Software People Stories

In this conversation, Sapna Jhaver, Technology Leader is in conversation with Chitra Gurjar where she shares various perspectives on - - Gen Alpha - their role as influencers, their thoughts and virtual influence of Generative AI - Moving into leadership roles and how her theatre experience helped her with playing, understanding leadership - Becoming inward focused to manage orthodoxy, perceptions...

In this conversation, Sapna Jhaver, Technology Leader is in conversation with Chitra Gurjar where she shares various perspectives on - - Wanting to first get into a business, thanks to being from a mainly business family - Wanting to do Chartered Accounting so she could start a business, then being peer-pressured into doing Electronics engineering - Switching mindsets from testing to development t...

I continue my conversation with C Subramanian - more affectionately known as CS in his circles,  an accomplished banker turned IT professional, with international experience. CS - C Subramanian's story is one of resilience, adaptation, and continuous learning. From his humble beginnings, he sought stability through education and found unexpected opportunities in the banking sector. Despite facing...

In this episode, Shiv is in conversation with C Subramanian, more affectionately known as CS in his circles, an accomplished banker turned IT professional, with international experience. In this first part of the conversation, CS shared his origin story, starting from a modest background with a focus on securing a stable life through education.  Despite initial plans for a career in chemistry, a f...

In this episode Shiv continues his conversation with Andy Hillard the CEO of Accelerance. He leads and advocates for the globalization and collaboration of great software teams across the world.  In this second part of the conversation, Shiv and Andy discuss the challenges of working with multiple service providers and the importance of building cohesive teams. Andy emphasizes the need for trust,...

In this episode, Shiv is in conversation with Andy Hillard, the CEO of Accelerance. He leads and advocates for the globalization and collaboration of great software teams across the world.  The conversation between Shiv and Andy covers Andy's extensive career journey, including his time with the Peace Corps, his experience in finance and marketing, and his transition into software development.  An...

Shiv continues his conversation with Mike Bowers, Chief architect at FairCom. In this conversation, Mike discusses how to identify someone with an aptitude for being a software architect. Here are the key points: Aptitude for a software architect, abstract thinking and Practicality His Experience in extensive coding and understanding of  different programming languages, Data structures and algorit...

My guest today is Mike Bowers, Chief architect at FairCom. We had a very interesting conversation that we decided to publish in two parts. In the first part of the conversation , MIke shares his career path and his perspective on how to approach software development. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the customer's needs and designing systems that are flexible and scalable. He also dis...

In this conversation with Ms. Vijayashree CTO - Shikshalokam | Director- Onlineengineer Inc. she talks about her career trajectory and how she approaches technical challenges. Here are the key points: Vijayashree accidentally ended up in computer science after wanting to study electronics engineering. She has a passion for system software design and coding. She transitioned from a services role to...

Today, my guest is Shekhar Chandra - the Global Practice Head at Irs Software Inc. Here are the key themes from the conversation:  Shekhar initially disliked sales because he is more of an introvert. However, he was eased into the role by his company and his technical background helped him gain the confidence to sell because he understood the product. Building a brand: Shekhar highlights the impor...

Shiv our host is in conversation with Harpreet SIngh, CO-founder and co-CEO of Launchale Inc. Harpreet has been associated with conceiving and launching many innovative products that have become a standard among developer community.  In today's conversation he talks about How he started his career in India and then moved to the US. He emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and self-impro...

Today, my guest is Vinaya Mallya, is a seasoned IT professional, who has played leadership roles in the corporate sector, then was an entrepreneur building a team and moving on to create solutions to impact the social sector. In this conversation, : Vinaya shares her career path, including experiences in corporate IT, startups, and the social sector. Early Career in IT Vinaya's original plan was t...

Today, my guest is Amita Ardha, an enterprise architect who has been focusing on sustainable development solutions. In this conversation; Amita started her career in engineering and transitioned to IT due to her interest in the "why" behind the coding. She realized the importance of understanding the business world and pursued an MBA with a focus on IT and software engineering. She eventually beca...

