In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Diego dos Santos, Director of ‘pay-by-bank’ Product Management at Mastercard. 
Together, they discuss:

• The product growth priorities when you first start in a new company
• The race to keep costs low in order to keep prices cheap
• The dangers posed by disintermediation
• Assessing risks in the network 

Diego has been a Director of Product Management at Mastercard for four years now, after three years at Zonal Retail Data Systems. His career in product and business development has seen him live everywhere from São Paulo to Scotland.
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Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Previous guests include: Mauricio Monico from Wish; Lucas Thelosen from Google; Marc Esmiley from Microsoft; Diego dos Santos from Mastercard; Manlio Lo Conte from Meta; Sanah Ansari from Capital One; Meg Watson from Doordash; Daniel Lereya from Monday.com; and many others. 

Check out our three most downloaded episodes: 

• Applying Growth Strategies Across Industries | Shahzad Shaikh, Head of Product Management, Growth, Mobile, and Customer Engagement, Asana
• How can you improve a product’s global experience? With Mauricio Monico from Wish
• How to refine a product offering when you go global | Jean-Baptiste Gehin, Head of Product at N26

In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, host Adam Stead is joined by Marc Esmiley, Technical Program and Product Director for the Financial Services Industry Solution Engineering department at Microsoft. 


Together, they discuss:

• The unique challenges facing cloud-based financial services
• The relationship between businesses and regulators
• Inter-departmental strategies for specialised product management
• Future challenges for international regulators

Marc is coming up on eleven years at Microsoft and looks after the EMEA Technical Program Management and Technical Product Ownership functions. When he’s not at his desk, he’s a volunteer digital strategist for charities via the Cranfield Trust.
This episode is brought to you by Global App Testing. 


If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review it on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, instructions on how to do this are here.

Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Previous guests include: Mauricio Monico from Wish; Lucas Thelosen from Google; Marc Esmiley from Microsoft; Diego dos Santos from Mastercard; Manlio Lo Conte from Meta; Sanah Ansari from Capital One; Meg Watson from Doordash; Daniel Lereya from Monday.com; and many others. 

Check out our three most downloaded episodes: 

• Applying Growth Strategies Across Industries | Shahzad Shaikh, Head of Product Management, Growth, Mobile, and Customer Engagement, Asana
• How can you improve a product’s global experience? With Mauricio Monico from Wish
• How to refine a product offering when you go global | Jean-Baptiste Gehin, Head of Product at N26

In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, our host Adam Stead is joined by Lucas Thelosen, the Head of Product, Data & AI Cloud at Google. 

Together they discuss

• Google’s acquisition of Lucas’s old business, Looker
• Why AI and Data should be treated as a standalone product within a business
• The application of AI to product management roles to achieve growth
• Lucas’s domestic-first approach to Global business development

Lucas has been at Google for over four years now, and carries more than fifteen years experience in data analytics and AI. When he’s not at his desk, he’s at a lectern as a guest lecturer at the University of Colorado, where he teaches Business Analytics to the next generation. 


This episode is brought to you by Global App Testing. 


If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review it on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, instructions on how to do this are here.



Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Previous guests include: Mauricio Monico from Wish; Lucas Thelosen from Google; Marc Esmiley from Microsoft; Diego dos Santos from Mastercard; Manlio Lo Conte from Meta; Sanah Ansari from Capital One; Meg Watson from Doordash; Daniel Lereya from Monday.com; and many others. 

Check out our three most downloaded episodes: 

• Applying Growth Strategies Across Industries | Shahzad Shaikh, Head of Product Management, Growth, Mobile, and Customer Engagement, Asana
• How can you improve a product’s global experience? With Mauricio Monico from Wish
• How to refine a product offering when you go global | Jean-Baptiste Gehin, Head of Product at N26

In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, our host Adam Stead is   joined by Derek Boman, Director and Head of Product Design at Fintech platform Avant.

Together they discuss:

• The unique challenges to UX in Financial services
• The art of building trust with new and existing users
• How changing consumer trends has led to unique UX challenges in the space
• How T&Cs can be better articulated for a broader audience

Derek comes from a Freelance background as a UX consultant, helping brands big and small improve their customer-facing facades and improving experiences through innovative tech structures. He’s been at Avant for two years now, developing and maintaining the UX strategy for credit cards, lending and banking experiences. He’s a big believer in the Jobs to be Done framework, and in this interview he shares with Adam his strategies for that approach.


This episode is brought to you by Global App Testing. 


If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review it on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, instructions on how to do this are here.
Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Previous guests include: Mauricio Monico from Wish; Lucas Thelosen from Google; Marc Esmiley from Microsoft; Diego dos Santos from Mastercard; Manlio Lo Conte from Meta; Sanah Ansari from Capital One; Meg Watson from Doordash; Daniel Lereya from Monday.com; and many others. 

Check out our three most downloaded episodes: 

• Applying Growth Strategies Across Industries | Shahzad Shaikh, Head of Product Management, Growth, Mobile, and Customer Engagement, Asana
• How can you improve a product’s global experience? With Mauricio Monico from Wish
• How to refine a product offering when you go global | Jean-Baptiste Gehin, Head of Product at N26

In this episode of Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth, our host Adam Stead is joined by Mauricio Monico, the Chief Product Owner of Wish. 


Together, they discuss Mauricio’s journey at the company and how he helped turn around the brand’s negative recognition through some difficult decisions - affecting their place in the global marketplace. 


Join them as they discuss:

• The steps he took to restore the brand’s image
• How Wish consolidated globally to grow back stronger
• The Impact Wish has on the Global Marketplace
• The artificial intelligence powering the site
• The strong relationship between Product and Marketing

Mauricio Monico’s career has seen him head up Product Management departments at huge businesses including Google, Meta, eBay, and Microsoft. His wisdom in the field has seen him become an industry mentor, advisor, and Angel Investor.


This episode is brought to you by Global App Testing. 

If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to subscribe, rate, and review it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts, instructions on how to do this are here.


Building Globally: Lessons in Enterprise Product Growth is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Previous guests include: Mauricio Monico from Wish; Lucas Thelosen from Google; Marc Esmiley from Microsoft; Diego dos Santos from Mastercard; Manlio Lo Conte from Meta; Sanah Ansari from Capital One; Meg Watson from Doordash; Daniel Lereya from Monday.com; and many others. 

Check out our three most downloaded episodes: 

• Applying Growth Strategies Across Industries | Shahzad Shaikh, Head of Product Management, Growth, Mobile, and Customer Engagement, Asana
• How can you improve a product’s global experience? With Mauricio Monico from Wish
• How to refine a product offering when you go global | Jean-Baptiste Gehin, Head of Product at N26