About

DURGAM VAHIA, MS, MBA, has more than 20 years of experience in engineering, product management, and entrepreneurship. He currently leads the data product management team at Google that serves the machine learning, experimentation, and analytics needs of some of the largest consumer experiences in the world. Before joining Google, he built platforms and consumer products at DoorDash and Linkedin. Vahia founded an enterprise SaaS company that built predictive search for enterprises and built the engineering, marketing, sales, and customer success functions. He also has extensive experience in semiconductor and hardware systems at Sun Microsystems and Oracle. Vahia received his MBA from Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and a master's degree in computer engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Durgam Vahia's courses currently open for enrollment

AI Technology Workshop Series: For Product Managers

AISV.817_W6
$95
Durgam Vahia
Nov. 7, Saturday, 9:00am - 12:00pm
  • Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
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Schedule
Date Start Time End Time Meeting Type Location
Sat, 11-07-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Live-Online REMOTE
 

This course is part of the Fall 2026 AI Workshop series.

This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.

To see all meeting dates, click “Full Schedule” below.

You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.

The Business of AI

AISV.800
$580
Durgam Vahia
Oct. 21 - Dec. 2, Wednesday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
  • Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
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Schedule
Date Start Time End Time Meeting Type Location
Wed, 10-21-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 10-28-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 11-04-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 11-18-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 12-02-2026 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
 

This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.

No meeting on November 11, 2026 and November 25, 2026.  To see all meeting dates, click “Full Schedule” below.

You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.

Required Text: None

Recommended Text:   
What is ChatGPT Doing, Stephen Wolfram, Wolfram Media, 2023. ISBN: 9781579550820.

This text is available online at no cost to students.

Associated Program(s)
Project and Program Management
Artificial Intelligence
AI Business Practices
Workshops