Shane Foster

Background

About Shane Foster

I'm passionate about creating great products and building great product teams. I love to understand and solve customer problems with software. To accomplish this, I focus on outcomes, build great teams and utilize product discovery methods to uncover new insights.My experience includes the leadership of product and technology teams, including product strategy, product management, technology strategy, product discovery, product design, product development, team coaching, recruiting, process improvement, and software systems design. I'm a deep practitioner of agile and lean concepts, and I believe intense collaboration and a tight feedback loop in the full product development cycle are essential to product success.I have an extensive background in developing, communicating, and executing product and technology vision and strategy while ensuring alignment to the overall business strategy and objectives. I'm an exceptional leader and product and engineering professional and I have led and scaled product and engineering teams across both large and small product portfolios.I began my career as a software engineer where I developed commercial products within the financial services industry, eventually moving into various product development leadership roles.Specialties: Executive Leadership, Product Strategy, Technology Strategy, Product Management, Product Discovery & Design, Product Development, Software Design and Development, Agile/Lean Product and Software Development, Team Building/Recruiting.