Designing a Portfolio Career AI Can’t Replace

Hosted by Christine Perfetti

Thu, May 14, 2026

4:00 PM UTC (45 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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Women Reimagining: A Summit for Navigating Mid-Career Reinvention
Jade Singleton, Amy Heymans, Mugdha Kulkarni, Kenyetta Hall, Tamara Adlin, and Host: Christine Perfetti
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What you'll learn

How UX and Product leaders design careers in the age of AI

Many practitioners are expanding beyond one job to blend strategy, advisory work, teaching and AI-informed practices.

Why “One Job = Security” No Longer Works (Especially Now)

AI is reshaping UX, design, and product workflows. Layoffs are normal. We’ll cover what to build instead.

How to Design a Portfolio Career Without Huge Pivots

You don’t need to quit your job or reinvent yourself overnight. You’ll learn how to identify 2–3 aligned income paths.

The Only You Reinvention Framework

Clarify your Zone of Genius, translate your strengths into economic value, and design a sustainable mix of work.

Why this topic matters

Across UX and Product, the traditional career path is becoming less reliable. AI is accelerating change, but it’s also exposing what truly differentiates experienced practitioners. Many are responding by designing portfolio career with multiple income streams and roles that create resilience, flexibility, and continued growth. This session introduces a practical way to rethink career security.

You'll learn from

Christine Perfetti

CEO, Lift Up Connections [Ex-GoFundMe, TuneIn, Acquia, Carbonite]

After 25 years as a Product and UX leader and earning her M.S. in Social Psychology from Brown University, Christine realized professional success doesn’t guarantee fulfillment.


Christine built Lift Up Connections for women who are navigating the messy middle of reinvention, identity shifts, leadership evolution, and life transitions and want something deeper than networking.


Transformation accelerates in community. And mid-career isn’t a decline. It’s a design moment.


  • Master's Degree, Social Psychology, Brown University
  • Guest Lecturer, Harvard Business School and HBS Startup Bootcamp
  • Founder of Lift Up Connections
  • Former VP and Head of User Experience: Center Centre/User Interface Engineering, Carbonite, Acquia


Previously at GoFundMe, Acquia, TuneIn

GoFundMe
Harvard Business School
Acquia
Penn Medicine
TuneIn
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