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Episode #17: Chakkaradeep Chandran, Principal Product Manager at GoDaddy
Chakkaradeep is a highly passionate, outcome-driven product manager who strives
to design and launch innovative software products. Chakkaradeep is currently
working as a Principal Product Manager at GoDaddy. As part of the core Identity
team, Chakkaradeep leads the platform team in building a secure & adaptable
authorization platform for GoDaddy’s products and services.
Steven Samuels
Episode #16: Martin Lasarga, Group Product Manager at Postclick
Martin Lasarga is a Group Product Manager at Postclick, the first AI-driven
solution to guarantee increased conversions for digital marketers.
Throughout his 15+ year career, he has worked cross-functionally with design,
technology, and engineering partners to define and build SaaS solutions
globally.
With experience in Marketing, Machine Learning, Content management, and
Artificial intelligence, Martin is a seasoned product leader passionate about
solving real problems and adding value with cutting-edge technology solutions.
In addition to his work with Postclick, Martin is a dedicated Product Mentor
with Product League, mentoring PMs worldwide. Outside of the office, Martin
enjoys skiing, biking, and hiking with his kids.
Steven Samuels
Episode #15: Dhiraj Bhat, Product Manager at Unit21
Dhiraj Bhat is a fintech product manager experienced in launching products from
conception to launch. He works at Unit21, a fintech company, to make compliance
and fraud checks easy. Previously, he worked at GCoin to launch a new and
responsible way of owning gold. If he's not busy building the next fintech
product, Dhiraj can be found writing about football(that is really played with
the feet) and product management.
Steven Samuels
Episode #14: Ritika Mathur, Technical Product Manager at Arrive Logistics
Ritika is a Technical Product Manager at Arrive Logistics. She has orchestrated
the development of Softwares, APIs, Robots, and Data products from inception to
launch. She is outcome-driven, and she loves to work through ambiguity to build
products that truly add value and move the needle for her customers. In the
past, she has also worked as a Data Scientist and transformed the way
organizations make decisions using data.
Steven Samuels
Episode #13: Heather Chen, Director of Product at Kiavi
Heather has a software engineering and data science background, endeavoring to
create and enable AI/ML-powered products that are indispensable, beloved, and
empowering to all. Heathers is currently a Director of Product at Kiavi, a
FinTech/PropTech start-up empowering real estate investors with modern
technology, timely capital to fund opportunities, and the confidence required to
unlock the value of America's aged homes. She leads all product activities to
grow Kiavi's data differentiation that leads to customer growth, new revenue
streams, etc.
Before Kiavi, Heather was a Senior Director of Product at JLL, heading JLL's
proprietary workplace experience application, powering the hybrid workplace with
personalized AI-driven experiences that simplify employees' workday. The
application encompasses mobiles, tablets, desktops, kiosks & panels.
Before JLL, Heather was at Google for five years and started as a data scientist
and transitioned my career ladder to product management a few years in.
Heather's charter was to revolutionize the recruiting industry through ML/AI.
Heather and her team built Cloud Talent Solutions to match jobs and candidates
better through a suite of enterprise APIs to power our customers' search and
recommendation needs.
Steven Samuels
Episode #12: Angel Jaime, Chief product Officer at Yayzy
Angel Jaime is the Chief Product Officer at Yayzy, a London-based startup
focused on helping individuals and businesses act against climate change based
on their financial data. Throughout his 10+ year career, Angel has led the
launch of mobile apps, b2b, and b2c products, and led product teams at global
eCommerce and Fintech players such as Booking.com [http://booking.com/],
Revolut, and Just Eat. Angel has an Executive Master of Business Administration
from EADA Business School and a Master's Degree in Business Intelligence. He is
also a Product Management instructor at Product School and publishes the weekly
product management newsletter www.elproducto.eu [http://www.elproducto.eu/].
Steven Samuels
Episode #11: Parth Acharya, Senior Product Manager at Amazon
Parth is a tenured product leader, experienced in driving products from
conception to launch across Enterprise and Consumer technologies. Parth started
his product career at Dell Technologies, leading the B2B eCommerce experience as
a group product manager and launching a patented checkout experience for
high-volume eCommerce events such as Black Friday. Parth is currently a product
manager at Amazon Alexa and owns smart home products and technologies that power
core voice interactions, such as "Alexa, turn on the living room lights."
Steven Samuels
Episode #10: Chandrika Maheshwari, Growth Product Manager at Plaid
Chandrika is a Growth Product Manager at Plaid, a company that provides the
easiest way for people to connect their financial accounts to an app. She joined
Plaid after spending ~2 years in a Growth Product role at DocuSign and a summer
stint at Nike. Chandrika shares what her journey into product management looked
like, how she uses her experience from DocuSign in her current role at Plaid,
and what experimentation in her role looks like.
Steven Samuels
Episode #9: Jon Gordner, Senior Director of Product at Textio
As the Senior Director of Product at Textio, Jon Leads Product Management and
Product Marketing. Before entering the startup world, Jon started his career as
a PM at Microsoft, where he focused on transforming the user experiences of its
most widely used products.
Steven Samuels