Testimonials

  • “She blends strategy with pragmatism, advocates for the entire product lifecycle, and helps product development teams achieve their best outcomes. I highly recommend Marina as either a consultant for or an integral member of any product team.”

    — Zack Packer - VP Hearst Magazines

  • “I worked with Marina at WSJ and was endlessly impressed with her ability to be a true agile/scrum advocate and spearhead cultural changes in our teams. Our Editorial Tools team was a varied bunch with many differing opinions and teams moving in disparate directions and she was able to come in, rationalize the strategy and change the way they shipped code. The teams ended up happier, faster and generally filled with much happier people. I welcome the chance to work with Marina again.”

    — Katherine Bailey - SVP of Product & Design at Condé Nast

  • “I had the joy of working with Marina at The Wall Street Journal, and it's no exaggeration to say her team was one of my key inspirations for moving fully into news product. She was empathetic, structured and clear, and delivered products that made a real difference for the newsroom. I'm stronger for having worked with Marina. You will be, too!”

    — Becky Bowers - VP Philadelphia Inquirer

  • “Her insights and guidance helped me build some of the highest functioning teams I've ever seen, and was always helping us push to remember how to communicate and prioritize our work strategically.”

    Tyler Chance - VP Hearst Magazines

  • “One of Marina’s standout contributions was her effective use of design sprints to uncover and address our newsroom’s user planning and content management needs. I still vividly recall a particular impactful design sprint week that she led. Principal newsroom staff seamlessly collaborated with the product team, designers, and engineers. Under her guidance, we rapidly prototyped ideas, and ensured our solutions were both user-centric and practical. Some of the groundwork from that design sprint still lives in our tools today”.

    Frank Sconzo - Engineering Leader Dow Jones