Rakshith is a Senior Manager of AI Products with 12+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise and industrial products across Fortune 500 organizations. He currently leads product initiatives within the Amazon Ads platform, driving AI-powered capabilities at global scale. Previously, Rakshith headed product strategy and go-to-market for IBM Db2 for z/OS, led the development and launch of IBM’s Edge Data Analytics portfolio, and commercialized data and IoT platforms at Hitachi across Industry 4.0, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. His background also includes launching cloud, B2B SaaS, and PaaS products at Qualcomm, Cisco, and HP. Rakshith is known for translating complex platforms into customer-centric products, influencing cross-functional teams, and presenting data-driven business cases to C-suite stakeholders to drive growth and commercialization.