Christian Idiodi

Christian Idiodi is a product leader with over 20 years of experience building teams and developing enterprise and consumer products that have shaped companies such as CareerBuilder and Merrill Corporation and clients such as Microsoft, Starbucks, and Squarespace.

Christian is passionate about helping companies implement the discipline of product management to build world-class products and new technologies. At CareerBuilder, Christian founded and managed CareerBuilder Institute, the industry's first combined human capital and consumer training platform, creating a new revenue stream for the company.

As VP of Enterprise Product at Snagajob, Christian conceptualized a new-to-market solution and led the discovery, development, and successful launch of the ReadyHire business line. He designed and led the B2B product strategy for IdentityForce, a leading provider of identity, privacy, and credit protection for individuals, businesses, and government agencies. He then founded Firtsi, a product consulting company that has overseen the product development lifecycle from ideation to launch for over 120 new products.

Before joining Silicon Valley Product Group, Christian was the Global Head of Product for Merrill Corporation. He built the company's product organization and led them through a transformational, large-scale industry launch of the first SaaS app for due diligence in the finance industry.

Christian is co-author of SVPG's book, Transformed, and host of the SVPG podcast, Product Therapy. He founded the Innovate Africa Foundation with a mission to equip and inspire Africa's entrepreneurial and innovation community with education and development resources, and established the annual Inspire Africa Conference to encourage and upskill the product community.

Christian graduated from Emory University with a BA in Psychology and Community Building, and earned a dual MBA and MPM from Keller Graduate School of Management.