Between Product and Partnerships Podcast

Conversations with product, partnership, and engineering leaders about how to build, support,
and scale integrations and SaaS ecosystems.

Navigating Product Leadership Through Acquisition: Lessons from Shipt and Target

In this episode, we speak with Bani Malhotra, a seasoned product leader, about the challenges of scaling product teams and infrastructure through acquisition, integration, and cultural change.
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Why Partnerships Are the Future of SaaS Growth

In this episode, Pandium CEO Cristina Flaschen talks with Beth Beese, Director of Partnerships at Loopio, about building a partnerships function from the ground up, aligning with product and CX, and why ecosystems are key to scaling SaaS.
Published:
October 1, 2025

Engineering with Intent: AI, Interoperability, and Authenticity

In this episode, Cristina Flaschen, CEO of Pandium, sits down with Ben Marks, longtime developer advocate and open source champion, to explore the evolving role of ecosystems and communities in the tech industry.
Published:
October 1, 2025

Developing Standards in The Rapidly Evolving Field of AI

In this episode, we speak with Heather Flanagan, Principal at Spherical Cow Consulting, and Shon Urbas, CTO of Pandium, about the real-world challenges of building integrations that involve identity, compliance, and data governance.
Published:
July 17, 2025

Navigating Integration Challenges in Cybersecurity: Insights from Stellar Cyber

In this episode we sit down with Kayleen Standridge, Senior Technical Product Manager at Stellar Cyber to discuss the unique challenges of building integrations in cybersecurity.
Published:
July 4, 2025

Empowering Consumers and Partners: The Product Principles Behind Carputty’s Platform Success

In this episode, we sit down with Archna Carlstone, Head of Product at Carputty to discuss building, scaling and evolving SaaS platforms.
Published:
June 20, 2025

Designing for Developers: Integrations, AI, and UX at Canva

In this discussion, Cristina sits down with Faria Anzum, Developer Experience Product Design Lead at Canva, to explore her approach to SaaS integrations, developer experience, as well as the impact of AI on building scalable partner ecosystems.
Published:
June 11, 2025

Lessons in Resilient Integration Design and Building Integrations That Break (Gracefully)

In this episode of Between Product and Partnerships, Cristina Flaschen sat down with Shrijit Patel, Technical Product Manager at Chronograph, to talk about building integration infrastructure, developing anti-fragile systems, and bridging the technical gap as a backend-focused PM.
Published:
May 20, 2025

From AppExchange to Canva: Lessons from Two Decades in Ecosystems

In this episode of Between Product and Partnerships, we sit down with Indy Sen, Product Marketing Manager for Ecosystem at Canva, to explore what it takes to build a thriving SaaS platform.
Published:
May 7, 2025
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Five essential tips for building effective integrations

Cristina Flaschen, Pandium CEO, breaks down five practical lessons for building integrations that are easier to develop, support, and use, including why “sync everything” is rarely the right answer and why having a clear point of view can save months of requirements gathering.
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Why Integration Programs Need a Proxy/Passthough API

As integration programs mature, scheduled syncs and workflows alone are not enough. This article explains how Pandium’s Proxy API helps SaaS teams retrieve live data and trigger real-time actions in customers’ connected systems, without building a separate direct integration for every use case.
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