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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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43:52

Two In Step with Pratibha and Sirish Batchu

Software People Stories ·

2021/03/07

In our episode, the first of a series to mark women's day 2021, Chitra from PM Power consulting is in conversation with Pratibha Batchu, General Manager heading the India Operations for Bosch Service Solutions Business unit of Bosch and Sirish Batchu, Managing Director of Danlaw Technologies India Ltd.; where they share - How they chose careers in in software and technology From one being rooted in Bangalore, to the other having lived in different citiesTheir thoughts on diversity - of people,

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38:15

Decisions, Digital & Dynamics with Naresh Bansal

Software People Stories ·

2021/02/25

In this episode Naresh Bansal, Co-Founder, Kleeto.com and Next gen paper solutions Pvt Ltdis in conversation with Gayatri from DBS India. Naresh shares his experiences onStarting his technology journey inspired by Rajiv Gandhi’s vision of tech enabled IndiaHard work and Education as 2 pillars that drove his entire family towards successInteresting narrative on his experiences with visa consulate and trysts in USMaking a career in network management and telecom domain providing core and value added

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44:57

Abstract, Isolate, Interface & Automate with Dr...

Software People Stories ·

2021/02/19

In this episode,Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting is in conversation with Dr. Pramod Varma, CTO of EkStep and Chief architect of Aadhaar, where Pramod talks aboutHis early school years studying in his mother tongue, MalayalamGetting into Applied mathematics for higher studiesJoining Infosys and learning to address the challenges of teaching academically high performersHis experience in using some of the earliest technology components of the internetHow his research and teaching led him to conceptual

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44:51

Being One with your Target with Jerome Ruwe

Software People Stories ·

2021/02/10

In this episode Jerome Ruwe, Master Agile Coach is in conversation with Gayatri from DBS India. Jerome shares his experiences on Starting his career as a Finance specialist and falling in love with technology Adopting Business Intelligence based software development & recognising power of dataConnected to Jeff Sutherland and adopted SCrum practices and handled soft aspects of hard questionsMeeting Boss Vode and experimenting with what we now know as LESS frameworkDeja vu when working as a scrum

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39:52

Crafting Software with Liran Haimovitch

Software People Stories ·

2021/02/05

In this episode Liran Haimovitch, CTO and co-founder of rookout is in conversation with Chitra from PM Power Consulting. Liran shares his experiences onWorking across multiple technologies & rolesHaving a computer at age 6 and writing programs since then2 impacts from his cybersecurity experience - (1) the importance of understanding software & its complexity (2) doing something beyond just writing codeAging systems, lost design intent, and the most common form of tech debtThe 3 reasons for

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33:38

A Pathfinder's Story with Guruprasad Krishnan

Software People Stories ·

2021/01/31

This episode features a conversation between PM Power colleagues Guruprasad and Chitra with Guru sharing his story that includesLove for programming and logicC programming and how an incident set the stage for his sw dev career Experiences as a developer and directly working with customersHis 3 lessons through a serious escalation Key takeaways when transitioning from an individual contributor to a managerWanting to stay technical and how agile led the way to managementHaving an excellent manager as

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38:51

DOer to Get-it-Done-er with J Veeraraaghavan

Software People Stories ·

2021/01/23

In this episode PM Power colleagues, J Veeraraaghavan (JV) & Sivaguru are in conversation as JV shares his career journey during the mid-career days, when he moved from one leadership role to another includingGetting the right breaks through his careerManaging projects, taking up middle managerial roles and moving into executive managementGetting exposed to and experience in roadmap planning for productsCurbing the tendency to jump in and act when team members were facing challenges, rather

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33:44

Product Thinking Trifecta with Ujjwal Trivedi

Software People Stories ·

2021/01/15

In this episode, Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting is in conversation with Ujjwal Trivedi and his stories aboutWanting to be a scientist, when he was graduatingWhy he had to take up a job, due to family situationGetting some inputs from colleagues and managers and recognizing his aptitude for more business oriented rolesJourney from a software developer to a business analyst and then to a product managerBegan blogging as a means of sharing his learning of new technologyFinding that his creativity in

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12:30

Coaches' Reflections with PM Power Coaches - 2

Software People Stories ·

2021/01/10

Continuing with our 2-part Year End Special, our episode this week features PM Power coaches Gopal, Srini, Sivakumar, Sivaguru & ParamuThey share experiences, observations, insights and tips for anyone in a leadership role or aspiring to take up the role, in a dispersed mode of working. Tips include -Becoming situational leadersCopiously communicateEmpathize with individualsDont overdo anythingSupport associates, recognize mental well-beingKeep the big picture of business, partners and members

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26:35

Coaches' Reflections with PM Power Coaches - 1

Software People Stories ·

2021/01/01

Check out my late2020 threw up challenges like no year before, in anyone’s living memory. As coaches from PM Power Consulting, many of us went saw and experienced changes that affected our coaching practice. Through observations, sensing and experimenting, all of which were activated differently, we un-learned and re-learned to respond to our client needs. As 2020 draws to a close and a new year ushers itself in, tune into part 1 of our 2-part Yr End special where we PM Power coaches speak of

