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The Product Experience

Podcast

Building products for pilots: A case study - Cristina Bustos (Swiss AviationSoftware)

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 

Louron Pratt

Product Management Career

Product thinking is the key skill behind the fastest-growing jobs in 2026

Archit Sood is a Product Manager with experience spanning platform systems, data-driven workflows, and complex cross-functional programs. Prior to his current role with Microsoft & Windows, he led large-scale optimization and analytics initiatives across global supply chain and operational environments. He brings a deep interest in reliability, user experience, and data-informed product design to every team he works with.

Archit Sood 

Data Driven Product Management

Community Post

The future OS: Why data will define the next decade

Olumide Durotoluwa is a Product Leader with experience building and scaling digital products across fintech, cleantech, and SaaS in African markets. At M-KOPA, he leads product initiatives focused on driving adoption and monetization within credit-led, multi-country platforms serving low-income and emerging-market users.
His work sits at the intersection of growth, unit economics, and platform reliability—navigating regulatory constraints, fragmented infrastructure, and complex user behavior to deliver sustainable business outcomes. Olumide is particularly interested in combining product strategy, experimentation, and cross-functional execution to scale products in constrained but high-impact environments.

Olumide Durotoluwa

Case Study

Designing enforcement as user experience: A case study in PAYG lending

How to lead without authority - Sean Flaherty (ITX Corp)

Gustavo is a Strategy & Operations Director at the health-tech company K Health. Drawing on his strategic consulting background from McKinsey & Company, he specializes in transforming complex business challenges into clear, achievable roadmaps. His leadership experience at K Health has also given him first-hand expertise in scaling AI-driven healthcare solutions and delivering superior user value at a rapid pace.

Gustavo Bolgè

Sumanth is a product leader with 14 years of experience at the intersection of technology and user-centric design. As a Group Product Manager at Adobe, he focuses on making creative apps like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Adobe Firefly accessible to creators of varying skill levels. Previously at Healthspring, he developed one of India's first large-scale Electronic Medical Records.

Sumanth Shiva Prakash

Product Roadmap

How to plan your year with hypotheses instead of guesses

Alexandra is the Newsletter Editor at Mind the Product and a journalist with six years' experience covering tech, culture, and the online space. She's worked with New_Public and Untested and co-founded GRV Media's graduate writers' program.

Alexandra Ciufudean

Product Management

What product advice Mind the Product readers valued most in 2025

Madison is a product manager focused on digital health. With a background as a clinician, she experienced firsthand the challenges faced by both patients and providers. Driven by a desire to understand and solve these problems at scale, she transitioned into product management to build solutions that improve healthcare experiences and outcomes.

Madison Fugard

How PMs can make imposter syndrome their friend

How to stop micromanaging PMs and teams — Mariah Craddick (The Atlantic)

What is Product Management?

Top product management books and resources for 2026

Rakshana Balakrishnan is an accomplished cloud product leader with 12+ years of experience in designing and delivering technical cloud-based products from concept to launch, including 0-to-1 and 1-to-n products. At Oracle, she leads the product development and growth for Oracle Database@AWS, an industry-first multicloud product that caters to global customers across AWS and Oracle cloud environments. Previously at AWS, she empowered thousands of global customers to create better business outcomes through their cloud journey, by delivering 20+ impactful products focused on optimizing cloud spend, improving the cloud security posture, and accelerating GenAI innovation - influencing billions in revenue. Her prior experience at PwC involved implementing industry-first AI/ML products for customers in the Pharmaceutical industry. As a recognized thought leader, Rakshana has spoken at numerous international conferences and tech talks, published articles on cloud product management in leading tech journals, and served as a judge/product advisor for key award programs. Passionate about fostering diversity in STEM, she serves as a community engagement leader and actively mentors hundreds of young women, in partnership with globally recognized non-profit organizations.

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