ProductTank July 2025: Systems Thinking & Product Pivots

Join us for a special ProductTank PDX this July!

We’re excited to welcome two incredible speakers, Deanna Mustain (Sr. Product Manager @ Duolingo) and Joel Morrissette (Director of Product @ TenASys Corporation), for an evening all about unlocking innovation and pivoting your product. As always, we’ll also have plenty of time to meet other product folks over drinks and tasty snacks.

📅 Thursday, July 24, 2025
🕕 6:00 – 8:00pm
📍 Kiln

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### Unlocking Innovation: The Power of Systems Thinking in Product Management

In this talk, Deanna Mustain shares how systems thinking can unlock innovation, clarity, and speed in fast-moving product environments. Drawing from her work at Duolingo, where she launched 0-1 features for the Music product, led multiple roadmaps to drive growth, and transformed the company’s Product Review process, Deanna will unpack the frameworks behind high-quality decision-making, creative alignment, and scalable product development. Through concrete examples and practical tools, she’ll show how systems thinkers build teams, products, and processes that deliver long-term impact—even in the most ambiguous spaces.

About Deanna:
Deanna Mustain is a product leader with a decade of experience at the intersection of creativity and technology. At Duolingo, she co-led development of the company’s Music product, launched features like Popular Songs with Sony Music, and previously ran Product Operations, building programs that transformed company-wide product excellence. Before moving into tech, Deanna performed as a classical violist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She holds degrees from Stanford, the San Francisco Conservatory, and the New England Conservatory.

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### This is Fine: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Pivot

About Joel:
Joel is an experienced Director of Product Management with a career journey building and leading high-performing, cross-functional teams across corporate, agency, and startup environments. He’s a versatile leader with expertise spanning product management, product design, hardware and software engineering, user experience, and visual design. Joel is passionate about using design thinking principles to grow a culture of collaboration and empower teams to create impactful solutions.

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🎉 Don’t miss it!

Come connect with fellow product managers, designers, engineers, and enthusiasts over drinks and snacks. See you there!