Shantanu Kurhekar is a Senior Principal Product Manager with 15 years of experience building revenue-generating software and applied AI products across cloud services, consumer devices, and enterprise solutions. He currently leads Axon’s Works with Axon initiative to scale camera and sensor networks for faster crime prevention and resolution, drawing on prior leadership of Fire TV integrations and enterprise Alexa experiences for hospitality, healthcare, and Disney resorts. His background blends hands-on IC work in natural language understanding and relational databases with over five years of people management, enabling him to translate deep technical tradeoffs into strategic product roadmaps. Notably, he has driven DBaaS launches and operational telemetry improvements at Azure that raised availability to 99.9%, and led partner-driven, cost-efficient TV OEM integrations at Amazon. Based in Seattle with a master’s in EE (AI) from Stanford, he combines rigorous technical roots with a knack for scaling complex ecosystems and partnerships.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
HSC, Computer Science, HSC, Computer Science at Willingdon College
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Telecommunications, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Telecommunications at COEP Technological University
SSC, Natural and Social Sciences, SSC, Natural and Social Sciences at Emmanuel English School
Master's Degree, EE (Artificial Intelligence), Master's Degree, EE (Artificial Intelligence) at Stanford University
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Shantanu Kurhekar - Senior Principal Product Manager at Axon