How to Lead as an Individual Contributor (IC)

People who have the ability to Lead as an Individual Contributor (IC) through influence get the opportunity to work on the most impactful projects, get the most mentorship/sponsorship, are put in positions of leadership, get promoted and as a result have significantly higher compensation. In this session I want to share how you can develop these skills to lead as an IC and accelerate your career.

You'll learn from

Satish Mummareddy

Ex PM Leader at Meta, Yelp and Yahoo. Founder Crossing Career Chasms.

In my 20 year career as a product & engineering leader, I have led & scaled products at Meta, Yelp, Yahoo and VideoMining.

At Meta, I led teams building AI agents, content & product recommendations, teen safety & well-being, civic engagement and advertising products. I coached 250+ PMs at Meta.
At Yelp, I grew the services verticals and self-serve ads businesses.
At Yahoo, I supported the video platforms & personalization teams.
At VideoMining, I started led computer vision research and engineering to build AI driven products. I authored 20+ approved patents.

I left Meta recently to help people cross career chasms by developing leadership & product skills.

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