Board Election Candidates

Nominees for the TPMA Board of Directors

Each nominee has provided a video and a short reason on why they should be elected. Read each below and cast your vote by logging into your account.

Joyce Liu

Product Manager, Vena Solutions

Joyce Liu

Bio

Joyce Liu is a Product Manager who loves working with numbers and finance systems.

Why I'd Like To Serve

Cassandra Pennant

Senior Manager, Digital Money Management and Innovation | BMO

Cassandra Pennant

Bio

Cassandra Pennant is a Toronto‑based digital product leader with a proven record of delivering innovative, customer‑centric solutions across financial services, loyalty, and energy. Her career includes product roles at Suncor / Petro‑Canada, where she contributed to digital transformation in the Oil & Gas sector, and at Airmiles, supporting loyalty experiences that reached millions of Canadians. She later advanced into financial services, leading cross‑functional initiatives that helped shape award‑winning digital experiences, including My Financial Progress, recognized by The Digital Banker for Best Goal‑Based Planning & Portfolio Personalization CX in 2026.

Cassandra is deeply committed to strengthening the product community. She serves as Volunteer Community Manager for the Toronto Product Management Association, leading volunteer recruitment, engagement, and experience design. She is also an Organizer for the 2026 TPMA ProductCon, helping deliver one of Toronto's most impactful product events through volunteer coordination, programming support, and collaboration with product leaders across Canada.

Beyond her product work, Cassandra is passionate about mentorship and inclusion. She actively supports emerging talent through BMO Alliance for Women, helping women across the organization grow their confidence, leadership skills, and career pathways.

Cassandra is currently completing her EMBA in AI and Innovation Leadership, alongside certifications in Scrum, Azure AI Fundamentals, and UX Design.

Why I'd Like To Serve

Joanna Leung

AIOps Product Manager, Pragmatico

Joanna Leung

Bio

Joanna Leung is a product leader, entrepreneur, and AI practitioner with 15+ years of experience across marketing, digital product management, and technology innovation. Over the past eight years, she has built and scaled products across HRTech, EdTech, eCommerce, creator economy, and SaaS, helping organizations turn emerging technologies into practical business outcomes.

Joanna has led product strategy and execution across startups and global enterprises, including Rogers, Vyond, Stan, and Next Generation Manufacturing Canada. Most recently, she led the development of an AI-native workforce intelligence platform adopted by 230 companies in its first three months and secured $1.5M in funding. Her work focuses on identifying scalable opportunities, driving organizational change, and helping teams navigate complexity through data-driven decisions.

Joanna has served on the Board of Rendezvous Child Care Centre since 2021 and is an active TPMA member as both a mentor and mentee.

Why I'd Like To Serve

Alok Dukle

Technology (Product Manager) at Blue Fysh & Director at Intelisa

Alok Dukle

Bio

Alok Dukle is a Toronto-based product and technology leader with 15+ years of experience across B2B SaaS, enterprise technology, retail tech, and cloud infrastructure.

He currently leads product at Blue Fysh, delivering centralized contact centre and B2B field management CRM solutions for field and equipment operations. He also serves as Director of Intelisa, a cloud-based Vertical SaaS platform he founded and scaled from 0 to 500+ enterprise customers across 10 countries.

Earlier in his career, Alok held product and technology leadership roles at Mahindra Retail, managing CRM, POS, and loyalty platforms across 200+ stores and 1M+ members, and at Amdocs, delivering order management systems for global telcos. At Mahindra Partners, the venture capital and incubation arm of a large conglomerate, he supported portfolio company management and early-stage product and technology initiatives.

Alok holds an MBA and a B.Eng in Computer Engineering. Beyond work, he is an avid chess player, guitarist, and vocalist, and stays close to the technology landscape through podcasts and journals.

He is currently standing for the TPMA Board, seeking to serve in the Leadership Events portfolio, with a focus on bringing senior practitioners, educational institutions, and corporates together around programming that advances Toronto's product ecosystem.

Why I'd Like To Serve

Suchitra Iyer

Senior Manager, Product, Scotiabank

Suchitra Iyer

Bio

I am a Software-engineer turned Marketer turned Product Manager. I believe that careers, much like life, are built through communities, not alone.

Over the past 10 years, I've worked across hardware, software, data, and platform products in organizations of all sizes across industries including FinTech, Heavy Equipment, and Natural Gas across John Deere, Capital One, Jana, and Scotiabank. I've witnessed the evolution of Product Management firsthand, from the early days of Agile project management to today's product-led growth models.

My own journey has included career pivots, moving countries, and rediscovering meaningful work. Through each transition, mentorship and community anchored my growth, inspiring my passion for helping others. I've found fulfilment in leading women's ERGs, mentoring aspiring PMs and tech innovators, and speaking at university panels to inspire the next generation of product leaders.

Outside of work, I enjoy exploring behavioral psychology, storytelling, and building community-driven side projects, especially for elder care.

What inspires me most about TPMA is its inclusiveness, creating opportunities not only for experienced PMs, but also for aspiring PMs. I'm excited to help grow that impact as a board member through social media storytelling and stronger partnerships with student and startup communities.

For me, Product Leadership isn't just about building great products, but also about building communities and opportunities for everyone to thrive.

Why I'd Like To Serve

Prasanna Jeyakumar

Independent Product Consultant

Prasanna Jeyakumar

Bio

Prasanna Jeyakumar brings over 20 years of experience across the product lifecycle as a senior Independent Product Consultant. He drives complex product strategies, navigates market sizing, and bridges technical precision with corporate goals to secure long-term client trust through the "tough ride" of execution.

Since arriving in Canada in 2016, Prasanna has maintained a consistent pulse on the Toronto tech ecosystem. He now transitions from observer to architect by spearheading regional expansion into the high-density talent hubs of Mississauga and Brampton. His vision transforms the TPMA from a traditional networking association into an active career engine through high-impact initiatives like product idea incubators and innovator funds, modeled after elite global benchmarks like Seattle.

A capable communicator and proven speaker, Prasanna frequently aligns diverse interests across large stakeholder meetings and SMB forums. He applies a disciplined "product mindset" to his volunteer service—treating community growth, digital frameworks, and operational excellence with the same rigor as a mission-critical product launch. Prasanna stands ready to scale the association's impact and ensure the entire GTA remains a global gold standard for product excellence.

Why I'd Like To Serve

Rhythem Raswant

Senior Product Manager, Advantage Group International

Rhythem Raswant

Bio

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Andrew Williams

Co-founder @ Enough, CEO @ TPMA

Andrew Williams

Bio

Why I'd Like To Serve

Meet Your TPMA Board Nominees

Nominees for the TPMA Board of Directors

Joyce Liu

Cassandra Pennant

Joanna Leung

Alok Dukle

Suchitra Iyer

Prasanna Jeyakumar

Rhythem Raswant

Andrew Williams