Brian Fitzgerald is a Product Strategy Consultant at Khan Academy. He possess expertise in start ups, product management, e commerce, user experience, strategic partnerships and 30 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "At Tinkergarten, one of Brian's roles focused on Product Leadership. While we did not explicitly have a CPO, Brian was essentially our head of product. Our core offering changed over the years, largely due to COVID. We shifted from In-person classes, to live Zoom classes, to an asynchronous offering to both parents and teachers. Through all of this change, Brian was able to keep a clear vision of our offering. This vision encompassed everything from how customers would perceive the product in the market, understand and use the product once enrolled, and how the product would be viewed in the news or by competitors. Brian can switch from high-level; what is the marketability or commercial viability of the product, to low-level User Experience, very quickly. In many fast-paced whiteboarding sessions, we would cover all aspects of a given product shift, strategic feature, or user experience issue that we were trying to solve. Brian exhibits very good strategic thinking and decision-making when balancing what the "right" solution is, with how easy it is to understand, what it will look like, how hard it is to build, and wrap all that up into the commercial sensibility of what we are working on. While having very strong opinions on product strategy, Brian is very open to input from his team, and can adjust his thinking on the fly with new inputs. He knows when to hold firm on his vision for the product, and when to adapt his thinking based on feedback from his team, while keeping a data-driven mindset. Brian takes a strong mentorship approach when training his team and aligning on the approaches to problem solving, especially in a cross-functional team. Should the opportunity arise, I would quickly work for Brian again." and "Brian's passion for the education space and for creating great products is infectious. He has a knack for building great teams and empowering them to get the job done. Brian truly cares about the members of his team and creates a enjoyable, adaptable work environment."