Tara Dueñas is a Senior Product Manager - Embedded Software at Canopy. Colleagues describe them as "Tara is one of the most dedicated and hard-workding individuals I have ever met. Her passion for continuous improvement, problem solving, and learning is contagious. We worked together in an extremely technical space while juggling outrageous demands. As a Product Designer, it is rare to work with a Product Manager who is as supportive as Tara and has the desire to understand the "WHY" behind the process. She advocated for the customer while supporting all steps of the process. She was always the first to jump in and help solve a problem when it arose - from discovery to implementation. Tara was up against tremendous odds while working on this project. She always shielded her team from the noise so they where able to focus on their deliverables. Tara is not one to lose focus and she will put herself before others. I will always be grateful for her cheering on the design team and making sure we had a voice at the table." and "Tara is passionate, detail orientated and determined. I had the pleasure of working alongside Tara for two years while at Canopy. In that time Tara drove the cross-functional release management process forward and continually developed process improvements. I have always admired Tara’s direct but team focused approach to tasks, and I believe Tara was a huge benefit to the team’s productivity. No matter how difficult the work got Tara was always supportive of her team and knew how to motivate people. Any company would be lucky to have Tara leading their workforce."