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Natasha
Harpalani
Senior Technical Product Manager, Clean Energy
Amazon Web Services
Natasha Harpalani is a Senior Technical Product Manager within AWS's Clean Energy and Sustainability team where she works with energy companies to modernize the electric grid through cloud technologies. Prior to AWS, Natasha worked on IoT products at Mainspring Energy, a climate technology company that developed the linear generator which delivers onsite, 24/7, fuel-flexible, and clean power to the electric grid. She has a decade of experience building technology products at startups and Fortune 100 companies. She is passionate about using her experience to help build solutions to climate change. Outside of work, Natasha volunteers with the Young Professionals in Energy organization within NYC, mentors through First Round Capital and Girls Who Code, and is a former fellow within the Clean Energy Leadership Institute. In her free time, Natasha loves to scuba dive and discover new restaurants in NYC. She majored in Operations Research and Financial Engineering and minored in Computer Science at Princeton University.
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27 March 2026 13:15 - 14:15
Panel: Bridging the divide: Mastering cross-cultural alignment for global product success
As product organizations scale internationally, cultural misalignment becomes the silent killer of global growth velocity. Differences in time zones, communication styles (high-context vs. low-context), and market-specific expectations can cripple launch timelines and dilute product quality. This session moves beyond simple localization to debate the complex challenge of global product governance and leadership. We will discuss: - Designing an operating model that balances global consistency with local autonomy (the "Glocal" strategy). - Establishing strategic empathy across decentralized teams to ensure the roadmap addresses core regional needs, not just HQ's priorities. - The product leaders role in using data to mediate cultural differences and depoliticize roadmap decisions. - Creating a common, high-bandwidth communication framework to ensure strategic goals are interpreted and executed uniformly across continents.