Speakers

Drew Rowny is the Vice President of Product at Patreon, where he oversees the platform's creator-first product strategy and leads the product management, design, and marketing teams. Since joining Patreon in 2022, he has overseen the launch and scaling of Patreon’s community and video products, the new mobile app, and expansion to all fans with free membership. Before joining Patreon, Drew was the Head of Product for Gmail and Google Chat, leading the product management organization across Enterprise and Consumer serving Gmail’s 2B+ users. Prior to that, Drew was on the founding team for several products that he helped grow to 1B users or $1B in revenue: including YouTube Premium, Google Fi, and RCS / Google Messages. Drew grew up in the arts with parents in the theater and opera. He earned a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Yale University and currently resides in San Francisco with his wife and two children. You can find him at linkedin.com/in/drowny/ and x.com/drowny