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The Product Experience

Podcast

The new manifesto for product builders - Faith Forster (Chief Product Officer)

Danny Kane is co-founder and design director at Filament. He is responsible for the studio's design strategy and output, as well as developing the design and engineering team. Day to day, Danny oversees a range of projects and helps grow relationships with Filament's clients, partners, and suppliers, working on products used across sectors ranging from medical and healthcare to social housing and consumer goods.

Danny Kane

Product Growth

Product Launch

Product testing post-launch is a double-edged sword. Here’s how to do it the right way 

Delfina Zhupan Lazareski is a product and delivery leader focused on helping organisations build products that balance innovation, customer value, and regulatory requirements. Throughout her career, she has worked with global teams across technology-driven businesses, leading product initiatives, governance frameworks, and operating model transformations. She is the author of Product Leadership in Regulated Environments, where she explores how product leaders can successfully navigate compliance, risk, and innovation in an increasingly regulated world.

Delfina Zhupan Lazareski 

Product Strategy

How to build products that don't break when regulation changes

Reshmika is a Product Manager at Motorola Solutions with 3+ years of experience building B2B technology products using automation and AI. She holds a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from Duke University and is a certified Scrum Master and Product Owner. With a strong foundation in product management, software engineering, and machine learning, she is passionate about translating user insights into impactful, value-driven products through innovation and collaboration.

Outside of work, Reshmika is a strong advocate for women in STEM and actively contributes to community initiatives. She is deeply passionate about knowledge sharing and mentorship, having mentored 90+ individuals in product management and career development.

Reshmika Dhandapani

Team Alignment

When everyone is talking, but no one is aligned

Mike Belsito is Head of Product Evangelism for Pendo and Mind the Product and is seen as one of product management’s most notable connectors. 

Mike spent over a decade leading two of the most recognized communities in product management – first as co-founder of Product Collective, home to INDUSTRY: The Product Conference – and then at Mind the Product, after Pendo brought the two together in September 2024. Through both, he's built spaces where product people connect, grow, and take their craft seriously.

Before his community-building chapter, Mike was a startup founder and operator, serving as a co-founder, executive, and early employee in several technology startup companies. He is currently under contract with Wiley to write The Future-Proof Product Manager – a book that explores the timeless characteristics helping product people stay valuable through any period of massive change. It is due out in February 2027. His work has been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, CNN, NPR, and PBS.


Mike Belsito

Now Shipping

Product management news

OpenAI goes rogue, Thinking Machines launches Inkling, and Google ships three Gemini models: your weekly product briefing

Senior Technical Product Owner & Project Manager who modernizes enterprise platforms and makes delivery predictable. Expert is stabilizing systems, restoring executive confidence, and leaving teams shipping. End-to-end delivery: strategy, roadmap, operating model, architecture, and technical program execution for integration-heavy platforms across OTT/streaming, global eCommerce, fintech, utilities, and pharma.

Jim Markunas

Product/Market Fit

Product market fit doesn't live in your revenue chart 

The one thing AI can't automate, and how to use it (Sarah Stone McDevitt, HubSpot)

Riddhi Bhasker is a London-based Product Manager specialising in AI-driven products, consumer mobile apps, and B2B platforms. Her writing on product strategy, AI system design, and user experience appears in Product-Led Alliance, UXmatters, and SiliconIndia. She is a confirmed judge for the Global Spotlight Awards 2026 and is currently building the London Chapter of Women in Product.

Riddhi Bhasker

Why gamification kills the products it's supposed to save

The month AI agents went mainstream (Dan Olsen)

Megan Slater is the Event Marketing Manager at Mind the Product, where she spends her days helping make sure conferences actually happen. She's the person behind the emails about what's what and who's who at upcoming events. When she's not deep in Cvent or convincing speakers to post on LinkedIn, you'll find her teaching knitting, lifting heavy things and putting them down again, or planning her next D&D campaign.

Megan Slater

Conferences

Mind the Product Chicago

Make a week of it: Chicago with your product team

Your guide to getting to Mind the Product Chicago on the company card

Louron serves as the Editor at Mind the Product, bringing 11+ years of experience in editorial roles across business and technology publications. For any editorial inquiries, you can connect with him on LinkedIn or email him at louron.pratt@pendo.io 

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