Nina Forsyth
@ninaforsyth
Technical product director with 20+ years leading product strategy, teams, and customer-focused innovation.
What I'm looking for
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
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.
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.
Measured network and competitive product performance, created test cases, and translated findings into roadmap and marketing recommendations to improve competitiveness and product-market fit.
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.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Central Washington University
Management Information Systems, Information Technology / Management Information Systems
Studied Information Technology with a focus on Management Information Systems.
University of Arizona
Management Information Systems
Studied Management Information Systems.
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Software and tools used professionally
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