Disney Fmr VP of Product on Launching Accessible Products

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  • May 15, 2024
Dave Lankford

Former Disney, Hulu, MLB, Sharecare, VP of Product

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In this episode of Product Talk hosted by Jonathan Ozeran, Dave Lankford shares insights on launching accessible products.

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Dave Lankford
Former Disney, Hulu, MLB, Sharecare, VP of Product

With deep experience in product, technology, and strategic leadership, including executive roles at Disney and MLB, Dave is known for cultivating collaborations, accelerating innovation, and delivering exceptional products that have measurable impact. At Disney, he formed the Product Advanced Innovation Team (PAINT)—creative technologists working at the bleeding edge of spatial computing, artificial intelligence, large language models, haptics, and game engines. He previously formed Disney Streaming’s Platform Product team, led product initiatives spanning all areas of their direct-to-consumer business, and oversaw global expansions in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. His teams helped grow Disney+ from zero to over 100 Million subscribers in 16 months and engaged over 200 million paying subscribers across all global platforms.

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Jonathan Ozeran
Director of Product

Jonathan is a product and operations leader, company builder, investor and advisor. He has assembled, scaled and led product, design, software engineering, hardware engineering and machine learning teams across numerous financing stages (pre-seed through Series G).

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