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Ted Yang
Oji
Udezue
Ezinne
Udezue
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With over $10 billion of measurable success in growing products and businesses.
Oji Udezue helps transform products into market-defining successes. With executive leadership experience at Twitter, Calendly, Atlassian, Typeform, and Microsoft, Oji brings rare cross-functional expertise spanning design, product, engineering, marketing, and sales enablement—the complete toolkit for building exceptional software companies. His signature achievement? Consistently turning customer-centric vision into exponential growth, most notably helping 5x Calendly into unicorn status.
At the frontier of AI innovation, Oji is pioneering what's next in software development, having recently launched Typeform’s formless.ai and integrated AI capabilities throughout Typeform's ecosystem. His product leadership philosophy—captured in his book with Ezinne Udezue - "Building Rocketships"—delivers actionable frameworks that transform startups into market-dominating forces through product-led growth.
Oji's global perspective drives his passion for democratizing tech entrepreneurship across Africa, India, and South America as Managing Partner of Kernel Fund. He identifies and empowers diverse founding teams building transformative B2B solutions, expanding opportunities for elite talent worldwide to create meaningful impact through technology.
Beyond his work building AI ventures at Phalanx Venture Studios, Oji mentors the next generation of product leaders, sharing battle-tested wisdom through his Substack and strategic advisory work. His unique combination of enterprise-scale experience and startup agility makes him the go-to advisor for founders and product teams ready to launch their own rocketships.
With a BSEE, MSEE, and two Masters in Business Administration, Oji was trained at the Federal University of Technology Owerri, University of Southern California, University of California Berkeley, and Columbia University, New York.
Ezinne Udezue architects product systems that drive exceptional business outcomes. With executive leadership experience at WP Engine, Procore Technologies, T-Mobile, Discovery Communications, and Time Inc., Ezinne brings a powerful blend of strategic vision and tactical expertise to transform how organizations innovate and scale. Her hallmark achievement? Consistently building high-performance product teams that deliver market-defining solutions, most notably scaling Procore's platform ecosystem during its critical pre-IPO journey and positioning WP Engine as the ultimate destination for WordPress site builders. Her methodology balances creative intuition with technical precision—a rare combination that transforms ambitious vision into measurable results.
A recognized authority in digital transformation, Ezinne has mastered the complete product lifecycle from zero-to-one innovation to enterprise-scale optimization. Her co-authored book "Building Rocketships: Product Management for High-Growth Companies" distills this expertise into actionable frameworks for product-led growth. As a TechStars All-Star Mentor and product systems architect, she excels at identifying organizational blindspots and implementing the structures, processes, and leadership models necessary for sustainable innovation—particularly in navigating the AI supercycle and building resilient product organizations capable of thriving amid rapid technological change.
Ezinne's passion for elevating product leadership extends beyond corporate boardrooms to her work as a Board Member of DivInc startup accelerator, where she helps underrepresented founders build market-transforming products. Her approach combines rigorous benchmarking with practical optimization strategies that unlock organizational potential.
Trained at the University of Texas at Arlington, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and Columbia Business School, Ezinne's unique fusion of engineering precision and business acumen makes her the definitive advisor for leadership teams ready to reinvent their product systems and achieve breakthrough performance. Through ProductMind, she delivers this rare combination of strategic insight and operational excellence to select organizations poised for transformative growth.
Ted Yang is a visionary entrepreneur, MIT engineer, and seasoned finance and technology leader with a distinguished career spanning private equity, hedge funds, and startups. With experience at top-tier financial institutions like Bridgewater and Citadel, he has navigated high-stakes investment strategies, driven business transformations, and founded successful ventures such as Daily Voice and Purple Insurance.
Beyond finance and tech, Ted’s journey is marked by unconventional and impactful achievements—from a regional Emmy nomination, to founding 4-CT, Connecticut’s largest COVID relief fund, to writing a deeply personal book about his children’s premature birth, to serving on the Board of Regents for Higher Education in Connecticut.
A sought-after speaker, Ted has shared insights at South Summit, Startup Grind, Cleantech Open, and university commencements, engaging audiences with his ability to distill complex ideas into compelling narratives. His thought leadership has been featured on Fox Business News, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR.
With a rare blend of technical expertise, financial acumen, and diverse achievements, Ted delivers engaging, thought-provoking keynotes that challenge audiences to think differently, embrace change, and lead with innovation.
