Growing Your Product Management Career in an Uncertain Economy

Joe Ghali is a Principal Consultant and Trainer at Productside. He has over 20 years of experience in Product Management working for Fortune 100 & 500 organizations. Joe’s experience includes working in a variety of industries including travel, publishing, financial services, manufacturing, and consumer packaged goods. He has been part of several significant product launches throughout his career and is passionate about the Product Management and Change Management space. Outside of work, he is an active participant in several Product Management roundtables and has been a PM and PO mentor.

His experience as both Product Manager, Change Management practitioner and Product Owner has given a strong conviction that the most successful products are the result of strong Product and Agile teams who are transparent, collaborative, and vulnerable. He believes that product management is a team sport 100%.

Joe has a Bachelor of Science (IT- College of Business) from Marquette University as well as an MBA from Marquette University (focus on Marketing). Joe is Change Management certified and holds several Product Manager/Owner certifications.

Joe and his family are active outside the house. He and his wife have participated in several marathons. Joe is also a volunteer softball coach for his youngest daughter. At the moment, they are spending their free time attending their daughter’s (17 and 14) cross country, track and softball games.

Quotes

“Guiding product managers towards lasting success involves cultivating trust relationships and recognizing that product management is a team sport”

Elad is the Co-founder and CEO of Craft.io, an enterprise that provides product managers, owners, and senior executives the tools that they need to focus on building and shipping great products. Before this, Elad was the VP of Low Touch and Media Operations at Taboola. Prior to that, he spent just over five years working as part of the team at Google. As Head of Growth Engine at Google, he managed their digital skills programs for individuals and SMBs in Europe, helping millions grow their businesses and careers.