Shawkat Kabbara is an accomplished product management leader who has built and launched products used by over one billion users. With a startup mentality, he is always learning, experimenting, and looking for ways to improve his products. Kabbara is an expert at cross-functional collaboration and has a keen sense of design and product usability.

Kabbara studied Computer Science at Georgia Tech and completed Executive Education in Marketing at Duke University – The Fuqua School of Business. He has held various roles in well-known tech companies such as Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Yahoo!, where he was responsible for product planning, product management, and product marketing.

At Apple, Kabbara serves as a Senior Engineering PM, leading the development of products that offer a premium user experience. In his previous role as Founder & CEO of Papr.ai, Kabbara set the vision and strategy for the company, helping it achieve success. As the Consumer Product Marketing Manager at Facebook, he was responsible for driving user growth and engagement for products such as News Feed and Photos. At Microsoft, Kabbara held many roles, including group product manager, post-sales monetization, senior product planner, senior product manager, and lead/senior product manager. In these roles, he contributed to the growth of Bing Ads, Microsoft's search marketing strategy, and Windows Server's virtualization products.

With extensive experience in product management, marketing, and cross-functional collaboration, Kabbara is an expert in launching and growing products. His expertise lies in product strategy development, user experience design, and collaboration with engineering, marketing, and other teams. Kabbara's interests include product innovation, growth hacking, and mentorship.