Teachers Archive - Product Academy

Allison Morton

Tanja — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:51:11 +0000

Allison is a senior product and business leader with over 15 years of experience building, scaling, and transforming complex digital products and organizations at global companies like Zalando and Procter & Gamble. She has operated at Director level across product, ESG topics, and general management roles, leading large teams and managing product portfolios with high commercial impact. Her current role also enables her to work on challenging and meaningful problems for the industry, such as how social proof shapes purchase decisions and how to optimize the data needed to market and sell products. She has a proven track record working with Management and Supervisory Boards on strategy, governance, risk, sustainability, and large-scale transformation.

What defines Allison is her ability to combine sharp analytical thinking with calm, purpose-driven leadership. She is particularly passionate about helping product leaders and early-stage managers navigate ambiguity, lead through change, and develop strong commercial instincts without losing sight of people and values. Known for her structured approach, high standards, and deep self-reflection, she supports mentees in building clarity, confidence, and impact—especially in complex, high-stakes environments.

Allison mentors product managers, directors, and aspiring leaders who want to grow into end-to-end owners: people who can drive strategy, deliver results, and lead teams with resilience, integrity, and purpose.

Industry Experience: Retail, Tech, Consumer Goods
Product Experience: B2C, Data / Platform, Internal products
Mentoring Language: English
Fun fact: I have two professional (sommelier) certifications in wine, and I’ve swum from Asia to Europe – feel free to ask me about it.

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Cristina Bustos

Tanja — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 07:35:45 +0000

Cristina has 11+ years of experience in Product Management, leading digital transformation in aviation with Swiss Aviation Software. She currently drives strategy and delivery for AMOSeTL, a mobile technical logbook solution, and leads five cross-functional teams in building a secure digital TechOps ecosystem for airlines worldwide.

As Head Coach at Ignite Your Path Coaching, Cristina supports professionals at all career stages to gain clarity, build confidence, and act with purpose. Her 4-step “Ignite Method” helps clients identify challenges, navigate complexity, prioritize focus, and take decisive action. She is especially passionate about mentoring Product Owners and Product Managers to thrive in dynamic environments.

Cristina joins Product Academy as a pro-bono coach to give back to the community, helping individuals unlock their potential and grow into impactful product leaders.

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Ovidiu Tindea

Tanja — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:11:14 +0000

Ovidiu is a product leader with 9 years in product management across B2B SaaS products. As the most senior individual-contributor PM at PriceHubble, a Swiss PropTech SaaS B2B scale-up, he drives global product initiatives, from AI agents offering to the enterprise platform that powers large-scale customer solutions.

Previously, at Continental, he headed Product Management for Connected Solutions Platforms and managed the Remote Vehicle Data platform, owning the roadmap for 60+ developers. Earlier roles include ADAS program delivery at Jaguar Land Rover and embedded software at HELLA. He holds an MBA from Warwick Business School and a BSc in Computer Engineering.

Industry Experience: Finance, Tech, Automotive, Real estate
Product Experience: B2B
Mentoring Languages: English
Fun Fact: “I like coffee. Every time I visit a new city, the first thing I do is check what are the best coffee shops to go to.”

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Giovanni Guarino

Tanja — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 08:21:17 +0000

Giovanni is a product and technology leader with almost 15 years of experience building SaaS platforms across HR-tech, travel, and private services. He has scaled product organizations from zero to multi-team setups, introduced AI workflows, and delivered measurable improvements in retention and activation.

Before joining Jobtech, Giovanni led teams at lastminute.com and hotelscan, shaping international marketplaces and large-scale consumer platforms. With a background in software engineering, he bridges strategy and execution to align business impact with technical delivery.

As a mentor, he can help product managers navigate challenges such as prioritization, stakeholder alignment, team collaboration, and introducing new technologies like AI into real workflows. If you are looking to strengthen your product strategy, improve delivery, or understand how to grow into leadership roles, he can support you with practical lessons from his journey.

Industry Experience: Tech, Education, Consulting, HR
Product Experience: B2B, B2C, B2B2C, Internal Products
Mentoring Languages: English, Italian
Fun Fact: “I love DIYs, I can say I am a handyman, and I apply this into my professional life as well. Building a dollhouse for my daughter gives me the same exciting vibes as building a digital product for thousands of users. Watching it while being used and discovering ideas on how to improve it: priceless.”

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Sanchit Juneja

Tanja — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 07:12:44 +0000

18+ Years of Tech Leadership Experience in tech Across The US, South-east Asia, and Europe with Organizations such as Booking.com, GoJek, Rocket Internet, and National Instruments. Currently Senior Director-Big Data & ML/AI with Tripadvisor.

Industry Experience: Finance, Tech
Product Experience: B2B, B2C, B2B2C, Internal Products
Mentoring Languages: English
Fun Fact: “Amateur chess (ELO 2241) and Go-player (4kyu)”

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Edgar Kussberg

Tanja — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:11:11 +0000

Edgar is a product leader with 20+ years of experience driving growth at the intersection of AI, SaaS, and developer tooling. From startup CPO to scaling enterprise platforms used by millions, he thrives on building products that define categories and deliver measurable impact.

