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Software People Stories

PM Power Consulting

Stories of what worked and sometimes what did not, in the course of discovering, designing, developing and delivering software based solutions – as shared by practitioners who went through these situations.

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33:59

The joys of reading with Brij Sethi

Software People Stories ·

2022/05/14

In this episode, Brij Sethi, a Principal Consultant at PM Power, sharesHis growing up days in Pantnagar, near NainiTalHis passion for reading booksHis liking for mathematics and wanting to be an engineerBeing bitten by the electronics bug and electronics engineering in collegeJoining a masters in management in systems in IIM AhmedabadLearning Transactional Analysis Getting into a project to make ECG machines as an engineer, forgetting his MBAJoining WIPRO in 1993 and working on many challenging

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36:48

Abstracting needs, creating solutions with V Thyagarajan

Software People Stories ·

2022/05/06

In this episode, Thyagarajan, known as Raja - a Senior Management Executive and Chief Operating Officer with nearly 4 decades of experience in the IT industry involving International and multi-cultural environments, shares his story including points related to:How his uncle and brother were influential in getting into software after doing an MS in managementBeing part of a team that started a company, and being an entrepreneur without knowing itBeing a pioneer in the Indian IT industry, by having an

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38:54

Being Objectively critical with Muktesh Murthy

Software People Stories ·

2022/04/29

In this episode, Muktesh Murthy, a practice head in the information security space, shares his story and touches uponDoing his schooling in many places, as his father was in the Army His interest in accounts, commerce and economics and hospitality managementStarting his career in hotel management and then getting into a computer course, as he wanted to get into roles where he can directly influence the resultsDoing some development work, then managing an account and later on becoming an information

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35:33

Rising to any Challenge with Cynthia Swarnalatha

Software People Stories ·

2022/04/21

In this episode Cynthia Swarnalatha Vice President – Engineering, SW CoE, Compute Business Group& HPE India Site R&D leader, is in conversation with Chitra Gurjar on a variety of stories and matters that that span 3 decades and includeChoosing to study computer science with her love of math, being the 2nd batch of CompSc graduates from her collegeHaving a “give-it-my-best” approach and curiosity to learn attitude starting with a role in customer tech supportNavigating learning, delivering

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42:36

Innovating to save lives and more with Scott Schober

Software People Stories ·

2022/04/15

In this episode, Scott Schober, the president and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems shares his experiences related to:Getting into the family business years ago, in niche areas solutions in wireless and security / cyber securityStarting in 6th grade to learn about electronicsPivoted from wireless test equipment, shifted more towards securityBeing surrounded by electronics, computer etc in the home-based enterprisePlaying on the Atari as a kid and getting interestedHow he always encourages people

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27:54

Being the best in the world with Tarush Aggarwal

Software People Stories ·

2022/04/09

In this conversation with Shiv, Tarush Aggarwal, CEO at 5X, shares his experience and views on:Starting as a software engineer and realizing that his interest lay in the bigger pictureWorking on a benchmarking application that later became an analytics themeDiscovering the big picture from a lot of detailed dataHow zooming in and out of data lets one discover insightsData engineering being the bridge between business and the engineering teamHandling unstructured data and data warehousing based on

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33:10

The Glass is half full with Baiju Joseph Thalupadath

Software People Stories ·

2022/03/31

In this episode, Chitra is in conversation with Baiju Joseph, Product Operations leader where he shares events from his careerStarting out at AIR (All India Radio) as a broadcasting engineer & self-learning programming , developing a few apps for his workplaceWork break after joining Novell, getting the latest and best system test training, and leadership training, acknowledging the influence of mentorsDoing various leadership roles at Ariba, handling delivery, setting up quality engineering,

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34:20

Freedom is always there with Poornima Shenoy

Software People Stories ·

2022/03/25

In this conversation - as part of the Women’s month in 2022 - Shiv is in conversation with Poornima Shenoy, CEO - Hummingbird Advisors.Poornima shares her thoughts and experiences related to:Wanting to be in advertising when she started to work 30 years agoStarting her own company - Nexus - into recruitment and getting Wipro and Infosys as their first customersHow the IT industry grew by attracting people with non IT backgrounds and how passion and integrity were the key skills that helped them

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34:53

Don't Predict just Adapt with Jaya Vaidhyanathan

Software People Stories ·

2022/03/17

In this episode, Gayatri is in conversation with Jaya Vaidhyanathan, CEO BCT DIgital . Sheshared her story, experiences and thoughts related to:How she started her career as an investment banker in wall street and moved to Accenture and HCL to head their large deal space in the financial sectorWith her technology background and her financial acumen, she found her footing in several leadership roles in HCL, Accenture and Standard CharteredAfter holding several executive posts, Jaya looked for

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24:51

Starting young with Anjali Jayaraman

Software People Stories ·

2022/03/11

In this episode, Shiv is in conversation with Anjali, a 11 year old girl, who has been into coding since she was 7. Anjali shares:Her interest in horses and dogs, and other interestsHow she got into codingCalling herself an introvert, but enjoying competitionUsing logic to interact with animalsWhat she likes and doesn't like about codingCreating a tic-tac-toe to play with an AI opponentAbout writing programs alone or with others sometimesHow she comes up with ideas when entering a competitionWhere

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38:55

Promoting conversations with Krupa NS

Software People Stories ·

2022/03/05

In this conversation, Krupa, a senior HR professional, shared her story, experiences and thoughts related to:Her first job, by chance, to get into IT trainingMoving to software firms laterHaving a natural inclination to be in HRHer family [of HR people]How the relationship between HR and technical persons has evolved over the yearsIncreasing use of analytics by HRData alone cannot be the basis for interacting with an individualHow the first level or reporting manager is the starting point for HRHow

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31:01

If you are not growing, you are falling behind with...

