Teresa Cain
Speaker, Bestselling Author, Strategy Consultant
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Teresa Cain is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and technology executive who has led global product and user experience teams for more than 17 years and has held significant roles at SS&C Technologies, H&R Block, Lexmark, Netsmart Technologies, Service Management Group and TreviPay. Teresa is the Founder and President of Lucid Startup Consulting and has diverse experience as a speaker and coach for startups and technology firms and in leading product management, design, research, strategy, and innovation sessions. Her impressive journey includes hundreds of high profile organizations including teams at Amazon, Microsoft, Tesla, Vanguard, Deloitte, and Red Ventures.
Teresa is the Bestselling author of Solving Problems in 2 Hours: How to Brainstorm and Create Solutions with Two Hour Design Sprints released in 2023 and is also the highest-rated and best-selling instructor for design sprint and product management courses on Udemy for her courses “Product Strategy & Roadmapping” and “2 Hour Design Sprints: Learn how to solve problems and design products in just 2 hours vs. 5 days.”
In 2024, Teresa received a Forty Under 40 Award from Ingram’s Magazine. Teresa received a prestigious Emerging Scholar Award in 2023 from the International Conference on Design Principles and Practices for her research “Putting Into Practice Evolving Design Thinking Methods at Technology Firms: The Evolution To 2 Hour Design Sprints.” She was also a 2022 Women in IT Summit & Award Series Finalist for Advocate of the Year.
Teresa earned a BS in Journalism from the William Allen White School of Journalism and a BA in English from The University of Kansas. She earned an Executive MBA (EMBA) from Rockhurst University and a Master’s of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services (MIIPS) at Carnegie Mellon University. She also completed Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management Executive Program for Product Strategy methods, a program with a focus on discovering, developing, managing and marketing products as a business. Her certifications include Pragmatic Marketing Certified III ©, Net Promoter Certified Associate, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Master, Project Management Professional and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
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UXDX EMEA
How to Create a Strategic Roadmap
Agile & Beyond 2023 Sessionize Event
UXDX USA 2023 Workshop
Solving Problems in 2 Hours: How to Brainstorm and Create Solutions with 2 Hour Design Sprints
UXDX USA 2023 Panel
When to Adopt a New Framework
DeveloperWeek Management 2023 Sessionize Event
Midwest Leadership Summit
Leadership, strategy and innovation for leaders.
Emerging Scholar Award Design Principles & Practices
2023 Emerging Scholar Award recipient accetpance event
Putting Into Practice Evolving Design Thinking Methods at Technology Firms: The Evolution To 2 Hour
Academic presentation on evolving design sprint methods at technology firms.
Emerging Technologies Buy Now, Pay Later
The future of BNPL
Designing a Successful 2 Hour Design Sprint
Workshop and certification on benefits and execution of 2 hour Design Sprints!
Women in Product - Product Blender
Accelerate your product roadmap with 2 Hour Design Sprints
Be Customer Led Podcast
Running Design Sprints for Impact
Catalytic Icon Show
Female founder icons and influencing the industry.
UXDX USA
2 Hour Design Sprints
WISTEMM Series Presented by Burns & Mcdonnell
How to Create a Strategic Roadmap
UXDX USA Community East
Empowering High Performance Teams with Better Work Practices
WISTEMM Series Presented by Burns & Mcdonnell
How to Run a Successful Virtual Design Sprint
UXDX East
Designing a Successful 2 Hour Design Sprint
ProductWorld 2022 Sessionize Event
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