Chris La Pietra is an accomplished product manager with experience developing and managing portfolios of technology-driven products for startups and large corporations. He has extensive expertise in both mass-market cloud-based digital platforms and mass-produced integrated hardware, software, and embedded products. Chris holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, with a Minor in Management from Haskayne School of Business at The University of Calgary. He has also completed a Product Management MBA from ProdMBA and a Computer Science Transfer Program at Mount Royal University.

Chris has held various senior positions in product management during his career. He is currently a Senior Product Manager at Native Instruments, where he manages portfolios of products, and formerly worked as a Product Manager at Shaw Communications. Before venturing into product management, Chris founded Gig Media and held various roles in project and interactive management at Critical Mass, William Joseph Communications, and Pump Interactive.