Product Engineering for AI Enabled Tech: Panel and Networking Event

Tech teams of all sizes run into alignment problems when making great products. Business, UX, and engineering can run into risky disagreements, and not be aware that it's happening. In the age of AI, new possibilities and new problems have arisen.

In our November panel, featuring Christopher Hussain (CEO of RealKey) Sejal D’Souza (Product Manager at Google), and Najendra Kumar (CTO and co-founder of Gleen), we’ll discuss modern approaches to make sure everyone has a voice in product development without wasting time, and what the new practices are for AI enabled products.

Our November meetup will be hosted with support by RealKey, in the Rincon Hill neighborhood of SF. Venue details shared after approval for this free event.

Panelists:

Christopher Hussain: CEO at RealKey

Najendra Kumar: CTO and co-founder, Gleen

Sejal D’Souza: Product Manager at Google

Eric Siegfried, moderator: CEO at Tango.io

This Develop SF event was curated for SF and Silicon Valley product talent, entrepreneurs, and investors.

Companies who’ve attended previous events include Lever, Uber, Lyft, GoPro, Salesforce, HotelTonight, Drone Deploy, Scribd, GE, Razer, Adobe, App Dynamics, Symphony.com and many more.

About our panelists:

Christopher Hussain – RealKey CEO:

Christopher Hussain is the visionary Founder and CEO of RealKey, transforming the mortgage technology industry. Prior to founding RealKey in 2015, Christopher was the top Mortgage Originator in the US from 2010 to 2011 with his brokerage WeFit2U, funding billions in residential loans across all 50 states. Before the housing crisis, he also owned a 100-person branch office for the largest franchise brokerage in the US and served as National Sales Director. In 2013, he co-founded Sindeo, an online brokerage that raised $50 million before being acquired by Freedom Financial.

With a deep understanding of the mortgage landscape, Christopher has scaled numerous mortgage loan companies and earned recognition as a business and thought leader. At RealKey, he leverages his extensive industry experience to automate and simplify loan processing and underwriting, streamlining document collection and review for all parties. Under his leadership, RealKey is reducing inefficiencies and revolutionizing mortgage technology. Christopher's innovative approach and dedication to improving the mortgage process have positioned RealKey at the forefront of fintech and proptech. His commitment to excellence continues to drive RealKey's success and innovation.

Nagendra Kumar – Gleen CTO:

Nagendra is the Co-Founder & CTO at Gleen AI. At Gleen AI, Najendra works with his team to build an AI agent platform for e-commerce businesses that helps increase sales and reduce support needs. Prior to joining Gleen, Najendra was Head of Business Messaging at Meta, where I developed a messenger platform used by major companies such as Bank of America, KLM Airlines, Spotify, and others.

Additionally, Najendra led the effort to create marketplace shops at Meta, allowing businesses to sell products directly to end users, similar to eBay. Before that, he was a tech lead at Microsoft for nearly 5 years, developing predictive analytics for Microsoft Windows devices and services.

Sejal D’Souza – Product Manager, Google:

Sejal D’Souza is a skilled Product Manager with 13 years of experience in the tech industry. Currently building impactful products at Google, Sejal has held leadership roles at distinguished companies like Google, Airbnb, InVision, and Nike. She has launched and scaled products in new markets, found product-market fit, and prioritized features to grow user adoption.

Sejal's expertise spans computer vision, AI, shopping, payments, and accessibility across web, Android, and design platforms. Her ability to influence team buy-in, drive efficiency with Agile development, and lead cross-platform product strategy highlights her innovative and disruptive approach to product management.

Moderator, Eric Siegfried – Tango.io CEO

Eric Siegfried founded Tango in 2010, where he learned the full stack of skills required to run a nearshore digital product development agency. With a passion for product strategy, impactful startups, and interesting conversations, Eric has helped facilitate more than 100 multi month client engagements, approved the hiring of more than 150 people, and invested in one startup per year.

Eric leads from a place of meaning over money, and strives to advance the careers of his team, as well as the communities that he manages. His personal aesthetic (classical guitar, social dance, and gaming) all inform an artful approach to building teams and products. He can also hang with the true techies, given his M.S. in computer engineering.

Host or Publisher Eric Siegfried