About us
Ken Pulverman is an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a hands-on Strategic Course Designer helping Software Engineering and business schools modernize their curriculum for the AI era. He combines more than 25 years of Silicon Valley Product and Marketing leadership — including guiding Model N to its IPO, leading strategic exits at Vendavo and Nomis Solutions, and scaling Parsable from Seed to Series C. Ken runs SageCXO, an advisory practice that helps growth-stage and enterprise tech companies build practical product strategies and drive real results. At Carnegie Mellon, he has co-taught Introduction to Product Management at the undergraduate level and is developing AI modules for a graduate Product Management course required for the Master of Software Engineering program he will co-teach this fall. His academic focus is on how generative AI is transforming Software Product Management, which is also the subject of his current doctorate research at SDA Bocconi. He holds an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a Master of Science in Product Management from Carnegie Mellon. Ken’s passion is helping universities stay ahead of industry shifts by designing practical, high-impact Product Management education that produces graduates ready to lead — not just follow or code. Ken maintains a stable of industry experts able to design specific course elements, teach, and serve as guest speakers.
Empowering Tomorrow's Product Leaders Today
The software industry is undergoing revolutionary change. Students joining the field in the next few years face an environment is that is faster paced than it ever has been. To prepare students, the classroom needs to work like the industry with the latest AI tools and the critical thinking required to skillfully navigate their output.
Our mission
Empowering future software leaders through innovative product management education.
Leading Product Education Excellence
Commitment to Educational Excellence
Every single deliverable to assessed using the latest pedagogical methods to ensure they are optimized for adult learners. This process fuels rapid iteration that ensures course design and content achieve course outcomes.
Student-Centric Approach
Students to want their curriculum to reflect how they live an interact with one another. A digital first approach delivers a modern experience where working online is the default and collaboration is the norm.
Innovation in Education
Generative AI is part of a vital toolkit today to deliver a modern educational experience and prepare students for an increasingly AI-enabled workplace, especially in Product Management. Our courses embrace this philosophy.
Integrity and Transparency
In deploying courses for top universities, you need to know where things stand and have the certainty you will be able to deliver. Our approach is to deliver complete transparency on course and module progress so you always know where things stand.
Student Engagement
The core motivation for these offerings are to give back to a dynamic, exciting, and rewarding industry by partnering with top universities to prepare the next generation of software leaders. This means that engaging students in office hours and providing career advice are not an afterthought, but core to this mission.
Elevate your School's Product Skills
Champion a bold new direction to initiate or enhance your school's product education today with industry experts and educators who think of courses as products that need to exceed customer expectations.