ProductCamp SoCal is an all-volunteer initiative, comprising of Product Managers from multiple industries. If you want to pitch in, please hit the Volunteer button and Mark Kanitra, our volunteer coordinator, will follow-up with you soon.

Co-Founder, Executive Director | LinkedIn
Greg brings 13 years of product management and marketing experience from the information, software and e-commerce industries at companies like RealtyTrac, FICO, Experian and Alta Vista. He is the founder of Orange County Product Managers, a community of local product management and marketing professionals. Greg earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton. Greg and his wife live in Irvine with their three sons.

Co-Founder, Executive Director | LinkedIn
Mack is into gaming, living green, marketing, product management, scifi, & tech trends. Professionally, he has well over a decade of progressive experience: from being a UNIX sys admin; to building QA teams; and developing, launching, & managing telecommunications products and services worth tens of millions in annual revenue.

Director of Event Operations | LinkedIn
Dori has over 15 years of experience in marketing, business development, and product development project management. She has used her creative foundation of communication skills for results in successful projects at companies like Quantum Corporation and Linksys, and in the marketing of products and services in the small and mid size business market.

Director of Marketing | LinkedIn
Lidija developed, tested and successfully launched 23 consumer products, brands, and line extensions in her career as a brand marketer. In 2010, she launched her 24th product and brand: sift, cipher & bloom, a marketing services firm that sits at the intersection of consumer insight, marketing strategy and innovation. Some companies sift, cipher & bloom has the honor of working with include: Taco Bell; EZ Lube; Checker’s/Rally’s; Leprino Foods; Hips & Curves; Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners; Thinktopia; Activision.

Director of Planning Operations | LinkedIn
Chris brings over 15 years of brand and product marketing experience with industries such as food & beverage, industrial product manufacturing and commercial real estate technology. A graduate of Brigham Young University, Chris started his career in New York City working for global and boutique advertising agencies. Most recently Chris was VP of Product Development and Management at The UPS Stores in San Diego. Chris enjoys bringing his skill set to companies that embrace his 'practical' approach to solving market problems with innovative and profitable product solutions.

Volunteer Manager | LinkedIn
Mark has worked to fuel our independence for over 25 years.  After graduating from California State University, Fullerton he signed on with Chevron.  As a Territory Manager he has covered much of Southern California.  Recently he served as Chevron’s Market Optimization Specialist for North America, working to develop the company’s Strategic Network Plans.  In that role he standardized and streamlined the planning process and led the database development team to manage these plans.  His career in gasoline has kept him close to his greatest interest, the automobile.

Registration Manager | LinkedIn
As a product management professional for over 12 years in the technology and financial services areas, Chris is deeply rooted in the lifecycle of products. Chris has worked for small and large companies including as an investment banker and as a director in a money management firm. 

Chris has lived all over California before settling in Orange County. He is married and has a boy (10) and girl (6). Outside of work, Chris enjoy all types of exercise and competing in triathlons.

Website Manager | LinkedIn
Born in Buenos Aires to Taiwanese parents, Alex is a recent Cal State Fullerton's Marketing graduate with a solid foundation in designing 508 compliant websites as well as designing marketing collateral. He was able to work and quickly adapt to various geographical environment spanning from Taiwan to United States, as well as various industries which includes software, non-profit, and educational.

Alex plans to eventually pursue a marketing career spanning the globe! His biggest passion is travel and he wishes to visit every corner of the world one step at a time.

Guidebook Manager | LinkedIn
Professionally, Jason is a Global Product Manager for a consumer electronics manufacturer focusing on accessories for mobile devices (smartphones and tablets).  Prior to consumer electronics, Jason spent 8 years in Consumer Packaged Goods honing a diverse skill set with positions in market research, category management, and classic brand management.

Personally, Jason have been doing major renovations on the house for the past 2 years, slide in a round of golf every now and then, and just got into grilling/smoking.

Food and Beverage Manager | LinkedIn
Strategically minded, customer-focused executive with a demonstrated record of improving client service quality and business retention. Expertise spans multi site, multi divisional organizations with full P&L responsibility. Recognized as a leader in associate development, organizational restructuring, resource allocation and overall metric improvement. A customer advocate, Ed develop service organizations that take responsibility for delivering an extraordinary customer experience.

Presenter Manager | LinkedIn
Joe has 18 years experience in the building industry.  He has worked as a project manager, and as a sales representative having ten years of sales and consulting experience.  He has gained extensive knowledge in business development, advertising, and marketing including product development and market research.  Joe graduated from the University of Utah and is excited to be part of the PAC 12.  He has one passion,  recruiting presenters.

Event Program Manager | LinkedIn
Keri has an extensive background in product management in the information services and e-commerce industries. She has held positions at Experian, RealtyTrac and Freedom Interactive, and was very instrumental in launching several high profile campaigns.  Additionally, she is recognized for excelling in team leadership, full product strategic development and deploying solutions that address client objectives.  Keri has a Bachelors degree in Business from University of Phoenix and a Master Certificate in Applied Project Management from Villanova University.