Student Highlight: Jessie Chan
Christensen Center Product Lab Fellow Jessie Chan combines her passion for psychology, technology, and collaboration to create meaningful solutions, drawing on experiences from Duke’s Product Lab and industry internships to mentor peers and help grow Duke’s culture of product innovation.
Jessie Chan
Christensen Center Product Lab Fellow Jessie Chan combines her passion for psychology, technology, and collaboration to create meaningful solutions, drawing on experiences from Duke’s Product Lab and industry internships to mentor peers and help grow Duke’s culture of product innovation.
Major / Academic Focus
Major in Psychology, Minor in Economics, Marketing & Management Certificate
Why do you like Product Management?
I’ve always been fascinated by bringing people with different backgrounds, strengths, and perspectives together to solve complex, interdisciplinary problems. I love how Product Management is all about connecting ideas across design, engineering, and user needs to create meaningful solutions.
PM Journey at Duke + Summer Internship
My product journey began in Duke’s Intro to Product Management class under the Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship hub with Isaac Park and Amy Peters. This first sparked my passion for building at the intersection of people and technology. Afterward, I joined the very first iteration of what would become Duke Product Lab, led by Anna Wilson and Isaac Park.
Through this course, I co-led with Tatum Wall as student Product Managers, partnering with Intuition, a startup dedicated to reducing relationship violence among young women, founded by Kelsey Worsham-Smith and Ramya Dronamraju Flores, MPH. Over two 4-week sprints, we collaborated with Duke student developers to design and ship an MVP on TestFlight — an incredible hands-on learning experience in product discovery, teamwork, and impact.
This past summer, I interned at EBSCO Information Services as a Product Management Intern, helping to shape career-oriented tools. I have since continued with EBSCO’s Linked Data Innovation Team as a Product Strategy & Partnerships Intern, focusing on rapid prototyping and lean experimentation to accelerate early-stage product discovery.
Looking Ahead as a Fellow
This semester, I’m excited to help launch Duke Product Lab with Tatum Wall, Andrew Dawson, Nicole Nie, and Anna Wilson to mentor student teams of product managers, designers, and developers to collaborate with our partners—Railinc Corp., GameRun.ai, and the Christensen Center. Beyond guiding projects, I’m eager to share my experiences to inspire others and showcase the impact and creativity of product thinking at Duke. I am looking forward to growing both interest and influence in product innovation across Duke.
I am also very thankful to be part of this incredibly supportive product community—a group of students and alumni united by curiosity, collaboration, and purpose. I feel so fortunate to join this special network of people who care deeply about building meaningful things and helping each other succeed. I’m especially thankful for my mentors—Anna Wilson, Isaac Park, the Christensen Center leadership team, and the many peers who have guided and encouraged me along the way. I’m eager to give back—to help others grow, to pay forward the support I’ve received, and to help foster the same empowering environment that has helped me thrive.