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The Data Product Agent

Insights on AI product strategy, data platform leadership, and building high-velocity product organizations at enterprise scale. Published on Substack.

Apr 7, 2026

You Were Already the Composer. AI Just Gave You the Piano

A composer doesn’t play every instrument.…

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Mar 18, 2026

Frameworks Can Be Overhead. Here's What I Learned Building a Real-Time Dashboard Without One.

10 panels, 13,400 lines of vanilla TypeScript, and a 56kb bundle. No React. No Vue. No regrets.…

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Mar 9, 2026

I Stopped Just Managing Products. I Started Shipping Them.

The PM-to-builder shift isn’t about learning to code. It’s about refusing to lead from a language you don’t speak.…

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Jan 12, 2026

The PM’s AI Toolkit

And Why Your Role Determines Which Tools Matter…

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Jan 5, 2026

The Adoption Curve Is a Lie

And What to Measure Instead…

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Dec 8, 2025

Product Alchemist

Your AI Product Manager Needs a New Blueprint, Not Just New Skills…

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Dec 1, 2025

Workflow Is the Real Unit of Organizational Transformation

Technical isn’t the hard part; the people are…

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Nov 24, 2025

Product Operating Model - The Intake

The Problem No One Wants to Talk About…

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Nov 16, 2025

The Hidden Skill That Got Me Out of BI and Into Product

A few years ago, I took a role that, on paper, looked like a demotion.…

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Nov 12, 2025

Data as a Product in the Age of AI

Why the Next Great Product Leaders Will Think in Data Primitives…

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Oct 25, 2025

Recent AI History

What Product Managers Should Actually Pay Attention To…

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Oct 19, 2025

AI Agents Don’t Dream of Dirty Data

Why Clean Foundations Still Decide the Future of AI…

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Sep 15, 2025

From Data to Agents

Lessons from Disney’s Data & Analytics Conference 2025…

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Aug 24, 2025

From Project Manager to Product Leader

Lessons in Scaling Data Teams…

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Aug 14, 2025

From Idea to Impact

Deploying AI Agents on the Enterprise Data Platform…

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Aug 8, 2025

Building the Machine: How to Lead a Data Product Management Team That Delivers

Leading a Product Management Team Is a Product in Itself 🛠️…

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Aug 2, 2025

Stakeholder Management in the New Data World: Leading Through Governance, Not Just Dashboards

We’re living in a new era of data.…

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The Data Product Agent

Insights on AI product strategy, data platform leadership, and building high-velocity product organizations at enterprise scale. Published on Substack.