Shalane Katugampola
New York, New York, United States
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• Product Management leader with 20+ years of experience at top technology and consumer…
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Shalane Katugampola reposted thisCome join my team! Work with some of the most talented AI researchers on building the future of filmmaking, photography and design. It’s challenging, it’s fast-paced, it’s constantly evolving - but boy, is it fun 🙂 Links in the comments.Shalane Katugampola reposted thisProduct hiring at Adobe is at full speed right now and I have two roles I'm working on with Saigin Govender that I'm really excited about! Both Directors, both sitting in our Research org, and both focused on the AI models powering the future of creative work. 🖼️ Director of PM, GenAI Imaging Models — This person will own the roadmap for imaging AI across nearly every Adobe surface. Imaging is broader than it sounds — it's photos, vectors, and design assets. A big part of the role is setting our build vs. partner strategy for imaging models, auditing a large portfolio of active research projects, cutting duplication, and redirecting investment toward clear user impact. Strong strategic judgment and a genuine passion for creator workflows are a must. 📽️ Director of PM, GenAI Video Models — Same level of ownership, but focused on video and audio AI and how those capabilities ship into products like Premiere Pro and Frame.io. This person will also represent Adobe externally with enterprise customers at the VP and C-suite level, so comfort in high-stakes conversations matters here too. Video is the priority background, but experience with audio AI is a plus. For both roles, we're looking for someone who's technically credible with researchers and engineers, has real conviction about how creative professionals work, and has a strong ability to influence. These are player-coach roles: hands-on, high autonomy, and high impact. Previous people management experience is required. Feel free to apply directly or tag someone who might be a fit! Dropping the links for both roles in the comments below 👇🏻 #productmanagement #hiring #genAI
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Shalane Katugampola shared thisA huge congratulations to my old colleagues and friends at Daily Harvest as you embark on this exciting new chapter with Chobani ! 🚀Shalane Katugampola shared thisToday we are thrilled to announce that we are joining the Chobani family! At Daily Harvest, we have always been driven by our belief that everyone deserves health, nourishment, and happy outcomes. With Chobani, we are united by a shared vision: to make high-quality, delicious food with real ingredients more accessible. We could not imagine a better home for our incredible brand and are so excited to begin this next chapter.
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Shalane Katugampola shared thisWant to work together again? DM me if you’re interested in this exciting Senior Software Engineering opportunity!
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Shalane Katugampola shared thisShalane Katugampola shared thisI’m #hiring! We are building a new generation of Platform Products, Capital One's Decisioning Platform, that is being scaled across Capital One to serve hundreds of unique customer experiences & thousands of individual customer decisions per day. If you enjoy solving problems of scale & reusability this is the role for you! https://lnkd.in/gap2QpjSSr. Associate, Product Management, Decision OrchestrationSr. Associate, Product Management, Decision Orchestration
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Shalane Katugampola shared thisAn insightful article written by my talented husband Saigin Govender about the often-overlooked cost dynamics of AI.Shalane Katugampola shared thisAI Journal 1: The Overlooked Cost Dynamics of AI I hesitated creating this journal series. I mean, who needs another LinkedIn hot take on the future of AI? That said, there are only a handful of tier one AI Research groups out there (OpenAI, Google’s DeepMind, Meta’s FAIR, etc), and I was lucky enough to have led the Product org for one of them (FAIR). Between this experience, my AI advisory work, my time at Amazon launching the original Alexa, and my history tinkering with AI models dating back to 2004 (before it was all the jazz), I hope I can bring a unique perspective to the AI conversation grounded in real world AI experience. #AI #compute #costs #generativeAI #LLMs
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Shalane Katugampola shared thisLittle brother making the family proud 🙌🏽Shalane Katugampola shared thisI’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Regional Vice President, Western Canada at Sun Life Global Investments!
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Shalane Katugampola liked thisThis was a powerful room to be in and an incredible group of people to collaborate with. The future is not inevitable. And yet we often talk about the future of work as though it is something that will simply happen to us. It isn’t. The future of work is really the future of our livelihoods. How we earn, contribute, create, care, lead, and live. And many of the decisions shaping that future are being made right now, in boardrooms and institutions across the country and around the world. Without our presence and inclusion, how will we have a say in the decisions that affect us? That's what made the Women + Future of Work Symposium so powerful. Rather than asking people to react to someone else's vision of the future, we created a process for 130+ people across sectors to surface the tensions, questions, and possibilities they believed should be meaningfully considered. Because while foresight is about anticipating what might happen, it’s also about expanding our sense of what else is possible, and developing the agency and capacity to build it. I'm increasingly interested in the intersection of foresight, strategy, and collective intelligence: how we create containers that help people make sense of change, imagine alternatives, and participate in creating what comes next. I'll be writing, speaking, and facilitating more work in this territory in the coming months. If your organization is navigating change and looking for ways to stay relevant and impactful in a changing world, I’d love to collaborate.Shalane Katugampola liked thisAt Accelerate Her Future's Women + Future of Work Symposium, held in collaboration with the South Asian Women's Collective on June 1, futurist Negin Sairafi guided our morning Process Lab through a question most rooms never get honest enough to ask: What tension, insight, or question feels most important not to lose sight of when it comes to women + future of work? We read through every single reflection submitted to that question across the full Process Lab; all 274 of them. Here is what we learned: 🔑 Visibility ≠ power and influence. Being invited to the table and influencing what the table decides are two different things, and this room named the gap out loud. 🔑 "Programs" and "pathways" are not the same word. Programs create opportunities for learning and access, and pathways in how we design decent work structures. 🔑 Being handed a task in the workplace is not the same as being handed trust. Leaders delegate work, but rarely the trust, confidence, support, or authority that makes it possible for their team members to actually own it. 🔑 Discussions on AI brought a fine balance between hope and worry. Reflections on if AI "could reduce bias", or would accelerate it? Could it be designed in a way that centers people, or would it eliminate the very judgement it is meant to support? The room asked for real feedback loops, so the people affected by AI-driven decisions have a way to weigh in before the decision is made, not just adopt it after. 🔑 Insight is not impact. Some in the room asked the same uncomfortable question: are we just holding these discussions with those that are already bought in to reimagine and build new systems? The real change isn't what happens in this room; it's whether it reaches more of the people who hold the power, influence, vision, and resources to build prosperous futures for all. Facilitating a room to get this honest about the future of work is a real skill. We appreciate Negin, for holding the space that made it possible. Learn more about the Symposium: https://lnkd.in/e77aDWZb Intersectionality, Inclusive Career Development and Future of Work Knowledge Mobilization is funded by the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Centre - Centre des Compétences futures. #FutureOfWork #WomenInLeadership #Facilitation #ProcessLab #IntersectionalLeadership #DEI #AccelerateHerFuture #SouthAsianWomensCollective
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Shalane Katugampola liked thisDeeply honored to be recognized by the 212NYC New York's Digital Advertising Club for the Human-Centered Leadership Award honoree at the upcoming Annual Gala. ♥️ As our industry evolves at pace, our shared challenge and opportunity lies in how we keep human creativity, empathy, and connection at the center of everything we build. 🙏 Thank you to 212NYC for championing this and congratulations to my fellow honorees Kory Marchisotto, Jeff Lucas, Nick Tran, and Todd Kaplan! Looking forward to celebrating together on November 5th. #212NYC #LeadershipShalane Katugampola liked this✨Celebrating the 212NYC 2026 Gala & Excellence Awards Honorees! | 212NYC 12th Annual Gala | Nov. 5 On November 5, the New York advertising community will gather at Tribeca Rooftop for 212NYC New York's Digital Advertising Club's 12th Annual Gala & Excellence Awards, celebrating the trailblazers, innovators, and leaders shaping the future of our industry. Congratulations to the 2026 Honorees! 🔹Human Impact Award: Kory Marchisotto, President, E.L.F. BEAUTY 🔹Breakthrough Leader Award: Jeff Lucas. Chief Revenue Officer, Tubi 🔹Human-Centered Leadership Award: Chrissie Hanson, CEO, dentsu North America Media Practice, Global Brand President, Carat 🔹Innovation with Impact Award: Nick Tran, President & Chief Marketing Officer, Main Street Advisors 🔹Industry Luminary Award: Todd Kaplan, Chief Marketing Officer, North America, the Kraft Heinz Company As advertising evolves in the age of AI, join us as we celebrate the leaders whose vision, creativity, and integrity are defining what’s next, with humanity at the core. Your brand can be part of this special evening! Learn more and join us: https://lnkd.in/gNPh5eCk #212NYCGala, #HumanityinAction, #AdCommunity, #FutureofAdvertising
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Shalane Katugampola liked thisHad the honor of representing dentsu on a panel about agentic commerce at The ADVERTISING Club of New York’s inaugural Commerce Media Exchange Conference, alongside Mastercard, Wevo, and API. A few things we talked about: 🔹 Agentic is changing media buying: shifting from "execute the plan" to "continuously prove and reallocate". A fundamentally different skill set for a media team. 🔹 Agents are only as good as what they know about the person they're acting for. Grounding them in first-party, permissioned data instead of generic behavioral assumptions. 🔹 Brand differentiation in an agentic marketplace. Brands can't out-personalize the agent, but they can give it reasons to weight them beyond price including trust signals, loyalty history, and values alignment. Great conversation, great company on stage. Thanks to The Ad Club of NY for hosting! Seth Rogin Nitzan Shaer Nili KlenoffShalane Katugampola liked thisYesterday The AD Club launched our first annual Commerce Media Exchange Conference! There were candid conversations with agency and brand leaders, research study results shared and helpful case studies examined on stage! A special thank you to our Sponsors (Presenting Sponsor Best Buy Ads, Google, HP,and Participating Sponsor API), Speakers (Tracy Adams, PhD, Patrick Albano, Vanessa Blaber, Jason Colon, Dave DeRobbio, Paul Donato, Carl Fremont, Jayme Jansky Beck, Dave Kersey,Nili Klenoff, Ellen Hawes, Lauren Lavin, Rachna Narem, Seth Rogin, Mike Sallette, Nitzan Shaer, Stephen Sheron, Stefanie Stewart, Beth Wall, Anthony K. Wright, Kiri Masters, Jennifer Bryce), and Industry Partners (Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), The Drum) If you missed this important program and want to catch up you can view photos and the entire event on our webpage soon!
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Shalane Katugampola liked thisShalane Katugampola liked thisAlways learn a ton from Sureshmi (Sue) Shlapakovsky whenever she talks about the latest in AI. And of course, always fun to be the “model” for a slide like this 🔥
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Shalane Katugampola reacted on thisIAB’s first-ever CreatorFronts was major, with a star-studded stage including our own Cathy Boxall alongside leading creator Adam W, Made By Us Studios and TikTok! An insight I loved from Tanya Cohen: “make your consumer a fan, and they will buy more—storytelling is the unlock to that fandom.” One thing is clear: creator Hollywood is here to stay and the brands who jump in early will win.Shalane Katugampola reacted on thisYesterday at IAB' s inaugural CreatorFronts, dentsu's Cathy Boxall joined Tanya Cohen, MADE BY US Studios, creator Adam W and TikTok's Marisa Hammonds for a conversation on how creators are reshaping the future of entertainment. From digital fandom and creator-led storytelling to film, streaming, and brand partnerships, the discussion explored how the path from the phone screen to the big screen is getting shorter and what that means for marketers. As creators become a driving force behind audience discovery, cultural relevance, and intellectual property development, brands have new opportunities to engage audiences earlier and more authentically. Learn about dentsu's first-to-market partnership with Made By Us and watch this space for more updates on fresh content opportunities coming soon here: https://lnkd.in/eM2y2Qmw
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Shalane Katugampola liked thisShalane Katugampola liked thisOur September Partnerships LIVE! brought together Jennifer Bryce (dentsu), Austin Leonard (DG Media Network), Adam La Marca (DICK'S Sporting Goods), and Aaron Gallagher (Kinective Media℠ by United Airlines) to unpack what it takes to win during the most critical quarter of the year. 🎯 The conversation explored how brands can make the most of their retail media investments, align with evolving consumer intent, and drive measurable results throughout the holiday season. From shifting shopping behaviors to emerging retail media opportunities, our speakers shared practical strategies to help advertisers capture peak demand and finish the year strong.
