About
Product leader, adjunct teaching faculty at Florida State University, and president of a disc golf 501(c)(3), in Panama City, Florida.
I'm a product leader who came up through engineering. I spent six years writing code on an FDA-regulated medical device product at iSirona and then NantHealth, moved into technical product management at Masimo, and have spent most of the decade since on the seam between two companies' software: APIs, marketplaces, technology partnerships, and integrations.
That seam is where I'm most useful. It's also where a lot of things go wrong, because an integration is the one part of a product where you don't control both sides, and the other side's documentation is usually out of date.
Lately most of my building time goes into AI tooling, mostly Claude plugins and skill systems I use to do the rest of my job. I run evals against them and publish the results, including the releases where the tests caught something I'd missed (there have been a few).
I've taught at Florida State since 2013, first as a course mentor and since 2020 leading the instructional staff for CIS3250, Ethics and Computer Science, a course I developed that now runs for about 1,000 students a year, more than 4,600 since 2020. I added COP3353, Introduction to UNIX, in 2025.
Outside of that I'm the president of Bay County Disc Golf, a 501(c)(3) in Panama City that I founded in 2018. We run leagues, sanctioned tournaments, and work days on four courses with no budget and no staff. I wrote about what that's taught me in The Non-Profit MBA.
- Location
- Panama City, FL
- brent@brentgann.io
- Phone
- 850.585.1245
The rest of it
Talks & press
Podcasts and panels on partnerships and product, plus local coverage of the club.
- 2023CourseTechnology Partnerships Mastermind SeriesPartnership Leaders · EcoU
Four sessions on discovery, evaluation, execution, and launch of technology partnerships, with Briana Strauss of Zapier.
- 2023GuideBuilding a Business Case for IntegrationsAlloy
Contributor to the ebook and template for go-to-market teams making the case to product and partnerships. Archived; the original is gone.
- 2023InterviewWhy you should get a product manager with a partner-ecosystem perspectivePartnership Leaders
With Juancho Aguerre.
- 2022Interview
- 2025PressHundreds of trees will be planted at Majette ParkWJHG
The Root for Bay reforestation the club organised after Hurricane Michael took the canopy.
- 2025PressMajette Park welcomes public opinions on park revitalizationWJHG
The county master-plan process the club advocated for.
- 2024Press
- 2023Press
- 2021PressBay County disc golf course hosts first tournamentPanama City News Herald
The first event on the completed Majette course.
- 2021Press
What colleagues say
16 LinkedIn recommendations, quoted as written. Names link to the people who wrote them.
He can transition from peer reviewing an engineer's code to an executive budgeting or sales conversation without missing a beat.
It's rare to find a multifaceted product professional who indexes on outcomes and team collaboration while keeping the customer at the center of everything.
Brent is one of the most thoughtful and technical PMs I have worked with. His ability to dive in, solve issues, and make sure the details are right proved invaluable countless times.
He played a key role in establishing a path forward for our ingestion and data modelling work, helping align different teams and perspectives into a coherent direction.
He was able to consolidate the views from the stakeholders into a coherent vision and was very active in translating the vision into an execution plan.
Brent was great at being able to understand the business and user value while focusing on the technical requirements.
He took the time to help me understand the industry and our work when I was still learning, and he consistently offered support as I grew in the role.
His deep understanding of both the technical aspects and the strategic implications of the project made him an invaluable asset.
He has a great combination of analytical and high EQ, so he can identify problems, generate ideas and most importantly motivate those around him to take action.
A consummate communicator and talented relationship builder who has that magic sauce of genuinely connecting with his colleagues.
Despite his long list of accomplishments, Brent is humble, willing to share and give credit, and leverages his time and talents to help his teammates level up their thinking.
Brent is a great all-around asset when it comes to building partnership ecosystems. He's able to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and has the technical depth to get into the weeds when necessary.
Brent was a fantastic source for our content and helped to communicate highly technical topics in an easily digestible way.
His ability to explain technical jargon in a consumable way was always appreciated.
A professional with a unique understanding of the partnerships and product management space. He is creative, proactive and, more important, a great person to work with.
Brent has an astounding technical aptitude where he can acquire knowledge in a new technology quickly. He also can understand clients’ problems and provide robust technical solutions.