Valerio Zanini

Valerio Zanini is a Certified Product Innovation Trainer (CPIT) and Certified Scrum Trainer (CST) with 20 years of experience in building award-winning digital products. As a product innovator and AI practitioner, Valerio is passionate about creating products that customers love and developing the teams that make them a reality. In his books, he brings together many years of experience in sparking innovation and creativity within teams.

As a trainer and consultant, Valerio works with companies around the world to help them learn, adopt, and improve their AI and Product Management practices. He has taught thousands of people on Product Management, Agile, and innovation topics, ranging from small startups to large corporations. In his training programs and in his books, he explains techniques and frameworks, invites participants to expand their mindset, and instills a product thinking approach to building new products. He believes that any strong product management culture requires agile thinking, access to AI tools, and the willingness to experiment.

Valerio has been creating products for more than 20 years across a variety of industries and multiple countries. A product manager at heart, he focuses on a strong customer-centered approach to validate ideas and deliver value across all phases of product development.

Based in Washington DC, he holds an MBA from the University of Maryland, USA and an MS/BS degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the University of Rome, Italy.

Books from Valerio:

- AI for Product Managers

- Deliver Great Products that Customers Love

- Sprint Your Way to Scrum

- SAFe to Scale