The Samelogic Podcast
Tips and stories to help you on the path of becoming a better product leader.
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
Episode #8: Adam Cheyer, Co-founder of Siri
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.

Steven Samuels
Episode #7: Steve Choquette, Former GTM Product Manager at IBM
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.

Steven Samuels
Episode #6: Steve Choquette, Former GTM Product Manager at IBM
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.

Steven Samuels
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