I interviewed Osi Imeokparia, an entrepreneur at heart and expert collaborator, for an assignment at Pratt in the spring of 2017. I met her through my husband who worked on the Hillary Clinton campaign. From what I could see and from what I heard from her coworkers, she led the product team with complete grace and dignity. Osi has had a range of experience at companies small and large, so I wanted to get her perspective on design and product. Here’s my chat with her about all things future/tech/trends and more!
We’re recording. Okay I’m going to jump right in with can you give me a little bit of your background and tell me about yourself? That typical interview question.
Yes. It’s a fantastic question. So, Hi Kurt and your recorder! My name’s Osi. I have been a Product Manager, let’s see here, for a very long time. I’ve done product work at startups, which I did right out of college, I’ve done it at sort of mid-size, high-growth companies which I’d say I did in the early 2000s. I’ve done it at mega-sized corporations like Google and then most recently I’ve also done it on the Hillary Clinton campaign. So I’ve done product management in a lot of different contexts and worked with a lot of different people and hired a bunch of people. Unfortunately, fired a bunch of people as well. So I’ve seen a lot in the last 16 years, but yea that’s the very quick about…
