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About Me.

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ABOUT ME.

(JON WHITE)

BORN IN LONDON IN THE 80'S

MY CHILDHOOD HERO WAS GARY LINEKER

GROWING UP, I DREAMT OF BEING AN ACTOR

(ACTUAL PORTFOLIO PIC)

IT DIDN'T WORK OUT

INSTEAD, I STARTED PROGRAMMING MY DAD'S BBC MICRO

SKIPPED COLLEGE TO TAKE AN ENTRY LEVEL PROGRAMMING JOB

(SHOCK, HORROR)
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AFTER A FEW JUMPS I FOUND MYSELF AT A STARTUP

I WROTE SOFTWARE THAT POWERED MILLIONS OF MOBILE PHONES
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SPENT 6 MONTHS IN SINGAPORE

COACHING AN AGILE DEVELOPMENT TEAM
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AND BATTLING THE LOCALS AT KARAOKE

MOVED TO SEATTLE IN 2006

TO MANAGE OUR NEWEST ENGINEERING OFFICE
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BUT AFTER 10 YEARS WRITING CODE I WAS BURNED OUT

I NEEDED SOMETHING MORE
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I WAS TIRED OF WATCHING PRODUCTS FAIL

BECAUSE NOBODY HAD VALIDATED THE CUSTOMER PROBLEM

IN 2009 I SWITCHED TO PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

AND MADE IT MY GOAL TO ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THE CUSTOMER

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?

AKA JON'S BOOK OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

1) THREE QUESTIONS A PM MUST BE ABLE TO ANSWER

2) A GOOD PRODUCT MANAGER WILL:

3) TO LEAD TEAMS THROUGH INFLUENCE

BE AN EXPERT ON YOUR CUSTOMER, BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR MISTAKES

WHAT ABOUT WHEN JON IS NOT MANAGING PRODUCTS?

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