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Virtual Summit by Dragonboat
- Accelerate Revenue Through Product
- July 23, 2024
- 8:30 AM PT - 12:00 PM PT
Hear How World-Class Product
Leaders Accelerate Revenue
ACCELERATE, a virtual summit by Dragonboat, brings together world-class Product and Operations leaders around one, single mission: accelerating revenue through world-class product execution.
Key topics
How great product leaders operate at scale.
Real-world examples of product operating models in action.
The tech stacks product teams use to accelerate growth.
How to bring together product, business, and operations to drive revenue.
Speakers
Melissa Perri
Founder, CEO, & Board Member
Melissa Perri
A world-renowned expert in product management, Melissa advances product education through her companies Product Institute, Produx Labs, and CPO Accelerator. She is a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and a board member for SaaS scaleups and late-stage startups.
Melissa's superpower lies in making the complex accessible, translating hard concepts into familiar language, and serving as an invaluable partner to ambitious leaders with a vision for success.
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Dickson Chu
CEO, Board Member, Fintech Advisor
Dickson Chu
Dickson is a seasoned executive and board member in the financial services and technology sectors. He has held leadership positions at prominent companies including Wells Fargo, PayPal, Yahoo!, Citi and, most recently, CEO of Copper.
Dickson's leadership at PayPal grew the Merchant Service team from 12 to 1,000 members, driving revenue to over $1 billion. He currently advises FinTech startups and serves on various boards, contributing his expertise in digital transformation and growth strategy.
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Vanessa Garber
CPO Global Mobile Apps, Toyota
Vanessa Garber
Vanessa Garber is the CPO of Global Mobile Apps at Toyota North America and Board President of Leading Women in Technology. With nearly 15 years of product leadership in startups and Fortune 100 companies, she is known for innovation, strategic vision, and creating 0-1 products. Vanessa is passionate about empowering teams to achieve impactful outcomes by putting people first.
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Robin Chiang
Director of Product Operations, Google
Robin Chiang
Robin leads the gTech Product Operations at Google. With a 20-year career that spans product management, strategic planning, and product analytics, Robin is known for building high-performing teams that drive results. She has spearheaded transformative initiatives at top tech companies, including eBay, PayPal, FirstData/Clover, and Meta.
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Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Founder & CEO, Product School
Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Carlos is the Founder and CEO of Product School, the global leader in product management training with a community of over two million product professionals. Carlos is committed to pushing the product community forward. He also hosts Proddys - the annual awards honoring the best software products, The Product Podcast, and ProductCon - a multi-city conference in San Francisco, New York and London attended by tens of thousands of product leaders every year.
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Rob Seidman
Chief Product Officer, POS Lending/BNPL, U.S. Bank
Rob Seidman
Rob is a POS Lending Leader with both 0-to-1 and scaling experience launching new products and scaling for growth. He has over a decade of experience in fintech, leading the design and delivery of digital solutions that empower consumers and merchants across various markets. As the Chief Product Officer of POS lending and BNPL at U.S. Bank, he oversees the strategy and launch of Avvance, a cutting-edge embedded finance solution that makes every purchase affordable. Prior to U.S. Bank, Rob was the GM and Head of Long-term Lending and Merchant Product at Sezzle, a leading BNPL player.
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Becky Flint
Founder & CEO, Dragonboat
Becky Flint
Becky is a product and tech executive based in Silicon Valley.
She has built product operations, portfolio management, and scaled product teams globally for both startups and Fortune 500 companies.
Currently, Becky is the founder and CEO of Dragonboat with a mission to empower product leaders and their organizations to achieve more impact faster.
Prior to founding Dragonboat, Becky held executive roles at Feedzai, Bigcommerce, Tinyprints/ Shutterfly, and PayPal.
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Bora Chung
Advisor, Board Member, Investor
Bora Chung
Bora is a Silicon Valley product leader with a focus on fintech and customer experience. With over 20 years of experience, Bora has led top-notch product teams, driving product innovation and growth.
In addition to her professional accomplishments, Bora is an active angel investor, supporting several start-ups that have achieved significant milestones. Her investment portfolio includes companies like Coupang, KiwiCo, Korbit, and SoFi.
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Claire Erickson
VP, Product & Tech Strategy & Operations, Blackhawk Network
Claire Erickson
Claire leads Strategy & Operations for Product & Tech at Blackhawk Network. With a 15+ year career that spans product, business operations, strategy, M&A integration and growth, Claire has a successful track record championing innovation, product-centric culture and execution excellence. She previously held roles at American Express and at PayPal, where she was instrumental steering the product & tech function through multi-year hypergrowth and a successful IPO.
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Becky Flint
Watch as Becky Flint, Founder and CEO of Dragonboat, kicked off Dragonboat Accelerate 2024 by showcasing how utilizing the right product operations platform can drive substantial revenue and business impact. In this session, Becky demonstrates how strategic product operations can guide effective product strategy and fuel business growth.
Dickson Chu,
Vanessa Garber,
Robin Chiang,
Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia
Learn from an iconic panel of industry veterans as they share their wisdom during the Dragonboat Accelerate 2024 event. Watch as they discuss a range of topics related to product operations and product leadership to guide your professional growth and discover new approaches to support your business.
Rob Seidman
In this Dragonboat Accelerate 2024 session, Rob Seidman, Chief Product Officer of POS Lending/BNPL at U.S. Bank, recounts the remarkable journey of launching a transformative global product in under 9 months. In this session, Rob delves into how his team successfully managed over 3,500 epics across hundreds of contributors, sharing the challenges faced, strategies employed, and key lessons learned from this ambitious project.
Claire Erickson
Discover proven methods for establishing and scaling Product Ops by watching this Dragonboat Accelerate 2024 session featuring Claire Erickson, VP of Product & Tech Strategy & Ops at Blackhawk Network. Whether you’re just getting product ops up and running, scaling the practice, or simply advocating for it in the first place, learn from her proven strategies to operationalize product ops for impact.
Bora Chung
Watch as Bora Chung, a prolific Chief Product Officer turned board member and advisor, shared insights from her remarkable career journey in conversation with Becky Flint, Founder and CEO of Dragonboat, during Dragonboat Accelerate 2024. In this session, Bora shared how pivotal career decisions can shape the future product professionals envision, providing valuable advice and perspectives to help navigate and excel in their own career paths.
Melissa Perri
In her concluding remarks for the Dragonboat Accelerate 2024 event, Melissa Perri, Founder & CEO, Produx Labs, made a compelling case for why and how product organizations must position themselves to measurably drive an organization’s momentum and ultimately its revenue. She shared strategies and insights to enhance the impact of product organizations on overall business success.
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