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Each session The Product Mentor strives to recognize those special Mentors and Mentees who deserve special recognition for their contribution.
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Awarded to Mentors for going above and beyond in experience, attention and accomplishment.

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Bryan Postelnek
Product Manager, Angie's List

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Talk(s)​: Tips on Communicating Internally to Different Audiences
​​​LinkedIn

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Andrew Hsu
Product Manager, Vega Factor

Talk(s)​: Product in Chaos? Then Focus on these 3 Things, A New Flavor of Agile,  6 Tips to Help You Execute Your Roadmap
​​LinkedIn

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Joni Hoadley
Product Management Coach & Consultant, Joni Hoadley + Co

Talk(s)​: Metrics that Matter
​​LinkedIn

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Patrick Hoffman
Sr. Product Manager of Enterprise, Udacity​​
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Talk(s)​: What is Core to Product Management, Sprints: Finding and Maintaining the Right Cadence for Your Team and Product, Sprints: Finding and Maintaining the Right Cadence for Your Team and Product
LinkedIn

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Jordan Bergtraum ★ ★ ★
Product Management Consultant

Talk(s)​: The Value of Win/Loss Analysis, The Benefits of Being Responsible for Product Messaging, Users vs. Thought Leaders, Introducing Product to Your Organization, PM's need to know things no one else knows, 5 Activities Product Managers Should Stop Doing
​​LinkedIn

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Nis Frome ★ ★ ★
Content and Product, Alpha

Talk(s)​: Rapid Prototyping,
Design Sprints, Advocating for Lean Practices, High Velocity Decision Making vs. High Quality Decision Making, 
How to Tell your Product Management Story and Build Your Personal Brand
​​LinkedIn

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Chris Butler 
Director of AI, Philosophie

Talk(s): Business Development vs. Product Management,  Product Management for AI/ML, Product Management Management
​​LinkedIn

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Vikas Batra
Director Strategy, Nokia

Talk(s)​: The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Product Management, Finance and Business Case Essentials for Product Managers, Using Discovery Insights Personality Types, Mixed Reality Interfaces and Product Management, Developing Strategy for Product Managers
​​LinkedIn

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Shelley Iocona
Founder and Lead Strategist, On Its Axis

Talk(s)​: Product Management & The Nuances of Digital Health Apps
​​LinkedIn

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Paul Hurwitz
Director of Active Analytics, ActiveHealth Management

Talk(s)​: Parachuting into Existing Product​, Maximizing Your LinkedIn for a Successful Product Management Career, How to Break Into Product Management​
​​LinkedIn

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Marc Abraham
Senior Product Manager, notonthehighstreet.com

Talk(s)​: Creating and Managing Product Roadmaps
​​LinkedIn

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Felix Sargent
Product Manager, Bloomberg

Talk(s)​: Inheriting a Product, How to Interview a Product Manager, Managing Technical Debt, Getting Ahead in Product Management, Hot Potatoes: How to handle the thing that causes everyone else to quit
​​LinkedIn

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Awarded to Mentees for achievements in learning and advancement within the field of Product Management.

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Syed Abdullah
Senior Product Owner, Verizon
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Article: Adapting to Product Risks (coming soon)
​​LinkedIn

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Ryan Pollack
Product Manager, Def Method
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Article: Promoting a Metrics-Driven Product and Company Culture (coming soon)
​​LinkedIn

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Merziyah Poonawala
Product Manager, Def Method
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Article: Treat Your Product Team Like a Product​ (coming soon)
​​LinkedIn

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Hannah Kim
Product Owner, PWNHealth

Article: Becoming a Proactive Product Manager​ (coming soon)
​​LinkedIn

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Nick Eckhart
Chief Innovation Officer, H&L Australia

Article: There is no such thing as a perfect product roadmap​
​​LinkedIn

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Lee Atkins
Chief Innovation Officer, H&L Australia

Article: How to establish a customer advisory board
​​LinkedIn

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Madhavi Marka
Product Manager, Transplant Connect

Article: Importance of Customer Segmentation​ (coming soon)
​​LinkedIn

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Julian Dunn
Senior Product Manager, Chef

Article: How to develop, articulate, and sell product strategy​
​​LinkedIn

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Kennan Murphy-Sierra
Associate Product Manager, OnDeck

Article: Seeking Help in Product Management​
​​LinkedIn

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Mark Jones
Product Manager, BroadbandTV

Article: Product Management & When Other Departments Need Help
​​LinkedIn

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Eric Kiang
Product Manager, MediaRadar

Article: The one thing every product manager should do…​
​​LinkedIn

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Jessica Waite
Technical Product Manager, Townsquare Media

Article: So...Your Boss Changes Your Roadmap
​​LinkedIn

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Peyvand Mohseni
Senior Product Manager, WANDA Inc.

