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Lessons from Colleen McCreary

Colleen McCreary served as Chief People Officer at Credit Karma and Zynga through major growth and acquisition, treating HR like product management by building concrete systems to manage founders, reduce bureaucracy, and create cultures that work.
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Lessons from Anneka Gupta

Anneka Gupta is Rubrik’s Chief Product Officer and former President and Head of Product at LiveRamp, bringing a direct approach to strategy and leadership that preserves speed amid founder intensity and uses meeting summaries to align teams.
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Lessons from Alex Buder Shapiro

Alex Buder Shapiro is Head of People at Clay, after serving as Chief People Officer at Flatiron Health and Jasper AI. Her work covers culture, workplace conflict, AI adoption, internal prototyping, and structural scaling.
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Lessons from Anique Drumright

Anique Drumright became Harvey’s Chief Product Officer after leading product teams at Rippling, Loom, and TripActions, developing an approach to multi-product platforms that aligns engineering with strategy, favors asynchronous communication, and fits software to human workflows.
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Lessons from Don Faul

Don Faul carried Marine Corps discipline into technology operations at Google, Facebook, and Pinterest before leading Athos and CrossFit, shaping an approach to resilient teams, high-stakes transitions, and aligning large organizations around a shared mission.
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Lessons from Sara Clemens

Sara Clemens ran operations at Twitch, Pandora, and LinkedIn through scaling and international expansion, treating the COO role as a flexible response to company and founder needs while clarifying decision rights and structuring organizations for rapid growth.
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Lessons from Russ Laraway

Russ Laraway is a former Marine Corps company commander and tech executive whose practical management framework centers on clear direction, active coaching, and career development, offering leaders a straightforward way to help their people succeed.
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Lessons from Gretchen Howard

Gretchen Howard is an operating executive whose experience at Robinhood, Google, and CapitalG illuminates the mechanics of executive hiring, crisis management, rapid organizational scaling, and the delicate work of operating effectively alongside founders.

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