#30) Building Experiences, Not Just Products
Download MP3Shmuel Bollen is Senior Product Manager for athenahealth. A quick glance at his resume reveals an eclectic and interesting work history, which morphed from a liberal arts background to User Experience, or “UX,” in what appears to be a very organic way. Bollen says that differentiating your product through user experience is done through understanding and empathy, which results in great benefit for the company as well.
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Gary Waleik
Formerly the producer of NPR’s Only A Game, Gary Waleik is the creator and Executive Producer of The Command Module, an elite podcast production studio. In addition to Sara Schenirer’s Career Forum and Masters of Social Work, Waleik produces critically acclaimed podcasts for the Orthodox Union (Saturday to Shabbos), Lubavitch International Magazine (Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries on the Jewish Frontier) and for The BT Center (Shuva Full Circle). For 27 years, Waleik produced NPR’s Only A Game, an award winning weekly sports magazine radio program. He served as Senior Producer for 20 years and, in 2018, won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Sports Reporting. Waleik is a former professional musician whose songs are still used in Hollywood, independent film and television soundtracks. Gary lives near Boston with his wife and davens at Chabad Center of Natick.
