About Us
With remote work and hybrid arrangements, we noticed that more and more product managers and leaders in the Waterloo region felt disconnected.However, they craved tools to level each other up, learn from their experiences and strengths, and feel connected to their peers.PM Waterloo isn't another Slack community or WhatsApp group. While we may use those tools they are in service of our goal: to create connection and belonging via in-person events.
Past Events
🚀 Aug 13th, 2025: Trimming the Product Fat (Panel)
Where: Catalyst Commons, Kitchener
How to join: Meetup linkYou built a product and took it to market.
Over time, as you iterated, it gained some “product fat”:Features have low adoption and/or are hard to maintain.
The story has become harder: the “who” you serve is unclear.
In this panel, we’ll hear from local product leaders how they trimmed “product fat”:- What “product fat” they uncovered.
- How they influenced their leadership team to cut it: Features they killed? Positioning/strategy they revamped?
- What they learned.Moderator: Kanwar Anand, Director of Product Strategy & Innovation at SunlifePanelists:
- Alex McDonnell, Director of Product Marketing at Airtable
- Diego von Söhsten, VP of Product & Growth at Evermore
- Sarah Kerr, Lead Product Manager at Geotab
- One more name to be announced!Schedule:
- 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Social and snacks
- 6:00 - 7:15 pm: Panel
- 7:15 - 7:30 pm: Q&A
🚀 Apr 8th, 2025: Developing AI Products (Panel)
Where: Catalyst Commons, Kitchener
How to join: Meetup linkJoin us on April 8th for a panel with experienced product leaders in the region who have developed AI-powered products.Moderator: Diego von Sohsten, VP of Product & Growth at Evermore (moderator)Panelists:
- Andrew Smondulak, Product Manager at OpenPhone
- Adam Kropf, Sr Director of Product at Texada
- Jivan Ramashai, Director of Product at Vidyard
- Sally Niu, Product Manager at BraintrustSchedule:
- 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Social and snacks
- 6:00 - 7:15 pm: Panel
- 7:15 - 7:30 pm: Q&A
🚀 Jan 23, 2025: Product Leader Roundtable - AI
Where: Catalyst Commons (Kitchener)
How to join: invite-only (curated group)Join us on January 23rd for a roundtable with senior product leaders. We’ll explore how AI has changed your role and what changes you expect in the next 1-2 years.The discussion will be open for comments and follow-up questions to facilitate learning from each other.Schedule:
- 5:30 - 6:00 pm: Social and snacks
- 6:00 - 7:00 pm: Roundtable
Upcoming
🚀 Next event: coming soon!
To be announced soon
Resources
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