Austin Byrne is the group product lead for data at Canva. He's also held data and product management leadership roles at Atlassian and Facebook. "I'm very much working on products that allow analysts to work better," he says. Michael Helle: Why do you think there is a tsunami of tools out there?"Because we're actually going to solve big problems by how we build them," Byrne responds.
Data gets accessed and used in an organization through a variety of different tools (be they built, bought, or both). That work can be quick and smooth, or it can be tedious and time-consuming. What can make the difference, in modernspeak, is the specifics of the "data products" and "data platforms" being used for those tasks. Those specifics, in turn, often fall on the shoulders of (data) product managers! In this episode, Austin Byrne, Group Product Lead for Data at Canva, joined us for a discussion about the similarities and differences between typical product management and data product management! For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page.