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Featuring a very special appearance by
AWARD-WINNING ACTOR, COMEDIAN, AND NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
Rainn Wilson is an Emmy-nominated actor best known as Dwight Schrute on The Office and co-founder of SoulPancake, a digital media company dedicated to exploring life’s big questions through creativity, purpose, and human connection. With a background in theater and a passion for culture-shifting storytelling, Rainn brings humor, heart, and insight into conversations about identity, innovation, and what it means to be human. He is the bestselling author of Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution and continues to inspire audiences through media, books, and thought leadership.
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CEO
Entrepreneurs and enterprise leaders alike recognize the importance of innovation, but few harness it effectively. Bob Moesta helps make it more predictable and successful. Among the principal architects of the Jobs to be Done theory in the mid-90s along with Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen, Moesta has continued to develop, advance and apply the innovation framework to everyday business challenges. Currently president & co-founder of The ReWired Group, a Detroit, Mich., Innovation consultancy & incubator, he is also a fellow at the Christensen Institute.
SVP of Product @ Peloton
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Brent Tworetzky is a seasoned product and business leader with a track record of scaling innovative digital platforms. He currently serves as Senior Vice President of Product at Peloton, where he leads the development of the company’s mobile app experience. Previously, Brent held executive product roles at InVision, XO Group (The Knot, The Bump), and Udacity, and contributed to the growth of companies like Chegg, Mint, and WebMD. A Harvard graduate in computer science and statistics, he earned his MBA from Stanford as an Arjay Miller Scholar. Brent is also known for championing “user science,” a product development approach that blends qualitative insights with data-driven experimentation. He is a frequent mentor and advisor to emerging product leaders and startups, helping shape the next generation of innovative teams.
Former VP Product @ GoFundMe
Elena Luneva is a seasoned product and business leader who scales companies from early stage through IPO. Previously CPO/GM at Braintrust, she transformed the company into an AI-powered SaaS platform and talent community serving 1.5 million professionals and generating $285M in GSV. Elena has built successful products, GTM strategies, and teams at Nextdoor, OpenTable, and BlackRock. She teaches Business Skills for Product Leaders and coaches the next generation of product leaders. She advises companies on product strategy, AI, and go-to-market execution, and holds a BS in Computer Science and an MBA from NYU and LBS.
Head of Product
John Cutler focuses on the messy overlaps and patterns of product—The Beautiful Mess (the title of his newsletter). He is currently Head of Product at Dotwork, a platform for instrumenting your product operating system. Until recently, John supported product teams at Toast as Senior Director, Product Enablement. Prior to Toast, he was a product evangelist and coach at Amplitude where he interacted with diverse product teams and product leaders from around the world. There are few people in the world that have this kind of exposure, and if you follow John's writing over the last couple years I'm sure you can see the influence of this perspective. He has a background in product management and UX research, including B2B SaaS companies like Zendesk, Pendo, and AppFolio, and before that B2C, ad-tech, banking, and media. John is a prolific (or some might say obsessive) writer, with almost a thousand posts spread across various newsletters, blogs,and Medium.
Executive Director of Product
Mariah Craddick is a product strategist with deep experience in the news and media industry. She’s currently leading product strategy at The Atlantic with a focus on driving subscription growth and enabling retention through feature adoption and delightful subscriber experiences.
Chief Product Officer
Michelle Parsons is a product leader, founder, and systems thinker with 15+ years of experience shaping consumer experiences at Hinge, Spotify, Netflix, and Kayak. She’s known for scaling teams, building beloved products, and driving cross-industry innovation. As Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Lex, she’s helping build a joyful, inclusive platform for the LGBTQ+ community—recognized by Fast Company and Apple in 2024. Michelle brings clarity to complexity, blending strategic vision with operational excellence and a deep commitment to team culture. She leads with heart and precision, growing people and products in meaningful ways.
Former CPO
Oji Udezue is a seasoned product leader known for building customer-centric software products, scaling high-performance teams, and driving innovation across some of tech’s most influential companies. With a unique background spanning marketing, sales, engineering, and design, Oji brings a cross-functional lens to product leadership. He is the author of the recently released book Building Rocketship: Product Management for Product-Led Companies—a practical, wisdom-rich guide for PMs and product leaders shaping the future of software.
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Former VP, Product
Prerna Singh is a high-velocity product leader with a track record of setting bold goals and leading cross-functional teams to exceed them. She blends strategic insight with human-centered design to deliver meaningful value across the product lifecycle. Most recently, Prerna was VP of Product at Meetup, where she led product and design to improve the platform’s mobile and web experiences. Prior to that, she held senior product roles at CoEdition, Quartz, and Mashable, driving innovation across eCommerce, media, and data science.
