Michael Korcuska most recently served as Chief Product Officer at iziwork, an employment-focused startup based in Paris. Prior to that, he was CPO and Sigfig (a fintech firm in San Francisco) and Chief Product Officer of Weight Watchers, where his teams were responsible for WW's website and apps, as well as the WW weight management program itself.

 

For almost 7 years, Michael worked at LinkedIn. He was Senior Director and VP of Product Management where he led several product teams, including:

 

• International products

• LinkedIn China

• Member growth

• LinkedIn Profile & Identity

• LinkedIn’s acquisition of Lynda.com, now LinkedIn Learning

• Trust & Safety

 

LinkedIn experienced explosive growth during this period, going from 500 to 11,000 employees, $50 million to $1 billion in revenue, and from 65M to 500M users. Microsoft bought LinkedIn in late 2016.

 

Prior to LinkedIn, Michael spent many years at the intersection of technology and education. He has deep experience in e-learning, both content and technology.

 

He has a masters degree in Computer Science from Northwestern University (Artificial Intelligence and Educational Technology) and a bachelor degree in Symbolic Systems (Cognitive Science) from Stanford University. He speaks English fluently and speaks French quite well.