Meet the Prowfessionals

With over 15 years of industry experience, Leon started his career as a software engineer. His natural curiosity leads him into product management, leading teams creating digital products for Government, hospitality, finance, automotive, education, and retail brands. After another career pivot, Leon now manages physical products as a Senior Product Manager for Amazon, currently managing Ring’s portfolio of doorbells and cameras.

Join Leon Barrett, Senior Product Manager, Devices at Ring (an Amazon company) as he talks about his experience transitioning from a background in digital agencies creating digital product products and services to joining Ring to work on managing doorbells and cameras. Leon spent 15 years working to launch and scale new digital services and platforms for a range of clients including Hilton, VW, Jaguar Landrover, the BBC, National Express, and Homeserve before joining Ring. 

So what unites managing digital products and services and consumer electronics? A relentless focus on the customer, ensuring that we’re solving actual problems for them. 

In this talk, Leon shares one of Amazon’s leadership principles - Working Backwards and how this is the key to creating solutions and features that solve real problems for users.