Founder, Chairman and Principal Analyst
R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) is the Founder, Chairman and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley based Constellation Research Inc., a research and advisory firm which studies disruptive business and exponential technology trends. Ray coined the term "Metaverse Economy" in 2020 for this $20.7 T market size by 2030 and is a leading authority on the AI and AI Policy. Ray’s the co-host and co-founder of the widely watched DisrupTV, a weekly enterprise tech and leadership webcast that averages 50,000 views per episode. He’s also the author of the popular business strategy and technology blog “A Software Insider’s Point of View” that has received millions of page views per month. Wang also serves as an advisor to the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue. Since 2003, Ray has delivered thousands of live and virtual keynotes around the world that are inspiring and legendary. Wang has spoken at almost every major tech conference, including Salesforce’s Dreamforce, Adobe Summit, IBM Think, HR Tech Conference, NASSCOM, Mobile World Congress, CES, NRF, HIMSS, Oracle, Microsoft, Wipro, ServiceNow, Google Next, SAP, Infosys, TCS, SXSW, CIO100, TEDX, and sessions at Davos for various clients. His clients include the Global 2000 companies, governments, startups, and investment firms. Wang has held executive roles at institutions such as Forrester Research, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. His ground-breaking best selling book on digital transformation, Disrupting Digital Business, was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2015. Ray's recent best-selling book about Digital Giants and the future of business titled, Everybody Wants to Rule The World was released July 2021 by Harper Collins Leadership. Wang is well quoted and frequently interviewed in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Fox Business News, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, BBC, Bloomberg, CGTN America, Tech Crunch, ZDNet, CIO Magazine, Forbes, and Fortune. Ray frequently receives accolades and awards from various independent organizations as one of the top technology and business analysts in the world. Ray is a true road warrior and averages more than 200 days on the road and is a 4 million miler flyer on United Airlines.
Co-founder & CEO
Sahil Jain is the Co-founder & CEO of Samepage.ai, where he's building an AI-powered copilot for Product Managers. He previously spent 8 years as CEO of AdStage, raising over $15M before its acquisition by TapClicks, where he became Chief Product Officer. Earlier in his career, he co-founded Y Combinator-backed Trigger.io and took an unconventional path into tech — dropping out of high school at 17 to work as an engineer at Yahoo!, leaving UC Berkeley by 19 to join AOL's corporate development team, and getting his start in the industry at 15 by playing video games for money.
Director of Product Management, Content Discovery
Stephanie is Director of Product Management, Content Discovery at Warner Bros. Discovery, with more than 12 years experience in large scale direct-to-consumer media organizations. She sits at the intersection of user experience and content, where she connects users to the stories they love through thoughtful taxonomy and navigation, brand campaigns and creative on-platform executions while defining best practices for our pages and pathing experiences. Stephanie also teaches product management courses for Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and for Mind the Product public and corporate trainings. She has also worked at CNN, Refinery29, Complex Networks and Bauer Xcel Media.
Director of Product Management, Content Discovery @ Warner Bros. Discovery
Head of AI Engineering
Trace Wax is Head of Product Engineering at Barefoot Coders and Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University, teaching AI/ML and Leading Disruptive Change with Emerging Technology. He co-authored O'Reilly's "Design Sprint: A Practical Guidebook for Building Great Digital Products." He's led products and coached teams at Microsoft, Apple, WeWork, Disney, and more, and presently helps Google train Fortune 200 teams on how to best adopt AI tools. With deep experience across engineering, UX, and product leadership, Trace champions a future where AI enables us all to do our best work.
Chief Product Officer
Vrushali Paunikar is the Chief Product Officer at Carta where she leads the team that is responsible for developing new products and advancing existing solutions. Vrushali’s team delivers value to Carta’s more than 30,000 customers in the venture and startup ecosystem, and generates growth for the overall business. Before becoming CPO, Vrushali worked on building the valuation business and helped that business scale to software margins. She then went on to lead the Venture Capital business taking that business from zero to over $80M in ARR. She’s credited with envisioning Carta’s fund admin platform, known as Event Based Accounting, which today supports over $100B in assets under administration. Before joining Carta, Vrushali served as a product leader at Applied Predictive Technologies, Dynamic Signal, and Rocket Lawyer. She has a Bachelor of Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
Amazingly, it’s been 10 years since we first hosted INDUSTRY in Cleveland, Ohio. The time has flown by, and along the way, we’ve grown in ways we never imagined. Now, as part of Mind the Product, we’ve given the conference a fresh lick of paint — and just as we promised on stage last year, it’s going to be bigger and better than ever before.
