Agenda

Product Excellence
Summit 2024

October 29, 2024 | Virtual

Seasoned product leaders and innovators share their strategies and best practices for building exceptional products.

Why attend?

Watch the replays for a chance to hear product innovators share their strategies and lessons learned from some of the largest enterprises in the world. Whether you’re a Product Manager or Chief Product Officer, there is something for you.

Learn from industry-leading experts

Hear talks, panels, and discussions from world-class product leaders about how to build a culture of product excellence, best practices for AI, new innovative approaches to strategic planning and more.

Connect with Community

Get inspired by and connect with the most innovative product experts in the world to make what matters.

Build your Productboard skills

Learn how to take full advantage of the latest features and capabilities, brought to you by those who built them. Plus - learn more about the latest product announcement from Productboard.

Featured Speakers

Tamar Yehoshua
Glean President, Product and Technology

Ibrahim Bashir
VP of Product at Amplitude

Cristina Mondini, Director, Product Management at Salesforce

Hubert Palán

Founder and CEO,

Productboard

Tamar Yehoshua

President, Product and Technology,

Glean

Ibrahim Bashir

VP of Product,

Amplitude

Christian Marek

VP of Product,

Productboard

Cristina Mondini

Director, Product Management & Strategy,

Salesforce

Shelly La Rock

Head of Product Operations and Delivery Excellence,

Autodesk

Ken Fong

Senior Manager, Digital and Emerging Technology,

EY Consulting

Anabela Cesário

Executive Vice President of Product Management,

OutSystems

Tiago Leão

Principal Product Operations Manager,

OutSystems

Tripp Corbett

Principal Portfolio & Governance Manager,

Esri

Scott Sandusky

Principal Product Manager,

Esri

David Suarez

New Distribution Capability Principal Product Manager,

British Airways

Eric Ren

Head of Product Marketing,

Productboard

Andria Hart

Head of Customer Success & Education,

Productboard

Elizabeth Chase

Head of EMEA Sales,

Productboard

Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:40 AM PDT

KEYNOTE

Charting the Future: Product Excellence in a Changing World & Product Keynote

Join Hubert Palan, Founder & CEO, and Christian Marek, VP of Product at Productboard, as they discuss product excellence in the age of AI and unveil the latest innovations at Productboard.

Hubert Palan

Founder and CEO at Productboard

Christian Marek

VP of Product at Productboard

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM PDT

MASTERCLASS

Product Ops:
From Data Chaos to Strategic Clarity

As organizations scale, product teams often struggle with managing diverse requests and aligning cross-functional efforts. This session explores how Autodesk transformed its product operations by centralizing insights using ProductBoard. Learn how this transformation streamlined collaboration, improved stakeholder communication, and enabled data-driven decision-making across a vast product portfolio, from individual teams to enterprise-wide strategic planning.

Shelly La Rock

Head of Product Operations and Delivery Excellence at Autodesk

Elizabeth Chase,

Head of EMEA Sales at Productboard

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM PDT

MASTERCLASS

Bridging the Gap: Harnessing Customer Feedback to Drive Product Excellence and Business Outcomes

Cristina Mondini, Director of CSG Product Management at Salesforce, reveals strategies for creating a customer-centric product culture. Learn how to effectively capture and leverage feedback, align product goals with business outcomes, and foster transparency across teams. Discover actionable techniques to elevate your product management practices and drive meaningful results.

Cristina Mondini

Director of Product Management at Salesforce

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM PDT

ACADEMY

The AI Advantage:
Transforming Customer Feedback into Breakthrough Products

Looking to stay ahead of the product innovation curve and exceed customer expectations? Discover how Productboard’s AI-driven insights can rapidly analyze customer feedback, revealing hidden trends and opportunities that drive game-changing product development.

Tesh Patel

Global Sr. Sales Engineering Manager at Productboard

Dominik Ilichman

Senior Product Manager at Productboard

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM PDT

MASTERCLASS

Building Customer-Centric Product Teams:
Strategies for Digital Transformation

Discover how to build customer-centric product teams that drive digital transformation and business growth. In this session, Ken Fong, Senior Manager at EY Consulting’s Digital and Emerging Technology practice, will share strategies for organizing teams around the customer journey, attracting top digital talent, and fostering effective cross-functional collaboration to deliver impactful product outcomes.

