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

Conferences

Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML)

Don't be an a**hole: How to design AI products that people trust — Simonetta Batteiger at mtpcon London 2026

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

How Fin builds at the edges when agents own the middle: John Moriarty at #mtpcon London 2026

The Hidden UX of AI - How to build trustworthy AI products: Nina Olding at INDUSTRY 2025 

Video

Product Management Conference

From first click to Aha: How AI is rewriting user onboarding - Nichole Mace at INDUSTRY 2025 (Pendo)

Tasnim Nazeer is an features editor for Mind the Product and an award-winning journalist and reporter. 

Tasnim Nazeer

A practical guide on prototyping and supercharging your Product with AI: Prerna Singh at INDUSTRY 2025

Archana comes with 9+ years of experience in Product Management, Data Analytics and Machine Learning with Masters in Computer Technology. Archana's expertise is in Telecom, Fraud and Finance Domain with work experience in Microsoft and American Express.

Archana Kumari

Community Post

How to build an AI product that doesn’t suck

Product Management

Poll results: What tools are product managers using the most?

Lisa Murkin is a Lead Product Manager at Elsewhen, a digital product consultancy, with over 10 years of experience building digital products for B2B SaaS and B2C organisations, including roles at Accenture, Arcadia, and Photobox. Passionate about GenAI, Lisa is driven by the exploration of untapped problems and potential solutions. She believes Product Management is about bridging business goals with engineering capabilities, weaving user needs into every stage of development to create impactful products that resonate.

Lisa Murkin

Learning from experience: Key takeaways from our GenAI project

Join our podcast hosts Lily Smith and Randy Silver for in-depth conversations with some of the best product people around the world! Every week they chat with people in the know, covering the topics that matter to you - solving real problems, developing awesome products, building successful teams and developing careers. Find out more, subscribe, and access all episodes on <a href="https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-product-experience/">The Product Experience homepage</a>.

The Product Experience

Podcast

AI and product-led growth go hand in hand – Nichole Mace (SVP, Product, User Experience at Pendo)

LLM workflows for product managers: 3 key takeaways (Niloufar Salehi, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley) – ProductTank SF

Liz is a content manager for Pendo and writes about evolving best practices and trends within the world of product. When she’s not 50 web tabs deep researching, reading, or writing, Liz is probably thinking about one of those three things.

Liz Fieno

20 ways to build AI/ML products

Ketaki Vaidya holds the position of AI Product Manager at Oracle, where her primary role involves creating and managing Artificial Intelligence Solutions for a hotel operations and distribution enterprise platform. Additionally, she hosts a podcast called “Personal Branding for Professionals,” which offers career development strategies to support professionals in building a thriving career in the tech industry.
Her work with organizations like Women in Data Science and Criya has provided her with a comprehensive understanding of the challenges women face in the tech industry, and she actively works towards creating an inclusive space for women. Her efforts have earned her recognition in Entrepreneur Magazine’s side hustle feature and the 1 Million Women in STEM campaign, which highlights the work and experiences of women in STEM and business to promote female role models for the next generation.
Ketaki is passionate about mentoring aspiring professionals interested in product/tech and has mentored more than 100 college graduates and professionals in securing their desired job roles and improving visibility at work in 2023. She has also been invited to deliver talks at about 15 conferences/podcasts including prestigious conferences like the Women in Product, Product World, and the Grace Hopper Celebration.

Ketaki Vaidya

The future of product management: Insights from ProductTank San Francisco

As a Senior Product Manager-Technical at Amazon, Ananti brings over 8 years of industry experience, including 5 years dedicated to driving automation and machine learning-driven products for fraud prevention and data protection. Her expertise lies in harnessing advanced technologies to create strategic and robust solutions that enhance customer experience, streamline operations and safeguard customer trust.
She holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, which have equipped her with a strong foundation in both business strategy and technical acumen. Throughout her career, she has led cross-functional teams to develop innovative products that address complex challenges in the e-commerce and technology sectors.
She is passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to enhance security posture, optimize performance, and deliver exceptional value to customers.

Ananti Gupta

Why ML-based products require an agile approach to road mapping

Product lessons learned making early moves with AI in media: Lindsey Jayne (CPO, Financial Times)

Hardik is a seasoned technology leader and innovator with over 7 years of experience in driving cutting-edge projects and fostering excellence in tech-driven environments. As a Product Lead at Amazon, Hardik is responsible for architecting Amazon&#39;s supply chain connectivity platform, ensuring seamless operations for 100K+ trading partners worldwide.

Prior to Amazon, Hardik worked as a Data Scientist at ZS Associates, where he scaled several teams from 0-to-1 to develop AI solutions that transformed clinical trial operations, optimized drug marketing strategies, and improved healthcare outcomes. Hardik also has experience in evaluating early-stage startups with disruptive potential. 

Hardik Chawla

A no-code approach to building MVPs 

Balaji is a seasoned product leader with a strong track record of driving innovation and achieving business growth through strategic product development. With an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business and over 15 years of experience in Product Management and Engineering, Balaji has successfully launched and scaled products and has led cross-functional teams to excel in achieving organizational goals across some of the big-tech like Amazon, Adobe and Morningstar. Balaji currently works as a Senior Group Product Manager at Paylocity. Balaji is particularly passionate about helping people break into product management and building products that reduce economic and cognitive friction.

Balaji Ananthanpillai

Can AI tools address product manager performance paradox? 

Julia Ryzhkova is a Product Lead at Railsware with over 15 years of hands-on experience with product management, automatization, and optimization of business processes in 70+ global companies. Julia also teaches at the UCU Business School ( Lviv Business School) and the Prometheus, the largest online education platform in Ukraine. The author of courses for MBA programs, business analysts, and consultants.