Brian Root

I am a collaborative, patent-holding product executive specializing in building impactful customer-facing digital products in eCommerce, FinTech and InsureTech. I have over 12 years of experience leading and managing cross-functional product and design teams at all stages from Series A to Fortune top 2 (Amazon and Walmart). I have built and scaled teams from 0 to up to 15 individuals on several occasions, and I particularly enjoy the challenges of hiring and structuring teams. While I am new to this platform, I have both formally and informally acted as a mentor to early- and mid-career Product Managers for the last decade. My passion as a leader has always been to unlock the potential of my reports and mentees. I strongly believe that an impactful, scalable "what" (the product) is the result of a strong understanding of the "why" (user and business needs) and "how" (product management and design best practices). My goal is to share with you fungible insights, frameworks and strategies that will help you leverage your unique skill set to build impactful products. In my non-work life, I enjoy running, cooking, dabbling in statistical modeling of sporting events, and being the best father that I can be to my baby son.