Martie Burris is a Founder and Product Management Leader who has paved the way for diverse groups of people striving to break into the world of product. As popular as the tech industry has become, it is still a mystery to so many people. Martie is solving for that. So, how is she doing this? Check out her rap-sheet:
- Entrepreneurship: Founded Folding Chair; a 100% free coaching initiative dedicated to purposefully creating space for underrepresented minorities in Product Management through job placement. FoldingChair coachees are now product managers at Facebook, Google, Workday, Microsoft, Stitch Fix, McDonald’s, Capital One and many more.
- Entrepreneurship: Renamed & Rebranded Folding Chair into IPMA; a cohort program for mid level career professionals bringing more diverse voices to product management. IPMA is affiliated with the University at Washington. It stands for Inclusive Product Management Accelerator.
- Career Trajectory: Has worked as a product manager in various companies including Workday and Salesforce.
- Speaker: Martie is a speaker and consultant. She talks about product management (as a discipline), the #FutureofWork, diversity in tech, building inclusive products, product leadership and developing 0-1 products. In this interview, Martie walks us through her journey as a product manager and how it inspired her to start her own product management organization.
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Website: https://foster.uw.edu/centers/the-product-management-center/ipm-accelerator/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-washington-foster-school-of-business-executive-education/
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