Software People Stories

In this episode, Gayatri is in conversation with Kartic Vaidyanathan, Founder of Play 2 Learn and visiting faculty at IIT Madras shared his journey  Talks about accidentally becoming part of the technology journey due to the sheer popularity of studying in a premier institute  Kartic shares the story of becoming a visiting faculty teaching life and coping skills in IIT Madras Kartic shar...

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 use His early memory of computers started with using AC while playing Nintendo games and amazed at the computer networks in his alumni NIT Trichy Shares an inter...

In this episode, Gayatri is in conversation with Pallav Prakash Indian Navy veteran and program manager at Zum Talks about starting in technology in early 1980s by way of merit and got passionate about computers He 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 India...

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 proje...

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 wear Ways to get started collecting, analysing and gaining insights from data How can young engineers joining the data ecosystem look at data Data to be...

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://w...

Continuing our special series for the year end, Shiv asks colleague PM Powerian Vasu how he is so observant and able to take copious notes during meetings 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 at Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/svasudev/ https://pm-powerconsulting.com/...

Continuing our special series for the year end, Shiv asks colleague PM Powerian Gopalan how he stays calm even under pressure 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. More about Gopal at https://pm-powerconsulting.com/experts/gopalan/ Can reach Gopal @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopalgopalan/

In this episode, Paramu Kurumathur, Consultant at PM Power consulting talks about various situations in his career. When he had the opportunity to latch on to an idea, develop it to concrete action. He talks about how there are many ways to do that and that age is no bar, based on his own experience. Specifically, he talks about the following approaches that have helped him- Explore, expand an ide...

In this episode, Raghu Viswanathan, knows as Raghu, shares his story with details of Being an alumnus of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, which got the first computer in India His initial ‘hate’ for computer science, mainly due to the use of punched cards! Joining TCS [Tata Consultancy Services] as a management consultant Having to play the role of an IBM expert on his first overseas pro...

In this episode Raksha Rao, CEO and Co-Founder of Parjanya Creative Solutions using interactive media technologies in the space of health, fitness and arts, is in conversation with Chitra Gurjar A trained classical vocalist, starting at age 4 and working with music via interactive media Melding technology and health & fitness Learning and pushing herself with challenges and problem solving, always...

In this conversation, Nash Narasimhan, GM of Ecommerce business of HP India, shares his experience and perspectives related to  His academic qualifications include being an engineer and MBA Starting his career with Eicher and then moving to Muscat and becoming a product manager for a Ford dealership Returning to India for a role, actually two - with HCL and then moving to DEC (Digital Equipment Co...

In this episode, Raghu Srinivas, Change and Transformation Lead in HSBC, is in conversation with Gayatri Kalyanaraman sharing his career journey and decisions that led him to where he is Raghu started as a developer in TCS after completing his education in Bangalore He was inspired by him mentor to broaden his horizon and desire to move to Business Made an internal transition to business and now l...

In this episode, Krishna Prasad, known as KP - Coach at PM Power shares his experience related to Being a coach Why middle management is usually underserved in terms of coaching help How he had handled his own personal transition from an individual contributor to a middle manager His expertise Areas – New Product Development, Product Management, Lean-Agile Transformation, Digital Transformation, L...

In this episode, Naresh Jain, Developer, Consultant, Conference Producer and Startup Founder of Xnsio  shares his insights and experiences related to  -  Starting his career 20 years back building Neural networks for ISRO, and how he got into corporate life -  His experience reading the paper “Test infected” by Kent. How it helped him see the value behind extreme programming -  How he and his frie...

In this conversation, Dr Asoke Talukder shares his experience and perspectives related to  His aspiration to be in performing arts, when he was young Winning in a detective story writing competition, getting into puppetry and becoming a leading shadow puppeteer in Kolkata  Wanting to get into a teaching role, attracted by the vacation periods, to pursue his other performing arts interests Starting...

In this episode, Seema Joshi, global product leader at NICE is in conversation with Chitra Gurjar sharing her insights and experiences through Qualifying as a Civil Engineer, and doing site work, to pursuing an MBA and her first job in tech Moving into tech and landing different jobs, finding what she wanted to do Working on the frontlines of technology Her life as a technical account manager and...

In this conversation, Tom Henriksen talks about Starting a career in sales and then getting into tech Getting into Agile, as part of a team adopting Agile practices, under a manager’s guidance His experience of transitioning from an individual contributor to a manager Understanding the importance of human skills in agile teams Some interesting learnings from patterns of behavior in teams, particul...

In this episode Ramesh shares his experience and perspectives related to His interest in software and programming that was fueled by an IIT professor teaching programming One of the very few who did a software project as part of his degree and then joining Tata Burroughs from campus, as the first batch Getting back to academics to get his Master’s degree How his extra learning at IISc and the work...

In this conversation, Jayashree Rajagopalan, Engineering Lead in Amazon shares her experience and perspectives related to  Started technology journey by being inspired by peers and deeply passionate to improve Shares her humble beginnings from the temple town of Trichy and joined Robert Bosch Higher education after a marriage break gave way to structured thinking Jayashree shares her passion in mu...

Please vote for the Software People Stories podcast under the Business and Entrepreneurship category for the Hubhopper Awards at https://www.community.hubhopper.com/hubhopper-awards Thank you In this conversation, Anantha Natarajan - known as Anand - a colleague and coach at PM Power Consulting, he shares his experience and perspectives related to coaching senior leaders and mid level managers How...

In this conversation, S Srinivasa Raghavan better known as SS or Raghavan, shares his experience and perspectives on How we mutually influenced each other in choosing our careers in hardware and software Being strong in English grammar, that helped him though the came from a tamil medium education Getting to know the power of  programmability in a calculator and being inducted into FORTRAN Develop...

In this conversation, Jayaraman Raghuraman - known as Raghu - SVP – Digital Engineering and Tech. Debt, Schneider Electric shares his experience and perspectives on How he became a software developer.. And likes to all himself a software developer About his aptitude to solve problems in math or trivia etc. How he was lucky to be at the right time for this industry Though interested in computers, h...

In this conversation, Raminder Rathore, a senior DevOps specialist,  shares her experience and perspectives on How her getting into IT was destined, based on her father’s foresight If you learn something, it is always good to share it with others [and teaching is a good option] Her first career transition from a teacher to a developer Taking on other roles such as a tester and business analyst Get...

This conversation between Mohan Panchapikesan, CEO and Director at Medexpert Software Solutions, shares his stories about -  Mohan started his career after completing his engineering in Anna University and IIT Kharagpur and talks about being a self made person but stays as a small town boy from Trichy  Mohan shares being inherently curious and how his firm looks at not only the hospital management...