Teresa Cain is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and technology executive who has led global product and user experience teams for more than 17 years and has held significant roles at SS&C Technologies, H&R Block, Lexmark, Netsmart, Service Management Group and TreviPay. Teresa is the Founder of Lucid Startup Consulting and has diverse experience leading product management, product design, research, strategy, and innovation sessions as a coach and speaker for startups and seasoned technology firms. Her impressive journey includes hundreds of high profile organizations including teams at Amazon, Microsoft, Tesla, Vanguard, Deloitte, and Red Ventures. Teresa is the instructor of the highest-rated and best-selling courses on Udemy, "Product Strategy & Roadmapping" and "2 Hour Design Sprints: Learn how to solve problems and design products in just 2 hours vs. 5 days." The first edition of her book Solving Problems in 2 Hours: How to Brainstorm and Create Solutions with Two Hour Design Sprints released in April 2023 and was awarded Best Seller and #1 New Release in Business Technology Innovation, Strategic Management and Market Research Business books awarded by Amazon. Teresa regularly speaks at conferences on design thinking, customer experience, and product innovation. In 2024, Teresa received a Forty Under 40 Award from Ingram's Magazine. Teresa received a prestigious Emerging Scholar Award in 2023 from the International Conference on Design Principles and Practices and presented her research "Putting Into Practice Evolving Design Thinking Methods at Technology Firms: The Evolution To 2 Hour Design Sprints." She was also a 2022 Women in IT Summit & Award Series Finalist for Advocate of the Year. Teresa earned a BS in Journalism from the William Allen White School of Journalism and a BA in English from The University of Kansas. She earned an Executive MBA (EMBA) from Rockhurst University and a Master's of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services (MIIPS) at Carnegie Mellon University, focusing on product and user experience design principles. Her certifications include Pragmatic Marketing Certified III (c), Net Promoter Certified Associate, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Master, Project Management Professional and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. She also completed Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management Executive Program for Product Strategy methods, a program with a focus on discovering, developing, managing and marketing products as a business.