Crowley CPO on Digital Transformation Solving Global Supply Chain Problems

Shashank Panchangam

Crowley, Chief Product Officer

Shashank Panchangam has joined the Crowley Solutions team as Chief Product Officer. In his role, Shashank leads the product, data science, platform ecosystem, and go-to-market teams. Shashank brings more than two decades of combined experience in product management, research and product development, executive consulting, and digitally transforming, and expanding businesses across the world. He joins Crowley from one of the world’s largest oil field services companies, where he is credited with heading a diverse team across the world and building the Oil & Gas industry's first cloud-native platform, and converting 80% of their products into SaaS offerings. His products were finalists in World Oil awards. He worked with all major National Oil Companies to transform their business in his three-year ex-pat stint as a digital officer for the Middle East and Asia Pacific. He is a globally recognized thought leader and was elected to the Board of Directors of a nonprofit industry-leading data standards body to help rationalize data standards across the value chain. He is an industry-recognized speaker and is part of the select Chief Information/Product Officers group. He is part of various incubation initiatives and advises and works closely with for-profit and non-profit startups. He has a Digital Business Strategy certification from the Columbia School of Business and a Master's in Computer Science from Northern Illinois.

About the host

Brian Root

Vice President of Product Management

I am a collaborative, patent-holding product executive specializing in building impactful customer-facing digital products in eCommerce, FinTech and InsureTech. I have over 12 years of experience leading and managing cross-functional product and design teams at all stages from Series A to Fortune top 2 (Amazon and Walmart). I have built and scaled teams from 0 to up to 15 individuals on several occasions, and I particularly enjoy the challenges of hiring and structuring teams. My passion as a leader has always been to unlock the potential of my reports and mentees. I strongly believe that an impactful, scalable what" (the product) is the result of a strong understanding of the "why" (user and business needs) and "how" (product management and design best practices).