My Product Thinking - Shala Shirazi

My Product Thinking

Principles, practices, and mindset I bring to every project and team.

Experience Continuous Learning

Professional and Educational Experience

🧠 Experience

Product Manager @ USMO (Education)

Software Development Engineer @ USMO (Education)

IT Systems Analyst @ USMO (Education)

Founder @ ATSC (IT)

Technical Account Manager @ Lotame (Ad-Tech)

Sales Associate @ Target Mobile (Mobile Phone Sales)

🤝 Education

Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Part-Time STEM Designation, GPA 3.88

Graduate Certificate in Technology Management

AI and Career Empowerment Certificate

Technology Leadership and Governance Certificate

Towson University (TU)

MS, Applied Information Technology, GPA 3.89

Graduate Certificate in Information Systems Management

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

BS, Business Technology Administration, Academic Honors

Minor in MBA Preparatory Studies

Montgomery College (MC)

AA, General Studies, Dean's List

🎯 Leadership Roles

Team Leader, Technology Management Capstone, Whoosh HPC – Commercialization and Pricing Strategy, UMD

Market Master Award Winner, Flex MBA Capstone Business Competition, UMD

Chief Professional Development Officer, PTMBA Association, UMD

Cohort Track Representative, PTMBA Association, UMD

Team Participant, Henrietta Lacks Case Competition, UMD

Treasurer, Persian Student Association, UMBC

Vice President, Student Business Association, Montgomery College

Project Manager, Student Business Association, Montgomery College

Continuous (Free) Learning

🔎 Subscribed YouTube Channels

🧠 Business, Tech, & Product Management

Ali Abdaal 🔗

Anthropic 🔗

Boston Consulting Group 🔗

Chloe Shih 🔗

Dr. Nancy Li 🔗

Economy Media 🔗

Exponent 🔗

freeCodeCamp.org 🔗

Google 🔗

Harvard Business School 🔗

IGotAnOffer: Product management 🔗

Lenny's Podcast 🔗

Life at Google 🔗

Made by Google 🔗

Modern MBA 🔗

OpenAI 🔗

Product School 🔗

Stanford Graduate School of Business 🔗

Talks at Google 🔗

The Economist 🔗

The Prof G Pod - Scott Galloway 🔗

Y Combinator 🔗

📰 News & Journalism

60 Minutes 🔗

CNN 🔗

CNBC 🔗

CNBC Make It 🔗

CNBC Television 🔗

Forbes 🔗

MSNBC 🔗

New York Times Podcasts 🔗

TIME 🔗

The Guardian 🔗

The New York Times 🔗

The Wall Street Journal 🔗

Vox 🔗

💬 Psychology, Self-Development, & Emotional Health

Andrew Huberman 🔗

DoctorRamani 🔗

Dr. Tracey Marks 🔗

HealthyGamerGG 🔗

Jay Shetty Podcast 🔗

Jefferson Fisher 🔗

Jerry Wise 🔗

Lewis Howes 🔗

Mel Robbins 🔗

The School of Life 🔗

🎙️ Big Ideas & Thought Leadership

Big Think 🔗

TED 🔗

TEDx Talks 🔗

Ted Audio Collective 🔗

The Diary of a CEO 🔗

For funsies

🎭 Comedy & Late Night

Comedy Central Stand-Up 🔗

Hasan Minhaj 🔗

Jimmy Kimmel Live 🔗

LastWeekTonight 🔗

Saturday Night Live 🔗

The Daily Show 🔗

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 🔗

🍳 Food & Cooking

America's Test Kitchen 🔗

Cooking with Shereen 🔗

Food Wishes 🔗

Joshua Weissman 🔗

Laura in the Kitchen 🔗

Natasha's Kitchen 🔗

🧠 Subscribed Podcasts

🎙️ Product, Tech, & Business Strategy

Business Breakdowns 🔗

Financial Feminist 🔗

Founders 🔗

Lenny's Podcast 🔗

Morning Brew Daily 🔗

Product Insider With Dr. Nancy Li 🔗

Product Thinking 🔗

The Game with Alex Hormozi 🔗

The HigherUp Podcast 🔗

The Journal 🔗

The Money with Katie Show 🔗

The Product Podcast 🔗

This is Product Management 🔗

Women in Product 🔗

Y Combinator Startup Podcast 🔗

🧠 AI & Technology

Practical AI 🔗

The AI Daily Brief 🔗

The Neuron: AI Explained 🔗

💬 Psychology, Personal Growth & Communication

Huberman Lab 🔗

Mel Robbins Podcast 🔗

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett 🔗

Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques 🔗

👩‍💼 Women in Business & Tech

Financial Feminist 🔗

Money for Couples 🔗

Women at Work 🔗

Women in Product 🔗

Women in Tech Podcast 🔗

📰 News & Society

Freakonomics Radio 🔗

The Daily 🔗

The Journal 🔗

WSJ Tech News Briefing 🔗

WSJ's The Future of Everything 🔗

🎓 Big Ideas, Education, & TED

How to Be a Better Human 🔗

TED Health 🔗

TED Talks Daily 🔗

TEDx Shorts 🔗

📈 Leadership, Impact & Culture

Business Speaks Podcast 🔗

Force Multiplier 🔗

✨ Books/Audiobooks

I've Read

  • Insight: Why We're Not as Self-Aware as We Think, and How Seeing Ourselves Clearly Helps Us Succeed at Work and in Life by Tasha Eurich
  • Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice by Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan
  • Don't Believe Everything You Think by Joseph Nguyen
  • The 2-Hour Job Search: Using Technology to Gett the Right Job Faster by Steve Dalton
  • Talent: How to Identify Engergizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World by Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross
  • The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

On My List

  • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World by Anne-Laure LeCunff
  • Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It by Richard V. Reeves
  • Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact by Liz Wiseman
  • EMPOWERED: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products by Marty Cagan and Chris Jones
  • Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve by Alison Fragale PhD
  • Lucky Loser: Adventures in Tennis and Comedy by Michael Kosta