Article: Know the World Your Product Lives In
​​LinkedIn

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Avinash Bajaj
Head of Product Management, Flixmedia

Article: How to transition a Product Manager to a Product Leader
​​LinkedIn

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Lonnie Rosenbaum
Senior Product Manager, Booker Software

Article: How Communicating More can Help You Succeed as a Product Manager
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Liel Aharon
Appstore Product Manager, MediaMath

Article: Does your product management process actually solve your problems?
​​LinkedIn


Select Mentee Articles

  • Becoming Product
  • Customers
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Strategy
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​Better Time Management for Product Managers ​by Anthony Nguyen (Mentee, Session 3)
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4 Lessons that set my Mind about Becoming a Product Manager by Sean Echevarria (Mentee, Session 4)
Managing Your Career and Yourself Like a Product by Hansa Vagadiya (Mentee, Session 4)
Starting at a New Company as a PM by Jen Hau (Mentee, Session 5)
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Why Product Management Is Not The Same As Oprah’s Favorite Things by Esley Svanas (Mentee, Session 8)
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Becoming a Truly Customer-centric Product Manager with the "Jobs to Be Done" Framework ​by Izge Cengiz (Mentee, Session 3)
Driving Product Growth with Customer Interviews in 20 Days by Jeffrey Owens (Mentee, Session 4)
User Onboarding in Enterprise SaaS #prodmgmt by Prakhar Agarwal ​(Mentee, Session 4)
Product Management & Automated Testing by Valia Lekka (Mentee, Session 6)
The one thing every product manager should do is... by Eric Kiang (Mentee, Session 6)
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Jobs to be Done Interview Tips for Product Managers by John Kresse (Mentee, Session 7)
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Importance of Customer Segmentation when Building New Products by Madhavi Marka (Mentee, Session 7)
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Establishing Customer Advisory Boards for Product Managers by Lee Atkins (Mentee, Session 7)
How Communicating More Can Help You Succeed as a Product Manager by Lonnie Rosenbaum (Mentee, Session 4)
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Adopting the AIM Strategy to Product Manager Presentations​ by Sam Kolich (Mentee, Session 3)
Building a Stakeholder Roadmap by Marc San Luis (Mentee, Session 5)
Is Wagile really that evil? by Furqan Hameed (Mentee, Session 5)
Importance of 1:1's in Product Management by Aurelija Pavilionyte (Mentee, Session 6)
​Product Manager: Seeking Help by Kennan Murphy-Sierra (Mentee, Session 6)
How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy by Julian Dunn (Mentee, Session 6)
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Product Managers…Take Back Your Time! by Chris Martens (Mentee, Session 7)
How to transition from a Product Manager to a Product Leader by Avinash Bajaj (Mentee, Session 4)
Reconciling Product Management and Product Leadership by Lamia Benhaddou (Mentee, Session 4)
In Product Management, soft skills lead to hard lessons by Jince Kuruvilla (Mentee, Session 4)
Establishing a Good Product Relationship with a Remote Engineering Team by Stef Orzech (Mentee, Session 5)
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How to Lead without Authority (a Product Manager POV) by Cornell Pineda (Mentee, Session 5)
Relationships are the Currency of Product Managers by Rodhmir Labadie (Mentee, Session 5)
Product Management & When Other Departments Need Help by Mark Jones (Mentee, Session 6)
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The Product Manager’s Secret Menu by Anthony Lazarus (Mentee, Session 8)

The Worst Nightmare of Any Product Manager by Liel Aharon (Mentee, Session 4)
How to Quickly Prioritize Your Product Backlog by Christopher Davis (Mentee, Session 4)
Start making better product decisions: A framework to go with your Agile Process by Alex Hsu (Mentee, Session 4)
Prioritizing Product Innovation by Ariba Jahan (Mentee, Session 4)
So, your boss’s boss walks into your office and changes your roadmap… by Jessica Waite (Mentee, Session 5)
Prioritizing Product Features by ROI by Roli Bhotika (Mentee, Session 5)
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Imbuing Product Strategy by Marissa Fong (Mentee, Session 5)
​Know the World Your Product Lives in by Peyvand Mohseni (Mentee, Session 5)
Deliver Outcomes, Not Features by Jie Jin (Mentee, Session 5)
MVP Roadmapping by Tofi Buzali (Mentee, Session 6)
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Why So Many Products Fail to Create Value by Sherzod Abdujabborov (Mentee, Session 7)
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Problem Solving as a Product Manager by Rashid Manzar (Mentee, Session 7)
Don’t Let Your Clients Drive Your Roadmap by Elly Lin (Mentee, Session 8)
Applying Proto-Strategy to Product Management by Eric Wang (Mentee, Session 8)
Making It (Product) Right by Surbhi Gupta (Mentee, Session 8)
There is No Perfect Roadmap by Nick Eckhart (Mentee, Session 8)
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