Sai Charan Tej Kommuri is a seasoned Product Manager, specialized in building Machine Learning products from scratch. Today, as a Product Manager at Pegasystems, he identifies business problems, leverages design-thinking principles to deeply understand the problem and later to apply his own technical expertise to implement the most suitable solution. Upon earning a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Sai has worked as a Product Owner for Bank of America for almost 6 years. During that time, he has led product development by incorporating feedback from end-users. Prior to his current position at Pegasystems, a cloud-architected software for customer engagement and digital process automation, he has worked as a Product Manager at CallidusCloud. His main responsibilities included setting up the product management function in the offshore location and leading product initiatives. Moreover, under his leadership, his team managed to launch a brand new product by following the 'Design Thinking' approach. Apart from his BE degree, Sai also earned an MBA in Strategy and Leadership from the Indian School of Business. An avid speaker, Sai enjoys giving talks about tech, AI and his path to becoming a Product Manager. Outside of work, he loves explaining complex mathematical concepts underlying AI and doing brain-lifting by solving different puzzles.