International Normad

1. International Nomad Turned Amazon
Product Manager by Amazon Sr PM
www.productschool.com

2. CERTIFICATES
Your Product Management Certificate Path
Product Leadership
Certificate™
Full Stack Product
Management Certificate™
Product Management
Certificate™
20 HOURS
40 HOURS
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3. Corporate
Training
Level up your team’s Product
Management skills

4. Free Product Management Resources
BOOKS
EVENTS
JOB PORTAL
COMMUNITIES
bit.ly/product_resources
COURSES

5. International Nomad turned Amazon Product Manager:
12 Essential Books for Product Owners
By Scott Wofford
Sr. Product Manager, Amazon
www.productschool.com

6. Scott Wofford
SPEAK ER

7. Agenda
www.productschool.com
About Me 5 min
International Nomad… 5 min
Mexico
One world trip
…turned Amazon PM (some helpful books)
Product management 5 min (5 books)
Motivation & Productivity 5 min (3 books)
Business & Culture 5 min (4 books)

8. Agenda
www.productschool.com
About Me 5 min
International Nomad… 5 min
Mexico
One world trip
…turned Amazon PM (some helpful books)
Product management 5 min (5 books)
Motivation & Productivity 5 min (3 books)
Business & Culture 5 min (4 books)

9. Mountain biking in Bellingham, WA – Aug 2021
Basket-ballin’ - 2005
Scott, Maria, Victoria (18 mo.), Nova
Victoria on the synthesizer - 2020
ABOUT ME-PERSONAL

10. ABOUT ME-WORK

11. Agenda
www.productschool.com
About Me 5 min
International Nomad… 5 min
Mexico
One world trip
…turned Amazon PM (some helpful books)
Product management 5 min (5 books)
Motivation & Productivity 5 min (3 books)
Business & Culture 5 min (4 books)

12. INTERNATIONAL NOMAD: MEXICO
http://mexico.ashoka.org/
Binational Business Fulbright Fellowship
https://us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/western-hemisphere/mexico/105

13. https://www.oneworld.com/world-travel
https://thriftytraveler.com/guides/travel-hacking-101/
Nashville, TN (Stop 1)
March 2014 Nashville, TN (Stop 16)
August 2014
Itinerary
1. Nashville, TN
2. Washington, DC
3. San Francisco,
CA
4. Tokyo, Japan
5. Seoul, South
Korea
6. Hong Kong &
Guilin, China
7. Manila & El Nido,
Philippines
8. Bangkok &
Chiang Mai,
Thailand
9. Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
10. Mumbai, New
Delhi, Rishikesh,
Har Ki Dun, India
11. Amman, Jordan
12. Hebron &
Bethlehem,
Palestine
13. Tel Aviv &
Jerusalem, Israel
14. Lagos, Nigeria
15. Nairobi & Lake
Naivasha, Kenya
16. London, UK
17. Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
INTERNATIONAL NOMAD: ONE WORLD 2014 TRIP

14. Agenda
www.productschool.com
About Me 5 min
International Nomad… 5 min
Mexico
One world trip
…turned Amazon PM (some helpful books)
Product management 5 min (5 books)
Motivation & Productivity 5 min (3 books)
Business & Culture 5 min (4 books)

15. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
What is a product owner’s job?

16. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
What is a product owner’s job?

17. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
How to set yourself up for success in a
product role?

18. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
How to succeed with your boss?

19. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
How to get rapid customer feedback?

20. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
How to work with your development team?
(software engineers are often introverts)
https://medium.com/north-code/its-ok-to-be-the-introverted-coder-e25d0fd40526

21. Agenda
www.productschool.com
About Me 5 min
International Nomad… 5 min
Mexico
One world trip
…turned Amazon PM (some helpful books)
Product management 5 min (5 books)
Motivation & Productivity 5 min (3 books)
Business & Culture 5 min (4 books)

22. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: MOTIVATION & PRODUCTIVITY
How to motivate yourself and your team?

23. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: MOTIVATION & PRODUCTIVITY
How to deal with competing priorities?

24. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: MOTIVATION & PRODUCTIVITY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching
How to stay grounded?

25. Agenda
www.productschool.com
About Me 5 min
International Nomad… 5 min
Mexico
One world trip
…turned Amazon PM (some helpful books)
Product management 5 min (5 books)
Motivation & Productivity 5 min (3 books)
Business & Culture 5 min (4 books)

26. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: BUSINESS
How to handle crazy times?
https://trishna-patel.medium.com/notes-good-product-manager-bad-product-manager-by-ben-horowitz-and-david-weiden-523ccbffe39b

27. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: BUSINESS & CULTURE
How does Google work?

28. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: BUSINESS
How does Amazon work?

29. SOME HELPFUL BOOKS: BUSINESS
How does operations relate to product?

30. Thank You!
www.productschool.com

31. www.productschool.com
Part-time Product Management Training Courses
and
Corporate Training