Holly
Holbrook
Product Operations Manager
Nylas
As a Product Operations Manager at Nylas, Holly develops and oversees processes to streamline product development and facilitate relationships and information sharing between product management and the greater organization. With starting her career in Product Management and moving into Product Operations Holly has a wide range of knowledge when it comes to Product teams, tools, and communication. Holly relies heavily on her discovery tactics from her product management days to recognize and solve the problems that arise. Holly has a Bachelors of Science in Information Technology -Specialization in Software Systems Engineering. Outside of her professional life, Holly is raising her 5-year-old son, being a single mom has taught her how to juggle work and life, and sometimes picking it all back up after dropping the balls. Holly's innovative approach, deep technical expertise, and passion for product makes her a strong voice in the industry.
20 March 2025 13:30 - 14:30
Interactive roundtable discussions
In this session, you'll get a chance to connect with your fellow attendees in structured roundtable discussions. Identify your biggest current challenge, celebrate a recent win, join the conversation, and meet like-minded product ops managers who'll help you find meaningful solutions. Topics include: 1 - Diana Soler (Assent) discussing: "Continued challenges in getting product leaders to collaborate with product ops and practical advice and tactics to decrease tension in the room." 2 - Holly Holbrook (Nylas) discussing: "Integrating discovery work into the product operations lifecycle: Enhancing collaboration across departments and using that to prioritize your product ops work." 3 - Maheen Abassi (Uber) discussing: "How to nail a prod ops interview" 4 - Sam George (Pinterest) discussing: "Automating your operational workflows. How to approach making the flow of tasks, documents, and information, perform independently within the organization." 5 - Ali Motto (GrubHub) discussing: "The role of product operations in planning processes" 6 - Bobby Schaffer (athenahealth) discussing: "How to enhance alpha/beta testing"