Fail Faster

Stephanie Allen is the Head of Product at Promethean World which is working to reinvent educational technology. Her training and background in underwater archeology gave way to an unlikely career in online education. Instead of excavating what was, she's looking into the future and exploring new ways to educate students that go beyond parity of just matching what teachers used to do in classrooms.

Matthew Vitebsky is the Director of Flagship Products at AccuWeather. Matt shares his journey from being an engineer to a product manager and now leader. He gives an inside look at what it takes to bring the weather forecast to your fingertips… hint - it isn't easy. Accuweather recently launched a completely redesigned and rebuilt set of mobile applications. Matt takes us behind the scenes to explain how they approached and tackled the daunting task of maintaining and innovating on the existing product while simultaneously completing this overhaul.

Ramakrishnan Natarajan, VP of IT at Emirates Hospitals Group shares how being raised in a small town with mom's tough love serves him even today in his dynamic career path as new adventures keep demanding his unique skills. Rama is fueled by a drive to never say no to whatever crosses his path, this passion is taking him to new heights in his career to unleash bigger impacts.

Mohit Goenka is the Director of Engineering Verizon Media leading a team of engineers working on Yahoo! Mail. He shares the importance of collaboration across different teams and ways to encourage new ideas so that everyone has a chance to shine.

Nitin Bhat is the Senior Director of Product Management at Smartsheet leading the evolution of dynamic work. In this episode, he shares the fallacy of zero/sum thinking and the importance of being responsible for the impact and unintended consequences of artificial intelligence.

Jeff Moore is the Chief Product Security Officer at Draeger Medical responsible for the security of the company's medical equipment software. He shares his security mindset, lessons from painful security breaches, and his unending efforts to protect patient lives in a world of black hat actors, ransom hacks targeting hospitals, and other security horrors.

Sanjay Gupta is the Senior Director of Engineering at Realtor.com but before joining the company he spent years in the startup world and that experience has helped him drive digital transformations in an industry not typically known for innovation. He shares great lessons from his experience with a failed startup and techniques to think like an entrepreneur and encourage innovation within a large organization.

Carlos Calegari is the Senior Director of Product and Data Engineering at Wabtec, a global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight & transit rail. Carlos explains critical steps to getting individuals and eventual users who may be scared of technology bought in on making and adopting this tech. You'll hear his passion for data and how he helps an organization that is not technology-first embrace data, technology and most importantly a customer-first mindset.

Erika Cheung, was one of the key Theranos whistleblowers. She knows all too well how startups can be great at innovating due to the nimble, creative environments AND how the pressure to be profitable, can lower people's ethical standards. Today she is the Co-Founder of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, a non-profit which seeks to help tech companies squash bad behavior before it takes root. This episode explores how Theranos's failings helped inspire her mission.

Rui Pedro Silva is the Chief Product Officer at Maersk eCommerce but long before running multi-million dollar projects, he learned about service in the high-pressure world of restaurant service. He shares lessons from the kitchen and why it's important not to get fooled by smoke and mirror of a charismatic leader who they talk a big game but struggle to deliver substance.