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Dan Corbin
Cindy Cruzado
Steve Gaylor
Amy Graham
Todd Middlebrook
Diane Pierson
Terry Sadowski
Will Scott
Clarke Smith
Mark Stiving
Paul Young
Dan Corbin
Dan Corbin
Dan is a proven product management leader, passionate about helping companies improve their product strategy and operations. He has extensive experience as a product management instructor, mentor and coach. Over his multi-decade career, Dan has led a wide variety of product teams across various industries. “I absolutely love teaching product management best practices and there is no better platform for doing this than the Pragmatic Framework. Being a Pragmatic instructor allows me to channel my passion for helping teams build great products.”Cindy Cruzado
Cindy Cruzado
Cindy Cruzado has more than 25 years of product and go-to-market experience in the high-tech software industry. She has worked with multiple industries, including higher education, meteorology, finance and CRM.
“After seeing how successful Pragmatic Institute’s lessons were for my own portfolios and teams, I wanted to share my passion for product management with others and help them do some remarkable things.”
Steve Gaylor
Steve Gaylor
Steve Gaylor has been developing product management and marketing teams and growing organizations for more than 25 years. He has demonstrated success in strategic-leadership roles, providing solutions to a broad variety of industries, including electronics, consumer products, IT and financial services. He has held executive-level positions in companies including Texas Instruments, Harbinger, Peregrine Systems, Inovis and PrimeRevenueAmy Graham
Amy Graham
Amy Graham has more than a decade of experience in product management, development and operations. Amy has launched and managed a variety of products, including multi-million dollar software projects and mobile apps. Prior to joining Pragmatic Institute, Amy was vice president, client services and product development at TalenTrust. She previously served as director of technology solutions at Bright Horizons Family Solutions and on the leadership team at Work Options Group.Todd Middlebrook
Todd Middlebrook
Todd Middlebrook has more than 20 years of experience as a leader in product management and marketing at companies ranging from startups to large technology companies, including Microsoft. He also served as product manager at IBM Tivoli Software, product line manager at Torchquest Inc. and vice president of product management at Virtual Bridges. “I jumped at the chance to become an instructor so that I could share that method and have a similar impact on the careers of my students.”Diane Pierson
Diane Pierson
Diane Pierson has more than 20 years of experience delivering product management and marketing results in the big data/analytics, publishing and digital marketing industries. Prior to joining Pragmatic Institute, Diane led product teams at Dun & Bradstreet, LexisNexis, InfoGroup and Copyright Clearance Center. “I joined Pragmatic Institute because the principles work in the real world. I wanted to help others succeed by sharing this content with product teams still in the trenches.”Terry Sadowski
Terry Sadowski
Terry Sadowski has nearly 40 years of product experience with organizations including Quaker Oats, The Dial Corporation, AT&T, Dell, Cisco, Assurant, Wolters Kluwer, startups and more. “I’ve been an advocate of the Pragmatic approach for two decades and have implemented it multiple times. This hands-on know-how has provided me with a bounty of insights and best-practices that I share with my students as together we can learn from my experiences.”Will Scott
Will Scott
Will is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of international experience leading product marketing and management teams across hardware, software, services, and SaaS B2B companies. Originally an engineer by training, Will held senior positions with Cisco, Navisite and Capgemini, along with a range of full-time and fractional CMO positions through his own B2B product management and marketing consulting business. In addition, Will was also previously a partner at the premier product marketing agency, Aventi Group, and an instructor at the Kellogg School of Management in their executive digital marketing and product strategy programs.Clarke Smith
Clarke Smith
Clarke Smith has more than 20 years of experience in the product marketing space, having worked for such well known companies as Hallmark and Advanced Auto Parts. He also helped leverage a groundbreaking service model that utilized domestic and offshore resources to plan, execute and track cost-effective local marketing programs for clients including DirecTV, Allstate, Spring, Ameriprise and US Cellular.Mark Stiving
Mark Stiving
Mark Stiving is a pricing expert who has more than 20 years of experience working in the semiconductor and home automation industries. Prior to joining Pragmatic Institute, Mark held positions as a pricing expert on the technical staff at National Semiconductor and most recently, as director of pricing at Maxim Integrated. He also has served as president of Home Director Inc. and Destiny Networks Inc. and as an assistant professor of marketing at The Ohio State University. Among his career highlights: Mark started two companies and sold three.Paul Young
Paul Young
Paul has more than a decade of experience in hardware, software and services product management and marketing. During his career, Paul has launched and managed dozens of products, started his own business and successfully implemented the Pragmatic Framework at several companies. His focus on building market-driven teams gives him a unique ability to relate to product management teams and executives that are transforming their business.Instructor Office Hours
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Zach PowersProduct Manager, Vertical V
I trust the expertise of Pragmatic’s instructors who have rich experience in their respective domains.
Nikhil DeshpandePrincipal Product Manager, BMC Software
Learned from experienced instructors some tools-of-the-trade and best practices to apply to my respective scenarios and product developments.
Chad ThibodeauPrincipal Product Owner, Medtronic
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