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Uma 

Welingkar

Fractional CPO

AcornOak Community

Uma Welingkar is a seasoned product and engineering executive with a track record of driving innovation, operational excellence, and revenue growth for global enterprise software companies. Recognized as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology (2021), she specializes in SaaS transformation, AI-driven product innovation, and global product operations. With leadership experience at Avalara, Infor, Oracle, and multiple startups, Uma excels in strategic product management, M&A integrations, and scaling high-performing teams across global markets. Passionate about delivering customer-centric solutions, she now offers fractional CPO services to help businesses streamline product strategy, optimize operations, and accelerate growth. I am passionate about getting more women in technology (STEM) early in school. I believe in strength in numbers (nod to the Golden State Warriors, my home team) and getting people ahead at every level of their career. I love all sports especially college basketball here in the US (March Madness), baseball and cricket (who knew thats possible!).
Enterprise
Scale-up
Start-up
Executive
B2B
AI / ML
Banking / Financial Services / Payments
HealthTech / Healthcare
Retail
Saas
Career progression
Finding my first job in product management
Leadership skills
New product development
Personal development
Product discovery
Product innovation
Product marketing
Product operations
Product skills development
Product vision
Roadmapping and prioritisation
Scaling product organisations
Stakeholder management
Strategic thinking
Team management
Transitioning into product management

Cross-functional alignment, Global Team management,Product Operations with agile methodologies to align with Engg, M&A process, Build, Buy and partner strategy, sunset features/product especially in SaaS, UX alignment, using product tools effectively.

Move into product from engg, support and pre-sales, consulting (what to shed from roles before and embrace product skills)

I am based in SF and plan to be in London from June until December so can do some in person sessions while I am there as well.

There are lots of resources for PM and listed a few here

Good framework for product management

https://www.pragmaticinstitute.com/

Access to product leaders, webinars and articles

Research, Podcasts & Videos

https://www.mindtheproduct.com/

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