Ravi Bhandia

Ravi Bhandia: AI Product Manager at Cisco

Ravi Bhandia is an accomplished AI Product Manager at Cisco, based in New York. He has a strong background in AI, data analytics, and cybersecurity, with experience leading product areas such as inbound threat detection, email security gateway, fraud protection, and abuse mailbox.1

Key Achievements

• Developed a knowledge graph that protected customers from Vendor Email Compromise, saving them $5.3 billion annually1
• Received the 2021 Sales Kickoff Award and the Quarterly Excellence Award at Armorblox1
• Recognized as a subject matter expert in Language Learning Models (LLMs) and initiated weekly informational meetings to guide engineers and leaders on LLM strategy1

Education and Skills

• Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from UC Berkeley, specializing in the ML/AI track and recipient of the Fung Excellence Scholarship1
• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Business Finance from the University of Southern California1
• Proficient in Jira, Confluence, Figma, Python, SQL, MongoDB, and knowledgeable in AI/NLP technologies such as LLMs, RLHF, GPT, and Augmented LMs1

Entrepreneurial Experience

Prior to joining Cisco, Ravi co-founded Dial Health, a healthcare tool utilizing NLP to deliver prior authorization information. He prototyped a minimum viable product and conducted interviews with over 200 healthcare professionals.1

Passion for AI Innovation

Ravi is passionate about creating AI systems that transform human interaction with technology and building secure and user-friendly platforms. His enthusiasm for continuous learning is exemplified by his participation in a Large Language Model Bootcamp in 2023.1

As an AI Product Manager at Cisco, Ravi aims to empower aspiring product managers and AI enthusiasts by sharing his extensive knowledge and insights. He is currently working on building generative AI Assistants for cybersecurity administrators to help with troubleshooting, locating policies, summarizing configurations, and providing documentation.2