David is a serial entrepreneur and product guy by heart. Over the course of last 30 years he has built, scaled and sold multiple startups. He currently leads product management at New Relic. He is also a CMU 2Xer having completed his B.S. and MBA from CMU. You can reach out to David on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhersh/
Ramakanth is a Sr. PM at Dell Technologies. He graduated from Tepper School of Business in 2017 after completing his full-time MBA and since then he has been working at Dell within the Cloud Infrastructure Technology space. In this episode Ramakanth shares: - His journey from SWE to PM - Value of an MBA in a Product Manager's Career - Importance of Mentorship You can find Ramakanth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rskanumuri/ Connect with the Host on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in...
In this episode, we're joined by Tejas Venkatesh, co-founder of Fitted and a Lead on the Iris Lunar Rover project. Tejas shares his journey from founding Nile to revolutionizing online shopping with Fitted, his experiences in space robotics, and how his military service has shaped his entrepreneurial path. We delve into problem discovery, solution ideation, and balancing academic responsibilities with startup ambitions. This episode is produced in collaboration with CMU Tech & Entrepreneu...
We're joined by CMU alumni and industry leaders from Walmart, McKinsey, and Google, who share their expert views on the transformation of enterprise SaaS through AI integration. Our guests discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by AI, providing a deep dive into how companies and new graduates are adapting to stay competitive in a rapidly changing landscape. This episode is produced in collaboration with CMU Tech & Entrepreneurship. Host: Kevin Fang Guests: Nitul Shah Harshika ...
Anik Shah (Tepper MBA 2022) is currently helping Amazon Business to launch in emerging markets. In this conversation we dive deep into the classic transition from Software Engineering to Product Management. Anik also shareds his thoughts on how to transition from being a good product manager to a great one. Connect with Anik on: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anik-shah/ Connect with the host (Kinshuk Dudeja): https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinshukdudeja/...
In this episode, we had our alumni Trishala Pillai over our first podcast of season 2024. She is one of the most energetic and self-driven PMs I know in my life. Enjoy our talk about: Early career path planning Secret of being a super multi-tasker Interview design as a pm and host Product innovation Public speaking skills Trishalla's recommendation on book/newsletter/successful ppl
Chris Butler is a chaotic good product manager, writer, and speaker. He currently leads the Core Machine Learning Efforts at Google. He has played a pivotal role at Cognizant, Meta, KAYAK and Waze. Chris also co-founded The Uncertainty Project, a close-knit community of decision makers. You can find Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbu/ Connect with the Host on : https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinshukdudeja/ Follow Product@CMU for more updates: https://linktr.ee/productcmu...
Join us for a compelling dialogue with Cher Hu, a dynamic APM II at Google and Columbia alumna. From her career pivot from law and investment banking to her current role at Google Labs, Cher offers invaluable insights into the intricate world of product management. To connect, visit Cher Hu on LinkedIn . Host: Annie Qin ( Linkedin ) Explore P@CMU: Linktree...
Join us for an insightful conversation with Manan Modi, a multi-talented product leader, startup builder, investor, and writer. From his academic journey transitioning from Carnegie Mellon to Cornell to his extensive experience working at influential organizations like Adobe, Accenture, and Amplify, Manan has developed a unique perspective on the world of startups and product management which he shares in this episode, produced in collaboration with CMU Tech & Entrepreneurship . For more det...
Edwin Bodge is a Principal Product Manager at Duolingo and has played a significant role in Building Duolingo’s Flagship GPT-4 Language Product called Duolingo Max. In this episode Edwin talks about: Product Journey of building Duolingo Max Product Monetization Essential tips for AI Product Managers You can find Edwin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwinbodge/ Few more resources that might be helpful to explore the topic further: OpenAI’s Customer Story: https://openai.com/customer-sto...
The Breakdown by P@CMU presents the first every episode of Product Unwrapped, your bi-weekly doze of the latest and greatest happenings in the world of Tech, Product and Entrepreneurship. This week Tilly Zuo , Cathryn Lin , Kinshuk Dudeja , Chen (Alina) Fang and Yize Shen talk about: - Instagram Threads (vs. Twitter) - Slack Canvas (is it a Notion/Google Docs killer?) - Claude 2 (Anthropic's rival to ChatGPT) - Most Important Updates from Figma Config 2023 Tune-In to the latest episode right now...
Nancy Chu is a Product Management veteran with more than a decade worth of product experience with companies like Roku, Meta and Oracle. She recently started her second innings has a PM Coach and Instructor where she coaches some of the most influential PMs in the industry. She is also a CMU 2Xer as she completed her undergrad as well as masters education from Carnegie Mellon University. You can find Nancy Chu on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancychu/ Enroll with Nancy on AllTakes: h...
Pranathi Alla is a senior product manager specialist at Salesforce, and previously a product manager at Adobe and Optum. Follow Pranathi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranathi-alla/ Follow Tilly on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tillyzuo/
Connect with the speakers: Tilly Zuo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tillyzuo/ Owen Huang: https://www.linkedin.com/in/owh99/ Kinshuk Dudeja: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinshukdudeja/ Yize Shen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yizeshen/ Join our Slack Channel: https://join.slack.com/t/productcmu/shared_invite/zt-1xb0uyys0-O~YfEMk0wGFe_gefHYTROA
Yohann Abittan is an AI product manager and startup investor. He studied CS at NYU and obtained his Master's in Technology Ventures from CMU. He was the founding PM at Lodestar, a no-code AI platform that revolutionized vision tasks by accelerating dataset development, model training, and deployment by 100x. Currently, he focuses on his family office's investments, actively supporting pre-seed and seed-stage startups in AI, Data, robotics, and cloud domains. We are talking about: How to find val...
Hello and welcome to the breakdown, a podcast for product, entrepreneurship, and everything in between. For our very first episode, we're 'breaking down' the experiences of some remarkable mentors from our mentorship program. We'll explore their motivations for choosing a career in product management, uncover valuable lessons they've learned along the way, and of course, their advice on navigating in the world of pm. We are thrilled to have you along for the ride, so without further ado, let's d...
