S4E6: Maritza Mills - Product Management, Creativity in AI, & More

On this episode, host Tanmay Shah chats with Maritza Mills. Maritza is a product manager who most recently was at Google focused on cloud and AI. Previously, she has held product management roles at AWS and a startup acquired by Thomson Reuters. She's an OMSCS alum and Instructional Associate for KBAI.  Tune in to learn about her career journey, OMSCS experience, and her unique perspective as an AI product manager for one of a handful of companies at the forefront of AI innovation. 

TIMESTAMPS- 

(0:00) - Cold Open 

(1:22) - Episode Intro 

(5:22) - Early Years 

(10:45) - Product vs Project Management 

(13:28) - Product Management at Google and Amazon 

(22:28) - OMSCS journey 

(29:31) - Music as Discovery: GenAI and Creativity 

(36:30) - Further Research Plans 

(42:46) - Impact of OMSCS in career 

(52:36) - Final Thoughts 

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