Product Management: Exploring Stakeholder Needs

Natalie F. Masters, M.Ed. is obsessed with the intersection of technology and learning. With 24 years’ experience as an educator and 10 years in product management, Natalie is passionate about empowering others through educational technology and motivating teams to deliver value through collaborative, agile software development practices and a relentless focus on continuously improving the user experience. Natalie is driven by her belief that happy people do more, better. When she's not reading ... moreup on product management or innovations in technology, Natalie enjoys writing, gaming, traveling, cooking and entertaining, and most of all, spending time outdoors in nature with her family. Natalie is an alumna of the University of Iowa, the University of New Mexico, and Post University.

Lauren Gray's product knowledge is deeply rooted in her UX background. She is passionate about human-centered design and educating others about best practices around product management and design, allowing for hyper focus on the end user. Currently employed at Pluralsight, Lauren spends her days working on the Product Management Practices team where she mentors and coaches others on all things Product. When she's not designing products or learning new things, you can find her climbing, biking or... more skiing in the Wasatch Range.

Jonathan combines over 25 years experience of digital design, brand strategy with user experience. He has been lead within a number of high profile agencies and consultancies including Tribal DDB, Accenture Digital, LBI and Fortune Cookie for a range of high profile clients many of which have been on their own digital transformation journey. He is analytical, strategic and creative with a full understanding of the user-centred design process for digital transformation projects. Jonathan holds a ... more1st BA (Hons) Interactive Systems Design from Staffordshire University and holds awards from Creative Review to Gartner for his work. Recently he managed the Service Design and UX team at Tribal Worldwide London, part of Adam&EveDDB leading the service design for Volkswagen Passenger Cars UK and Falabella, Chile. From May 2016 he has lead engagements as a consultant in his own organisation: Love experience.

Ada started her IT career as a PL/SQL developer for a large engineering company. She transitioned to a hands on Technical Consultancy role on Oracle Fusion Middleware and Enterprise Architecture for a Big 4. Followed by 5 years as an Entrepreneur. Since 2019 she has rejoined the corporate world. She has experience leading projects, analyzing challenges, and designing technical solutions. Always in pursuit of new knowledge and loves to share breakthroughs with those around her. Ada looks forward ... moreto many years of continued success in developing courses with Pluralsight! She provides her support through individual and team training which have a direct impact on the team performance. Ada has the following certifications: -Six Sigma Black Belt Certification (BB), 2019 -NLP Master level, 2014 -TOGAF EA, 2013 -Trainer, 2013 Given the opportunity, she loves spending time reading, running and dancing tango.

Vovwe Enyoyi is currently the Lead Product Manager at Credo, Africa's first social payment platform and also a Founding Mentor at ProductDojo, a product, and business development venture that advocates true-to-form practice of innovation and product management. He believes strongly in agile principles and the role they play in building great products. Leadership, teamwork, communication, stakeholder management, fast paced learning, and execution are the skills rank high for him. He is committed ... moreto executing his life and work in a way that inspires people to be better and become the best version of themselves.

Dave is currently the Chief Product Officer of Conserv, an IoT and analytics company serving the conservation industry (galleries, museums, archives, and libraries). Prior to joining Conserv, he was VP of Product for Pack Health, a digital health coaching company, where he oversaw the company's transition from an early-stage services business to a technology-enabled product company. He started his career at Deloitte, and subsequently spent five years in management consultancy, primarily helping ... morebusinesses build analytics capabilities. He is a certified scrum product owner (CSPO), was named a rising star in technology and innovation by the Birmingham Business Journal, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Experimental Psychology from Bristol University. He loves identifying and solving problems, finding meaning in data, and testing assumptions.

Megan Andrew is an end-to-end Product Manager and Freelance Consultant. With extensive experience throughout the product management space, Megan is proficient in relationship & stakeholder management, strategy creation & implementation, project management, platform & sales optimization, and profit maximization. She has managed a range of products across the banking and insurance industries, and successfully started a joint venture business from the ground up.