Look forward to a stacked lineup of product luminaries from around the globe delivering inspiring keynotes, facilitating interactive peer-to-peer learning experiences, hosting deep-dive workshops and so much more. We can’t wait to see you there.
Mike + Paul
“I have attended INDUSTRY for the past 2 years and it continues to be the most valuable conference I have ever attended. They had to kick us out of the auditorium this year, because we didn't want it to end.”
Product Manager, InboxDollars Inc.
"EXCELLENT conference for product professionals - first class in every way. One of the best conferences I've ever been to, and I've been going to conferences for 20+ years!”
MSTS, Sr. Product Manager
"The Creators of this conference thought about everything. That made it a fantastic experience. Many opportunities to learn, network, and be among peers going through similar challenges."
Home Depot Product Manager
"The go-to conference for Product People."
Product Manager, Stretto
EXCELLENT conference for product professionals - first class in every way. One of the best conferences I've ever been to, and I've been going to conferences for 20+ years!
MSTS, Sr. Product Manager
A LOT of great and REALLY great content targeted toward PMs. It was fabulous and inspiring. I will definitely be coming back next year with some PM buds and co-workers.
Sr. Director of Product, OnBoard
INDUSTRY was the best work-related/industry conference I've been to. A great diversity of speakers and attendees. Loved that I could connect with product people working in range of product roles at all levels of seniority. Everyone was very accessible and open to share experiences.
Wisr
Speakers were inspiring; content useful; conference was energizing. Great to have a conference specifically for product management!
Product Manager, New Innovations, Inc.
Few of us went to school for Software Product Management. It wasn't even a widely understood field when we were starting our careers. It's still misunderstood! We want to excel at our jobs and build products that people love to use, but wondering if "am I doing this right?" can be confusing and demoralizing.
Don't waste your time and resources. You've worked too hard not to become the best Product Manager you can be.
Come to INDUSTRY: The Product Conference and learn the latest methods, tools, and frameworks used to build, launch and scale world-class software products.
Get internal stakeholders to think like product people and buy in to what the customer truly needs. As a result, you'll get more time from your engineers, budget for new tools and find more time to focus on higher-level strategy
Be more confident about testing your ideas, prioritizing your features, understanding data, building out your roadmap, and ultimately, managing your products and team better.
Get exposed to new ways of thinking about creating products, replete with actionable steps that you can immediately bring back to the office.
There are few places to connect in person with product people like you from around the world. At INDUSTRY, you have a unique opportunity to meet hundreds for 2-3 days and find ways to learn from each other and collaborate.
You've read the best product books. Listened to the best product podcasts. But have you ever wanted to have a coffee or lunch with the people behind those and ask them, "Yeah, but what about my situation?" At INDUSTRY, you can.
Get internal stakeholders to think like product people and buy in to what the customer truly needs. As a result, you'll get more time from your engineers, budget for new tools and find more time to focus on higher-level strategy
Be more confident about testing your ideas, prioritizing your features, understanding data, building out your roadmap, and ultimately, managing your products and team better.
Get exposed to new ways of thinking about creating products, replete with actionable steps that you can immediately bring back to the office.
There are few places to connect in person with product people like you from around the world. At INDUSTRY, you have a unique opportunity to meet hundreds for 2-3 days and find ways to learn from each other and collaborate.
You've read the best product books. Listened to the best product podcasts. But have you ever wanted to have a coffee or lunch with the people behind those and ask them, "Yeah, but what about my situation?" At INDUSTRY, you can.
The main stage features product leaders presenting on a range of topics that will challenge and inspire Product Managers who build, launch, and scale world-class products.
INDUSTRY is a multi-day conference, allowing you to really step out of execution mode. Conference Plus pass holders start with an intensive 4-hour Workshop on Monday, March 9th, before joining Main Conference pass holders on Tuesday for 2 days of valuable talks, interactive interviews, and good times with fellow attendees.
Head to the Talk Shop stage after each session to connect with speakers in an intimate setting. There, speakers are interviewed and attendees have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss with others the merits and applications of what was presented.
Come to learn from the speakers as they share their knowledge on stage… but stay for the relationships you’ll build with other attendees! At INDUSTRY, you’ll have plenty of chances to meet fellow product people — including at the pre-conference kickoff reception and the official mid-conference party after Day 1’s talks.
The main stage features product leaders presenting on a range of topics that will challenge and inspire Product Managers who build, launch, and scale world-class products.
You can learn so much from our speakers as they present on-stage — but you’re likely to learn just as much from fellow attendees, who are faced with many of the same challenges as you. Aside from chatting about these informally, you can take part in a number of small-group discussions focused on a wide variety of topics relevant to Product Managers.
