Christian Crumlish
Author of Product Management for UX People
Christian Crumlish is a product and UX leadership consultant at Design in Product, where he also hosts a product/UX community. Most recently, he led the product management of covid19.ca.gov and consulting on govtech product practices with California’s Office of Digital Innovation. He is also a mentor at Code for America and StartX, and a fellow in the Rosenfeld Media Experts network. Christian earned an AB at Princeton in philosophy.
Formerly, he was head of product at 7 Cups, winner of the 2016 Stanford Medicine X Prize for health systems design and a 2019 World Economic Forum Pioneer. He has also co-chaired the monthly BayCHI program, was senior director of product at CloudOn, was director of messaging products for AOL (AIM), was the last curator of the Yahoo design pattern library, and served two terms as a director of the late lamented Information Architecture Institute.
Christian is the author of the recently published Product Management for UX People: From Designing to Thriving in a Product World. He also authored the bestselling ?The Internet for Busy People and ?The Power of Many?, and co-author of ?Designing Social Interfaces?. Christian lives in Palo Alto with his wife, Briggs Nisbet, and an ever-growing collection of ukuleles.
Rosenverse talks by Christian:

"A small idea can grow into something larger over time."
Coffee with Lou #3: What Makes for a Successful UX Conference Presentation?
May 2, 2024

"The Cozy Juicy Reel is a fantastic way to get to know people at the conference."
Opening Remarks
November 29, 2023

"When teams feel part of the bigger picture, they engage more in achieving collective goals."
Morning Insights Panel
December 6, 2022

"It’s important to step into the shoes of the product manager and think about what they see and hear."
A PM State of Mind: Empathy Mapping Your Product Manager, Pt. 1
December 6, 2022

"We need to constantly evaluate how effectively we're communicating and collaborating with our teams."
Pulse Check: Empathy Mapping Your Product Manager, Pt. 2
December 6, 2022

"I wrote the book because people have a lot of questions about how to become a product manager."
Introduction by our Conference Chair
December 6, 2022

"You can't just keep throwing designers on problems to solve; the ratios matter."
Afternoon Insights Panel
December 6, 2022

"UX is not just about ticket-taking; it's a holistic process."
AMA with Christian Crumlish, author of Product Management for UX People
March 24, 2022