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Safety & Security As A Product Strategy
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| With Sharat Ganesh (Head of Product Mktg, WitnessAI), Wendy Jin (Engg, Airbnb), Savita Kini (AI/ML, Stealth Startup), Christina Hsu (Founder, SF Tech Unleashed). |
| GitHub, 88 Colin P Kelly St, San Francisco |
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Oct 07 (Tue) , 2025 @ 05:30 PM
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Security & safety aren't just compliance requirements; they're about protecting your product, your customers, & the experiences that build trust. Join product, engineering, & security leaders Savita Kini (AI/ML Product Exec, formerly Cisco, now founding a stealth startup), Sharat Ganesh (Head of Product Marketing at WitnessAI, formerly Google, Mandiant, & Tanium), & Wendy Jin (Security Engineering Manager at Airbnb, formerly Intuit & VMware) for a candid conversation.
If you're a builder or product leader who believes that customer trust shouldn't be an afterthought, this session is for you.
What we'll cover:
- How the definition of security & safety is evolving in the AI era
- Practical advice on prioritizing security & safety in roadmap planning without slowing innovation
- Why specific users, including women, children, & marginalized groups, face the greatest risks, & how leaders can advocate for them even when their voices aren't in the room
- How security & safety drive adoption & can become your strongest market differentiators
- FAQ from the audience
After the panel, there will be time to network mingle with the speakers & likeminded leaders.
Space is limited. RSVP now!
About the Speakers:
Savita Kini is an award-winning AI/ML product & business executive with 20+ years of experience transforming emerging technologies into market-leading solutions across startups, pre-IPO, & Fortune 500 companies. She is currently working on a stealth, AI-driven startup focused on improving aging & chronic disease care. Previously, she led AI/ML features at Cisco in Speech & Computer Vision that powered new experiences for 100M+ global users. She came to Cisco through BabbleLabs, a Speech AI startup, where she led product & GTM enabling its successful acquisition. A pioneer in Responsible AI, she established new frameworks for AI transparency now adopted enterprise-wide at Cisco. Savita has launched & been involved in Women in tech & AI initiatives in US & India. She actively mentors startups via leading accelerators at Cornell University, Alchemist, & Plug-n-Play. She holds an MBA from Cornell University, an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University, & a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mumbai, with additional AI/ML specialization from Stanford University.
Sharat Ganesh is the Head of Product Marketing at WitnessAI, a Series A cybersecurity startup. With more than 14 years of experience in cybersecurity, his career spans leadership roles at Mandiant, Tanium, Lacework, & Google, where he built & scaled go-to-market engines, competitive intelligence functions, & market-defining product & engineering teams. Sharat's impact extends well beyond the companies he has served. He is a Mentor & Advisor to the Government of India's National Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity & advisor to various startups where he works with entrepreneurs to refine product strategy, accelerate growth, & navigate GTM challenges. He holds a master's degree in Telecommunications & Network Security from the University of Colorado at Boulder & a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, India.
Wendy Jin is an Engineering Manager at Airbnb. She leads software development teams, focusing on strategy & empowering them to deliver Airbnb's internal product for security & trust. Her work at Airbnb includes security observability, AI-driven data security, & cloud infrastructure. She has partnered with Privacy, Data Governance, Product, & ML teams to advance Airbnb's Data Protection Program, where she introduced AI-driven data classification & advanced machine learning models to strengthen protections, drive policy enforcement, & build defense-in-depth solutions. Prior to Airbnb, she was a Staff Software Engineer at Intuit & an Application & Cloud Security Engineer at VMware, specializing in software security research & engineering. Outside of work, she's the founder & board member of MusicNBrain, a non-profit organization that empowers the next generation of musicians. She holds a PhD in Computer Science focused on System & Network Security, Privacy from George Mason University & BA from Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China.
Christina Hsu (moderator) is the Founder of SF Tech Unleashed, a community bringing together industry leaders to learn best practices to make technology safe & secure. She is currently a Senior Product Marketing Manager at a high growth FinTech startup. As a product marketing leader, she is passionate about storytelling & bringing ambitious people together. She is also a column writer for a leading APAC publication writing about AI's impact on cybersecurity & customer trust & a mentor at StartX, Stanford's startup accelerator, advising early-stage founders on growth & go-to-market strategy. Before Arta, she led Product Marketing at high-growth tech startups in the US & APAC, including Bluevine & Mozilla. Earlier in her career, she advised Fortune 500 executives on business strategy as a consultant at KPMG. She holds an MBA from Berkeley-Haas School of Business & BA from University of Rochester.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek-a week of events hosted by VCs & startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
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