The main stage features product leaders presenting on a range of topics that will challenge and inspire Product Managers who build, launch, and scale world-class products.
The main stage features product leaders presenting on a range of topics that will challenge and inspire Product Managers who build, launch, and scale world-class products.
INDUSTRY is a multi-day conference, allowing you to really step out of execution mode. Conference Plus and Superpass pass holders start with intensive 1/2 day Workshops on Monday, Monday September 8th, before joining Main Conference pass holders on Tuesday for 2 days of valuable talks, interactive interviews, and good times with fellow attendees.
Head to the Talk Shop stage after each session to connect with speakers in an intimate setting. There, speakers are interviewed and attendees have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss with others the merits and applications of what was presented.
Come to learn from the speakers as they share their knowledge on stage… but stay for the relationships you’ll build with other attendees! At INDUSTRY, you’ll have plenty of chances to meet fellow product people — including at the pre-conference kickoff reception and the official mid-conference party after Day 1’s talks.
The main stage features product leaders presenting on a range of topics that will challenge and inspire Product Managers who build, launch, and scale world-class products.
You can learn so much from our speakers as they present on-stage — but you’re likely to learn just as much from fellow attendees, who are faced with many of the same challenges as you. Aside from chatting about these informally, you can take part in a number of small-group discussions focused on a wide variety of topics relevant to Product Managers.
No INDUSTRY attendee ever stays hungry for too long! You’ll enjoy a great breakfast and lunch on each day with flavors that give a nod to our international audience. You’ll also be treated to bountiful snacks, access to our complimentary barista-staffed coffee bar, and an end-of-day reception on both days.
For Plus Pass and Super Pass ticket holders only, our INDUSTRY half-day workshops will take place in downtown Cleveland the day before the main conference begins. Please keep in mind that these sessions will sell out.
Each workshop is a half-day session and runs twice.
Morning session: 9:00am–12:30pm and Afternoon session: 1:30pm-5:00pm
Director of Product Management, Content Discovery @ Warner Bros. Discovery
Your team has no shortage of ideas—but how do you decide which ones are worth pursuing to make a real impact?
Founder, LEANSTUDIO
Too many product decisions stall because stakeholder dynamics aren’t well managed. Stakeholder ecosystems are often complex, and navigating them is one of the most critical skills in product.
Co-author of Building Rocketships. Former CPO @ Typeform
Co-author of Building Rocketships. Product Leader. Former CPO, WPEngine
This half-day workshop experience is specifically designed to help product managers and leaders understand the strategic differences between AI at the Edge and AI at the Core, and how to develop effective product strategies for each approach.
"Enough time has passed for me to reflect a little on what we heard at the INDUSTRY conference in Cleveland last week. This was the first Conference I had been to in some time and the first that was not directly related to lean-agile. The Conference was excellent - great speakers, great agenda, and networking with 700 diverse people who are passionate about Product Management."
FiveWhyz
"The INDUSTRY Conference 2022 was an amazing experience, from the venue, to the presentations, to the networking connections, and even the food! I came back to work feeling invigorated and renewed in the vision, ready to hit the ground running with the practical knowledge I gained. I loved every minute and can't wait to come back next year!"
Product Manager, DocStation
"Last week in Cleveland, more than 1,200 attendees showed up at the Cleveland Public Auditorium to talk product. For three days, the conference was buzzing with an all-star lineup of product managers, leaders, and luminaries from over 30 countries discussing the latest methods, tools, and frameworks to build, launch, and scale software products."
Alpha
"Overall, I left this conference exhausted from all the learning and humbled by the collective wisdom of the speakers, attendees, organizers, and sponsors. As a newbie, I felt welcomed and accepted from the start. It was a great experience, and I’d recommend INDUSTRY to any new or experienced product manager."
Product Manager at Moraware
12 small-group Roundtable Discussions will take place -- allowing attendees to learn from each other on topics that include product strategy, product leadership, experimentation, and others.
Top companies with software products catering to product people will be in attendance. Take time to visit their booths, ask questions, get product demos, and win prizes!
Get ready to meet over 700 like-minded product people, where you can share advice, resources and war stories. And since this is a 3 day event, you really have a chance to make life-long product friends.
An INDUSTRY-favorite, our Talk Shop sessions gives all attendees a chance to ask their own questions to speakers in interactive Q&A sessions that take place during each of the breaks throughout the experience.
Conference Plus ticket holders can attend a 1/2 day in-person workshop led by a renowned product leader, held on Monday September 8th. Superpass ticket holders get to attend two, one in the morning, the other in the afternoon.
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