Member story · Cohort 06 · April 2026

Thirty years in software. Now Sameer builds with AI

Enterprise products for manufacturing at VitalEdge. Thirty years, from programmer to Associate Director of Engineering.

Sameer’s portfolio
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Sameer Deshpande
Sameer Deshpande Associate Director, Engineering at VitalEdge Technologies
Sameer’s feedback

In Sameer’s own words

What Sameer sent us on WhatsApp on 7 August 2026, when we asked what he had liked about the course. These are real people with real portfolios, not marketing copy. Want to talk to Sameer? I’ll intro you.

Sameer DeshpandeWhatsApp · 7 August 2026
Sameer on the course

Ankit’s command over the topic stood out: always prepared, and able to answer any doubt during the training.

The sessions were very practical. He walked us through how to build the code; none of it was a theoretical discussion.

The support during our own practice was never spoon-feeding: a hint, a small help, and then letting us explore further.

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What changed for Sameer

Walked through how to build the code, session by session.

Got a hint, not spoon-feeding, then explored further.

Built a supply chain AI chatbot with what-if simulations.

Sameer learned alongside PMs from
Quest American Express Publicis
Morgan Stanley Google PhonePe
Salesforce Oracle NVIDIA
Barclays Airbnb JPMorgan Chase
Microsoft Walmart Global Tech India Amazon
Cisco Palo Alto Networks Myntra
Intuit Tesco Technology Verizon
Indeed Caterpillar Unilever
Motorola Solutions Zoho Trellix
U.S. Bank Lowe's India EY
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The path

Programmer, ERP, product, and now AI

  1. 2012

    Program Manager

    iGATE

  2. 2013

    Product Manager

    e-Emphasys Technologies

  3. 2019

    Senior Manager, Product Development

    e-Emphasys Technologies

  4. 2024

    Senior Manager, Product Development

    VitalEdge Technologies

  5. 2025

    Associate Director, Engineering

    VitalEdge Technologies: enterprise products for manufacturing

  6. Apr 2026

    Curious PM

    Cohort 06, with 14 other PMs

The work

What Sameer built, and writes

See everything on Sameer’s portfolio ↗
01 / 03

Modular AI chatbot platform

A series of chatbots, each a step further: from a basic prototype to one with memory, tools and a database behind it.

OpenAI Streamlit Python
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What it teaches a PM

What makes a chatbot useful is memory and tools, not the model alone.

02 / 03

Voice assistant that remembers

A phone-based voice assistant that remembers earlier calls and picks up where the last one ended.

Twilio ElevenLabs Webhooks
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What it teaches a PM

Why keeping state is the hard part of conversational AI.

03 / 03

Autonomous job-search agent

An agent that searches job listings, reads each one and recommends the right roles, step by step on its own.

AI Agents OpenAI Python
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What it teaches a PM

When a task needs an agent, and when one prompt will do.

What Sameer writes
sameer.curious.pm4 min read ↗

From programmer to engineering leader

An accumulation, not a pivot: every role added a lens.
sameer.curious.pm5 min read ↗

What three decades of ERP engagements taught me

The technology is the easy part. Carrying one engagement from pre-sales to support is the hard part.
sameer.curious.pm5 min read ↗

Product roadmapping in enterprise software

Lessons from the manufacturing domain, learned the hard way.
Around Sameer

Where Sameer works, who Sameer learned with

Where Sameer works
Sameer Deshpande

Associate Director, Engineering

Working on enterprise products for manufacturing.

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Cohort 06 · April 2026

Fifteen PMs, one cohort

Sameer Deshpande Sachin Kumar Sachin Kumar Noor Tabbalat Noor Tabbalat Layth Ismail Layth Ismail Akram G Humaidi Akram G Humaidi Hema Sudha Kiran Tambabattula Hema Sudha Kiran Tambabattula Narendra Billakanti Narendra Billakanti Himanshu Jain Himanshu Jain Naveen Chanchi Naveen Chanchi Varun Ravula Varun Ravula Chabi Anand Chabi Anand Aneesh Yashodharan Aneesh Yashodharan Tanvi Juneja Tanvi Juneja Piramanayagam T D Piramanayagam T D HV Harish Varajith C MS Manisha Satapathy

Every PM from Cohort 06. Tap a face to meet them.

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