AI Product Leader

AI Product Leader

Weekly conversations with AI’s top product leaders. Join Polly Allen as she discovers the paths to success in the world of AI.

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August 10, 2026 33 mins

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Jeff Williams is a senior product leader with more than 25 years of experience in software and technology, including over a decade in product management. With a degree in computer science, he has led zero-to-one product launches, l...

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Viktoria Otstavnaya is a Principal Product Manager specializing in modernizing complex systems and leading large-scale product transformations across telecom, fintech, healthcare, and utilities. Throughout her career, she's helped ...

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Anne Cantera is the founder of Elementyl Intelligence, where she helps organizations turn AI from a buzzword into practical, production-ready products and systems. With expertise spanning conversational AI, voice AI, enterprise AI ...

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Kirstin Maurer is a healthcare and AI product leader with more than 18 years of experience building enterprise software, digital health platforms, and AI-powered products. During her time at Truepill, she helped scale a $20M telehe...

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Courtney Kingsbury is the Director of AI Strategy and Data Governance at a renewable energy asset management company. With a background spanning analytics, enterprise operations, product strategy, and AI systems development,...

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Nico Posner, VP of Product Management at Q3D Sensing and a veteran product leader whose career spans some of the world’s most innovative companies, including LinkedIn, eBay, Clover, and Xero.

Nico has spent years leading techn...

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Bill Takacs is a veteran product executive with over two decades of experience building and scaling platforms across SaaS, security, analytics, AI, and enterprise infrastructure. He’s currently VP of Product at MTrain, where ...

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Shampa Banerjee, PhD, is a powerhouse product leader who has scaled global digital platforms from scrappy startups into billion-dollar growth engines. As EVP and Chief Product Officer of Pluto TV at Paramount, she helped drive the ...

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Amri Abuseman is a powerhouse engineering leader known for building quality-first cultures across high-stakes industries—from healthcare and FinTech to telecom and HR tech. As Director of Engineering at Flatiron Health, she l...

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Brian Diller is an AI product leader focused on turning complexity into clarity in higher education. At Watermark, he’s leading the design and launch of student success and course evaluation products, thoughtfully integrating...

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Phil Fairbrother is a product leader working at the intersection of AI, experimentation, and human-centered design. With experience spanning insurance, e-commerce, and creative technology, Phil has built a reputation for turning am...

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John Boothroyd is a trailblazing product executive with over two decades at the forefront of digital transformation, AI, and sustainable infrastructure. From scaling hundred-million-dollar businesses at Optus to leading Honeywell&r...

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Jennifer Deal is a powerhouse AI product leader who’s been shaping the future of e-commerce, fintech, and martech for over a decade. From building billion-dollar marketplaces at eBay to unlocking more than $42 million in reve...

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Maggie May is a sharp, high-velocity product and tech executive who has built and scaled lovable products across real estate, accessibility, and fintech. From the startup trenches to CPO seats, she’s known for pairing speed w...

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Sudha Kumar is a powerhouse product leader who thrives at the intersection of data, compliance, and user impact. With more than a decade of experience scaling B2B SaaS platforms and modernizing federal IT systems, she has delivered...

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Taylor Algren is a product leader, founder, and strategist with over a decade of experience tackling real-world challenges at the intersection of tech, health, and global operations. He’s launched scalable platforms, advised ...

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Daryl Teo is a technology strategist and seasoned CTO known for turning bold business vision into practical, scalable technical execution. Over the years, he has led engineering organizations of up to 150 developers, guided product...

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Sanjay Robson is a seasoned product leader with over 15 years of experience building digital experiences that make life simpler for customers and drive growth for businesses. His career spans industries like energy, insurance, and ...

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Joe Sessions is the COO and co-founder of Optimize, where he helps companies automate routine tasks and build the foundation for scalable AI adoption. With a career spanning hands-on software development, product leadership, and op...

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Zak Wiatr is a product leader at the intersection of fintech, higher education, and emerging technology, with a career spanning Air Force intelligence operations to scaling payments infrastructure for a $50 billion-plus education e...

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