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Michele
Nieberding
Head of Product Marketing
Optiversal
Michele is an experienced and passionate marketing professional. She runs a private marketing consulting side hustle where she advises on branding, go-to-market strategies, lead generation, and omnichannel optimization. When not at the office or helping clients, Michele volunteers at the local animal shelter. She also mentors several up-and-coming female leaders from industries including hospitality and personal wellness. Michele is passionately curious about marketing, and she geeks out over all things data and strategy. She loves to travel, bake, explore the outdoors with her rescue dogs Remy and Maverick, and spend time with her husband, family, and friends.
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27 January 2026 16:15 - 16:45
CFO-proof ROI: Building defensible value models that win complex deals
The quickest way to stall a deal in today’s buying environment is a vague or inflated ROI model. Procurement pushes back, CFOs poke holes, and Reps lose credibility. Senior PMMs don’t just need a "good" value story, they need a mathematically defensible model that survives high-stakes scrutiny. In this session, we’ll move beyond superficial calculator templates to break down how top PMM leaders build air-tight business cases. You’ll learn how to establish credible baselines, stress-test your core assumptions, and isolate product value from market noise. Walk away with an actionable framework to equip Sales with ROI models that close deals faster and earn seat-at-the-table respect from revenue leaders.
27 January 2026 11:30 - 12:15
Networking roundtables: Sharing insights to power PMM impact
In this session five unique discussions are happening concurrently, find the table discussing your biggest pain point or opportunity and join the conversation. Every table will be hosted by an industry expert so come prepared to discuss, learn, network, and share. Discussion topics will include: 1. The AI-driven PMM: Opportunities, challenges, and future trends 2. If there's no seat, bring one: How PMMs create strategic influence 3. PMM prioritization: Deciding what actually matters 4. The answer is clarity: Simple ways to be understood, remembered, and repeated 5. Fixing sales enablement: Building systems and reinforcement loops that scale