From Eng Roots to CPO: Scaling Security and Trust | Akshay Bhargava

Trust is one of the hardest things to measure in product, and one of the hardest things to earn.In this episode, Akshay Bhargava shares how he grew from early engineering roles into senior product leadership, with lessons from scaling security, developer tools, and observability products across Oracle, FireEye, Malwarebytes, 1Password, and New Relic.We cover:How stepping up as an engineering manager led him into productBuilding and launching Oracle’s first cloud security productThe product that helped Malwarebytes double revenue and save customers from ransomwareMoving 50+ products to consumption pricing at New RelicHow he operationalizes trust across different types of productsWhat he means by “coach and verify” and “purpose-built innovation”Why PMs who ignore AI today will be left behind tomorrowA thoughtful conversation with a leader who has shipped through complexity and scaled with conviction.