Chief Product Officer | Board Director | Enterprise Transformation

"AI does not transform organizations. Redesigning the systems AI operates in does."

Uta Knäblein

I integrate AI into product, platforms, and operating models. I diagnose what limits scale, align organizations around measurable outcomes, and redesign the systems that determine performance.

Organizations rarely struggle because they lack ideas or talent. They struggle because their systems were designed for an earlier stage of growth.

I have spent my career at these inflection points, the moments when a company needs to evolve its structure, not just optimize what exists. Every role I have held, from FinTech to AdTech, ConsumerTech to HealthTech, followed the same pattern: a platform business sitting on behavioral data it was not yet using, an operating model built for an earlier stage, and a team ready to do more if the systems let them.

That is what I do. I redesign operating models, decision systems, and monetization architecture so organizations can scale beyond the stage they were built for. I integrate AI into product, platforms, and workflows, not as a technology layer, but as a business system grounded in unit economics, LTV, NRR, and payback periods. I manage the tension between protecting today's balance sheet and building tomorrow's valuation.

This work has taken me across JPMorgan Chase (where I led product experience and the integration of the $35M BloomSpot acquisition), Outbrain (leveraging predictive ML for content recommendation at scale), iHeartMedia (scaling digital revenue from $400M to $1B+ across 250+ platforms and 167M users), and WeightWatchers (global product and experience strategy for a behavioral change platform going through a structural transformation).

95% team retention. 85% Gallup engagement score. I build high-performing, cross-functional organizations and I do not lose the people in the process.

I hold a dual US/EU citizenship and I am fluent in English and German, familiar with SEC disclosure and Nasdaq governance as well as the EU AI Act, DORA, and European two-tier board structures.

Currently Co-Founder and Board Director at ZerøFHE, productizing deep-tech infrastructure in the Fully Homomorphic Encryption space, and Executive in Residence (Digital Transformation) at NYU School of Professional Studies.

MY EXPERTISE

My approach to product strategy begins with the customer, then the economics of the business, not the roadmap. I align product direction with unit economics, CAC/LTV dynamics, margin structure, and capital efficiency so every decision strengthens enterprise performance.

Modern products do not scale through funnels. They scale through loops: self-reinforcing systems where acquisition, retention, and monetization compound. I design product ecosystems around this architecture, aligning product, marketing, sales, data, engineering and finance around a shared growth engine.

The goal is not conversion. It is to build systems where value creation and value capture compound, strengthening retention, accelerating growth, and increasing long-term enterprise value.

AI does not transform organizations on its own. The systems AI operates in do. I integrate AI into product, platforms, and operating models embedding it into decision infrastructure, personalization, adaptive experiences, monetization, and workflows, not bolting it on as a feature.

Sustainable innovation is the output of well-designed systems, not isolated ideas. I build environments where experimentation is disciplined, learning is continuous, and innovation becomes repeatable rather than accidental - combining bold thinking with operational rigor so risk is intentional, measured, and economically sound.

The goal is not innovation velocity. It is innovation that improves efficiency, strengthens margins, and compounds enterprise value.

Brand and experience are not surface-level expressions, they are an integrated system that directly influences revenue, trust, and enterprise value. Strong brands are built through consistent signals across every interaction: visual, verbal, behavioral, technological, and cultural.

I build scalable experience frameworks that ensure coherence across platforms and touchpoints, reducing friction, improving conversion, strengthening retention, and increasing lifetime value. When brand and experience are aligned with operating models and decision systems, customer trust compounds, adoption accelerates, and growth becomes more efficient over time.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Scaled digital revenue from $400M to $1B+ over three years across 250+ platforms serving 167M users at iHeartMedia.

AS YOUR CPO

The executive team will be aligned across product, sales, finance, marketing, engineering, and technology. AI investments will be embedded in the operating model, not stuck in pilots. Teams will know what they are building and why.

AI-Integration

Organizations are adding AI everywhere and seeing returns nowhere. I embed AI into product, platforms, and operating models so it drives decisions, monetization, and growth - not just demos.

Structural Transformation

I redesign operating models, decision systems, and execution infrastructure so organizations can scale beyond the stage they were built for. 95% retention and 85% Gallup engagement scores are how I know it's working.

Financial Architecture

I manage the tension between protecting today's balance sheet and building tomorrow's valuation. Product-led growth, unit economics, and monetization architecture grounded in P&L accountability, not theory.

AS YOUR BOARD MEMBER

Product and technology oversight from someone who has sat in the operator's chair, not advised from the outside. A director who understands SEC disclosure and EU AI Act compliance from experience, not from briefing documents. A dual US/EU perspective at the table, someone fluent in both markets, both languages, and both governance models. And a board member who has invested her own capital in a deep-tech company, because I do not advise on risk I would not take myself.

DATA POINTS

$400M → $1B+

DIGITAL

REVENUE

300+

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM SIZE

PATENTS

FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN

15+

INDUSTRY SECTOR EXPERIENCE

BACHELOR IN DIGITAL MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS

(NYU)

MASTER IN LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION

(UQ BIZ SCHOOL)

CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL COACH (ICF-PCC)

CERTIFIED EXECUTIVE AND LEADERSHIP COACH (CEC)

CERTIFIED IN: CHANGE LEADERSHIP, CULTURE CHANGE, STRATEGIC PLANNING & EXECUTION, POWER & INFLUENCE, COMMUNICATION, TIME & PRODUCTIVITY, PERCEPTUAL SHIFTING, PXT ASSESSMENTS

OPERATING EXPERIENCE

Operating Roles

ZerøFHE

NYU (SPS)

WeightWatchers
iHeartMedia
Viacom / Nickelodeon
Outbrain
JPMorgan Chase
American Express
NBCUniversal
Time Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
German Accelerator

STRATEGIC ECOSYSTEMS

Amazon · Meta · Google · Apple · Microsoft · Adobe
Deloitte · KPMG · Publicis

Adobe ·Amplitude · Braze · Glassbox · Algolia · mParticle · data.ai

JW Player · Gracenote · OneTrust · Zoom · Teams

Smart TV · Automotive OEM · Airline Platforms

INDUSTRY CONTEXT

Finance & FinTech
Enterprise Technology
AI & Data Platforms
Healthcare & Pharma
Consumer Platforms
Digital Media
E-commerce
Automotive
Insurance
Education
Non-Profit

AdTech

ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION | BOARD GOVERNANCE | AI-INTEGRATION