The new mandate for CPOs in the AI era
Key takeaways from our Vegas Product Exec Salon
This week has been filled with momentum coming out of our Product Executive Salon in Las Vegas. We featured incredible speakers such as Syniti’s SVP, NVIDIA’s AI Product Lead, and the CPOs of Cohesity and Saviynt, and brought together leaders from across the ecosystem, including CPOs and product leaders from New York Life, BCG X, Amazon Web Services, and many others. Having that level of experience in one room reshaped how many of us are thinking about leadership in the AI era.
As of of the attendees, Nitin Mamillapally, Head of Product at Pushly shared: “Products That Count’s Product Exec Salon was one of the most energizing and productive product gatherings I’ve attended in a long time. We wrapped with even more to talk about, which says everything about the quality of the conversation and the talent in the room. Grateful I got to be part of it.”
One theme cut through every discussion: AI strategy is only as strong as the data that supports it. The leaders in the room were aligned on a growing expectation for CPOs to take ownership of data strategy as a central part of their role. That perspective came through in many forms, including how to avoid the hype trap, how to treat data as a product, and how to build the conviction to pause initiatives that are not supported by evidence. The conversations cut straight to the real tradeoffs teams are facing as they build AI into their products.
You can download a summary of key takeaways on this “knowledge swag” infographic from the event here.
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