Spotlight on our Product Games Finalists — INSEAD
Here we present the third in our series of profiles on the Product Games four finalist teams. The INSEAD team, representing the host school, will compete against our three other finalist teams on November 20th in the Product Games finals. Read on to learn about their backgrounds and their perspectives on product management.
Rosa Wu
Current Degree: MBA class of 2018 July, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
Other Degrees: Master of Business, Manchester Business School, UK; Bachelor of Business Information Systems, The University of Manchester, UK
Previous Employment: Programme Manager of Apple Inc, Shanghai, China
What interests you about product management?
Creating a new product or experience for customers is what motivates me the most in product management. Seeing how technology can enrich the life of customers is what I am passionate about. Also, working with a team where different perspectives coming together for problem solving just makes the product management process even better.
Ian Guo
Current Degree: MBA class of 2018 July, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
Other Degrees: Bachelor of Commerce / International Studies, University of New South Wales (2012)
Previous Employment: Consultant, Accenture Strategy, Sydney, Australia
What interests you about product management?
The process of taking an idea from conceptualisation to launch. Product management combines elements of strategy, operations and technology to create a tangible impact.
Chenchen Gu
Current Degree: MBA class of 2018 July, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
Other Degrees: University of Virginia, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, 2011
Previous Employment: Product Operation, Sohu.com
What interests you about product management?
I like to apply our creativity to real challenges in the world. In product management roles, we can solve problems and create a product that actually provides value to people.
Alex Little
Current Degree: MBA class of 2018 July, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
Other Degrees: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan, USA
Previous Employment: Senior Product Engineer, TK Holdings inc, Michigan, USA
What interests you about product management?
Product Management builds on my experience of working with the iterative design process in automotive engineering, and adds another dimension of determining user needs. I am excited to apply my hobby of writing short stories to fill in the gaps between customer research data points by creating user personas, allowing my team to better understand our customers.
Chris Yang
Current Degree: MBA class of 2018 July, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
Other Degrees: MS in Computer Science (MS’12), Stanford University
Previous Employment: Tech Lead, LinkedIn
What interests you about product management?
Product management is the perfect intersection of business, technology and user experience. As an MBA candidate from an engineering background, product management allows me to apply my technical knowledge with business acumen, making direct impacts to thousands of hundreds of people. I particularly enjoy the interaction between humans and technology and the satisfaction coming from solving convoluted problems, and product management is the best manifestation of them!
