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Leader Spotlight: Building product for AI-resilient careers, with Zach Heller
Zach Heller is part of the Product Leadership team at Penn Foster Group.
 • Katie Schickel
This Product Leader Built Her Own PM OS with Claude Code: LIVE Demo | Parul Goel (ex-Indeed/PayPal)
Parul Goel, a former Senior Director of Product Management at Indeed, built an open source PM operating system with Claude Code — and today she visits…
 • Jeff Wharton
Leader Spotlight: Why every PM should build a personal agent, with Aaron Roy
Aaron Roy is Product Director at Manychat, where he’s building Manychat for Brands.
 • Katie Schickel
Leader Spotlight: Why UX leadership matters more in the AI era, with Ephie Risho
Ephie Risho is Director of UX at Applied Systems, a technology company for the global insurance industry.
 • Jessica Srinivas
Speedrunning $0 to $180M: The Intrapreneur's Playbook | Gaurav Jaiswal, VP Product (ex-Pearson, SAP)
Gaurav Jaiswal on co-founding SAP Digital, scaling it from $0 to $180M, and building businesses within existing legacy businesses.
 • Jeff Wharton
Leader Spotlight: Building product experiences for QR codes, with Moritz Hoffmann
Moritz Hoffmann is Senior Director, Global Product Management at 1WorldSync GmbH, by Syndigo, based in Cologne, Germany, where he leads a team of…
 • Katie Schickel
Leader Spotlight: Designing products around data control, with JP Ayyappan
JP Ayyappan is Director of Product Management at Virtru,a data-centric security company focused on keeping sensitive information both protected and…
 • Jessica Srinivas
Leader Spotlight: Using AI as a force multiplier for product judgment, with Adi Thacker
Adi Thacker is Senior Vice President of Product Management at Poshmark, where he leads end-to-end shopping experiences spanning search, feed…
 • Jessica Srinivas
Leader Spotlight: Where finance, psychology, and product judgment meet, with James Falzone
James Falzone is Director of Product at Kargo, where he leads machine learning and marketplace initiatives at the intersection of finance, psychology…
 • Jessica Srinivas
How DoorDash Turned Food Delivery into a Local Commerce Platform | Vassili Samolis, VP of Product
DoorDash's VP of Product, Vassili Samolis, on why the best products start with specific customer stories and how a true CPA ad model tied the company's…
 • Jeff Wharton
Leader Spotlight: Developing product sense through technical product management, with Nilesh Singh
Nilesh Singh is Head of Product – Backend at Unicity International, a wellness company that develops innovative nutritional products.
 • Katie Schickel
Leader Spotlight: Building an AI-native product inside a 75-year-old brand, with Mike Bal
Mike Bal is Head of Product & AI at David’s Bridal, where he leads Pearl Planner, an AI-native wedding planning platform built on knowledge graph…
 • Jessica Srinivas
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