Europe 2019 in Zurich on 13-14 November. In this interview find out more on his career path, what he loves and finds challenging as a leader in product management, his tips to PMs early in their career and…
Nesin Elsawi is a Chief Product Officer at BCG Digital Ventures and was a speaker for Product Management Festival 2018. With a background in computer science and psychology, Nesrin shares her lessons learned from her time at small and big companies in North America and Europe, interim-CTO stint at Berlin-based Outfittery, and how founders and…
Christian Sutherland-Wong is Chief Operating Officer of Glassdoor and a keynote speaker for Product Management Festival 2018. With a background in management consulting and banking, Christian shares his lessons learned from his time at Bain, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and a 10-day silent meditation retreat in the jungles of Malaysia. Could you tell us about your professional…
Fabrice des Mazery is Chief Product Officer at Thiga and a speaker for Product Management Festival 2018. With a background in entrepreneurship, Fabrice shares his lessons learned from time founding startups, what makes for a good mentor, and how crashing a startup early on eventually led him to be CPO today. Could you tell us…
Sylvain is Director of Product at Sony PlayStation and a speaker for Product Management Festival 2018. He was previously the Xbox worldwide ecommerce lead at Microsoft where he helped launched multiple global consumer products including Microsoft’s first App & Game store and the Xbox One console. At Sony, Sylvain is now leading the team responsible for defining the…