Marissa "Reese" Gifford

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Reese is a visionary executive who delivers the strategy and road maps that align enterprise goals, investments and capabilities with emerging market and customer needs for high-tech companies. With the proven ability to develop and communicate clear direction and goals across functions, she partners with engineering, business and external stakeholders to sustain focus and achieve milestones.

S5E4: Authenticity Over 'Fake It': Lessons in Leadership and Life with Reese Gifford
May 5, 2026

S5E4: Authenticity Over 'Fake It': Lessons in Leadership and Life wit…

At some point in your career, you have to decide who you’re going to be when things are uncomfortable. In this episode of Productly Speaking, returning guest Reese Gifford joins Karl Abbott to talk about authenticity and humi...

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S3E4: Open Source, Real Business: Lessons from Mozilla and Microsoft with Reese Gifford
Aug. 5, 2025

S3E4: Open Source, Real Business: Lessons from Mozilla and Microsoft …

What happens when the people building your product do not work for your company, and still feel deep ownership over every decision? In this episode, Karl talks with Reese Gifford about the lived reality of building products i...

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