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Jen Taylor is CEO of Mixpanel, the digital analytics platform that helps teams go from insight to action. Trusted by more than 25,000 companies including Netflix, Uber, and Ticketmaster, Mixpanel’s AI-powered insights give product and growth teams the behavioral ground truth they need to build faster and decide smarter.

Previously, Jen was president at Plaid, where she oversaw the teams growing Plaid's network solutions, which are leveraged by thousands of companies to build tech-enabled financial services. Prior to Plaid, she was chief product officer at Cloudflare, where she led the delivery of world-class cloud-based performance, security, and content delivery solutions for companies of all sizes. Before joining Cloudflare, Jen held a variety of senior product management and marketing roles at Salesforce, Meta, and Adobe.

Jen sits on the board of Freshworks, a publicly-held B2B SaaS company. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Anant Gupta is the chief technology officer at Mixpanel, where he leads engineering, data, and platform teams to build the next generation of AI-native analytics. He focuses on building durable systems and high-performing teams that tightly connect product innovation to customer and business outcomes.

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Previously, Anant led large-scale engineering and data organizations at Included Health, helping modernize the technology behind personalized, all-in-one healthcare for millions of members.

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Prior to that, he held senior engineering leadership roles at Uber, leading teams across new mobility and core driver platforms at global scale. He began his management career at LinkedIn, where he led teams responsible for relationship and network products, including the LinkedIn Connected iOS app and large-scale contact, calendar, and email sync infrastructure.

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Anant holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Business Administration from the University of Southern California and a Master of Science in Software Engineering  from Carnegie Mellon University.

Damian Gona is Chief Revenue Officer at Mixpanel, bringing nearly 20 years of experience in sales, operations, and go-to-market across global teams. He previously spent over a decade at Zendesk, leading multiple revenue organizations across regions and segments and helping the company scale to a multi-billion-dollar business.

With over 25 years of enterprise consulting experience, Ada currently serves as the Head of AI-Data Consulting, North America, at Google. She leads a team of Agentic Data Architects in designing and implementing cutting-edge enterprise intelligence solutions. Focused on transforming data into actionable ecosystems, her work spans engagements with both agile startups and global corporations.

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Ada’s expertise lies in transformation strategy, generative AI solutions and agentic data platform design. She is committed to driving innovation and enabling organizations to leverage advanced AI and modern data platforms to achieve their goals. In addition to Ada’s core responsibilities, she contributes to culture and people development initiatives, fostering innovation and collaboration within Google.

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Artin Bogdanov is Co-Founder and CEO of SUN, an a16z-backed startup building the intersection of audio and AI. He brings nearly 15 years of product design experience, including senior roles at Adobe and leading the AI Business Intelligence team at Walmart Labs. A Forbes contributor on AI and Product Design, Artin has co-founded multiple startups used by tens of thousands of companies.

Francis Brero is the VP of AI Strategy at HG Insights, where he leads the company’s AI-native transformation across both product and operations. He brings 15 years of expertise across AI, data science, and product strategy to his role, where he drives how agentic workflows, unified GTM data, and machine intelligence are embedded into HG’s platform while helping internal teams adopt AI-first ways of working.

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Previously, Francis co-founded MadKudu and built the production AI systems used by leading B2B revenue organizations worldwide. He is known for pairing strategic vision with hands-on execution to create AI solutions that deliver measurable productivity

Victoria J. Chin is Chief of Staff for Product Strategy and AI at Asana, where she co-creates the product vision and orchestrates strategy focused on delivering customer value and AI adoption. Her background includes leading marketing and customer experience teams at Asana, Dropbox, Opendoor, Dow Jones, and Bloomberg. Victoria holds an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas and is a member of the Forbes Technology Council.

Kylan Gibbs is Co-Founder and CEO of Inworld AI, a real-time AI research lab and infrastructure platform for consumer applications. Prior to founding Inworld, he led development of generative language models at Google DeepMind and established the machine learning practice at Bain & Company. Inworld has raised over $120 million at a $500M valuation, backed by investors including Lightspeed and Kleiner Perkins, and counts major media companies and AAA studios among its partners. Kylan holds a master's degree from the University of Cambridge.

Gandharv Kalra is Director of Digital Product & UX at Mejuri, where he leads product strategy, roadmap development, and UX for the fine jewelry brand's digital experience. His background spans product leadership at HelloFresh, MaxSold, and Apollo Tyres, where he managed product portfolios across multiple regions. Gandharv holds an MBA from Queen's University Smith School of Business.

