About Us
Orange County Product Managers is a community of product management and product marketing professionals in Orange County, California that facilitates the exchange of ideas, resources and contacts between those in the community. OCPM is not a traditional professional association. There are no membership dues and its events are open to anyone working in product management or marketing within the Orange County business community. Founded in June 2009, Orange County Product Managers is now an incorporated non-profit company, has a LinkedIn group of over 1,000 members, hosts regular networking & educational meetings, and created Orange County's largest event for product professionals: ProductCamp SoCal.
Leadership Team
Greg White - President & Founder
Greg brings 16 years of product management and marketing experience from the information, software and e-commerce industries at companies like Experian, FICO, First American, LPS, RealtyTrac, and Alta Vista. He is the founder of Orange County Product Managers and ProductCamp SoCal. He has also founded AlignPS, a product mangement and marketing consultancy that helps companies grow their businesses by aligning their product strategies with their target markets. Greg earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton. Greg and his wife live in North Tustin with their three sons.
Mark Kanitra - Secretary
As a Territory Manager at Chevron, Mark covered much of Southern California and led the development of over 30 Chevron stations. This success led to his role as Chevron's Market Optimization Specialist where he managed the Strategic Planning process for the North American markets. In that role he standardized and streamlined the Strategic Planning process and led a database development team to enhance the management of these plans. Today he is helping to develop the future fueling infrastructure with an emphasis on alternative fuels and also helping the present network of service stations to reduce their own energy needs by promoting energy efficiency upgrades.
Joe Greenwald - Treasurer
Joe has over 20 years of product management, marketing, and business leadership experience. His background includes developing both B2B and B2C products in the consumer information, financial services, auto sales, membership, SaaS, eCommerce, and travel markets for organizations such as TRW, Credentials Services International, Associated Travel International, Experian, and CU Direct Corp. He currently focuses on Data Solutions products for CoreLogic. Joe earned his BA at UC Berkeley and holds an MBA from UC Irvine.
AMOL DALVI - Marketing Director
A true software geek, Amol Dalvi’s tech career began in software development in the ‘90s and hasn’t slowed down since. Prior to joining Nerdio, Amol was CTO and Co-Founder of a marketing software firm as well as an angel investor in a handful of innovative start-up companies in Indianapolis. Now, Amol is VP, Product at Nerdio, where his passion lies in building easy-to-use, uber-intuitive software products. When Amol isn’t banishing IT headaches for SMBs by making magic happen behind the scenes at Nerdio, you‘ll find him biking, hiking, running, or walking the many beautiful trails in Southern California.
Gerry Caballero - program Director
Gerry brings over 20 years of accomplishments in designing, launching and marketing successful products and services. Gerry has led product management teams at Fortune Global 500 firms, including Accenture, Generali Group and Sabre, as well as at startups, such as Exult, Inc. (now Alight Solutions, a Blackstone portfolio company). He has taught as a field instructor at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business, and holds a patent with Accenture for a global e-commerce system that is currently used by dozens of airlines and millions of consumers. Gerry holds a BA in Economics from The University of California, Irvine and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
MANA SADEGHI- CREATIVE Director
Mana is a curious, energetic, and results-driven professional specialized in product marketing, digital marketing, user experience design and brand development. She currently works at WHA as a Marketing Specialist where she has transformed company's brand image by developing and executing creative ideas for the marketing strategies. She designs and manages company’s digital marketing platforms such as website, blog, email marketing, and social media.
Mana has a BSc degree in Computer Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University and a Master’s degree in Engineering Management with focus on Marketing from UC Irvine School of Business.
Mana has a BSc degree in Computer Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University and a Master’s degree in Engineering Management with focus on Marketing from UC Irvine School of Business.
alex natelli - Operations Director
Alex brings more than 15-years of success in product management, marketing, and technology leadership. His broad, international experience includes SaaS platforms, enterprise applications, and digital strategy at companies like PeopleSoft, Fonterra, and Intergen. He is a serial entrepreneur who helps B2B and B2C companies with marketing analysis, product development, and sales enablement.Alex earned a BA from UC Santa Barbara and a Masters in Information Management from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. In his spare time, Alex enjoys hiking, photography, and running a self-defense school in Irvine, CA.
Membership
Orange County Product Managers is not a traditional professional association. There are no membership dues. Registration fees collected at networking and educational events are kept as low as possible. We firmly believe in providing good value at a fair price. Therefore, only those who actually attend our meetings are asked to fund those meetings.
We regard anyone who participates in the LinkedIn group, networking meetings, workshops or other events as members of our community. We welcome ALL product managers and product marketers located in the Orange County, CA area into the Orange County Product Managers community!
We regard anyone who participates in the LinkedIn group, networking meetings, workshops or other events as members of our community. We welcome ALL product managers and product marketers located in the Orange County, CA area into the Orange County Product Managers community!