Introduction
Eric Neuman, Co Founder and CEO of Dotted, joins the host Anthony Sapountzis, CTO and Co-Founder of Aerion Technologies and DevReady.Ai on the DevReady Podcast to explore the future of product management, AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... driven strategy and enterprise decision making. Eric, whose background spans engineering, product leadership and multiple startup exits, has built a career at the intersection of technology and organisational efficiency. After formative roles at Amazon, Microsoft and Digital Domain, he founded Dotted to solve a challenge he experienced repeatedly in big tech: product managers drowning in communication, reporting and alignment work instead of focusing on genuine innovation. This episode is ideal for technology leaders, product managers, founders and anyone looking to understand how AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... is reshaping strategic work, product delivery and enterprise culture.
Eric Neuman’s Journey from Engineering to Enterprise Product Management
Eric reflects on his journey from childhood coder to serial founder, eventually discovering that his greatest value lay in product management. His time at Amazon revealed just how fragmented and decentralised large enterprise environments can be, where every visual element on Amazon.com is treated as a standalone product owned by its own team. This scale creates a system driven not by strict processes but by persuasion, negotiation and meticulously structured documents. At Microsoft, he encountered similar challenges, where each team follows its own communication expectations and templates, making alignment far more complex than it appears from the outside.
Building Dotted to Solve Alignment and Reporting Pain
These experiences led Eric to build Dotted, an AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... powered platform designed to reduce the heavy reporting load placed on product managers and strategic leaders. He explains that while AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... has accelerated coding dramatically, most strategic work still exists in PowerPoint, Excel and manual status reports. Dotted aims to bring a continuous integrationCI/CD stands for Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. CI/CD is the process of automating the deployment of your software through... style workflow to strategic decision making, automating up to 90 percent of repetitive reporting tasks and generating virtual stakeholders that offer predictive feedback on documents before they reach real executives. This shift enables teams to focus on what truly matters: deciding what to build and aligning effectively across the organisation.
Understanding AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... Hype Cycles and Why Many AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... Pilots Fail
Anthony and Eric also unpack the current AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... landscape, arguing that many AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... initiatives fail due to unrealistic expectations, poor understanding of the technology and misaligned use cases. They discuss the overlapping hype cycles of chatbots, agents and multimodal capabilities, as well as the rise of “vibe coded” software built quickly but without architectural discipline. While senior developers with AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... tools can perform like entire teams, juniors and no code builders often produce fragile, inconsistent systems due to limited context and lack of foundational engineering practices. They expect AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... assisted code quality checks and guardrails to become standard as development speeds continue to accelerate.
Why Strategy Still Matters in an AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... Driven Development World
Despite the rapid pace of AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... driven execution, both Anthony and Eric reinforce that successful products still rely on focus, clarity and genuine business value. DevReady’s planning framework helps teams avoid building the wrong solution faster by defining the vision, requirements and outcomes before a single line of code is written. Eric compares today’s feature explosion to the fashion industry’s experimental eras, where possibilities grow faster than purpose. In the end, they agree that the products that win will be the ones grounded in real human needs, helping people save time, save money or create more value, rather than simply generating features for the sake of speed.
Topics Covered
- Eric Neuman’s journey from engineer and founder to product leader in big tech
- How Amazon and Microsoft structure product teams and communication
- The origins of Dotted and solving alignment and reporting challenges
- Why AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... accelerates coding but slows down strategic decision making
- The rise of AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... hype cycles including chatbots, agents and multimodal tools
- The dangers of “vibe coded” software and lack of architectural discipline
- How virtual stakeholders and AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... assisted reporting improve enterprise workflows
- Why organisations often build the wrong thing faster with AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through...
- The importance of planning, clarity and business focus in modern product development
Important Time Stamps
- Every Icon on Amazon Is a Product and Eric Explains Why (0:07 – 7:50)
- The Secret Skill Top Product Managers Use to Win Buy In (7:51 – 14:23)
- Why Product Managers Became the Ultimate Tool For Leadership (14:24 – 25:50)
- Are We Just Building The Wrong Things Faster With AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through...? (25:51 – 37:12)
- Feature Factories vs Real Value What Product Teams Keep Getting Wrong (37:13 – 40:43)
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FAQs
What is Dotted and how does it help product managers?
Dotted is an AI-powered platform for PMs that automates reporting, accelerates alignment, and generates virtual stakeholders that predict decision-maker feedback before documents are presented. It reduces manual communication and supports faster, more accurate strategic planning.
Why do AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... pilots fail in large organisations?
AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... pilots commonly fail due to unrealistic expectations about AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... capabilities, poor understanding of technical limitations, and choosing the wrong problems to solve. Many organisations skip foundational workflow improvements, leading to misaligned outcomes.
How is AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... changing the role of product managers?
AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... is speeding up coding and execution, which shifts the bottleneck to decision-making and alignment. Product managers now focus more on clarity, communication, context, and strategic direction rather than documentation and reporting.
What are virtual stakeholders in Dotted?
Virtual stakeholders are AI-generated simulations of real-world decision-makers. They review documents, predict objections and provide feedback, helping teams refine their proposals and secure approval faster.
Why is planning still important when using AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... for development?
Without clear requirements and alignment, AIArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a very large and broad spectrum of technologies which most people would be familiar with through... simply builds the wrong solution faster. Effective planning ensures that development is purposeful, strategic and tied to real customer and business needs.
