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10 Disney product leaders
These ten people hold director-level or higher product management roles at Disney, across Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, Disney Streaming and the parks business. A reader can learn how Disney builds and prioritizes streaming, advertising, content platform and guest experience products.
Professionals to explore
01—10Angela Morgenstern
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Product · The Walt Disney Company
Vice President, Product at The Walt Disney Company since August 2026, a vice-president-level product role. Angela Morgenstern was also Vice President, Product Content Innovation at Netflix (2015–2023) and Executive Vice President, Product & Innovation at Current TV (2010–2015), and has been a consultant and advisor at Startups Inc since 2023.
Bangaly Kaba
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Product Management · The Walt Disney Company
Senior Vice President, Product Management at The Walt Disney Company since June 2026, a role the profile ties to platforms and streaming for Disney+, Hulu and ESPN. Bangaly Kaba was also Director of Product Management at YouTube (2022–2026) and an advisor and investor at various startups (2019–2026).
Brian Park
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product Management · The Walt Disney Company
Director of Product Management at The Walt Disney Company since April 2024, focused, per the profile, on advertising, subscriber engagement and retention for Disney+ and Hulu, including ad load strategy and ad serving algorithms. Brian Park also held Sr Manager, Product Management (2022–2024) and Senior Product Manager (Hulu) (2018–2021) roles at The Walt Disney Company.
Felicia Keany
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director, Content Platforms Product Management & Content Protection · The Walt Disney Company
Executive Director, Content Platforms Product Management & Content Protection at The Walt Disney Company since June 2021, a director-level product role. Felicia Keany was also Executive Director, DMED Business Relationship Management at The Walt Disney Company (2019–2021) and Executive Director, Home Entertainment IT at 20th Century Studios (2013–2019).
Gautham Krishnan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Products, The Walt Disney Company Disney · The Walt Disney Company
Vice President of Products, The Walt Disney Company Disney since March 2025, a role the profile describes as driving product-led growth for Disney+ in new international markets. Gautham Krishnan was also Executive Director of Product at Disney+ Hotstar (2023–2025) and Head of Product VP Product Management at Gameskraft (2019–2023).
Kristen Hague
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director of Product Management · The Walt Disney Company
Executive Director of Product Management at The Walt Disney Company since May 2024; the profile headline places the role in news and editorial for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology. Kristen Hague was also Director of Product Development at Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (2015–2024) and Senior Product Manager at ABC News (2014–2015).
Lindsay Aronson
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director of Product Management · Disney Streaming
Executive Director of Product Management at Disney Streaming since December 2023, and Director of Product Management at Disney Streaming from 2022 to 2023. Lindsay Aronson was also Senior Manager, Product Management (2019–2022) and Senior Product Manager (2017–2019) at Disney Streaming, and Product Manager, Video Monetization at AOL (2016–2017).
Mike Avitabile
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Product - Core Experience · The Walt Disney Company
Vice President, Product - Core Experience at The Walt Disney Company since July 2025, a vice-president-level product role. Mike Avitabile was also Head of Product at Hulu (2024–2025), Executive Director of Product at Disney Streaming (2022–2024) and Director of Product Management at Hulu (2016–2022).
Nathan Leader
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Management - Total Experience & Genie · The Walt Disney Company
Director, Product Management - Total Experience & Genie at The Walt Disney Company since May 2024, and Director, Product Management at Disney from 2021 to 2024. The profile describes more than 14 years at The Walt Disney Company, including more than a decade with the Parks, Experiences and Products segment, and Nathan Leader was also Senior Manager, Pricing Strategy at Disney (2015–2019).
Nilabh Pandey
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Product Management · The Walt Disney Company
Vice President of Product Management at The Walt Disney Company since March 2025, and Executive Director Product Management at Disney+ Hotstar from 2022 to 2025. Nilabh Pandey was also Senior Director of Product and Data Science - Pricing, Benefits, Catalog systems, Trust and Safety at Coupang (2021–2022) and Director of Product Management - Catalog systems and Product Description Page at Flipkart (2018–2021).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product area to your question, since streaming platform, advertising, content platform and parks guest products face different users, metrics and constraints. A vice president can speak to how product strategy is set across a business, while a director is closer to roadmaps and day-to-day trade-offs.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a streaming business decide which product bets get funded across multiple apps that share one platform?
- 02How do product teams balance ad load and monetization against subscriber engagement and retention?
- 03How are product roadmaps adapted when a streaming service launches in new international markets?
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