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.
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!
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.
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/].
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!
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.
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.
Ashima is currently working as a Senior Product Manager at Carvana and leads the
pre-purchase experience in the direct-to-consumer mobile app on iOS and Android.
She has taken multiple products from concept to launch for millions of customers
in the B2C space. Ashima started her role as a Technology Consultant at Deloitte
and later moved into Product Management after doing her MBA. With most of her
product career spent at startups, she is well-versed in scaling products in a
fast-paced environment and driving iterative product growth.
Jason is a product manager at Microsoft who has experience working on both
enterprise and consumer products. Jason shares his journey into product
management, his current experience, and some lessons he has learned early in his
career.