Sree Kaushik leads Product at Crunchyroll, where she is responsible for shaping growth, monetization, and the global fan experience. As SVP of Product, Sree defines the vision across acquisition, engagement, and commerce to build the ultimate membership experience for the anime community.

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Guided by her passion to build incredible fan-fueled experiences for the anime community, she specializes in building high-performing product organizations that balance data, craft, and conviction. By partnering across engineering, design, and content, Sree focuses on deepening fan loyalty and amplifying anime's cultural impact worldwide

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Blake Kurinsky is Senior Director of Product Management at Sprout Social, where he has been a central force in democratizing data access across the organization. He led Sprout's shift from a bottlenecked, analyst-dependent data model to one where product managers, designers, and engineers all self-serve real-time insights. Prior to Sprout, Blake held product roles at Motorola Solutions, The Nerdery, and Vokal.

Melissa infuses optimism into the dynamic field of product operations. Currently as VP of Product and Operations at Skillshare and previously at Vimeo, her focus is on making strategic decisions a breeze through prioritized OKRs, measurable metrics, and cohesive team collaboration. In this role, she champions clarity, organizational leadership, and cross-functional teamwork.

Prabhath Nanisetty is the Global Industry Leader for Technology & AI at Snowflake, where he works at the intersection of enterprise data infrastructure and AI strategy. He brings a front-row view of how the world’s leading technology companies are building AI-ready organizations and what it takes to move from data to intelligent product decisions in the AI era.

Paul Senechko is VP of Engineering at Customer.io, where he leads engineering across the company's messaging automation and data pipeline products. With a career spanning startups to Fortune 500 companies, he has held VP-level engineering roles at Lob and director-level positions at DigitalOcean and Zillow. He holds BS and MS degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Ellen Wong is VP of Engineering at OneSignal, where she leads the team behind one of the world's leading customer messaging and engagement platforms, delivering over 8 billion messages daily. She has previously held engineering leadership roles at Calm and CircleCI, and brings deep experience in building effective, high-performing engineering teams. Ellen holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington.

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Scott Cohen leads Customer Success and Solution Engineering at Mixpanel, where he oversees a global team focused on helping customers get the most from their product analytics experience. Prior to Mixpanel, he held similar roles at Rill Data and NetBase Quid, and earlier built client relationships and delivered large-scale data initiatives at EY, FedEx, and Accenture. Scott holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson and NUS Business School.

Daniil Karp is VP of Product Marketing at Mixpanel, with a decade of experience in the SaaS industry helping organizations bring revolutionary technologies to market in the fields of data and analytics, IT security and compliance, and collaborative work management. He has scaled GTM teams and programs from seed to IPO. Prior to joining Mixpanel he helped lead Product Marketing and Demand Gen teams at Optro, Asana, and 6sense.

Reuben Moss is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Mixpanel, partnering with customers and prospects to architect analytics strategies that drive real product outcomes. He brings deep product knowledge and a customer-oriented approach to help teams get the most out of Mixpanel's platform. In his spare time he holds a few things dear: his wife, his children, and extending his daily crossword streak.

Russell Loube is a Senior Product Manager at Mixpanel, where he focuses on Experimentation and Feature Flagging. Before Mixpanel, he spent several years at Optimizely building experimentation tooling, and prior to that worked in fintech as a product manager and solutions architect. He's most excited about making rigorous experimentation accessible to every team

Marissa Kuhrau is Senior Director of Support Engineering at Mixpanel, where she has built and grown the support engineering function across multiple roles over the course of her tenure at the company. In addition to leading her team's day-to-day operations, Marissa drives AI adoption and enablement across Mixpanel, championing how intelligent tooling can help teams work faster and smarter. She is a recognized voice on the intersection of AI and customer experience, and has spoken publicly on practical approaches to moving support organizations from reactive tooling to true intelligent partnership.

Dan Schmidt is a product leader exploring how builders and AI agents can collaborate to grow their businesses. As the founder and former CEO of DoubleLoop, he helped pioneer metric trees as a way to connect product work to business outcomes. Following DoubleLoop’s acquisition, he now works on advancing AI-powered analytics at Mixpanel.

Emma Janiszewski is a Solutions Engineer at Mixpanel, where she works with organizations across industries to figure out what better analytics actually looks like for their business and then helps make it real. She brings a consultative approach to every engagement, translating complex data questions into workflows teams can actually act on. The breadth of that work, across company sizes, industries, and product maturity levels, has given her a sharp sense of what separates analytics investments that compound from ones that stall.

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Outside of work, she's either hunting down the best hole-in-the-wall spots across San Francisco and Oakland, cheering on the Golden State Valkyries, or making friends with the senior dogs at Muttville.