Show notes
In this episode, I am joined by Lanre Laguda who has vast experience in product management. He has worked in top companies like Delta, First Data now Fiserv, T-Mobile to mention a few. He helped those companies build competitive products in their niche markets. He is currently a senior product manager with Amazon Inc. Like Ayo from episode one, his enthusiasm for tech took him from being trained as a chemical engineer to being in tech as an accomplished product manager.The following are the highlights of the conversation held in this episode: Lanre’s motivation to switching careers from Chemical engineering to product management and journey so far (3:07) Balancing business ideas with the tech to make products (7:36) First few moves to make to bring ideas to life when tasked with that responsibility (13:03) A typical day in the life of a product manager and the tools employed daily (16:15) Answers to questions that convinces a product manager interviewing a candidate interested in joining a product management team (23:40) Explaining product management to a 7 year old and parting words (31:05)Keep up with Lanre onLinkedIn Olanrewaju LagudaFollow this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Tunein
