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Nina Forsyth

@ninaforsyth

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Technical product director with 20+ years leading product strategy, teams, and customer-focused innovation.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior product leadership role where I can lead technical teams, shape product strategy, drive customer-centric innovation, and mentor high-performing talent.

I am a forward-thinking technical product leader with 20+ years directing product strategy, roadmaps, and end-to-end lifecycle execution across open-source and closed-source networking products. I combine deep technical knowledge—spanning networking, load balancing, cloud, containers, and automation—with a relentless customer focus to deliver high-impact solutions.

At F5/NGINX I advanced from engineering and performance roles into product leadership, earning multiple promotions and driving product revitalization, roadmap alignment, and cross-functional collaboration. I hire and mentor top talent, build high-performing teams, and foster collaborative cultures where people thrive.

I excel at translating competitive intelligence and customer insights into product-market fit, leading releases, and operationalizing testing and observability practices. I bring proven success in cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), automation (Terraform/Ansible), Kubernetes, and performance-driven product management.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Director of Product Management

Apr 2022 - Dec 2025 (3 years 8 months)

Promoted to lead product management for NGINX open-source and closed-source products, automation (Terraform/Ansible), AI Assistant, and Wasm programmability; shaped strategy and roadmaps and managed people, budgets, and releases to revitalize products and accelerate go-to-market.

Product Strategy Roadmapping Team Leadership Terraform Ansible WebAssembly Product Launch Cross Functional Collaboration

Senior Product Manager

Sep 2019 - Apr 2022 (2 years 7 months)

Owned end-to-end product management for F5/NGINX enterprise features, defined vision and requirements, built roadmaps, and led market-driven development, testing, and launches while serving as primary customer liaison.

Product Management Requirements Definition Roadmapping API Design UX collaboration Customer Engagement Release Management Competitive Analysis

Senior System Engineer

Dec 2013 - Sep 2019 (5 years 9 months)

Measured network and competitive product performance, created test cases, and translated findings into roadmap and marketing recommendations to improve competitiveness and product-market fit.

Performance Testing Competitive Intelligence Data Analysis Product Roadmapping

Senior Test Engineer

Mar 2005 - Dec 2013 (8 years 9 months)

Led performance and release testing for hardware and software products, developed test methodologies, and resolved complex network issues to accelerate feature delivery and improve product stability.