Software People Stories ·

2022/02/26

In this episode, Gayatri is in conversation with Joseph Wong, General Manager, Asia Pacific & Japan, OpenLegacy and Board Member of AppSolute Ltd talks about his career journey, Joseph sharesBorn in Hong Kong, moved to Canada to complete his studies and worked in the US, Australia and now working in Hong KongJoseph understood early on that he enjoyed working in smaller companies and scaling itHis consulting experiences helped him enjoy very different domains starting from gaming to CRM and Middle

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30:35

Venturing beyond your comfort zone with Jacob Kurian...

Software People Stories ·

2022/02/19

In this episode Shiv continues the conversation with Jacob Kurian, an Indian IT industry veteran and presently Hon. Secretary, The Association of People with Disability, Bangalore.In the previous episode, Jacob talked about a cold-relationship with a senior executive at Unisys and how that changed. He mentioned a call received from GE to explore the possibility of getting software developed in India.Jacob shares:What happened to the GE opportunity and how that was a significant event for the Indian

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39:58

Venturing beyond your comfort zone with Jacob Kurian...

Software People Stories ·

2022/02/11

In this episode, Shiv is in conversation with Jacob Kurian, an Indian IT industry veteran and presently Hon. Secretary, The Association of People with Disability, Bangalore.Jacob has so many stories to share, that we decided to publish this in 2 parts.In the first part, Jacob sharesHis early childhood and how his father was a great influence in his wanting to be an engineerWhat his life lessons were, staying in a hostel for further schoolingHis first role related to project management in the

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42:44

Being in the learning zone with Kartic Vaidyanathan

Software People Stories ·

2022/02/04

In this episode, Gayatri is in conversation with Kartic Vaidyanathan, Founder of Play 2 Learn and visiting faculty at IIT Madras shared his journeyTalks about accidentally becoming part of the technology journey due to the sheer popularity of studying in a premier instituteKartic shares the story of becoming a visiting faculty teaching life and coping skills in IIT MadrasKartic shares the need for EQ and life skills are needed to build better adults and he also credits for the visionaries in the

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47:25

Riding the Sinusoidal wave with Prakash Bulusu

Software People Stories ·

2022/01/28

In this episode, Gayatri is in conversation with Prakash Bulusu, Vice President Customer Behavior Analytics at Amazon Inc.Prakash works with Peta bytes of data on a regular basis to identify and predict what consumers would like to useHis early memory of computers started with using AC while playing Nintendo games and amazed at the computer networks in his alumni NIT TrichyShares an interesting story on why he took up his MS after 3.5 years of undergrad. His fascination in e-commerce and US

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38:17

Leapfrogging the technology with Pallav Prakash

Software People Stories ·

2022/01/22

In this episode, Gayatri is in conversation with Pallav Prakash Indian Navy veteran and program manager at ZumTalks about starting in technology in early 1980s by way of merit and got passionate about computersHe talks about implementing high critical projects in submarines and speaks about them as ‘point of no return’ Talks about the pride of careering a Indian passport stemming from the Indian software people across the globe with special mention towards womenTalks about the pride moment of

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40:54

Understanding the Why first with Nani Narayanan...

Software People Stories ·

2022/01/15

In this episode, Shiv is in conversation with Nani Narayanan Srinivasan, who is the leader, Data Sciences at HomeUnion and has been in the IT industry for over four decades.In this conversation, Nani talks about:Studying metallurgy and getting exposed to programming to design a blast furnace.Wanting to be in the systems software, Telecom and R&D side of computing.Opportunity to work on a project which was more of R&D, to implement a hot standby and takeover algorithm for mainframes.Realizing the

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37:50

Immersing into data lineage and career contours with...

Software People Stories ·

2022/01/07

Wishing you all a very happy new year 2022!!In this episode, Gayatri is in conversation with Sriram Rangarajan, Accomplished Data Analytics Leader at IBM shared his data journey His role as an enterprise data architect and what lenses he has to wearWays to get started collecting, analysing and gaining insights from dataHow can young engineers joining the data ecosystem look at dataData to be viewed through the business process and lifecycle Ways of managing complexities across organization and

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18:53

Curiosity and crafting stories with Sivakumar

Software People Stories ·

2021/12/31

Continuing our special series for the year end, Shiv asks colleague PM Powerian Sivakumar (Shiv) how he has developed a curiosity mindset and how he weaves them into stories and more.This series of conversations will help you reflect on the year that was and identify some actions you may want to take in the new year.You can reach him @https://pm-powerconsulting.com/experts/sivakumar/https://www.linkedin.com/in/sivakumar-subramanyan-1a78101/

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