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Growing from IC PM to AI-powered Chief Product Officer

Hosted by Rahul Ramkumar and Avinash Mahalingam

Mon, Nov 17, 2025

5:00 PM UTC (1 hour)

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Build AI Products: Bridging Gaps Between Product Vision and Technical Reality
Deepa Krishnamurthy and Avinash Mahalingam
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What you'll learn

Evolve from Problem Solver → Business Builder

How to speak the language of CFOs and CEOs (“we’re not shipping features, we’re compounding enterprise value”).

Scale from Leading Teams → Architecting Systems

The “Operating System for Growth” - a framework to align teams, incentives, and strategy without micromanagement.

Transform from Execution Manager → Culture Carrier

Communication techniques to influence execs, boards, and teams with conviction and empathy.

Why this topic matters

Reframe your role, approach and get introduced to frameworks to think and act like a VP/CPO

You'll learn from

Rahul Ramkumar

CPO at Rocket, Ex-VP at Walmart

Rahul is a product with 13 years of experience where he moved from PM to CPO.


He is currently Founding Chief Product Officer at Rocket Growth!

Prior to this role, he led the Fulfillment and Integrations team Sam's Club as VP of Product. As the head of Member Experience for Fulfillment for Sam's, he leads a smart, passionate team that builds web, mobile, store, grocery and omni-channel experiences, helping millions of customers discover products/services, while saving time and money, so they can live better!


He also recently spearheaded the complete transformation of Walmart's multi-billion dollar omni-commerce experience and built it from scratch - regarded as one of the biggest transformations in online retail history. He also was instrumental in growing the repeat customer base significantly.


Prior to that he has led Product at Myntra and Flipkart (India's largest e-commerce organization). There, he has set up early stage teams as well as led large product teams.


Rahul has also worked and managed teams, internationally. He has a Masters in Industrial engineering and Statistics. He is passionate about creating experiences using technology, that delight customers in many different ways.

Avinash Mahalingam

Ex-Amazon | Product Management Leader & Coach | 14+ years exp | 100+ students

Avinash Mahalingam brings strategic product management experience across diverse global industries in USA, Canada, and India, led AI platform innovation at a top Canadian bank and earlier led Product initiatives at Amazon. He currently is building a startup in the holistic wellness space. He's passionate about empowering product professionals with practical insights gained from building and scaling successful products.

Key Experiences & Expertise:

  1. Led AI platform product development for an internal developer platform at a major Canadian bank, offering first-hand exposure to the intricacies of building and scaling AI-powered products.
  2. At Amazon, Avinash spearheaded the product strategy and launch of 4 zero-to-one products in billing and payments, demonstrating end-to-end product lifecycle expertise.
  3. A highly-rated mentor (4.9/5) on MentorCruise, who has guided 50+ product professionals on career growth and skill enhancement.
  4. He co-led product management courses for 60+ individuals in live cohorts.


Previously at Walmart, Flipkart

Walmart
Flipkart
Amazon

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