Every year, the Software People Stories dedicates the month of March to women guests, to call out their contributions and highlight some women’s perspectives. Today, I am very happy to introduce our guest, Krishna Kumari, who is also a podcaster, hosting the New Indian Woman podcast. In this conversation, Krishna talks about: Her first association with computers during her engineering student days...

Happy Women's Day! This whole month we have all women's special podcast. Today, Malini Gowrishankar , Founder and CEO of F5escapes is in conversation with Chitra sharing her experiences as below  - Describes herself as a nerdy 1st bencher with interest in music poetry, screen tested with Doordarshan - Support role resolving backend issues, strong fundamentals in delivering high quality software -...

In second part of this episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Bharath Kumar who is a Marketeer from a Technologist, Head Of Marketing & Cx - Zoho Creator and he’s a Marketing and Content Specialist . Believing the part of Authentic marketing  Creating a Product first and playing secondary to product but how do you differentiate the values of Zoho organization along with product feat...

In this special episode, as part of our book launch "A Practitioner's guide to Enterprise Agility", we had a panel discussion on Enterprise agility. As part of this panel Sivaguru was in conversation with 3 eminent guest from IT industry, Ramkumar Venkatesan, CTO Cashfree payments, Vandana Malaiya, Partner Semcostyle and S Gopalan, MD Global automation Pvt Ltd. Listen to this episode to know what...

In today's special episode we have our authors in conversation with our host Chitra. They share their experiences and thoughts with Chitra about the story behind this book. Here is what Chitra has to say about this podcast. The five tantras of enterprise agility which emerged from real coaching, business and consulting experiences of PM Power Consulting authored by Paramu Kurumathur only meant a s...

In the second part of the conversation with my friend Prema Dhas Mohunraj - aka Prem, Automotive Engineer, Product Leader in the Automotive Space, Electrobit(EB), we touched upon his career and reflections, including: Shares his decisions and the outcomes of moving roles, company and location Talks about family and decisions on moving career  Prem shares his learnings on being part of a legal case...

In the first part of conversation with my friend Prema Dhas Mohunraj - aka Prem, Automotive Engineer, Product Leader in the Automotive Space, Electrobit(EB), we touched upon his career and reflections, including: Shortest stint in Robert Bosch for 2 years and talks about today’s trend of people moving out in less than 2 months Been an automotive engineer for the better part of his career and worke...

In this conversation with my colleague Srinivasan Sundararajan - aka Srini, we touched upon many topics related to personal finance as well as non-financial planning, including: His passion for data and analytics Understanding that behavior matters as much or more than data and how his own approach to analytics has evolved over time The year end being a logical time window to reflect and plan Star...

In this conversation, my colleague Mohan Ram shares how His reflection and planning cycle is not necessarily synchronized with the calendar year His preference to not think too far ahead in the future, but focus on the next 3 months How the thought process is always on in the back of one’s mind How to avoid the analysis paralysis, but move towards action with a golden optimal rule His experience a...

As we approach the end of a calendar year, many of us have the practice of looking back on the year that was, reflecting on the highs and lows of the year - and shape our dreams and aspirations for the coming year. At Software People Stories, we are running a special series of conversations with people on their own approaches as well as practices and stories of how their thinking has changed over...

As we approach the end of a calendar year, many of us have the practice of looking back on the year that was, reflecting on the highs and lows of the year - and shape our dreams and aspirations for the coming year. At Software People Stories, we are running a special series of conversations with people on their own approaches as well as practices and stories of how their thinking has changed over...

As we approach the end of a calendar year, many of us have the practice of looking back on the year that was, reflecting on the highs and lows of the year - and shape our dreams and aspirations for the coming year. At Software People Stories, we are running a special series of conversations with people on their own approaches as well as practices and stories of how their thinking has changed over...