S4E2: Fred Koopmans, Chief Product Officer, Big Panda - From QA engineer to CPO, riding tech waves with a "reverse job description"

Fred Koopmans is Chief Product Officer at BigPanda, an AIOps company. He has managed to ride the tech waves being at the right place at the right time - mobile video optimization on wireless networks, cloud, data platforms, open source, and now AI. Prior to BigPanda, Fred was SVP of Product Management at Cloudera, Sr. Director Product Management at Citrix, and in engineering roles at Bytemobile.

Key Highlights:

In this episode, Fred shares his approach of writing a reverse job description that tells recruiters exactly what he is looking for. Here are some key highlights and the topics we cover:

* What is the flavor of conversations with customers around AI, especially with IT people

* What is a reverse job description and how to write one

* Why it is paramount to have an answer to the question - "Where do you see yourself in five years?"

* How does a PM do an effective job in "engineering-led" or "sales-led" companies

* What do engineers wish product managers know and what do product managers wish engineers know

* How to build deep relationships with customers

* How to steer a product org away from doing only what customers want

* How to have good skip level 1:1s

* How writing can help one become a high-intention person

Connect with Fred on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-koopmans/

Connect with Rahul Abhyankar:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulabhyankar