Despina Kitsou
Senior Product Line Manager, Nokia
With over 16 years of experience in the ICT and telecom industry, Despina is a Senior Product Line Manager at Nokia. She leads the technical launch of an emerging AI/ML Cloud Native solution for access network nodes. Despina serves as the prime interface towards customers in the European region, representing and advocating the product. She defines and prioritizes product requirements, and influences the product roadmap based on customer input, product portfolio strategy, market trends, competitive intelligence, and knowledge of applicable technologies.
Despina possesses a strong technical background and has a clear understanding and working experience in Agile Scrum software development. She leads cross-functional teams from product inception to product delivery and optimization in multiple regions. Despina also develops and leads business cases for complex or significant proposals for the product. She is passionate about women empowerment and diversity, actively volunteering as an #IAmRemarkable facilitator, Lean In Circle Founder (Women in Product Greece), Nokia StrongHer Project leader, and Google Women Techmakers Ambassador. Additionally, she contributes to the Greek technological ecosystem as a member of the organizing committee of OpenConf conference.
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Diversity And Inclusion DEI Summit 2024
Mental Health
[Panel Discussion] Mental Health: A Roadmap to Foster Psychological Safety in the Workplace
The discussion will delve into what psychological safety is and why it's key to creating a supportive work environment. People need to feel safe to share ideas without the fear of being judged. We'll look at ways to build this safety, like listening well, being clear when we talk, and valuing different backgrounds. Leaders and organizations can help by giving mental health support, making it easy to give and get feedback, and promoting a good balance between work and life. Those who join us will learn useful tips and steps to make their workplace safer for everyone's mental health. This can lead to better well-being for all employees.
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PLG Disrupt Summit 2023
Roadmapping
Your Guide to Roadmapping: How to Unleash Customer-Facing Skills & Craft an Irresistible Product Roadmap
This workshop will instruct participants on creating a customer-centric roadmap, essential for business prosperity. Participants will acquire skills to comprehend customer needs, prioritize satisfaction, and foster robust relationships. Through interactive exercises, attendees will learn to tailor presentations to address customer challenges and enhance credibility.
The session offers methods to simplify technical information for clients, encompassing lucid communication strategies, case analyses, and practical activities. Attendees will also master addressing customer concerns and expectations, thereby improving transparency and fostering relationships via role-playing and discourse. Strategies for engaging with customer inquiries and resistance will be covered, with an emphasis on active listening and empathetic interaction, as well as managing question-and-answer sessions efficiently.
Conclusively, attendees will develop practical skills to promote a customer-focused strategy, refine presentations, elucidate technical matters, address concerns, and navigate objections.
The session offers methods to simplify technical information for clients, encompassing lucid communication strategies, case analyses, and practical activities. Attendees will also master addressing customer concerns and expectations, thereby improving transparency and fostering relationships via role-playing and discourse. Strategies for engaging with customer inquiries and resistance will be covered, with an emphasis on active listening and empathetic interaction, as well as managing question-and-answer sessions efficiently.
Conclusively, attendees will develop practical skills to promote a customer-focused strategy, refine presentations, elucidate technical matters, address concerns, and navigate objections.
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Women in Tech Summit 2023
The Importance of Negative Feelings
As children we learn that all ""negative"" feelings are bad thus we should not have them. Do not fear, do not get sad, do not get angry. Especially for girls - no matter the aspect affected in their lives. In this session Despina Kitsou Product Manager SDN Cloud Native Nokia, will explain why in order to move forward we need to get angry and how that can help us overcome barriers and limitations that are put in front of us or we impose on ourselves.
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Mental Health
