Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2020

As she tells it, “When I was fresh out of college, I was working at my first job in the tech industry. Think about the impact that racism has already had in tech. Many people believe tech to be apolitical and unbiased, but that’s simply not true. These words have a major effect on the groups they’re marginalizing.

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Modus Create

MARCH 3, 2020

The Reston Exec Tech Conversations series was created to give those leaders a forum to connect with their peers. Reston is the tech center for the greater DC area, with a rich history of innovation in the public and private sectors. Antonio Piraino, CTO at Sciencelogic. Bobby Tahir, CTO at Hobsons. Customer service.

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Product Innovation Educators

MAY 22, 2023

How product mangers can improve collaboration in cross-functional teams Today we are talking with Maziar Adl, the co-founder and CTO of Gocious, an organization that creates product roadmap management software. I was the CTO in a part of the organization called consumer services. The role of product management is extremely in flux.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2023

Accordingly, it is not an exaggeration to argue that open-source is the foundation of so much technology we use every day. We apply technology to do our jobs, learn, and engage with the world. And its influence continues to expand, democratizing technology today and fostering innovation in the future.

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Mironov Consulting

APRIL 15, 2023

In my experience, there’s usually a fundamental misalignment between two broad groups at software companies – especially B2B/enterprise companies — that I’ve been thinking/writing for a while.  One Deep dives into obscure technical requirements isn’t the fastest path to a signature.

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The Product Coalition

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

This brings us to an important question that every product manager and the associated tech teams ask themselves every time they dip their feet in the river of building digital products. Although machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) are buzzwords in today’s tech industry and some very solid products have been built using ML.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout the year, we’ve talked to business leaders, experts, and pioneers about all kinds of topics: from creating world-class customer experiences to the challenges of running a business during the pandemic, from being an ally and addressing gaps in diversity to building technical leadership careers. Will Larson , CTO of Calm.

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UX Planet

MARCH 2, 2024

This was praise and a comment that I heard from our Digital Business CTO. As I reviewed the list of applications, platforms and portals, our design standards had extended throughout the entire insurance lifecycle, encompassing quoting, policy access/change, and claims for both licensed brokers and direct consumers.

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Product Bookshelf

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

OKRs were brought from Intel to Google by John Doerr where the method gained popularity within the high tech and startup communities. Environments which embrace Agile principles find an affinity with OKRs due to the way the methodology sets success criteria, emphasizes learning, and allows teams to establish solutions.

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Business of Software Conference

JANUARY 30, 2020

Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor.fm, and more – don’t forget to leave a review on Apple Podcasts recommending us to the world! Below you’ll find great talks from April Dunford (Author, Obviously Awesome), Bob Moesta (Founder, The Re-Wired Group), Laura Roeder (Founder, MeetEdgar), and many many more.

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PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

JANUARY 18, 2022

Many tech professionals follow a product manager career path because it blends responsibilities and exciting job duties. This may include reviewing quantitative metrics, conducting customer surveys, and more. Many organizations, instead, refer to these individuals as Group Product Managers or Principal Product Managers.

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Gainsight

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

As we completed our due diligence on Aptrinsic, we were blown away by the quality of their team and product. It is a lean group of high achievers: Engineering and Product team members average over 10 years of relevant experience, carry deep domain knowledge, and have followed Mickey through multiple companies.

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All About Product Management

JUNE 5, 2013

As a product manager I need to tackle objections before they arise at the product steering group meeting so that key decisions are made in a timely fashion. Marty Cagan The product steering group is designed to do exactly what is says on the can and that’s to give a steer to product management regarding the products direction.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 9, 2020

In many ways it offers him a unique perspective which he shares with us here – from his early days exploring search as a means to supporting his gaming tournament websites to spearheading the growth of an increasingly important tech discipline. And I used to play with friends online in groups.

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Product Management Lessons from the Trenches

JULY 10, 2018

Two years ago this week, I started work as the first VP of Product Management at NTENT - a company with huge, rapidly growing market, world-famous CTO, seasoned executives and engineering team, and core technology that only a handful of companies in the world possess. Review company documents and presentations. Do your research.

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Mironov Consulting

DECEMBER 31, 2017

These discussions often get very technical or theoretical: treating roadmapping as a purely intellectual exercise, where our secret ambition is for the world to admire our brilliant algorithms and decision criteria. Each functional group has its own product priorities, so each wants a different roadmap.

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Mironov Consulting

JUNE 27, 2019

That maps to titles like Director of Product Management, Group Product Manager, VP of Products, or Chief Product Officer. There may also be some designers or a few developers reporting into such roles, but I’m focused away from CTO and VP Engineering roles where the majority of staff are developers. .

