Michael Y.

Product Manager

New York, New York, United States6 yrs 6 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Defined a multi-year cloud networking strategy at Google.
Spearheaded an AWS solution adopted by 97 enterprises in 3 months.
Mentored underrepresented talent in product leadership.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Infrastructure and SaaS Product Management expert.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyCloud NetworkingProduct Marketing

Other Skills

Product RequirementsLeadershipProject ManagementCross-functional CollaborationsTeam BuildingPublic SpeakingSocial NetworkingPress ReleasesTime ManagementAmharicTeamwork

About

I build the invisible cloud infrastructure powering great user/developer experiences 1. Defining the 3-year platform vision for cloud networking at Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), leading cross-functional strategy across 45 engineers and 3 UX designers. Taking the product from 0 to 1, unlocking a $B+ enterprise market. 2. Spearheaded the launch of an AWS cloud management solution, resulting in adoption by 97 enterprise customers within 3 months. 3. Built and pivoted a sales tech startup through 3 iterations, growing from 0 to 50 active users. Recognized as Product Hunt’s #2 Product of the Day. 4. Grew to 60K followers on socials by breaking down real-world PM strategies, interview prep, and product thinking frameworks. 5. Featured on a Times Square billboard for mentoring first-gen and underrepresented talent aspiring to break into product leadership roles. 📹 YouTube Podcast: “ProductTalksWithMichael” 📧 Newsletter: https://substack.com/@michaelyitayew Enjoy the content!

Experience

Starsling (yc x25)

Angel Investor

Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 · 0 mo

Better auth

Angel Investor

Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 · 0 mo

Semiotic (yc f25)

Angel Investor

Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 · 0 mo

Google

Product Manager

May 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos

Owning end-to-end product strategy for cloud networking, from identifying critical enterprise pain points to collaborating across 45+ engineering, UX, and go-to-market folks.
Managed a 100+ item backlog, delivered 4 customer-facing features in Q1, and influenced 12+ design documents that were presented to VPs in QBRs and customer roadshows. Helped unlock a multi-billion dollar opportunity across regulated industries.

Product RequirementsLeadershipProject ManagementProduct StrategyCloud Networking

Datadog

Product Marketing Manager

Jul 2023 – Mar 2024 · 8 mos

Created partnerships and webinars that generated 1,100+ leads. Increased website traffic by 28% MoM and trained 150 SDRs in U.S./ Japan.

Project ManagementPublic SpeakingProduct Marketing

Orba

Co-founder, Chief Product Officer

Apr 2023 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr

Helping Sales Reps (SDRs & BRDs) identify high quality leads from their website and convert them to meetings. Went from 0 to 1, onboarded 50+ users and a paying customer. Ranked #2 on Product Hunt.
I created Figma prototypes (authentication and onboarding), managed sales outbound via Apollo.io + LinkedIn sales nav, and defined customer user journeys.

Product RequirementsLeadershipProject ManagementProduct Strategy

Amazon web services (aws)

2 roles

Product Manager

Promoted

Aug 2021 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

Launched Amazon Redshift Serverless Tagging to 1,000s of enterprises to create simplified views of their data warehouse resources and easily manage billing
Launched Account Assessment for AWS Organizations that helped 100+ AWS customers save time on account assessments - grew adoption to 100+ sign-ups in 3 months
Launched new Amazon Redshift Serverless onboarding experience
Launched RedshiftxThoughtSpot integration
Launched Network Orchestration for AWS Transit Gateway
Launched Informatica Data Loader
Developed PRFAQ/vision for a new data warehouse monitoring solution

Product RequirementsProject ManagementProduct Strategy