At Sonar and Snyk, he led AI platform strategies, scaled cross-functional orgs, and brought LLM-powered products into the hands of millions of developers. Previously, as CPO, he helped launch Switzerland’s fastest-growing quick-commerce platform, aligning product vision to investor milestones and user delight.

He partners with founders, boards, and global teams to translate technical innovation into business impact — whether scaling ARR, driving GTM, or shaping platform ecosystems.

Industry Experience: Finance, Tech, Retail & Consumer
Product Experience: B2B, B2C, B2B2C, Internal Products
Mentoring Languages: English, German, Russian
Fun Fact: He doesn’t believe in work life balance – he simply enjoys the flow.

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Rainer Utsch

Tanja — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:10:47 +0000

Rainer Utsch is Vice President of Products & Pricing at Fressnapf, Europe’s leading retailer of pet supplies. In his role, he is responsible for digital product strategy and pricing for more than 2,000 stores and digital touchpoints in ten countries. With over 15 years of experience in digital product development, he combines strategic clarity with operational excellence – from e-commerce and fintech to omnichannel retail.

Before joining Fressnapf, Rainer was Vice President of Product at auxmoney, one of Europe’s leading fintech platforms. There, he helped build the product organisation, implement data-driven decision-making processes and support scalable growth. Previously, he held senior positions at MeinAuto.de and other digital companies.

As a manager, Rainer attaches great importance to clear alignment, distributed responsibility and building strong, autonomous teams. For him, leadership is not about hierarchy, but about actively working on coordination, energy and trust. To make product teams effective in the long term, he draws on frameworks such as OKRs, agile methods and continuous coaching.

Rainer believes in product-driven growth – but only if technology, organisation and culture are developed together. His goal: to create products that deliver real added value – for customers, teams and the company.

Industry Experience: Finance, Tech, Retail & Consumer
Product Experience: B2B, B2C, B2B2C
Mentoring Languages: English, German
Fun Fact: “Roast my own coffee”

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Letícia Patricio

Tanja — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:10:08 +0000

Letícia supports product professionals who are navigating complex work and trying not to lose themselves in the process.

She brings 10+ years of experience across early-stage startups and scaled tech environments, with a background in product design, strategy, and applied AI. At Unity, she led the roadmap for Safe Voice, a machine learning-powered moderation tool for multiplayer games, and helped build the Vivox AI Moderation Platform, used across some of the world’s largest online ecosystems.

Letícia started her career as a designer and holds a Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon. Her approach combines deep systems thinking with a strong focus on human factors, from the ethics of AI infrastructure to the emotional cost of high-performance roles.

She’s also a certified coach (EMCC/ICF) and works with:

Designers transitioning into product roles
PMs managing burnout, politics, or role ambiguity
Senior ICs and leads looking to grow without hardening
People who’ve outgrown their current success and want to realign with what matters

Letícia works with mentees to reconnect with purpose and build internal clarity, so they can lead with confidence, set better boundaries, and stay resilient in high-pressure environments. Her coaching and mentoring are especially useful to those seeking thoughtful direction in fast-changing orgs.

Industry Experience: Tech, Retail & Consumer
Product Experience: B2B, B2B2C
Mentoring Languages: English
Fun Fact: Letícia collects hobbies like some people collect books — from pottery to photography to community experiments. She finds joy not in mastery, but in learning and seeing the world differently.

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Mariya Moeva

Tanja — Thu, 08 May 2025 07:39:01 +0000

Mariya is a senior product manager with 15+ years experience in the tech industry, including growing products from zero to millions of active users. She’s currently building open source products at Google. Her path to a product career has been unconventional, starting with classical Japanese literature and passing through webspam and developer advocate roles along the way. Looking forward to helping you with all aspects of the PM life, especially moving into a product role, creating a product from scratch, navigating negotiations with stakeholders, building a robust roadmap, and advocating for user needs.

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Keli Kulaj

Tanja — Thu, 08 May 2025 07:32:17 +0000

Keli is a Senior Product Manager with a strong background in economics, business, and building complex software products in regulated industries. After graduating in Economics and Management and completing a Master’s in International Business Management, she has led product management in the software sector — first in energy, where she worked on billing and trading platforms, and now in the airline industry, developing in-flight catering software services.

She is passionate about turning complex business challenges into scalable, user-centric products and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful impact. Outside of work, she loves travelling, going to the gym, and baking — interests that keep her curious, balanced, and creative.

If you’d like to connect to exchange ideas about product management, career growth, or building B2B software products, feel free to reach out — she is always happy to connect.

Industry Experience: Energy, Tech, Consulting, Airlines and in flight catering services
Product Experience: B2B
Mentoring Languages: English, Italian
Fun Fact: “I was born in Italy, I have Albanian origins, I have lived in Iceland, UK (London) and now Zurich. My family still lives in Iceland and I go there 2/3 times a year.”

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