Dec 08, 2025 • 11:00 am (EST)

Using AI To Increase Your Productivity

Key Takeaways: Discover practical use cases for boosting productivity with AI across multiple domains. Learn how to integrate AI into your workflows and processes for maximum impact. Understand how humans and AI agents can collaborate to achieve more together.

AI has the power to supercharge productivity across every industry—but only when it’s implemented with the right mix of strategy, tools, and human collaboration. From automating everyday tasks to enhancing creativity and decision-making, AI is helping teams in sales, marketing, data analysis, software development, and even translation work faster, smarter, and with greater impact.

In this panel interview, Karen Ng, EVP of Product at HubSpot, Lucas Thelosen, CEO at Gravity, Greg Foster, CTO at Graphite, and Olga Beregovaya, VP of AI at Smartling, will share real-world examples of how professionals across these fields are using AI to get more done with less effort. You’ll learn practical ways to integrate AI into your daily workflows, understand how humans and AI agents can work together effectively, and explore how the right technology, processes, and skills combine to drive results.

Presenters

Karen Ng

EVP of Product at HubSpot

Karen Ng is the executive vice president of product at HubSpot, where she leads product strategy, design, and partnerships with the mission of helping millions of organizations grow better. Since joining in 2022, she has driven innovation across Smart CRM, Operations Hub, Breeze Intelligence, and the developer ecosystem, with a focus on unifying structured and unstructured data to make AI truly useful for businesses. Known for leading with clarity and “AI speed,” she pushes HubSpot to stay ahead of disruption and empower customers to thrive. Previously, Karen held senior product leadership roles at Common Room, Google, and Microsoft. At Common Room, she built the product and data science teams from the ground up, while at Google she directed Android’s product frameworks like Jetpack and Jetpack Compose. During more than a decade at Microsoft, she helped shape the company’s .NET strategy and launched the Roslyn compiler platform. Recognized as a Product 50 Winner and recipient of the PM Award for Technical Strategist, she also advises and invests in high-growth technology companies.

Lucas Thelosen

CEO and Founder at Gravity

Lucas founded and runs Gravity, the creators of Orion, an AI analyst. He has two decades of experience in data and AI, across retail, finance, startups, and big tech. Previously, he was Head of Product for Data & AI Cloud at Google, and VP of Professional Services at Looker. He has spoken extensively about Data Product Management and the future of the analyst role. Lucas is also a guest lecturer at the University of Colorado in Boulder where he is raising his four daughters.

Greg Foster

CTO and co-founder at Graphite

Greg Foster is the CTO and co-founder of AI code review platform Graphite. He is an expert on the craft of software engineering. Previously, Greg was an infrastructure engineer at Airbnb.

Olga Beregovaya

VP of AI at Smartling

Olga Beregovaya is in charge of AI at AI translation company Smartling. She oversees AI strategy and implementation, helping companies like Verizon, Databricks, and Mastercard expand globally with culturally resonant content. With 20+ years in language tech and AI, Olga previously served as VP of AI Innovation at Welocalize. She’s also the Technology Program Sponsor for Women in Localization.