As product development begins to ramp up for Education Ecosystem, Rosedeep Kaur has joined to fill the role of Product Manager. Rose will overseeing the product development team as they work on our first product, the online education platform LiveEdu. We’ve prepared an interview with Rose so that she can tell us about her background in product management and the work she’s doing.

1) Tell us about your background?

Before joining I was the Product Manager at Blue Snap. I was in charge of handling their payments platform to help expand internationally. I had started as the Associate Product Manager and advanced from there. My previous roles include being a Product Consultant at Box Inc. and Weebly. I’ve also been involved in personal projects related to AI and blockchain.

I studied at the University of California Berkeley where I majored in Political Economics & Statistics. Being from the Silicon Valley world I believe crypto and blockchain are the future of tech. After speaking with CEO Dr. Garbade, I realized this was a great opportunity for the intersection of education and crypto. We’re tackling an area which other online education websites aren’t embracing and that was one of the things which made me interesting in working on LiveEdu. I saw myself as a viewer who would use the platform and felt that I could bring my product management background to help the team grow.

2) What is your role at Education Ecosystem?

I’m the Product Manager for LiveEdu. Essentially I’m the owner of the product and everything involved around it. Since this is a new launch my role currently involves leading a cross functional team and is more of an organizational role. I set up the strategy, help define the roadmap, lead the product development team and use my expertise to make strategic product decisions.

As the product grows then more questions will need to be asked. Such as how should we change our subscription model? What is the market like? How are we going to deliver on the needs of viewers and creators? Eventually I see my role evolving into a cross functional leadership role involving not only engineering but also marketing, sales and the support team.

3) What are some of the things you’ve been working on since joining the company?

For the first few weeks I’ve been working on developing the communication and flow within the team. This has involved transitioning the team to new tools such as Jira and Slack. Through Jira the development team and product manager will be able to sync up more easily. We can see the progress we’re making and how much time it’s going to take to develop certain things. Slack will be used for official communication across the company, including the product and LEDU coin teams. We’ve also been prioritizing what aspects of the platform will be built first. With prioritization out of the way final designs for our UX designs have been updated with feedback.

4) What’s the most challenging thing about being a product manager in this space?

Making sure the team has the best content. As blockchain is a new technology many persons in the field are being introduced to new concepts. We need to make sure that there is enough technical help for us to deliver the required technical load. Right now we’re at the development stage, however, as more users join we will need to filter out what people want vs what our product needs.

For instance there could be requests for a section strictly for software engineering. However, software engineering isn’t currently one of our categories. Will software engineering be the best category for us to add? We need to make sure that we have adequate support for the product to function at the best level possible and for us to take healthy feedback which will be good for the overall product and not just please a few users.

5) What alterations have you made to the project roadmap to accelerate things?

We’ve started by prioritizing the areas of development and deciding to focus on the four most important things to get the product up and running asap. We’ve recently started our first sprint with the development team and expect to have the most significant parts of the login page, subscriptions and streaming platforms developed in the next 2–3 weeks.

6) How will your work benefit the ecosystem?

As the product manager I’ll ensure there’s an organized structure in place so that the team can meet deadlines. I’ll be in charge of tackling any issues which arise in development and coming up with best solution. My work will help to create a seamless experience for viewers and project creators alike. I will be responsible for the success of product and can be reached out to at any time to solve problems.

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