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UX Studio: Product Management

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It will take a lot of your time to review and assess every company’s website manually. Apart from providing an in-depth overview of the Sacramento web design group, we’ve collected a few frequently asked questions clients ask while looking for a design partner. Capitol Tech Solutions. Wasted time means lost opportunities.

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Revulytics

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Review Article: The Intersection Between Digital Transformation and a Barbershop Quartet by Dave Cliffe. A good mix of attendees from B2B and B2C software technology companies. If you work in a software technology company, SaaStr is a conference that absolutely must be on your calendar. Michael Sippey, VP Product at Medium.

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People-First Product Leadership

MARCH 24, 2024

There was the CTO who recommended I take his job to align product, design, and engineering more closely. You want to determine whether the culture was defined via a leader and a “select group” of employees or from a range of individuals who were able to put forward alternative views. How was the culture defined?

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

But as an executive leader in your organization, whether you’re a Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, or the primary sponsor of a product development team, there are several things you can–no, should –do to greatly increase the chances that design can make a difference to your organization’s bottom line.

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The Product Guy

APRIL 4, 2017

Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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The Product Guy

MAY 15, 2017

Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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Atlassian

JANUARY 27, 2022

Large companies’ needs are becoming more complex due to emerging regulations around privacy and security. In a recent study we conducted in partnership with Forrester Research, 83% of tech leaders said open, interdepartmental collaboration is critical to their organization’s success. We recently added Percept.ai A fond farewell.

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svpg

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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Mironov Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2019

Bare metal startups don’t have a product management team, just as they don’t have a sales/marketing organization or support group or a business analytics squad. A not-yet-generating-repeatable-revenue company of 6 people might have one architect/CTO, one designer, three other developers, and a CEO. Legal keeps us out of jail.

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Hutwork

MARCH 9, 2018

Just like you use the latest technology to inform products of today, you need to change the way you build products to optimize for the future. 18 Customer Inspired; Technology Enabled. The Silicon Valley Product Group published this intriguing article. Product managers for the digital world. Author: Heath Umbach.

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DISQO

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Bombacino spent 15+ years in various digital and direct marketing leadership roles at companies of all sizes including Andersen, United Airlines, Omnicom Media Group, and Restaurant.com. Bombacino was told that, due to various complications, AJ was going to need a feeding tube for the rest of his life.

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DISQO

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Bombacino spent 15+ years in various digital and direct marketing leadership roles at companies of all sizes including Andersen, United Airlines, Omnicom Media Group, and Restaurant.com. Bombacino was told that, due to various complications, AJ was going to need a feeding tube for the rest of his life.

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DISQO

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Bombacino spent 15+ years in various digital and direct marketing leadership roles at companies of all sizes including Andersen, United Airlines, Omnicom Media Group, and Restaurant.com. Bombacino was told that, due to various complications, AJ was going to need a feeding tube for the rest of his life.

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Crafty CTO

APRIL 12, 2020

One anecdote I heard recently: an agile expert convinced a company to pay him $2K per head to train every single employee in their technology organization in Scrum. The tech organization had over 50 people, but only a third of those were actually developers. Total cost, well over $100K. Not all agile is bad agile. It’s bounded.

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UX Studio: Product Management

JANUARY 29, 2020

As a part of The Times Group of India, a large media conglomerate, MagicBricks operates in a rather corporate environment, with an established hierarchy and 4 different UX teams, each working on the product from the perspective of a specific segment. . Additionally, the CTO gave us information on the technical limitations.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 2, 2017

Paul is an experienced product management professional with over 15 years of experience in technology management and 10 years in product management. Prior to Medidata, Paul led product management and was head of technology at Centage Corporation, a budgeting and financial forecasting software company in Natick, MA.

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ProductPlan

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It will help you to have a seamless review and approval process. You only have so much time with the entire group assembled, so stick with the important topics and table everything else. Do your homework, huddle up with tech leads, and develop rough estimates for each initiative (and have an idea of the minimal version for each one).

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Product Talk

MAY 10, 2023

An admin might create a user on the web console and then that user logs in on the mobile app and then they send a message through to other members of their group. ” I already knew you, Teresa, through other social groups so I was like, “Oh, right, that’s cool.” Teresa: Who are your typical customers?

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Mixpanel

JUNE 17, 2020

As CTO at Primephonic , the Amsterdam-based music streaming service sometimes called “the Spotify of classical music,” Henrique Boregio has channeled this approach into his company’s product roadmap, focusing his team and resources on building differentiated features for the niche market segment. Our head of curation is also a conductor.

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Mixpanel

JUNE 17, 2020

As CTO at Primephonic , the Amsterdam-based music streaming service sometimes called “the Spotify of classical music,” Henrique Boregio has channeled this approach into his company’s product roadmap, focusing his team and resources on building differentiated features for the niche market segment. Our head of curation is also a conductor.

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