Bridging the Divide: Strategies for Cross-Functional Excellence between Engineering and Product Management

Barbara leads the engineering team at InfluxData. She has extensive experience leading globally distributed teams in designing, developing, deploying and supporting products and services that are delivered on a cloud-based service platform and on a range of client platforms. Prior to InfluxData, Barbara had a variety of engineering and technical leadership roles, including VP Engineering at iPass, CTO at Cirrent, and Principal Architect at eBay. Barbara has a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from University College Dublin, Ireland.

Laura Fay is a technology industry advisor assisting product leaders drive profitable growth in their as-a-service business models. Prior to her consulting and advisory work, Laura spent decades as a business, product management, and customer success executive directly contributing to the growth and operational velocity of large well-established enterprises and a number of early stage businesses. Laura is an author and creator of multiple widely used industry frameworks on key business, customer and product management topics.