Events
We host events to open up the field of Product Management to UT Dallas Students.
Upcoming Events
30th March, 2023
Krithika Balasubramaniam
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Unleash your creativity and design prowess in our Figma Hackathon!
Past Events
17 FEB, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Varun Kulkarni
Product Principal Manager
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Workshop on Strategic Problem Solving
Introduction To Product Management
31st Jan 2024 at 5:00 PM
Prateek Khamesra
Product Manager at Mastercard
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Meet our speaker, Prateek Khamesra, a visionary Product Manager at Mastercard, driving the future of finance with over a decade of expertise. 🎤
Reconnect, Rekindle, Relish: Alumni Connect at the Product Base Club!
4th November 2023
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An incredible evening filled with inspiring alumni and mentor stories, valuable insights, and endless networking opportunities. Our passionate alumni shared their remarkable journeys, igniting the spark of inspiration among our current students. 🚀🎓
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From engaging discussions to heartwarming connections, the event was a true testament to the power of community and knowledge sharing.
Product Base Unleashed: Hackathon Edition
4th November 2023
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Our Product Base Unleashed Hackathon Edition was a whirlwind of creativity, with 5 outstanding finalists presenting their groundbreaking projects. 🌐💡
Skill Spotlight: Unveil your Expertise
20th October 2023
Shalini Dinesh
Sr. Product Manager at Walmart
Vivekaraj Yuvaraj
Sr. Data Analyst at Walmart
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Event Highlights:
- 🌟 Unveiling career excellence with Walmart’s esteemed speakers.
- 🌟 Expert tips on product management and data analytics.
- 🌟 Crafting the perfect resume and acing interviews.
- 🌟 Exclusive insights into opportunities at Walmart.
29th September, 2023
Poonam Lamba
Product Manager
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🌟 From brainstorming sessions to learning the nitty-gritty of product strategy, it was a day full of insights and inspiration. Can't wait to implement all the new knowledge into our own projects! 🙌
21st September, 2023
Pritesh Jagani aka Yudi J
Senior Product Manager
- 📈 Interview prep through topics like Product Design Thinking, from building portfolios to acing product case studies questions
- 🤝 Art of introducing our personalities
- 🎨 Creating impactful pitch decks
- 💪🏻 Strategically addressing case questions in interviews.
- ✒ Infuse company values and mission in the responses
6th September, 2023
Dr. Mark Thouin
Faculty Advisor
Laxmi Peketi
Product Manager
- Prof Mark Thouin:
- Introduction to the club and membership details
- Mission and vision of the club
- Laxmi Reddy Peketi:
- Founding of the club
- Her journey to becoming a PM at Microsoft
- Importance of mock interviews
- Conferences and networking strategies
24th March, 2023
Tarun Keswani
Sr.Technical Product Manager
- Are you looking for internships?
- How to review your Resume
- Guidance with Interview Preparation
- Q/A session
Post Deployment in a Product Life Cycle
3rd March, 2023
Rohan Kamath
Product Lead
- Importance of Post Deployment in a product life cycle
Product Manager Interview Prep
10th February 2023
Poonam Lamba
Product Manager
- Our speaker, Poonam Lamba, a product manager at Google, helped us understand the qualities hiring managers look for in candidates and the abilities that aspiring PMs should develop to land a job at their dream firm.
User Design: Live Resume Walkthrough
4th November, 2022
SeoYeon Choi
Product manager
- Tools for user design, advice on writing strong PM resumes, and soft skills for a PM.
User Design: Live Resume Walkthrough
4th November, 2022
Vasundhra Dewangan
Product Manager
- Vasundhra Dewangan and Jake F., two of our presenters were gracious enough to spend time talking with students about their backgrounds, responsibilities, and approaches to product strategy and management.
9th September, 2022
Dr. Mark Thouin
Faculty Advisor
Laxmi Peketi
Product Manager
- Prof Mark Thouin:
- Introduction to the club and membership details
- Mission and vision of the club
- Courses offered in the field of Product Management, Analytics and Digital Product Management
- Laxmi Reddy Peketi:
- Founding of the club
- Her journey to becoming a PM at Microsoft
- Evolution of the field
- Importance of mock interviews
22nd February, 2022
Kaustubh Vibhute
Sr.Technical Product Manager
- Are you looking for internships?
- How to review your Resume
- Guidance with Interview Preparation
- Q/A session
1st February, 2022
Naveenth Ramprasad
Product Manager
- Kick-off by The Product Base Officers
- Product Strategy and Development
- Product Management Mentoring
- Q/A session
16th November, 2021
Parth Acharya
Senior Product Manager
- Product Development 101
- User Research, Define MVP
- Four pillars across Vision, Strategy, Design and Execution
- Q/A session
9th November, 2021
Setu Parikh
Senior Product Manager
- Product Design, Statement of Work & Resource Planning
- Working with Stakeholders, Managing conflicts
- Risk Analysis
- Agile Methodology
- Creating milestones
- Creating Sprint Backlogs
4th November, 2021
Carson Marston
Senior Product Manager
- What is Product Management?
- Speaker’s Journey in Product
- Prototyping Phase
- Where do ideas come from?
- How to validate ideas?
- Creating prototypes & Wireframes
- Experimentation
- Scoping with Development
- Examples of Prototyping from speaker’s career
- Skills required to be a Product Manager focusing on Prototyping phase
25th October, 2021
Dr. Mark Thouin
Faculty Advisor
Laxmi Reddy Peketi
Founder & Program Manager
- Prof Mark Thouin - Introduction to the club - Mission and vision
- Laxmi Peketi - Her journey and founding of the club
- TPB - Semester plan, Upcoming events and Membership perks
Analytics
20th to 22nd April
- Success Metrics (Pirate Metrics) - AARRR, HEART
- Popular App/Web/SaaS Metrics, Google Analytics,Segment.io, Event Tracking, A/B Testing
- NPS and CSAT
- Product profitability, Revenue, Growth
- User Behavior - Segmentation and Funnel Analytics
Technology
26th to 28th April
- Technology stack, Front-end, Back-end, Hybrid, Mobile
- APIs, Databases, and CMS
- Git, Shipping Code on environments
- System Design questions
Planning
24th February, 2021
- Prioritization
- Product Roadmap
- Opportunity Assessment, Product Requirement documentation (PRDs), Release Notes and documentation
12th November, 2020
Dr. Anwesha Bhattacharjee
Product Manager
Sophi Marass
Lead Product Designer
- Web and App design
- Design principles, UX trends, Usability testing
- Wireframe and Interactive Prototyping
12th October, 2020
Shiva Arunachalam
Product Manager
- Customer Discovery
- Design thinking process (Is it always feasible?)
- User Research - User Survey, Interviews, Persona and Journey Mapping
- Identify needs, Marketing, Competitive Analysis,Segmentation, Target Audience - Idea/features research
16th September, 2020
Shreyas G. Sali
Sr. Group Product Lead
- Setting Product strategy and vision, linking to org. vision, for different teams/disciplines
- KPIs/Success Metrics
- Workshop on Product Strategy and Vision
26th August, 2020
Diego Granados
Product Manager
- What is Product Management?
- Product lifecycle, A day in the life, Organization structure (who manages what?)
- Requirements, Essential traits to become a PM, transition to PM role
- Diff. PM roles - Product operations, Product Analyst, Technical PM, Principal PM vs Direct PM