Ken Fong

Senior Manager at EY Consulting Digital & Emerging Technology

Elizabeth Chase

Head of EMEA Sales at Productboard

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM PDT

ACADEMY

Operational Excellence:
From Prioritization to Planning to Profit

Transform your product management approach from good to exceptional. Discover insider tips and best practices on how Productboard helps you seamlessly prioritize features, plan more effectively, and directly link your product strategy to business outcomes, maximizing ROI.

Paula González

Solution Architect at Productboard

Niall Cochrane

Senior Product Manager at Productboard

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM PDT

ACADEMY

Mastering Your Hierarchy:
Building An Enterprise Product Portfolio

Get the insights you need to scale your product portfolio with ease. Explore how Productboard’s hierarchical tools and advanced features enable you to organize and manage even the most complex portfolios, ensuring you maintain control while driving growth.

Dominic Corsaro

Lead, Product Marketing Manager at Productboard

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT

MASTERCLASS

Elevating Customer Experience:
British Airways' Flight Path to Product Excellence

Join David Suarez, Principal Product Manager at British Airways, as he reveals how the iconic airline is revolutionizing its approach to product management. Discover strategies for centralizing customer insights, leveraging new distribution capabilities, and fostering a product-oriented culture in an established industry. Learn how British Airways is reimagining digital products to deliver seamless, personalized experiences across all customer touchpoints.

David Suarez

Principal Product Manager at British Airways

Andria Hart

Head of Customer Success and Education at Productboard

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT

ACADEMY

Breaking Silos: Best in Class Product & Engineering Collaboration

Boost cross-functional efficiency by eliminating silos between product and engineering teams. Learn how Productboard’s collaborative tools foster seamless communication, enhance teamwork, and unify your approach to product development.

Pavel Volek

Senior Engineering Manager at Productboard

Eva Novotná

Senior Product Manager at Productboard

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

MASTERCLASS

Next-Level Growth:
Modeling Needs, Processes, and People

The product manager’s system of record aligns teams with a common vision and understanding of reality, allowing the productization of a platform to scale. A digital twin of product operations involves modeling user needs, processes, and people. When done at the enterprise level, many teams can work as one. Learn how Esri achieved this.

Tripp Corbett

Principal Product Principal Portfolio & Governance Manager at Esri

Scott Sandusky

Principal Product Manager at Esri

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM PDT

ACADEMY

Strategic Precision:
Supercharging Collaboration & Strategy

Experience a new level of alignment and execution. In this session, you’ll learn how Productboard’s Collaborative Docs and strategic planning features empower teams to create better synergy, streamline processes, and deliver measurable business results faster.

Steven Chang

Principal Product Manager at Productboard

Michelle Oo

Sales Engineer at Productboard

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM PDT

MASTERCLASS

The Road to Product Excellence:
OutSystems' Four-Year Journey with Productboard

Join Anabela Cesário and Tiago Leão as they reveal OutSystems' transformative four-year journey with Productboard. Learn how they centralized from 10 tools to one and boosted product management productivity by 30%. Discover strategies for gathering insights, driving executive alignment, and fostering cross-functional collaboration. Gain valuable lessons on scaling product operations in a rapidly growing company.

Anabela Cesário

Executive Vice President of Product Management at OutSystems

Tiago Leão

Principal Product Operations Manager at OutSystems

Andria Hart

Head of Customer Success and Education at Productboard

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM PDT

MASTERCLASS

Breaking Through Plateaus in Your Product Career

Looking to accelerate your product management career? Join Ibrahim as he reveals the common pitfalls that hold PMs back, and get insider advice on how to level up and deliver outsized impact—from navigating the shift from execution to vision, to influencing across the company as a customer-centric leader.

Ibrahim Bashir

VP of Product at Amplitude

Eric Ren

Head of Product Marketing at Productboard

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM PDT

KEYNOTE

Fireside Chat with Tamar Yehoshua, President of Product and Technology at Glean

Hear from Tamar Yehoshua on how she builds innovative product teams in the age of AI. Tamar shares lessons about scaling from her time as CPO at Slack, where she oversaw 10x revenue growth, and as VP at Google, where she led product and engineering for some of its most important products.