Kalissa Chamopoulos, CSPO®

Kalissa Chamopoulos is a CSPO® certified Product Manager who has gained extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Kalissa began their career in 2008 as a Sales Marketing Intern at the National Hellenic Museum. In 2009, they interned at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. In 2010, they joined Nordstrom as a Customer Service Sales Representative and later became the Web Team Lead, leading a team to achieve peak transaction fulfillment in Illinois.

In 2013, Kalissa worked as a Research Scientist at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Kalissa then moved on to OpenMarkets in 2014, where they initially served as a Data Scientist Intern before transitioning to roles such as Sales Operations Analyst and Data & Financial Analyst. Kalissa eventually became the Director of Community Engagement, leading a team to create an online marketplace platform.

From 2019 to 2021, Kalissa worked at Bright Pink, starting as the Data Analytics Manager and later being promoted to Associate Director of Product & Quality Improvement. Kalissa launched a white-labeled product and introduced an Assess Your Risk quiz during their time there.

In 2021, Kalissa joined ShoppingGives as a Product Manager. Kalissa was responsible for developing products that connected merchants with causes they wanted to support. Notably, they launched the "Impact Portal," leading to significant transactional volume growth and over $1 million in donations to nonprofits.

Most recently, Kalissa joined Crafty in 2022 as a Product Manager.

Throughout their career, Kalissa has demonstrated their ability to drive impact, optimize digital properties, and achieve positive health outcomes. Kalissa has also shown strong leadership skills, earning promotions and successfully launching various initiatives.

Kalissa Chamopoulos, CSPO®, completed their Bachelor's Degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology & Chemistry from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where they attended from 2009 to 2013. During their undergraduate years, they also participated in a summer session at the University of Illinois Chicago in 2012. Before entering college, they attended Young Magnet High School from 2005 to 2009, where they pursued Honors/Advanced Placement courses.

In terms of additional certifications, Kalissa obtained the Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification from Scrum Alliance in June 2021. Kalissa also holds various certifications from Bounteous, including Google Search (February 2020), Google Data Studio (June 2019), and Google Analytics (April 2019). Furthermore, they completed the Bonfire Talent Accelerator program as an alumna at Bonfire in September 2020. There is no information available regarding the completion date for the Google Tag Manager certification.