Join host & mentor Luis as he sits down with Rachel Nazhand - VP of Business Operations at Zelis, a platform bridging the gaps of financial systems in the healthcare space. As a tenured operator, Rachel shares her take on handling failure, and gives candid advice on the importance of experimentation, identifying your areas of impact through passion and more! There’s so much to unpack here. We hope you enjoy the episode.

Join Luis as he sits down with an old friend Sid Agarwal, CFO at Incredible Health - a platform connecting health care professionals to hospitals. Together Sid and Luis explore the challenges and complexities of marketplaces and what characteristics and approaches make for great functional leaders. We hope you enjoy the conversation!

Join us for a special edition of Need to Know where we meet with a panel of incredible Mentors here at the Commons (fka as Skillful): Max, GM at DoorDash for Dashpass, Himani Sr. Manager of Crypto Operations at Wealthsimple and Brody, VP of Operations at Flashfood. Together, our mentors explore a handful of topics - from better understanding your passions, and translating them into the work you do and the roles that you are seeking to how to stand out to a hiring manager during an interview. This isn't an episode to be missed. We can't wait for you to meet three awesome voices of our community. 

Join Luis as he sits down with Dasha Sivkov, VP of Product Marketing at WealthSimple, Canada’s fintech unicorn. Dasha brings us into her day-to-day in Product Marketing and shares takeaways and stories from her career journey. We hope you enjoy the episode! 

Kris sits down with Salmaa Elshanshory, VP of Market Expansion at Medly, a full-service, digital pharmacy that offers free same-day prescription delivery for all types of medications. Salmaa shares how she broke into tech from a background in public policy, why the best companies celebrate failure and how she thinks about career opportunities.

Join Kris as he sits down with Gary Yang, Head of Product & Operations at Placeholder, an online marketplace that connects those with unused space with fast-growing companies. Gary candidly shares his insights on BizOps and Product, what it takes to succeed in the ever growing world of start-ups and his journey from management consulting into tech.

Kris chats with Sheldon McCormick, Co-Founder and COO at Properly - a company helping its users to buy and sell their homes and reshaping the real estate industry. Sheldon shares how and why he decided to step away from consulting, and what later led him to co-found a project of his own. He candidly shares what he feels prepared him to be a founder, how he perceives risk and the intricacies of building a company and team. There’s lots to unpack here - don’t miss this one!

Kris chats with Camila Gargantini, a Senior Product Operations Manager at Oyster. Camila talks about the growing importance of the Product Ops function, how and why she broke into the world of tech and shares tactics for success as a Product Manager. This episode doesn’t end here. Camila is also a prolific writer - we strongly recommend you give her a follow and check out what she has to say here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camila-gargantini/.

Kris chats with Sasha Pang, Product Manager at Facebook. Sasha dives right in with us and shares what it takes to lead with empathy and the lasting impact that can have in the cross-functional world of product. Hang on until the very end of this episode - Sasha also shares her unique experience and perspectives on what it takes to transition to a new role. We hope you enjoy the conversation.

Kris chats with Hadar Dor, Product Lead at Shopfiy. Hadar shares his insights on how to build your career as a generalist (or not) and narrowing in on the right role for you. We also dive into Hadar’s perspectives on what it means to influence without authority, and the importance of this skill inside and outside of the product world. We hope you enjoy the conversation!