Mr. Nitin T Bhat

Nitin T. Bhat is an enterprise technology and product leader with extensive experience in scaling SaaS and AI platforms, managing large-scale business operations, and driving product innovation and global growth. He previously served as Acting CEO of Heroku and Chief Product Officer at Workiva, bringing together strategic leadership, product development, and commercial execution.

His expertise spans AI, cloud computing, data science, enterprise software, and go-to-market strategy. Throughout his career, he has held leadership roles across Salesforce, Workiva, Smartsheet, AWS, and Microsoft, contributing to enterprise growth, product transformation, and complex M&A integrations.

With experience in managing multi-billion-dollar P&Ls and scaling technology businesses to significant levels of revenue, Nitin brings a business-oriented perspective to the challenges of translating emerging technologies into practical enterprise value.

In addition to his industry leadership, he serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Washington, where he teaches courses in data science and artificial intelligence. He also serves on the Supervisory Board of Verity Credit Union, contributing his experience in technology, product strategy, and business leadership.