Who is behind Product Rocker? And how we work?
About
Product Rocker is a curated production studio for technical founders and product leaders who wish to build meaningful digital products. Together with the right people, the right mindset and a clear-eyed, reasoned, and objective point of view.
Looking for generic delivery work? Others will do better.
Where most consultancies explain your business back to you, Product Rocker works like a producer: close, but not too close, to the material. Yet fully invested in the outcome, and 100% focused on the excellence already buried in your product or concept to your audience.
Gregor Marboe works as a lead producer, together with The Crëw –
a from personal experience selected group of specialists in design, organisation, content, and strategy – brought in exactly when the work calls for it.
Gregor has built and led numerous product organisations and is an accredited ISPMA trainer, Fellow and Member of the Extended Board. He has also played 300+ shows with Metal bands on stages that had no space of patience for half-measures. And this is what shapes how Product Rocker functions: with conviction, with spontaneity and vervem and always with a clear view of what actually matters.
HOW WE WORK
Most founders do well without generic consultation and endless slidedecks. But with a producer it’s a different story.
Every successful band works with a good producer.
You have the vision, the technical craft, the conviction. But sometimes in the studio, the following happens: Everyone gives their best. The performances and the solos are otherworldly. And yet the song doesn’t sound the way it should: too many ideas, not enough direction. Too much building, too little making the hard decisions as to the final cut.
That’s where we come in.
Product Rocker works like a producer. We listen, take the time to understand what you’re building and why – and help you bring out exactly what’s already in your product. And because every effective producer works with a team, Product Rocker has The Crëw. The right specialists, there exactly when you need them: for strategy, design, organisation, or storytelling.
Substance over style
If a polished slide deck is what you’re looking for, there are plenty of people who’ll deliver one. AI might do, too. But when we work together, the result is a product that’s clearer, sharper, and more market-ready.
Our perspective on AI use is differentiated. We firmly believe in the right tool for the right problem. This goes along not making every problem a nail, just because there is a hammer at hand. Tools can accelerate analysis and output. They cannot replace product judgment, context and responsibility.
We take the role that your goal requires
We work as Fractional CPO, in a Strategic Sprint, or as a long-term partner – with an equity option if you’d rather work with someone who’s truly invested, not just involved.
THE CRËW
The Right Experts at the Right Time.
Like Bob Rock brought in the right technicians for Metallica’s Black Album, Product Rocker brings in the right experts for your company.
The Crëw are trusted specialists – with each owning their craft. This creates the trust you need. Selective, flexible, integrated, these are tried and tested long-term relationships that can be brought to bear on any problem. Together, we bring in what your team may not need on a full time basis – yet can’t afford to miss to knock it into shape.
Core Product
Marketing & Content Production
PARTNERS
Thirtysix Degrees Consulting GmbH
Prefered Partner for Organizational Change & Staff Augmentation
36degrees is our preferred partner for organisational change, digital transformation, and staff augmentation. When a project needs capabilities beyond The Crew, a network of 250+ specialists across Europe is within reach. No matter if you require a product owner, a leadership coach or an interim software architect. One point of contact, no search required.
InnoTivum, Rheinbreitbach (DE)
Training Partner
Product Rocker works with InnoTivum as a partner for ISPMA-aligned training in Europe. InnoTivum is led by former and longtime ISPMA chairman Hans-Bernd Kittlaus. InnoTivum provides software product management training, coaching and consulting.
Gregor Marboe
Founder & Lead Producer
- Role: Founder & Company Production, Fractional CPO
- Focus: Product Management & Strategy, Org Design, Communication
- Credentials: ISPMA Extended Board Member, Fellow & accredited Trainer, Managing Partner at 36degrees Consulting
„Don’t wing it – earn the freedom to improvise. We uncover patterns, rehearse the hard parts, and then we perform at a human pace.“
Producer by instinct
Gregor is a producer by instinct. Having been in the business for 20+ years building digital products he recognises patterns early to stop drama, ego theatre, and “sell now, fix later” before they get expensive. As a classically trained musician he has founded and led his first band at 17 years old, with several to follow, leading to 300+ shows played in Europe and the USA including some of Europes’s biggest festivals.
Why people like working with Gregor
His mindset and craft were shaped as much on stage and in the studio as in product teams: real constraints, real output, and just very little off-stage magic. Clients, partners and friends appreciate that he connects the right humans, creates clarity fast, and keeps the work grounded in what will still hold up next year. Not just next quarter.
A network at hand
Gregor Marboe is Managing Partner at 36degrees – our preferred partner for organisational change, digital transformation, and staff augmentation. As an ISPMA extended board member other high profile industry seniors are only a call away.
Find out if we are a match!