Foundational product lens

Support Feedback Into Product Insight

This is where my PM approach started: turning repeated support issues into clearer product signals and better problem framing.

Snapshot

Company

TakiAcademy

Timeline

2018 - 2022

Scope

Worked across customer support and internal operations, handling high-volume user issues and recurring service friction.

  • Voice of Customer
  • Support Ops
  • Problem Framing
  • Service Quality

Challenge

Many of the most important product problems did not arrive as clear product requests. They showed up as repeated confusion, trust gaps, technical issues, and support escalations.

Approach

  • Tracked recurring issues across chat, phone, and social channels instead of treating them as isolated tickets.
  • Grouped user feedback into patterns so repeated pain could inform improvement priorities.
  • Worked with internal teams to escalate root-cause problems and improve resolution speed.

Results

  • Built the habit of grounding product decisions in repeated user pain rather than loud one-off requests.
  • Improved customer experience by identifying recurring issues and working with internal teams to resolve them.
  • Formed the support-informed discovery mindset that still shapes how I frame product problems today.

Takeaway

This experience sits underneath the way I work today. It is why I still start with repeated user pain, operator context, and the issues people keep running into when I shape product direction.

Tools & Methods

  • Voice of customer
  • Customer support
  • Problem framing
  • Cross-team collaboration

Contact

If you're hiring for Product Owner roles, I’d be glad to talk.

I’m most interested in Product Owner roles where product quality, user trust, and operational efficiency all need to move together.