About Me

Melissa Appel has 20+ years of product management experience at companies at various sizes and stages. She now coaches product leaders from senior product manager up to CPO, helping them with career growth, stakeholder management, and team dynamics. She is the co-author of “Aligned: Stakeholder Management for Product Leaders” and a speaker at conferences, meetups, and corporate events.

Testimonials

  • Melissa has been an invaluable partner in my product leadership journey. She has helped me create robust roadmaps while navigating complex stakeholder relationships. Her experience in recruiting and developing product talent really helped me to build a great team. Beyond her strategic insights, Melissa's thoughtful guidance as a sounding board has helped me to be the best product leader I can.

    Helen, Chief Product Officer

  • As I was reflecting on my job search, I kept thinking about how helpful and encouraging you were throughout the process—I truly appreciate all of your insights, advice, and support. It made a real difference, and I just wanted to say thank you.

     Alicia - Product Manager (recently started at a new company)

  • Melissa is thoughtful, responsive and genuinely cares to provide the appropriate level of guidance. She has been invaluable in helping me navigate the personality dynamics of a very small startup as a Founding Member. She excels at identifying my blind spots, particularly when I'm feeling overwhelmed, and helps me decouple my emotional responses by offering a fresh perspective each time.

    Eliana - Head of Product

  • Melissa is an absolutely great Product Coach. What’s special about her is that she thinks beyond Product Teams and their Products. Some adoption problems cannot be tackled with further product development and features. Melissa helped us realise that in order to achieve our goals we needed the whole company rallying with us.

    Pedro - Chief Product Officer