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34:53

Continuish Ikigai with Krishna Prasad

Software People Stories ·

2020/12/25

In this conversation, Krishna Prasad - aka KP - a coach at PM Power Consulting, shares many of his personal experiences with Chitra.Among other things, he talks of: A mechanical engineer, with Masters and PhD in software Mercedes, Tata, Terex, Delphi Own journey of various roles in the Software industry, experiencing and contributing to various aspects of SDLC His origin story: typical middle class family, aspiring kids to be engineers or doctors; though liked the doctor profession, did not want

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42:19

Business as Usual or Not? With Sunita Rao

Software People Stories ·

2020/12/16

Sunita Rao and Chitra Gurjar are in a conversation where Sunita shares her stories and experiences about -Being a Hyderabad person, who chose a path of computers through Math & designed solutions for the Nasdaq using VC++ -Cutting teeth in the world of telecom tech working at companies like Nokia, Motorola & Ericsson -Moving from a file systems protocols engineering role into product management and the transition experience -Understanding customers needs via figuring out the problem first & being

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30:52

Game, Set and Mind with Badri Narayanan

Software People Stories ·

2020/12/09

Tune into a chat with a Mental Conditioning Coach Badri Narayanan, Founder of Quantum Leap Sports, with Gayatri Kalyanaraman from PM Power Consulting covering - -How he translated his interest in psychology to help him transition from software to being a mental conditioning coach -Squashing barriers to mental health -Players interest in data and insights to help manage their performance -Data and psyche of the mind -How he handles context switching across coaching sport, leadership and

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39:46

Exploring New Frontiers with Anuradha Venkatesh

Software People Stories ·

2020/12/03

Conversation with a RPA and MI Lead Anuradha Venkatesh, at Ford with Gayatri Kalyanaraman from PM Power Consulting on Starting her journey as a civil engineer and built bridges After taking a career break during childbirth, Anuradha started in Geographic Information System as she stepped into software development Anu shares her exciting journey across Java, BI Dev and RPA technologies while solving real problems with innovation and focus Anuradha covers some of the interesting stories on keeping

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43:36

Moments of Magic with Sundara Sukavanam

Software People Stories ·

2020/11/27

Conversation with a Chief Digital Officer Sundar Sukavanam, at firstsource with Gayatri Kalyanaraman from PM Power Consulting on Role of CDO has always been there with work done by CIO, CTO and the CEO Digital has made people think of business models differently - Digital office has quite a few roles like Intelligent Automation (RPA), machine first capability, partnerships, evangelization Talks about 18,000 puzzle pieces coming together as an art! Sundar talks about experience as an account

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39:50

Embracing Digital with Pravin Gandhi

Software People Stories ·

2020/11/19

Passion and Commitment, something that you will hear throughout this conversation with Pravin Gandhi, a pioneer in the Indian IT industry. With over 50 years in the industry, Pravin is known nowadays for his angel investing and mentorship of entrepreneurs. What you may not know is that his association with the industry started as a software professional! In his journey over the years, you will hear about spotting opportunities, wanting to solve other people’s problems and dreaming big. In this

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34:25

3x3 Kaleidoscope with Kishan Malur

Software People Stories ·

2020/11/12

A conversation with Kishan Malur, Product Manager andChitra Gurjar from PM Power Consulting on - -His experience working with digital pay TV,Industrial IoT and Cloud Infrastructure -Passion for Products, moving from the what to answering the why? -A story about buying a computer and building a POS software -Wearing different hats as a product manager -Mastering empathy in 3 different ways -Staying connected to your network, during the pandemic -Coaching, paying it forward and other passions -How to

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31:52

Exploring Different Realms with Preethy Padmanabhan

Software People Stories ·

2020/11/06

In conversation with Preethy Padman, Product Marketing Executive with Freshworks with Gayatri Kalyanaraman from PM Power Consulting Preethy talks about her career starting in India working for networking software firms She discovered her passion for technology and later in product development and later in product marketing. She has also tried being Chief of staff. She talks about building a career leading to be a General manager and how all these career choices have made sense Preethy shares a story

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39:03

The CIO who hated IT once with Manoj Deorukhkar

Software People Stories ·

2020/10/29

In this episode, Manoj Deorukhkar, CIO of Sterling and Wilson Pvt Ltd, shares his experiences and stories with Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting about: That he got into IT by accident -His love for nature -Starting his career in the steel industry -Playing various roles in the organization, from shop floor to executive assistantship -His transition to a CIO of a group company after implementing a corporate wide SAP rollout -How entering IT at a later stage in his career and working with much younger

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44:32

Listening Right and Receiving Gifts with Deepak...

Software People Stories ·

2020/10/22

Listen to a conversation between Deepak Visveswaraiah, VP of Platform Engineering at Pega Systems and Chitra Gurjar from PM Power Consulting a s Deepak talks about -His early days growing up as a Bangalore native and how he started out in software development -Experiences as a C & Unix Programmer -His work across several domains like Nuclear Energy, Semiconductors, gaming and publishing -Co-founding a healthcare startup and learning key customer empathy lessons -Essential fundamentals of

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