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Akankshu Dhawan, SVP Product Xero: AI-Driven Growth for Small Business

from Venture with Grace · host Grace Gong

Akankshu Dhawan is Senior Vice President of Product Management and Executive General Manager at Xero, where he leads product strategy and AI-driven innovation for small businesses. He previously held leadership roles at Uber, AppDynamics, and Microsoft, and co-founded ImaZing. With an MBA from Chicago Booth, an MS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from UMass Dartmouth, and a B.Tech. from DAIICT, Akankshu brings deep product and engineering expertise to driving digital transformation.Topics: How AI is transforming small business accounting and financeBuilding product teams that can execute on both innovation and reliabilityThe biggest AI opportunities he sees for SMBs vs. enterprise

Akankshu Dhawan is Senior Vice President of Product Management and Executive General Manager at Xero, where he leads product strategy and AI-driven innovation for small businesses. He previously held leadership roles at Uber, AppDynamics, and Microsoft, and co-founded ImaZing. With an MBA from Chicago Booth, an MS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from UMass Dartmouth, and a B.Tech. from DAIICT, Akankshu brings deep product and engineering expertise to driving digital transformation.Topics: How AI is transforming small business accounting and financeBuilding product teams that can execute on both innovation and reliabilityThe biggest AI opportunities he sees for SMBs vs. enterprise

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