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Productboard is the leading customer-centric product management platform that empowers teams to get the right products to market, faster. Over 6,000 companies, including One Medical, Cartier, Microsoft, and Korn Ferry, use Productboard to understand what customers need, prioritize what to build next, and rally everyone around their roadmap. Founded in 2014 Productboard ranks among the best startups globally and is regularly recognized as a top startup and employer. In 2022, Productboard became the thousandth unicorn. With offices in San Francisco, Prague, Brno, and London, Productboard is backed by leading investors like Dragoneer Investment Group, Tiger Global Management, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Credo Ventures — America's most renowned venture capital funds. Thanks to these investments, including the latest Series D round, Productboard is positioned to continue leading the category of product management systems. read more

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TOTAL RATINGS: 5282

CEO: Hubert Palan

Hubert Palan Productboard CEO Rating

Productboard's CEO, Hubert Palan, has 182 employee ratings and a score of 93/100, placing them in the Top 5% of similar size companies on Comparably with 201-500 Employees. When breaking the CEO score down by factors such as department, gender, and ethnicity, we see that males at Productboard rate Hubert Palan higher than non-binary employees, giving the CEO a score of 94/100.

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Where This Score Ranks Productboard's CEO Rating

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Productboard CEO Hubert Palan Bio

Hubert is the founder and CEO of Productboard. Driven by a passion for building truly excellent products, he started the company back in 2015 when he saw a hole in the market for a dedicated product management platform. Prior to Productboard, Hubert was VP of Product Management at GoodData.

Passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience, Hubert mentors and advises startups and judges teams at entrepreneurship competitions. He frequently speaks at his two alma maters – the University of California, Berkeley, where he got his MBA and certificate in Entrepreneurship, and the Czech Technical University, where he received an MSc. in Computer Science.

In a past life, Hubert worked in management consulting. Fun fact: he once trained 20 national park managers in Vietnam on ecotourism marketing. Originally from the Czech Republic, Hubert now lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife, Jenna, and their two young sons, Hubert V and Nicholas.

Who Ranks Productboard's CEO Rating the Highest?

Department - Customer Support 100/100

Ethnicity - African American/Black 100/100

Department - Sales 97/100

Who Ranks Productboard's CEO Rating the Lowest?

Gender - Non-Binary 86/100

Department - Design 87/100

Department - Marketing 88/100

Productboard CEO Hubert Palan At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Productboard.

Based on 182 ratings, Hubert Palan ranks right above Aha! CEO, Brian De Haaff.

Productboard's CEO is highly regarded by the Customer Support department, African American/Black employees, and the Sales department. However, Non-Binary employees, the Design department, and the Marketing department have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.