CPO Rising Series: How a Top CPO Scales from 7M to 120M Users

How can breakthrough climate technologies move from lab to market fast enough to make a real difference? The scale and urgency of the transformation required to fight climate change has never been more clear. Building hardware and software products, acquiring the funding and creating a diverse community to enhance talent capacity and to drive innovation, is essential to tackling this global environmental crisis. In this podcast, Silicon Valley Bank (a division of First Citizens Bank) Climate Tech & Sustainability SVP Maggie Wong will be interviewing Turnover Labs CEO & Founder Marissa Beatty to discuss commercializing decarbonization technologies in the chemical industry, the importance of identifying customer needs before/during developing a prototype and utilizing a repeatable go-to-market strategy and data-driven approach in smaller scale pilots.

How can AI help you fail faster and invest smarter? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Renee Niemi, Beyond former Chief Product Officer Carlisha Robinson will be speaking on how AI is transforming product roadmaps and strategic decision-making. Drawing from her experience leading digital transformation at major retail brands, Carlisha reveals how product leaders can use AI to consume data, make faster decisions, and focus on what truly matters to the business.

How do top product leaders turn customer insights into game-changing innovations? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Renee Niemi, Medallia Chief Product Officer Simonetta Turek reveals how great product teams transform customer experience. Drawing from her extensive global leadership experience, Simonetta shares breakthrough insights on building innovative teams, navigating complex technological landscapes, and creating a mission-driven culture that drives breakthrough products.

How can product leaders turn technical challenges into breakthrough products? In this podcast hosted by Rachel Owens, EY Senior Technology Consulting Lead Srinath Chandramohan will be speaking on mastering product management across technical and business domains. Drawing from over 15 years of experience serving insurance carriers, Srinath reveals how to balance innovation, stakeholder priorities, and strategic product development.

Can AI turn a development process from a five-day marathon into a two-day sprint? In this podcast hosted by NEOGOV CPO Denise Hemke, Luxury Presence CPO Zac Hays will reveal how he's using AI to revolutionize product development. Zac shares radical strategies for prototyping, bug resolution, and rebuilding code bases that are challenging everything we know about building digital products.

What if AI could turn every product manager into a superhuman innovator? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by NEOGOV CPO Denise Hemke, Kraftful CEO and CPO Yana Welinder will be speaking about how AI is transforming product teams from siloed roles to integrated "product builders". She offers a rare insider's perspective on how emerging technologies will reshape product discovery, prioritization, and development in the next few years, drawing from her experience leading an AI-powered product insights platform.

How can AI revolutionize product-driven job matching? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by NEOGOV CPO Denise Hemke, Talent.com CPO Navya "NRG" Rehani Gupta will be speaking on AI-driven hiring and product innovation. She'll share groundbreaking insights into how technology is reshaping recruitment, reducing bias, and creating more efficient hiring processes for job seekers and employers alike.

What does it take to scale a startup from 7M to 120M users? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Renee Niemi, Opus 2 CPTO Tiama Hanson-Drury will be speaking on transforming product leadership in the AI era, sharing her journey from sales to becoming a top CPO and her insights on building high-performing product teams. Discover how she navigates changing priorities, drives innovation, and creates mission-driven product strategies that deliver exceptional business results.

Can AI and automation finally untangle the complex web of healthcare claims processing? In this podcast hosted by Cognizant Sr Product Director Chenny Solaiyappan, Simplify Healthcare SVP Daniel Knies unveils how their innovative suite of products uses cutting-edge technology to transform healthcare IT. He shares how their solutions can reduce claims processing time from 60 days to just 8 days, eliminate manual data entry, and bring real-time efficiency to insurance companies across different market segments.

How do top product leaders turn customer whispers into global tech revolutions? In this podcast hosted by Sid Shaik, Statsig Head of Product Margaret-Ann Seger reveals the strategic playbook for scaling products in today's hyper-competitive tech landscape. Drawing from her transformative experiences at Uber, Instagram, and now a cutting-edge startup, Margaret shares the data-driven insights that separate breakthrough products from mere ideas.