What does it take to work directly with customers and engineers to turn a business problem into a working AI solution?
Explore the emerging Forward Deployed Product Manager role, where customer discovery, product judgment, technical fluency, and hands-on delivery come together. We’ll examine what companies are asking for and which skills product managers can start building today.
Through an interactive demonstration using Claude and Gemini, Snehal and Dhaval will show how a PM can clarify a customer problem, provide useful context to AI tools, challenge proposed solutions, and collaborate with engineering to prototype and test an approach. The audience will help question assumptions and identify what needs to happen before deployment.
You’ll leave with a practical skills checklist and a reusable workflow connecting customer needs, AI-assisted development, evaluation, and measurable outcomes. No coding experience is required to follow the session.
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Session Details
Type of Session: Presentation
Presented By
Snehal Murudkar
Snehal Murudkar is Founder and CEO of Goldfriend Consulting, bringing 20+ years of experience across product management, software engineering, enterprise data, and AI. Her career spans McKinsey & Company, Morgan Stanley, E*TRADE, and Fiserv. She led enterprise transformation delivering $20M+ in annual savings and recently architected six AI-enabled clinical-trial workflows using Claude, Gemini, and multi-agent orchestration, with source traceability and human oversight.
Dhaval Desai is Chief Architect and Principal at WinFully on Technologies, with 18+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud architecture, and enterprise delivery. His work spans healthcare AI, multi-agent systems, and large-scale platforms for organizations including Kaiser Permanente and Macy’s. He builds AI solutions combining retrieval, orchestration, systems integration, and human review, bringing a hands-on engineering perspective to moving products from concept toward production.
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