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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: The hidden tax on Innovation: Making the tough calls on legacy products and technical debt
Every product leader knows that unchecked legacy products and mounting technical debt act as a "hidden tax," draining engineering capacity and crippling innovation velocity. This panel tackles the political, organizational, and financial gravity of portfolio rationalization. We will discuss and debate the strategic frameworks required to set clear, data-driven sunset criteria for profitable but stagnant products. Attendees will gain actionable insights on how to quantify technical debt as a business risk, secure alignment with finance and engineering leaders, and effectively reallocate freed-up resources to fund the next generation of growth products and competitive AI initiatives.