Welcome to IoT Shop Talk, a new series at TechProductManagement. IoT Shop Talk features in-depth conversations with product leaders on what it takes to build great IoT products…all from a Product Management perspective.
Josh Pederson - Director for PM for Ayla Networks
In this edition, I’m talking with Josh Pederson, Director of Product Management at Ayla Networks. Ayla provides the industry’s first Agile IoT Platform architected for enterprise-scale to enable any device to connect to the cloud and applications. You can learn more about Ayla here.
Here are the key topics I discuss with Josh:
- Tell me about yourself, your background, and how you got where you are today
- Tell me about Ayla and your role as head of products
- In your experience, what are the biggest challenges companies face when building IoT products?
- How does your product team perform user research to understand what your customers need?
- How does your team manage the roadmap, to balance what needs to be delivered today vs. keeping an eye on where the industry is going?
- What do you look for when hiring Product Managers for IoT-related roles?
- What advice would you give to Product Managers entering the IoT space?
I hope you enjoy this new series, and please feel free to share it with other IoT product folks!
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PS - If you want to learn more, don’t miss our upcoming webinar where Josh and I will discuss the complexities of building IoT products. You can register for the webinar here.
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