Adam Cheyer, the co-founder of Siri, speaks with Dwayne Samuels about the
benefits of experimentation and allowing data to drive product decisions. Adam
talks about the strategy he uses to know when’s the right time to bring ideas to
market and the tools he uses for Go-To-Market initiatives.
Host Dwayne Samuels continues the chat with Steve about IBM's history in AI.
Steve talks about the strategy used at IBM in AI and the history of Watson, and
the growth mindset behind decisions Steve made as a GTM Product Manager.
Steve spent 40+ years at IBM, where he started as a Software Programmer and
later became the GTM Product Manager and Product Manager for Strategic Watson
Partners. As a former GTM Product Manager at IBM, Steve's goal was to bring
order out of chaos. He talks about the changes in the market and in AI from back
then compared to now. Steve speaks with host Dwayne Samuels about his roles at
IBM and tells us the difference and similarities between being a Software
Analysis and a Product Manager.
Hiro started as a Customer Success Manager in Japan and was the first CSO hire
in their Tokyo office. He moved to the US to continue as a CSM for their biggest
global clients. As a Product Marketing Manager at LinkedIn, his mission is to
successfully develop and manage international market acceleration strategies,
and executing targeted regional market "launches" with comprehensive integrated
GTM motions. Hiro speaks with host Dwayne Samuels about his role at LinkedIn and
how the PMM role overlaps with the role of a PM.
Music: When You Wake Up by Diana Taylor
After spending the first half of her career creating beautiful artifacts for
audiences to be persuaded by, Vanessa decided to design products that people
could use to feel smarter and more in control. This is the reason she joined
Facebook as a User Experience Researcher on the New Product Experimentation
team. Vanessa talks with Dwayne Samuels about how Product Managers can use
various research methods to properly interact with their users. Music: Joseph
McDade - Glacial Waves
As the Executive Product Manager at the BBC, Jamie Chung helps the company with
crafting a path to the future using AI. Jamie chats with Dwayne Samuels about
his efforts with leading the Product Management efforts around BBC's voice
assistant, Beeb, and much more.
Music: Action - The Plain Ensemble
In this episode Dwayne Samuels chats with Joel Dean, mobile software engineer at
WordPress.com. Joel speaks about his love for remote work and how to have a
great relationship with Product Managers in a remote setting.
Host Dwayne Samuels chats with Nick Sinai, who is a Product Manager at Walmart
eCommerce. Nick speaks about how he got into Product Management, what he loves
about his role and how he overcomes issues he faces in the industry.
Farheen has a background in engineering and worked at PayPal for many years before moving into Product Management at Zendesk. She currently leads Buying Experience, which is a part of the broader Growth and Monetization team. She is interested in anything related to growth and revenue drivers for a product, KPIs that matter vs. not, and solving complex business and technical problems. She is also interested in learning the guitar but has been procrastinating for over a year now.
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