Behind the Product: Disney’s Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Hotel

Ryan Cantwell is a Principal Consultant and Trainer at the Productside with more than 15 years of professional experience in product management, applications engineering, and customer success.

Before joining the Productside, Ryan served in senior product roles at Industrial Scientific Corp and Automated Packaging System. Through these roles he has extensive experience leading development teams and software as a service (SaaS) solutions in a B2B environment.

In addition, he has a track record of success designing products that solve customer problems and introducing continuous improvement practices within the product teams he serves.

Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ryan holds a BA in Marketing and MBA from Kent State University.

Todd has deep experience in creating product and marketing strategies for companies ranging from start-up to enterprise. He is adept at building motivated teams, finding simple solutions to complex market problems, and delivering on winning strategies.

Todd holds a Bachelor’s in Marketing and an MBA from Western Governors University. His career domains include engineering, media, publishing, non-profit, and life sciences.

Roger Snyder is a Principal Consultant and Trainer at Productside. He has over 25 years of experience in high technology, first working in development, project management, and business development before finding his true passion – product management.

Before joining Productside, Roger led product management teams for over 15 years, serving as Sr. Director or Vice President of product management at multiple firms. He was a pivotal contributor to the success and growth of Openwave, increasing revenues in the core infrastructure business to over $100M in 3 years.

At Danger, Roger led the PM team to expand the successful Sidekick product line from a single product to multiple products across multiple manufacturers, leading to the acquisition of Danger by Microsoft. At both Savi and Immersion, Roger rebuilt the product management team, hiring top talent to drive better communication and collaboration processes that created product roadmaps that were innovative and predictive.

Roger has been involved in many facets of the mobile industry, from infrastructure products that pioneered accessing the Internet from a mobile phone to complete smartphones, to mobile cloud services, to mobile applications across iOS and Android. As a consultant and trainer, Roger has worked with companies in various industries, including consumer products, technology, SaaS, mobile, health insurance, and professional services.

He has used his experience to help companies improve their product strategy development, product lifecycle process, full product considerations, competitive and market research processes, and roadmap development and evolution.

Roger is a member of the Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM), a Certified Product Manager (CPM), and an Agile Certified Product Manager & Product Owner (ACPMPO). He has a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Santa Clara University with concentrations in Leadership and Marketing.