Agile Ahmedabad 2025 : Premier Lean

Nirav Sanghavi

Senior Engineering Director
Sophos

Nirav Sanghavi is the Senior Engineering Director at Sophos, bringing over two decades of technical leadership across cloud computing, cybersecurity, and enterprise-scale software engineering. He specializes in architecting secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-native solutions, with deep expertise in open-source ecosystems, distributed systems, and digital transformation initiatives. A recipient of the Indian Achievers Award 2024 for contributions to technology, Nirav has held diverse global roles, strengthening his blend of technical and business acumen. Beyond industry, he actively contributes to academia and community by delivering expert lectures, mentoring, and shaping curricula, while championing innovation at the intersection of AI, security, and cloud technologies.

Session Title

Design Thinking in AI Product Development

Session Overview

When AI scales and humans decide, security becomes not just powerful, but trustworthy. At the upcoming conference, Nirav Sanghavi, Senior Director of Software Development at Sophos, will explore how design thinking can reshape AI-driven product development. Using a cybersecurity case study, he will illustrate how human-centered design, when blended with AI, can build security solutions that are not just technically robust but also empathetic, trustworthy, and productivity-friendly. The session emphasizes that real breakthroughs in AI happen when advanced algorithms are guided by empathy and human-centered design.

Key Takeaways

Empathy as Security: Innovation thrives when AI solves for real human needs.
Dual Roles, Shared Impact: AI delivers scale and speed, humans bring context and judgment. Relying on only one breaks the balance, true innovation needs both.
Beyond Detection: Trust and user confidence matter as much as accuracy.
Design Thinking in AI: Prototype, test, and co-create for usable security.
Balance is Key: Protect without disrupting; AI should guide, not dictate.