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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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42:00

Techie turned investor with Abhay Havaldar

Software People Stories ·

2022/06/24

In this episode, Abhay Havaldar shares his story and experiences related to:Starting his IT career with a role in testing software and going on to play other roles of marketing support and salesProduct management and support with a dealing room packageAlways willing to experiment and joining a venture capital firm - Draper InternationalEarly stage investing, General Atlantic, India - and a boutique investment firmWhy he got into ITHow he positions an IT solution to a prospective clientHis

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39:59

OS, products, innovation and coaching with K Nageswar...

Software People Stories ·

2022/06/17

In this episode, K Nageswara Rao - known as KNR - shares his story and experiences related to:Four threads related to his careerIndividual contributor, team leaderConnecting digital switches in the telecom industry; each switch being a digital exchangeTraveling to locations that he is not supposed to talk about, due to security reasonsJoining Tata Unisys and learning a lot in terms of working with teams Working on the operating system : Unix SVr4Moving to the Solaris OS group with Sun

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38:31

Writing for developers with Karl Hughes

Software People Stories ·

2022/06/12

In this episode, Karl Hughes, founder and CEO of Draft.dev, sharesStarting his career, working with startups as a software engineerTaking on engineering management and CTO rolesCovid triggering a shift to get into technical writing for developersHow to think of documentation for developers, as an intentional activityHis views on Agile approaches and documentation and the need to right size the documentationHow the product maturity influences the need and depth of documentationWhy writing is the most

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31:00

Using data for Organizational excellence with...

Software People Stories ·

2022/06/03

In this second part of the conversation with an IT industry veteran, Satyendra Kumar, he sharesHis perspective on Agile approachesAgile approaches are good for certain contexts such as: products, supported by DevOps and other techniquesMay still be reluctant for systems such as critical, real-time systems [nuclear, aircraft etc]For services work, need to be careful; unless there is a strong risk management approach, it may be risky to use Agile approachesExamples from his experiences in helping

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27:34

Getting the bigger picture with Satyendra Kumar-Part1

Software People Stories ·

2022/05/26

In this first part of the conversation with an IT industry veteran, Satyendra Kumar, he sharesComing from a humble background and doing his initial education in a villageGetting into Delhi University based on his good academic performanceHaving to take up a job, to meet some family needsHow he chose a job in a defence agency and rising to a senior levelLeaving his job and getting into consulting and qualitySetting up the Tata Business Excellence Model for the groupWorking with different business

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34:41

Product Thinking with Harish Achappa

Software People Stories ·

2022/05/20

In this episode, Harish Achappa KM sharesChoosing mechanical engineering as a subject of study and getting into TCS engineering servicesWorking on valves and compressorsGetting into programming as part if his workThe experience of having a paid vacation in Italy!How his interest in programming developed after starting to use C, C++ as a hobbyNoticing differences in projects done at client locations v/s in IndiaWorking directly with users and feeding off the energy based on common questionsGetting

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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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