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Shalane Katugampola liked thisA proud moment for dentsu and a powerful example of what we can achieve as One Team. Thank you to everyone at Netflix for your trust and partnership. We’re grateful for the opportunity to continue working together and excited for this next chapter across EMEA. Congratulations to everyone who made this possible. I’m incredibly proud of our teams whose passion, collaboration, and dedication made this achievement possible. I’m excited to begin this next chapter as Netflix’s sole holding-company media agency partner across EMEA, helping bring its stories to audiences throughout the region.Shalane Katugampola liked thisBIG NEWS | We’re pleased to share that dentsu has been appointed by Netflix as its sole holding-company media agency partner across EMEA, following a competitive pitch process. This builds on our long-standing partnership in the UK and extends our relationship into 21 additional markets. To deliver this, we’re bringing together senior talent from across dentsu’s Media Practice and Dentsu Lab through dentsu ENTS – one team, grounded in three principles: putting talent first, rooting our work in culture and treating local media as a creative playground. "This is a moment of real pride for dentsu. Our teams have shown what is possible when we combine regional scale with genuine local strategic thinking, approaching client relationships with both humility and ambition. We look forward to building on the strong foundations of our UK partnership and delivering outstanding work for Netflix across EMEA," says Amy Watt. We’re incredibly proud of the teams across our network and excited to build on this partnership, bringing Netflix’s stories to life across the region.
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Shalane Katugampola liked thisShalane Katugampola liked thisLast week we brought together Meta, TikTok, Reddit, Inc., Pinterest, Snap Inc. and YouTube for dentsu’s Total Social Mix Festival, exploring how brands can get the right social mix. From algorithms and native creative to paid social, search and measurement, we looked at how each ecosystem plays a different role and how they can work better together to drive business outcomes. A huge thank you to the brilliant people who shared their expertise and experience throughout the day: Andy Pringle, Lilas M., Alice Gray, Will Green, Nisha Mathews, Hannah Walker, Matthew Gerrard, Richard Hartigan, Caspar Williamson, Kate Mellett, Zanib Latif, Lucy Whitehead and Joel Bjarni Marlinarson. Events like this only happen because of the people behind them. Thank you to everyone across dentsu who helped bring the Social Mix Festival to life, both on stage and behind the scenes. We hope to see even more of you at the next one. #SocialMedia #DigitalMarketing #dentsu
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Shalane Katugampola reacted on thisShalane Katugampola reacted on thisBIG NEWS | We’re pleased to share that dentsu has been appointed by Netflix as its sole holding-company media agency partner across EMEA, following a competitive pitch process. This builds on our long-standing partnership in the UK and extends our relationship into 21 additional markets. To deliver this, we’re bringing together senior talent from across dentsu’s Media Practice and Dentsu Lab through dentsu ENTS – one team, grounded in three principles: putting talent first, rooting our work in culture and treating local media as a creative playground. "This is a moment of real pride for dentsu. Our teams have shown what is possible when we combine regional scale with genuine local strategic thinking, approaching client relationships with both humility and ambition. We look forward to building on the strong foundations of our UK partnership and delivering outstanding work for Netflix across EMEA," says Amy Watt. We’re incredibly proud of the teams across our network and excited to build on this partnership, bringing Netflix’s stories to life across the region.
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Amazon Accessibility Award Winner
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Winner of the inaugural Amazon Accessibility Award for Customer Delight
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Grace Hopper Conference Sponsorship Recipient
Amazon
Amongst a handful of individuals fully sponsored to represent Amazon at the 2018 Grace Hopper Conference
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Feature in University of Toronto News
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