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

Product Management Conference

Get better at making better products: Vidya Dinamani, Founder and Partner at Product Rebels

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

How Stack Overflow is competing with AI – Jody Bailey (CPTO, Stack Overflow)

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.

Eira Hayward

Internal Product Management

When your product is not THE product by Emily Tate at #mtpcon London 2025

Product Management Skills

Why emotional connection drives successful products: Nesrine Changuel at #mtpcon London (Google, Spotify, Microsoft)

Inside Amex’s mobile app redesign – Jose Quesada at #mtpcon London 2025 (VP Product, Amex)

Paul is the Director of Business Development at Mind the Product. Before he joined the team, he was the co-founder of Product Collective, an initiative to bring together the global product community online and at INDUSTRY: The Product Conference. In recent years he led business development at DXY, a leading product design firm in the Midwest, and product innovation at MedCity Media, a publishing startup acquired by Breaking Media in 2015.

Paul McAvinchey

Building Product Teams

Product Management Career

Product Manager vs Program Manager..what's the difference?

Beks has over 2 decades experience working in Product Management, the last 14 years spent leading global product and design teams. Working at a wide variety of industries, product types; B2C, B2B, and B2B2C. Various domains;  financial services, payments, retail banking, SaaS, personal media and TV and most recently in Climate Tech. Beks is the founder of the Female Product Lead a community focused on empowering the female product leaders of today and tomorrow and is also a community leader at Product Mind community - the worlds only community supporting the mental health and wellbeing of product professionals globally.

Beks Yelland

How to set off on the right product foot in 2025

Sunday Rewind: 7 things I’ve learned in my first 6 months as a product manager

Hemanth Babu Shekar is a strategic product leader with 16 years of experience driving technological innovation across the tech industry. Currently serving at Rivian, he develops cutting-edge quality management systems that set new industry benchmarks. At Amazon, Hemanth launched machine learning products for transportation, optimizing complex logistics systems and solving critical attribution challenges. During his tenure at Meta, he developed AI-driven solutions for social commerce, addressing cross-platform tracking and user experience complexities. His career is distinguished by scaling breakthrough products across B2B and B2C sectors, consistently leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve intricate industry challenges.

Hemanth Babu Shekar

Community Post

Should you specialize or stay versatile in product?

Hermann is Head of Product in the company CSI.  
Since 2016 he has been developing in the direction of product management.
Between 2016 and 2021 he consulted business owners and product managers about Customer Development processes, marketing promotion of the product and other issues.
Since 2021, he has managed the product creation of Set Loyalty - CDP platform for data and customer loyalty management in large international retail chains.

Hermann Antonov

A case study: Launching a product process in a project-based company

What I wish I knew sooner in product: Lessons from the community

Kent J McDonald writes about and practices software product management. He has IT and product development experience in a variety of industries including financial services, health insurance, nonprofit, and automotive. Kent currently practices his craft with teams in a variety of industries and provides just in time resources for product owners and business analysts at KBP.media and Product Collective. When not writing or product managing, Kent is his family’s #ubersherpa, listens to jazz and podcasts (but not necessarily podcasts about jazz), and collects national parks.

Kent McDonald

Your data may be discounted: This week’s product news

Mind the Product's top 10 guest posts of 2024

Sunday Rewind: The importance of connection and community

A product leader with 19 years of experience shaping technology and driving innovation across the U.S. and the Middle East. As a Senior Group Product Manager at Paylocity, he focuses on delivering user-driven solutions that create measurable impact.

His career includes leadership roles at Paycom and du in Dubai, as well as valuable experience at Computer Rx in Oklahoma, where he developed his skills in product management and technology. He specializes in product strategy, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and delivering results in dynamic environments.

Outside of work, he is a big soccer fan and enjoy sharing insights about product management, leadership, and innovation through writing and mentorship.