The Samelogic Podcast
Tips and stories to help you on the path of becoming a better product leader.
Episode #29: Uri Ashi, Senior Product Designer at Gong.io
Uri Ashi is a senior product designer at Gong.io, the leading Revenue
Intelligence platform, leveraging AI to go beyond traditional CRM and transform
revenue teams. Besides that, Uri (pronounced Oori) is also a peace activist, a
published author and illustrator, an award-winning animator, an entrepreneur
(x2), a basso in a choir, a backing vocalist, and a guitar player in Gong’s
band, a husband and a father.

Steven Samuels
Episode #27: Zia Mohammed, Senior Product Manager at AWS Quantum
We sat down with Zia Mohammad to chat about his life journey, the identities
he's carried, and his career journey in product management. Zia is a Sr. Product
Manager at AWS Quantum and holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and
Computational Neuroscience from The Ohio State University. Outside of work, Zia
can be found reading about technology policy, globetrotting, or searching for
the best dessert shop in NYC.
Zia's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ziamohammad
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziamohammad]

Steven Samuels
Episode #26: Ebony Shears, Former Vice President of Product at Forbes
Ebony was the former Vice President of Product for Forbes and started as a
project manager and spent 6+ years there. Before joining Forbes, Ebony worked at
ESPN, GLG, and NINE21. She spoke with us about working at Forbes and how she got
started in Product.

Steven Samuels
Episode #25: Yusuf Bhinderwala, Product Manager at Gartner
Yusuf is a Product Manager at Gartner, a leading research and advisory company.
Yusuf works on Gartner's digital recommendations system, aiming to personalize
users' interaction with Gartner. In his role, he develops and enhances product
features that help surface the resources that are most relevant and of interest
to the user based on the problem they're trying to solve, with minimal user
effort.
Prior to being a PM, Yusuf worked as a mechanical engineer and later moved to
Strategy and Ops post my Master's.
Outside work, he enjoys hiking, cooking, and discussing pop culture!

Steven Samuels
Episode #24: Richard Ferreira, Product Manager at The Delta
Richard is a Product Manager at The Delta, a leading venture builder in Europe
and Africa. He's had experience validating ventures for entrepreneurs and
corporates and is currently working with a German startup in the home services
space, driving their platform development and strategic initiatives.

Steven Samuels
Episode #23: Austin Yang, Senior Product Manager at Softr
Austin is a Lead Product Manager at Softr, the easiest no-code web app builder.
Previously, he has built products at growth-stage companies like Klook and
Landbot. Austin can often share his thoughts about product-led growth, SaaS, and
product management at: austinyang.co [http://austinyang.co/].

Steven Samuels
Episode #22: Papatya Sutcliffe, Senior Product Manager at Deliveroo
Papatya is a Senior Product Manager in the Delivery team at Deliveroo. She is
responsible for the product roadmap and metrics associated with solving the
problem of optimally matching our logistics network's capacity to meet order
demand. Effectively matching our delivery capacity powered by a self-employed
Rider fleet to a highly peaky and variable order demand profile- whilst at the
same time maintaining a strong, compliant Rider proposition- is at the heart of
the problem her team is trying to solve.
Before Papatya joined Deliveroo, she was at BP. She led the roadmap and delivery
of our first ever virtual payment card product aimed at small and
micro-businesses in central Europe. Before this, Papatya was in the aerospace
sector for five years, working across various roles in three different
countries, always working at that interface between the business and technology-
which is where she loves to be!

Steven Samuels
Episode #21: Parth Choksi, Senior Product Manager at Tesla
Parth is a Senior Product Manager at Tesla, where he manages the ownership
experience for Tesla's Energy Products (Solar Panels, Solar Roof, Powerwall, and
Wall Connector). Before that, he co-founded and exited a startup in the Virtual
Reality space, where he led Product and tech. When he is not busy, Parth loves
gaming and hiking. He also follows Soccer and is an ardent Formula 1 fan.

Steven Samuels
Episode #20: Kaivalya Powale, Product Manager at HackerRank
Kaivalya leads enterprise products at HackerRank that help the largest tech
companies recruit engineers effectively. He also owns HackerRank's integration
strategy, app ecosystem, and API platform. In this episode, Kaivalya speaks with
Dwayne about finding the next big play, hiring the right team, and a product
culture that makes startups successful.

Steven Samuels
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