About

I'm Aviral Vaid — most people call me Avi. I'm a Product Manager at LeanIX (an SAP company), where I work on AI-powered data quality and enterprise architecture tools.

My path to product management was anything but straight. I started as a materials scientist, became a data analyst, accidentally fell into system administration, and then someone offered me a PM role during what was supposed to be a data science interview. I said yes out of curiosity. That pattern — curiosity beating frameworks — has defined my career.

The Product Kitchen is what happens when a PM who builds meets AI tools that amplify. It's a personal meta-system: MCP servers that connect workplace tools, AI agents that stress-test product decisions, writing tools that surface what you didn't know you meant, and a memory system that makes it all continuous.

I believe the best PMs are enablers, editors, and creators — not just coordinators. The Product Kitchen is built on five principles:

• Files over tools — Open systems, never locked in.
• Enable without constraining — The right tools at the right moments.
• Automate the mindless — Documentation, status reports, context gathering.
• Amplify the creator — Synthesis, prototyping, and validation.
• Close loops — Weekly reflection, session continuity, decision tracking.