Saigin Govender

Saigin Govender is a product and technology leader on the Alexa team at Amazon. Saigin joined the Alexa team 4 years ago, and as one its earliest product leaders, launched the initial Alexa product. In this role, Saigin designed and built a multitude of Alexa’s core experiences, including the news experience on Alexa. Today, Saigin continues to evolve the news experience, making it more intuitive and engaging for customers to consume news content through voice. Prior to Amazon, Saigin held various roles in product management, corporate ventures and strategy for some of Canada’s largest media and technology companies.

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