Queer Product Leadership Panel: "I'm Gay, and I Mess Up"
Channel: product qties
Date: 2023-03-16

Although being LGBTQ+ in product and tech is often very challenging, many queer product folks overcome these odds and build great careers.

​For our debut community event, ✨ product qties ✨ is proud to introduce you to three such inspirational product leaders and thinkers.

​Join us for a wide-ranging discussion on what being queer means for becoming a leader, how it informs a product leadership trajectory and path, and how LGBTQ+ product leaders can help build community.


Our panelists:

* Saielle DaSilva (she/they) is Global VP of Experience Design at Stepstone and author of Blossom, a product and design publication, and product leader "putting the soft back in software"

* Leah Tharin (she/her) is Head of Product at Jua.ai, PLG advisor, host of ProducTea with Leah, author at leahtharin.com, and LinkedIn thought leader whose incisive commentary always comes sprinkled with a good dash of humor

* JJ Rorie (she/her) is CEO of Great Product Management, Author of IMMUTABLE: 5 Truths of Great Product Managers, Product Management Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, and host of the Product Voices podcast


Moderated by Mirza Beširović (they/he), Founder of ✨ product qties ✨, Director of Product Management at Dixa, and author of You Are The Product, a monthly newsletter for product leaders