Chief Product Officers (CPOs) build product-led cultures that unify the collective expertise of all disciplines required for great products to win in the market. In doing so, CPOs synthesize and reshape the DNA of their company.
Products That Count celebrates the growing role of the CPO. For the first time, the Product Awards will celebrate the 20 most influential and innovative CPOs leading the digital transformations across the globe – the Global CPO 20. This awards ceremony will recognize the growing impact of the CPO now and in the future.
While all of our winners lead companies that have transformed to meet changing markets and customer needs, their businesses have also had to change as a global pandemic moved a significant number of business transactions to the web. Some CPOs are
According to Products That Count Chief Product Officer Renée Niemi, “As more and more companies are pushing to be product-led, CPOs are taking on more impactful roles. These executives are the navigators of the digital revolution, and the Global Top 20 CPOs event is going to help us recognize them.”
Read about the event In the Press Release.
Chief Product Officer at Optimizely.
Justin Anovick was a product executive with Episerver and Verint prior to joining Optimizely in August 2019.
Listen to Justin’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on an “The Value in Constant Chaos”.
Executive Vice President, Product and Engineering at Vonage.
Prior to joining Vonnage in March 2021, Savinay was a product executive with OpenText, Dell / EMC, Intuit, and Empowered Inc. (acquired by Qualcomm).
Listen to Savinay’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on an “Owner’s Mindset in Product”.
Chief Product Officer at Teledoc Health.
Donna Boyer has extensive product experience, having served as a product executive at Stitch Fix, Airbnb, Blurb, Callaway Digital Arts, RMG Networks, Yahoo, DigitalThink (acquired by Convergys), Personify, and Hyperion Solutions (acquired by Oracle).
Listen to Donna’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on an “Leading by Looking Forward”.
Chief Product & Experience Officer at Upwork.
Prior starting his current role with Upwork in November 2020, Samuel Bright served in many product executive roles at eBay. He is featured in ‘Take a Lesson: Today’s Black Achievers on How They Made It and What They Learned Along the Way”.
Listen to Samuel’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “Making the Customer Win Big”.
EVP AEC Design at Autodesk.
In addition to serving in many product executive roles at Autodesk, Amy Bunszel was also Director of Product Management and co-founder at Linius Technologies, a CAD
Listen to Amy’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “Embracing Overcommunication”.
Chief Product Officer at Box.
Prior to joining Box as CPO in June 2021, Diego Dugatkin held product executive roles at Adobe, Switchfly, Conviva, Aspera (acquired by IBM), and Fastsoft (acquired by Akamai).
Listen to Diego’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “Building the Best Product Teams”.
Chief Product Officer at Nubank.
Prior to joining Nubank in January 2020, Jag Duggal served in product executive roles at Facebook, Quantcast, and Google.
Listen to Jag’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “How to Facilitate Culture to Keep Innovation Going”.
SVP and Chief Product Officer at Verizon for Business.
Prior to joining Verizon for Business in December 2019, Aamir Hussain held executive roles at Collinear Networks, CenturyLink, Liberty Global Europe, Covad Communications (now Megapath), Telus Corporatioon, and Qwest Corporation. Aamir has also served on a number of boards in varying roles.
Chief Product Officer at UiPath.
Before joining UiPath as CPO in March 2018, Param Kahlon held executive roles at Microsoft and SAP/Sybase.
Listen to Param’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “Diverse Perspectives For Stronger Product Teams”.
Chief Product Officer at Next Insurance.
Before taking his current role of CPO in August 2019, Effi held product executive roles at Yelp and Complete Labs.
Listen to Effi’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “Scaling Product Teams”.
SVP Product @ ChargePoint.
Before starting with ChargePoint in 2018, Bill Loewenthal held executive positions at Avaya, Plantronics, Limelight Networks, Kiptronic, D+M Group, Command Audio Corporation, and Mitsubishi Electric.
Listen to Bill’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on an “The Hardest Part of Being a Product Leader”.
Senior Vice President – Product Development & Management at Cox Communications.
Prior to taking his current position at Cox Communications in September 2017, Philip Nutsugah held many other product executive roles with Cox Communications, as well as at Verizon and GTE.
Chief Product Officer at Tenable.
Before he joined Tenable as CPO in May 2021, Nico Popp held executive roles at Symantec, Forcepoint, VeriSign, and RealNames.
Listen to Nico’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “The Magnificant 7 KPIs”.
Chief Product Officer at Atlassian.
Prior to joining Atlassian in July 2017, Joff Redfern held executive roles at LinkedIn, Flattenme, Yahoo, Harris myCFO (acquired by BMO), and Fidelity Investments.
Listen to Joff’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “Having a Well-Designed Value System”.
Chief Product Officer at SoFi.
Before joining SoFi in June 2018, Assaf Ronen held various executive roles at Amazon, Microsoft, Clarizen, and Radware.
Listen to Assaf’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “Building Products That Make A Difference”.
SVP, Head of Product at Fidelity Investments
Deba has held multiple executive roles at Fidelity Investments. In addition, Deba Sahoo is a Member & Contributor of the Forbes Technology Council and a Board Member & Trustee of the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Listen to Deba’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “Developing a Strong Talent Pipeline”.
Chief Product Officer at Included Health.
Nupur joined Included Health in August 2014 as CPO. Prior to that, Nupur Srivastava held many executive positions with Grand Rounds Health . Prior to that, she was Director of Product Management at AliveCor.
Listen to Nupur’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “The Attributes of Great Product Leaders”.
Chief Product Platform & Operations Officer at Ford Motor Company.
With nearly 34 years at Ford Motor Company, Hau Thai-Tang brings extensive experience to his current role of
Listen to Hua’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “Going All In for EVs”.
Chief Product Officer for Nursing and Health Education of Elsevier.
Prior to joining Elsevier as CPO in April 2018, Mikhail Vaysbukh held numerous executive positions at WebMD. Prior to that, he was a Director with Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL).
Listen to Mikhail’s podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “The 2 Key Traits of Product Leaders”.
Chief Product Officer at GitLab.
Prior to becoming CPO at GitLab in May 2019, Scott Williamson held executive roles at Twilio, SendGrid, CA Technologies, and Wily Technology (acquired by CA Technologies).
Listen to Scotts podcast with Products That Count’s CPO Renée Niemi on “Leading with Transparency”.