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Christian Crumlish

Author of Product Management for UX People

Christian Crumlish is Director of Product at Kind Systems, helping governments develop transformative digital services. Author of Product Management for UX People and curator of the Design in Product conference, he brings unique perspective from leading product at California's Office of Digital Innovation and federal 18F. His current Piper Morgan project explores AI-assisted product development, while his government experience—from COVID19.ca.gov to federal digital services—demonstrates product thinking applied to public sector challenges. A Rosenfeld Media Expert and past mentor at Code for America and StartX, Christian bridges traditional product excellence with emerging AI capabilities to shape the future of product practice.

Rosenverse talks by Christian:

Christian Crumlish

" The bots can produce large amounts of code quickly, but many lines are test or documentation code, not production. "

The Pygmalion Effect: In Which a Vibe Coding Experiment Becomes a Million Lines…

August 14, 2025

Christian Crumlish

" Newness isn’t necessarily a new methodology—it can be a new way of looking at something familiar. "

Coffee with Lou #3: What Makes for a Successful UX Conference Presentation?

May 2, 2024

Christian Crumlish

" Design and product is more about making sure design is part of product than implying any subordination. "

Opening Remarks

November 29, 2023

Christian Crumlish

" We can imagine them worrying about managing competing priorities with product strategy execution. "

A PM State of Mind: Empathy Mapping Your Product Manager, Pt. 1

December 6, 2022

Christian Crumlish

" Product and UX ought to be allies presenting a united front at the table, not competing for supremacy. "

Pulse Check: Empathy Mapping Your Product Manager, Pt. 2

December 6, 2022

Christian Crumlish

" I wrote the book because people have a lot of questions about how to become a product manager or how to work with product managers or what is product. "

Introduction by our Conference Chair

December 6, 2022

Christian Crumlish

" If you don’t have a little earthquake every now and then, you have a real big one after a while. "

Afternoon Insights Panel

December 6, 2022

Christian Crumlish

" It’s a muscle to build: agreeing on goals, measuring, learning, and adjusting over time to avoid wasted effort. "

Morning Insights Panel

December 6, 2022

Christian Crumlish

" Critique sessions work best when the topic is shaped so answers are relevant and help the process, especially by including business goals. "

AMA with Christian Crumlish, author of Product Management for UX People

March 24, 2022

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