Hi, I’m Christiane Wruck.

With nearly 15 years of experience in Product Management and Product Leadership, I bring a unique blend of strategic insight and hands-on execution to the table. My advanced training from esteemed institutions like ProdUx, SVPG, and Cooper Professional Education, combined with a Master's degree, has equipped me with an exceptional foundation in product leadership.

I cultivate efficient, effective, high-performing teams by mentoring top talent and strategically integrating specialized expertise to enhance the product team’s capabilities. By embedding continuous discovery habits and adopting best-in-class product development methodologies, I ensure my teams remain agile, user-focused, and consistently aligned with evolving business objectives.

My strength lies in weaving compelling narratives that unite cross-functional teams around a shared vision. By aligning stakeholders and fostering collaboration, I've consistently driven meaningful outcomes in product development. This approach, rooted in my experience as a Product Manager, has been instrumental in my success as a product leader. I believe that clear communication and a unified vision are foundational to successful product leadership.

My current career is greatly informed by my past careers. (see below)

“You are not meant to live a life like anyone else. You are meant to live as yourself. Take your time.”

Christiane Wruck

I’m an Outdoorsy Girl

I’ve lived in a lot of places and hiked and climbed a lot of mountains. Most hikes are just me and my dog, Abby. She’s an old lady now, so our hiking days look a lot different than they used to.

Before Software,
My world was
Film Festivals

From 2005 - 2011, I helped start and run a small, but very successful film festival in Oregon called the Ashland Independent Film Festival. During that time I worked with our tech provider to create a custom online ticketing system called “Wruckstar Ticketing”. This partnership is when I started learning how to write code and immerse myself in database development and usability.
I also worked for the Austin Film Festival (2008) for a year, followed by the Sundance Film Festival (2008-2010) for a couple years.

Before Film Festivals,
I was a Wilderness Ranger and WildLand FireFighter

I was a Wilderness Ranger in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (1997-2002). My summer was spent in a canoe, checking permits, digging latrines, cutting back vegetation on portages, cleaning out fire grates, cutting hazardous trees (with cross cuts and axes), building boardwalks, writing tickets and other miscellaneous Forest Service tasks. In many way, a dream job.
In the fall when the fires started out west, they’d ship us out to detail on Fires for 3-4 weeks at a time. Often traveling state-to-state to work initial attack and prescribed burns, I worked on Type I and Type II hand crews, staffed an engine for an entire summer, and worked Heli-attack for 2 details.

Fire Watch out situations are something I’ve adapted to my current career. Identifying factors that are anti-patterns in software development helps everyone stay safe and aware~ just like Fire Watch out situations.