Let's Talk About the Women Behind the Build
Spotlighting the women engineers who shaped how I think about product and what they taught me.
Hey friends, it’s Women’s History Month, and instead of talking about what I’m building, I want to spotlight some of the brilliant women I get to work with.
At HPE Aruba, I work with incredible teams, especially at Axis Security and Silver Peak. I’ve learned so much from the women around me who are already building the future.
🏆 Yaara Hirsh — Head of Product Design, Axis Security Built an intuitive cloud UI for security admins and mentored her team to collaborate across functions. She taught me the value of a scalable design system.
🏆 Adi Avigdori — Product Designer, Axis Security Elevated our platform’s usability and made the experience more human. She taught me how subtle, thoughtful changes can massively impact engagement.
🏆 Liat Menashe — Product Leader, Axis Security Built a product discovery process and launched our SSE dashboard — one of our most-used features. She taught me that treating your dev leads as respected partners leads to faster and better execution for customers.
🏆 Shwetha Venkatesh — Engineering Leader, Silver Peak Built the API orchestration behind EdgeConnect SD-WAN’s cloud integrations that scalably support hundreds of thousands of business locations. She taught me that giving your devs the space to develop creative solutions is the key to solving complex problems.
🏆 Laura Neacșu — Principal Product Manager, HPE Aruba Helped build a scalable orchestration engine and co-created a routing protocol used by millions. She taught me that staying close to your customers is the secret to delivering solutions that users love.
Here’s what I’ve learned: the best product decisions come from teams that reflect more perspectives, not fewer.
If someone from an underrepresented background has inspired your work, tag them wherever you can. Shout them out. Let’s make the invisible work visible. 🚀