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Kara
Reinsel
Former Director, Product Management
Ritchie Bros
Kara Reinsel is a product management leader with 15+ years building and scaling products at the intersection of vision and execution. Kara has led SaaS, PaaS, and large-scale platform initiatives across the private and public sectors—including at Veracode, Ritchie Bros., and within government at 18F, cloud.gov, and Kessel Run/United States Air Force. Known for turning complexity into clarity, Kara has guided teams through critical platform rebuilds, legacy system modernizations, and product launches that secured multimillion-dollar contracts and dramatically improved user adoption. Whether navigating high-stakes multi-stakeholder environments or building collaborative cultures where product and engineering teams thrive, Kara brings a focus on solving real-world problems and delivering measurable impact. A passionate mentor to emerging product leaders, Kara believes the best products come from empowered teams and relentless user focus. Kara has her MBA from the F.W. Olin School of Business at Babson College and her BA from Hood College.
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28 January 2026 10:15 - 11:00
Panel | Modernizing legacy systems to accelerate product velocity
Every product leader knows the pain of technical debt that slows releases, frustrates engineers, and clashes with commercial goals. Yet large-scale modernization can easily spiral into years of rework and resistance especially when change feels like it’s getting in the way of innovation. In this panel, product and engineering leaders unpack how they’ve led modernization as an act of effective change management keeping teams aligned, motivated, and focused on delivering impact while evolving their systems. Key takeaways: → Build modernization into your roadmap without derailing delivery or customer commitments. → Use incremental change to show tangible progress and maintain momentum. → Balance long-term tech investment with short-term business targets to preserve speed and trust.