Michael Y.
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Break into PM at Google & AWS | 120+ PMs Coached | Columbia BA
Studied at Columbia Business School
Works at Google
Available Sunday at 1:00 PM UTC
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Michael's Coaching Offerings
Land a Top PM Offer: Start-to-Finish
Expert help on everything from getting the interview to landing the offer.
$1,40020h of coaching
Nail the PM Interviews
Crush the interview through drills, frameworks, mock interviews, and more.
Starting at $3505h+ of coaching
Advance Your PM Career
Expert coaching to elevate your skills and achieve your PM goals.
Starting at $70010h+ of coaching
Custom hourly · $70/hr
Get help with Skill Building, LinkedIn Review, and .
Michael’s Product Management Qualifications
Experience level: Product Manager
100+ people coached for Product Management
I’m a Google and Amazon Product Manager with over 6 years of experience launching high-impact products across cloud and SaaS. As a first-generation immigrant who pivoted from finance into tech, I know firsthand how to navigate career changes, break into competitive roles, and grow quickly once you’re in. I’ve coached over 120 aspiring and current PMs using a mix of practical frameworks, real-world examples, and actionable feedback. My approach blends insider knowledge from top tech companies with a genuine passion for helping others succeed, so you leave every session with clarity, confidence, and a clear plan forward.
Michael can help with:
Skill Building
LinkedIn Review
Resume Review
Networking Strategy
Product Case Interview Prep
Frameworks
Behavioral Interview Prep
General Exploration
About Michael
Michael is a Product Manager at Google with previous PM and PMM experience at Amazon and Datadog. He graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Economics and spent a summer on Wall Street as an Investment Banker before making the pivot to tech.
Why do I coach?
I have gone through the struggles of manning a career pivot, layoffs, and promotions so I want to make it easier for those coming after me.
Work Experience
Product Manager
May 2024 - Present
Owning end-to-end product strategy for Google Distributed Cloud networking, from identifying critical enterprise pain points to collaborating across 50+ engineering, UX, and go-to-market folks. Managed a 100+ item backlog, delivered 4 customer-facing features in Q1, and influenced 12+ design documents that were presented to VPs in QBRs and customer roadshows. Helped unlock a multi-billion dollar opportunity across regulated industries.
Marketing Product Manager
Datadog
July 2023 - March 2024
Created partnerships and webinars that generated 1,100+ leads. Increased website traffic by 28% MoM and trained 150 SDRs in U.S./ Japan.
Product Manager
AWS
August 2021 - July 2023
Launched Amazon Redshift Serverless Tagging to 1,000s of enterprises to create simplified views of their data warehouse resources and easily manage billing Launched Account Assessment for AWS Organizations that helped 100+ AWS customers save time on account assessments - grew adoption to 100+ sign-ups in 3 months - Launched new Amazon Redshift Serverless onboarding experience - Launched RedshiftxThoughtSpot integration - Launched Network Orchestration for AWS Transit Gateway - Launched Informatica Data Loader - Developed PRFAQ/vision for a new data warehouse monitoring solution
Marketing Product Manager
AWS
August 2019 - August 2021
Investment Banking Summer Analyst
HSBC
June 2018 - August 2018
Education
Columbia Business School
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics/Finance
Activities and societies: Gates Millennium Scholar (<1% acceptance), Ethiopian and Eritrean Student Association Board Member
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