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About Sayali Patil

Sayali Patil is an AI product manager and enterprise infrastructure engineer with experience at Cisco Systems and Splunk. She holds U.S. Patent No. US12242370B2 for intent-based chaos engineering in distributed AI systems, has led programs supporting $135M+ in enterprise technology development, and has been recognized with Cisco's ONExcellence Award, presented by the company's EVP & COO. She is completing an MS in Engineering Management at the University of Southern California.

The real challenge of AI adoption isn’t the technology—it’s trust. Leaders who communicate openly about uncertainty, stay accountable for outcomes, and involve their teams in the transition build organizations that adapt instead of hesitate.

The Leaders Who Fear AI Are Already Losing. So Are the Ones Who Don’t.

April 23, 2026 Sayali Patil Comments Off

A few months into leading one of the largest automation programs in Cisco’s customer experience division, I sat across from a senior engineer who had been with the company for eleven years. Smart. Deeply […]