Who’s Who in Product Management
Below is a curated, cross‑disciplinary roster of product thinkers, operators, teachers, and builders. Each entry includes a tight bio, signature accomplishments, and a primary personal site/newsletter (or equivalent) to follow their work.
Marty Cagan (SVPG)
Product leadership icon and founding partner at the Silicon Valley Product Group.
Known for: Defining the modern “product operating model”; author of INSPIRED and EMPOWERED; decades of advising product orgs worldwide.
Link: svpg.comMelissa Perri (Produx Labs, Product Institute)
Advisor and educator to Fortune 500s and scaleups; CEO/founder behind Product Institute.
Known for: Escaping the Build Trap and product strategy/ops frameworks.
Link: melissaperri.comGibson Biddle (ex‑Netflix, ex‑Chegg)
Former VP Product at Netflix and CPO at Chegg; now teaches product strategy worldwide.
Known for: Strategy frameworks (“DHMs,” “delight‑hard‑to‑copy—margin enhancing”), popular talks and workshops.
Link: gibsonbiddle.comTeresa Torres (Product Talk)
Coach and author on continuous discovery practices.
Known for: Continuous Discovery Habits and Opportunity Solution Trees used by thousands of product teams.
Link: producttalk.orgKen Norton (Bring the Donuts)
Longtime Google PM turned executive coach for senior product leaders.
Known for: The widely read “Bring the Donuts” essays on product leadership.
Link: bringthedonuts.comMartin Eriksson (Mind the Product, ProductTank)
Entrepreneur and product leader; co‑founded the global Mind the Product community and ProductTank meetups.
Known for: Co‑authoring Product Leadership and shaping PM community practices.
Link: martineriksson.comRoman Pichler
Consultant and educator focused on product strategy, leadership, and agility.
Known for: Influential writing and training for product leaders and Product Owners.
Link: romanpichler.comJeff Patton
Veteran coach bridging product, UX, and agile.
Known for: User Story Mapping and the story‑mapping practice adopted across agile teams.
Link: jpattonassociates.comRadhika Dutt (Radical Product Thinking)
Advisor, speaker, and author helping organizations build vision‑led products.
Known for: The Radical Product Thinking framework and book.
Link: radicalproduct.comDan Olsen (Lean Product)
Trainer and advisor to PM leaders from startups to public companies.
Known for: The Lean Product Playbook and practical, step‑by‑step PM guidance.
Link: leanproductplaybook.comNir Eyal (Nir & Far)
Writer at the intersection of psychology and tech.
Known for: Hooked and Indistractable; the Hook Model for habit‑forming product design.
Link: nirandfar.comAsh Maurya (Lean Canvas, LEANSTACK)
Entrepreneur, author, and creator of Lean Canvas.
Known for: Running Lean and systematic early‑stage product strategy methods.
Link: ashmaurya.comBrian Balfour (Reforge)
Founder/CEO of Reforge; former VP Growth at HubSpot.
Known for: Deep essays on AI, product, and growth; “Four Fits” and distribution strategy work.
Link: brianbalfour.comAndrew Chen (a16z)
General partner at Andreessen Horowitz; writer on startups, growth, and network effects.
Known for: The Cold Start Problem and 650+ essays on growth.
Link: andrewchen.comLenny Rachitsky (Lenny’s Newsletter & Podcast)
Writer, podcaster, and angel investor focused on product, growth, and careers.
Known for: One of the most widely read PM newsletters and a popular interview podcast.
Link: lennyrachitsky.comShreyas Doshi
Advisor and coach; previously led product at Stripe, Twitter, Google, and Yahoo.
Known for: Clear, widely shared lessons on product leadership and “product sense.”
Link: shreyasdoshi.comGokul Rajaram
Product leader, operator, and board member across multiple blue‑chip tech companies.
Known for: Hands‑on leadership across Google, Facebook, Block, DoorDash; active board work.
Link: gokulrajaram.comJackie Bavaro
Product leader and educator; former Head of Product Management at Asana.
Known for: Co‑authoring Cracking the PM Interview and Cracking the PM Career; career‑development advice for PMs.
Link: jackiebavaro.substack.comJulie Zhuo (Sundial; ex‑Meta/Facebook)
Founder, essayist, and former VP of Product Design at Facebook.
Known for: The Making of a Manager and thoughtful essays on building teams and products.
Link: juliezhuo.comBruce McCarthy (Product Culture)
Advisor and community builder for product leaders.
Known for: Co‑authoring Product Roadmaps Relaunched; teaching roadmap practices that align stakeholders.
Link: productculture.orgJohn Cutler (The Beautiful Mess)
Writer and coach focused on the messy reality of cross‑functional product work.
Known for: The Beautiful Mess newsletter and pragmatic systems‑thinking for product teams.
Link: cutlefish.substack.comItamar Gilad
Coach and author on evidence‑guided product management.
Known for: The GIST model (Goals‑Ideas‑Steps‑Tasks) and Evidence‑Guided playbooks.
Link: itamargilad.comApril Dunford
Positioning expert for B2B tech companies.
Known for: Obviously Awesome and a repeatable methodology for positioning and pitching.
Link: aprildunford.comDes Traynor (Intercom)
Intercom co‑founder and Chief Strategy Officer; prolific writer and speaker on product and growth.
Known for: Practical takes on product‑market fit, strategy, and (lately) AI in customer support.
Link: Intercom — Des’s author pageRahul Vohra (Superhuman)
Founder/CEO of Superhuman; product thinker on PMF and product velocity.
Known for: The “PMF Engine” approach used by startups to systematically increase product‑market fit.
Link:How Superhuman built a PMF engine