Eira is an editor for Mind the Product. She's been a business journalist, editor, and copywriter for longer than she cares to think about.

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Martin Eriksson has 25+ years experience building world-class online products in both corporate and start-up environments for global brands such as Monster, Financial Times, Huddle, and Covestor. He is the Founder of ProductTank, the Co-Founder and Curator of Mind the Product, and a Product Partner at leading venture capital fund EQT Ventures. He is also the author of the best-seller <em>Product Leadership, How Top Product Leaders Launch Great Products and Build Successful Teams</em> (O'Reilly, 2017).

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Robert Schlaff is Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase, transforming the company from the world’s greatest bank to the world’s greatest tech company. In his 2 decades as a Product Manager, he’s been the head of Banking Business Development at Amazon Web Services, Commercial Digital Product at AIG, and online treasury management at Citi. He started his career as a software engineer working on innovation projects that were far ahead of their time like speech enabled phone systems (via landline phones), mobile notifications (via Blackberry) and Artificial Intelligence (via Expert Systems). He blogs at schlaff.com.

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Ambre Josse is Head of Product at Easygenerator. She is PMP certified with 7 years' experience and always has a Kanban board within reach. She is French from New-Caledonia, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Louron serves as the Editor at Mind the Product, bringing nearly a decade of experience in editorial positions across business and technology publications. For any editorial inquiries, you can connect with him on LinkedIn or Twitter.

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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>.

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Aleeza was Def Method’s 2021 summer intern. She has worked at several companies as a technology content writer, and she is passionate about getting to know each department well before writing for and about it. Some topics she covers are management, design, engineering, and artificial intelligence. As a Princeton University student, she has taken classes on journalistic interview techniques and creative writing, including non-fiction. She is majoring in psychology and minoring in creative writing and computer science, and she manages several campus groups in her spare time. Currently she is planning out the user experience of newly in-person events for over 150 people.
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Isabelle leads our Product and Design departments at Def Method. She has been a Product Manager for 13 years working in startups and consultancies such as Current, Betterment, and Pivotal Labs. She has experience with all aspects of the product life cycle and on a wide variety of products including consumer-facing products as well as enterprise and B2B products. She is dedicated to hiring and developing the best product managers and designers and supporting them as they deliver impactful software that solves important business and user needs for Def Method’s clients. Outside of work, she enjoys kitesurfing, metalsmithing, and hanging out with her 3-year-old, Zoe.

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Francesco graduated with an M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Technische Universität München and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and used to work as a Product Manager for BMW Mobility Services before starting Kyte. At BMW, Francesco launched mobility services combining carsharing and ridehailing in the US and China. 2019, Francesco co-founded Kyte. Since then, Francesco is driving the product vision and product strategy of the company. Fun fact: Francesco broke the Guinness World Record for the longest MTB wheelie back in the day. Kyte is a technology company offering its users the easiest way to get a car for a day, a week, or several months. Kyte has been founded in 2019 and raised $40 million to date. It is operating across more than 10 cities in the US and quickly expanding. Find more information at kyte.com.

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Sebastian Straube started his career as a consultant focusing on digital transformation and digital strategy. Then he was eager to actually execute the strategies and build real products. Thus, Sebastian became a product manager developing mainly eCommerce applications and innovative mobile apps. Building on that experience, Sebastian wanted to bring his passion for product development to other teams. Now he is a product management &amp; discovery coach at Accenture Business Agility and helps clients build empowered product teams that develop extraordinary products. His focus lies on product visioning, product strategy, and product discovery.

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The influence of psychological safety on product management

With a deep background in software development and consulting, Josh oversees the ongoing innovation and refinement of Jama Software’s core product offerings. Beginning as an engineer, Josh’s career has taken him from Indiana to Germany, Colorado, and Portland. His work with the U.S. Department of Defense solidified his knowledge of safety-critical systems, and the vital role requirements and risk management plays within them. Having led product and engineering organizations, with teams distributed across the globe, Josh understands the daily challenges our customers face in a constantly changing marketplace and the tools they need to be successful.

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