Software People Stories

Sanjay Jayakumar CEO and Founder of Ignitarium shares his stories about -  Facing uncertainties from very early on, being good in math and physics Joining the WIPRO factory from campus in 1991, and being with WIPRO for 21 years Phases in WIPRO of roughly 3 years each across various functions Early career in engineering, as the interface between design and production of computers Moving to the hard...

 Bhuvan Anandakrishnan, Director of Engineering Caterpillar Inc talks about - His starting days in the training as a fresh graduate in Satyam when he realised the power of computing and seeing the results come in He found the joy in software by creating something where nothing was there and could get a sense of accomplishment Eye for quality by way of working in embedded software and getting...

In this conversation, Hendrik Esser, a senior leader at Ericsson, shares his thoughts related to His love to construct stuff, even as a kid, to make stuff that others can use Starting to play games with his friend and then writing games Preferring electrical engineering, as the feeling was that computer science is just programming and he already knew that! Then, learning communication protocols an...

In this episode Madhavi Nadig, a seasoned professional with experience solving challenging problems using technology shares her stories with Chitra on  Choosing to do engineering as she couldn't become a vet Getting a bachelors and then a masters in computer science Working in 3 different industries via companies like EMC, Jumptap (online advertising) and then Spotify (music) Being known as a...

In this episode, Ramesh Shastri, software engineer to business head shares his long journey of 38 years in professional career with Shiv, In this conversation he talks about- Gravitated to IT like peers, as that was the well paying sector Starting as an individual contributor growing to become a business unit leader From systems programming to business applications How his roles changed over the d...

In this conversation, Madhurima Agarwal, Director of Engineering Programs and Leader at NetApp Accelerator shares are career journey with Chitra. She talks about - Her love for technology starting when she believed in grade 8 that she was the best programmer in the world Being an entrepreneur during her college days with her father as mentor and angel investor, building a product to automate membe...

In this conversation Srilakshmi, Program Manager shares her 30+ year story with Chitra through her essence of being a person who naturally brings people together. Her story board contains  Science as her forte and choosing to study engineering Getting her first job in HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd) to build the Light Combat Aircraft or LCA, her first exposure to program management Learning s...

In this conversation, Ted Harrington, Executive Partner at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) shares his career journey and perspectives with Sivaguru on various topics related to IT security and ethical hacking. He talks about His company of ethical hackers helping other companies secure their IT systems Wanting to be an entrepreneur and starting a consumer facing business Moving to a company,...

In this conversation, Raja, a coach at PM Power, who likes to be known as a lifelong programmer shares his journey into the world of software and the lessons he learnt and his view on How he was inspired by two of his teachers to learn programming His liking for experiments that kept him interested in IT The transition from an individual contributor to working in teams How he would like to be asso...

In this episode Dr. Neeta Trivedi, a former senior scientist with the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and an entrepreneur, is in conversation with Sivaguru. Neeta shares her experiences on Her modest family background from a small town with modest dreams Even without access to information sources, wanting to do something different, something big Being fortunate to have pa...

In this episode Amrita Samuel, People Leader and Executive Coach is in conversation with Gayatri sharing her experiences on Chosing HR as a career by choice Starting out in banking, manufacturing, hotels & then coming to IT via a .com company Working out of retail company warehouses and in actual stores, later moving into HR consulting across several industries The start of her long IT HR stin...

In this conversation Chuck Weindorf shares insights and incidents from his long career as an IT software developer, guide and mentor, with Chitra from PM Power Consulting, around His interest and curiosity to learn about new technology, picking it up as a hobbyist in high school His drive to offer his services as a software developer when he was in high school Having the drive and focus to stay on...

In this episode Amit Sarangi, Agile Evangelist is in conversation with Gayatri. Amit shares his experiences on Starting his career in the functional HRM area as a business analyst Comparing the modules and configurations that used to be done in Oracle to the no-code generation of products of today Working as an onsite coordinator and understanding business needs and mapping them How the Agile jour...

In this episode, SeethaPrasad Mandikel CEO and Founder of Tribyte Technologies shares his stories with Chitra around  His love for programming and natural motivation towards doing it, active coder at least once a week and reviewing code The "Made in India" inspiration when working in Talisma towards becoming an entrepreneur Having a lot of ideas, taking nearly 2 years to decide that "this is...

In this conversation with Sanjay Tambwekar, CTO of Qwikcilver is in conversation with Chitra where he shares his experiences around His first exposure to engineering while witnessing his father building barges in shipyards Writing software at TUL after his graduation from IIT Bombay Working at Bell Northern Research and developing systems engineering understanding  Being part of the supercomp...

In this conversation with Chitra, Pragati Ogal Rai shares her stories around How she became a technologist, published author, community technology evangelist, startup entrepreneur Having innate curiosity to study electronics and computer science, teach and do a double masters in computer science Working in a startup with her professor on creating a Skype-like feature on a palm pilot Working in mob...

In this conversation, Ranjani Mani shares her experience stories with Chitra on Her belief in making a world that our children can live in Product management, analytics and consulting for 14 years, customer experience & startup mentoring 3 things she's passionate about - Reading, Writing about Tech & AI, becoming better Doing her bit to enable women with choices The impact of growing up in...

In this conversation, Hamsa Ravikiran and Sivaguru exchange Japanese language and Sanskrit snippets as Hamsa shares her stories on Working after her BE and getting exposure to a breadth of software development from coding and testing to project and program management at Exim Soft Taking a break, doing an entrepreneurial program at IIM Bangalore and getting the first prize for her business idea Joi...

In this conversation Shane Hastie and Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting talk about Shane starting his career in South Africa in 1982 Getting a solid grounding in mainframe programming from an intensive training program & programming in Assembler for a teller machine software for a financial institution Working on ‘End User Computing’ approaches on the mainframe, very closely with the business...

In this conversation Sunil and Sivaguru from PM Power Consulting talk about How he accidentally joined his friend in a startup, when his campus offer from a larger company was put on hold His liking for software, right from the 6th grade, influenced greatly by his father How various experiments and explorations he undertook, helped indirectly and subtly build his brand and portfolio How the startu...

In this episode, Mahalakshmi and Lakshminarayan  share their perspectives with Sivaguru on: How they got into IT Maha finding her liking for bug fixing with some development, over development only How a production support role gave her more flexibility with her time Having a supportive environment at work and home, and more flexibility with time after having a kid Being lucky to be on a proje...

In this episode, Manju and Rajiv Kuchhal share their perspectives with Shiv on: Manju starting her career with TCS and taking a break to take care of kids, then getting into the social sector Rajiv, about how he got into IT accidentally How his knowledge of Pascal got him into IT/Telecom work and later, how he got into Infosys Leaving the corporate world about 13 years ago and being active in the...

In this episode, Priya and Sridhar Parthasarathy share their perspectives with Sivaguru on: Priya's determination to do MCA, after missing an opportunity to do engineering in Bidar Starting her career with Robert Bosch and moving on to Mascot and Wipro as a project leader and getting into ERP solutions Setting up the EAI practice in Cognizant Wanting to contribute to the Digital India initiative a...

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 i...

In this episode Naresh Bansal, Co-Founder, Kleeto.com and Next gen paper solutions Pvt Ltd is in conversation with Gayatri from DBS India. Naresh shares his experiences on Starting his technology journey inspired by Rajiv Gandhi’s vision of tech enabled India Hard work and Education as 2 pillars that drove his entire family towards success Interesting narrative on his experiences with visa co...