Past Present Phuture: 3 Questions

Alexa Van is the founder of ⁨ The Bad Creatives, a mentorship brand and podcast for Neurospicy minds and deeply feeling people navigating authenticity, unmasking, and creative expression. She’s also a published author and certified Inner Voice Facilitator. If you'd like to hear more of Alexa's insights on the creative process, follow @thebadcreatives and subscribe to The Bad Creatives podcast wher...

Devin McGovern, aka Devin the Dad, is a former reality TV producer turned 40+ dad content creator who’s built a viral social platform by turning everyday parenting chaos into relatable content. With 100M+ views and 30+ brand partnerships, he inspires parents and creators to embrace the pivot and build something meaningful at any stage of life. Today, Devin speaks on Turning Chaos into Content, car...

Joy Batra is a fractional general counsel, author, and podcast host . Joy has been the first in-house lawyer at 10+ startups and has worked with public companies like Coinbase, Etsy, and Goldman Sachs. Joy holds a JD/MBA from Harvard University. She is the author of The Freelance Mindset , has written for Fast Company and Harvard Business Review , and was (for a brief post-law school moment) a Bol...

Jacob Matson is a DevRel at MotherDuck, with a background in finance & operations. He lives in Everett, Washington, and you can find him on Twitter @matsonj . Get full access to Past Present Phuture: 3 Questions at pastpresentphuture.substack.com/subscribe

David Nebinski is a community builder, writer, and host of the Portfolio Career and A Chief of Staff podcasts. He is currently working with Founders to build their business and community through events. You can learn more about his work and events in NYC on his Substack here! Get full access to Past Present Phuture: 3 Questions at pastpresentphuture.substack.com/subscribe

Josh Dorfman has spent his career at the intersection of media, brand building, and climate. He is CEO and host of Supercool , a media company covering the low-carbon economy and the companies building it. Josh is also co-founder & CMO of Plantd , a manufacturer of carbon-negative building materials made from fast-growing, perennial grass. Supercool: getsuper.cool Plantd: plantdmaterials.com Get f...

Welcome to a very special milestone episode for Past Present Phuture with Episode 25! Eren is the Founder and Chief Engineer at Olympian Motors. He previously built chips at Qualcomm, focusing on Snapdragon Auto, AI-accelerator, and satellites. Started his career at Ford R&D, holds an MBA from Columbia University and a BSc in Electronics Engineering. Olympian Motors Vehicles: https://olympianmotor...

Daniel is the CEO and co-founder of Meet-Ting, one of the most popular AI scheduling assistants for email and WhatsApp. He previously held executive roles at TikTok, ByteDance, adidas, and WPP, and has lived and worked across the USA, China, the UK, Germany, and Brazil. Dan is widely respected in social media marketing and the startup ecosystem. He built one of the first AI agents in his sector, m...

With over 18 years of experience in recruiting, Greg Toroosian is passionate about connecting top talent with meaningful and challenging opportunities in the fields of robotics, hard tech, and AI. As the founder and head of search at Samson Rose, a boutique search firm, he leads their efforts to deliver high-quality and personalized services to clients and candidates. They are not just recruiters...

Dontae Delgado is a Staff Product Manager at ServiceTitan with a career spanning Amazon, Compass, Outreach, and Microsoft; where he's led products affecting millions of users and managed initiatives at enterprise scale. Outside of his day job, Dontae coaches professionals navigating career pivots and helps service-based small business owners build systems that let their business grow without them....

Annie and Michael Hedgpeth are the co-founders of People Work, a bootstrapped software company helping professionals get intentional about the relationships that drive their careers. Annie is the CEO, with a non-traditional path through casting directing, cloud engineering, and software engineering at HashiCorp. Michael is the CTO, with a background in engineering leadership at NCR and Splunk. Tog...

Nick Cook is a senior technical writer and software programmer with 25+ years of experience creating clear, effective documentation. He has worked on developer documentation for Google Cloud Media APIs, Android OS, and the game mechanics of Tetris. He currently resides in San Jose, CA and works at NVIDIA on LLM documentation. Credits Music: ‪@Pumpupthemind‬ Stock Footage: https://www.pexels.com/@e...

Philippe Routhier is an ESG and sustainability practitioner with a non-traditional path into the field. He began his career in professional kitchens, where he learned discipline, failure, and how to lead under pressure, before transitioning into tech and corporate operations. Today, his work focuses on building practical ESG programs, navigating imperfect systems, and helping teams understand not...

After spending way too much time acquiring a master's in physics and another in applied math, Manu worked at Google (15 years) and Twitter (1.5 years) as a software engineer, while spewing a constant flow of satire through his cartoons. Since the day Elon Musk fired him for being too much of a troublemaker, he decided to step away from tech and now spends most of his time drawing. You can find Man...

After bouncing around the IT world for a few years, Chris started a new journey in SEO and web marketing, then spent nearly a decade at Automattic as a support engineer and payments systems developer for WordPress.com and WooCommerce. That journey from technology to marketing to support to code shapes how he works today: asking the right questions, connecting the dots, and focusing on what's actua...

Azhar Imanakunova is a performance and growth marketing leader with 10+ years of experience accelerating growth, scaling affiliate channels, and optimizing revenue for tech companies. She has managed $100M+ acquisition portfolios, exceeding ROAS goals and improving cost efficiency through strategic negotiation and data-driven experimentation. Alongside her corporate work, she leads She’s New to Am...

Brian Samson is the founder of Plugg Technologies, a leading nearshore firm connecting Latin America talent with U.S. companies. Brian has spent 10 years focused on nearshoring, including living as an expat in Argentina. As a founder, he has grown 3 separate companies from $0 to $4m ARR each. Prior, he was a VP of talent for several SF based tech companies including an IPO and an acquisition. He h...

Adam Steingart is a revenue and marketing leader across sports, media and entertainment, and a former Paramount and NBA executive. He’s built and led large-scale creative, commercial, and partnership organizations, including the creative revenue division at Paramount and the commercial transformation of the NBA and Take-Two’s NBAT2 Media venture. His work spans branded content, partnerships, creat...

Andy Claiborn has worked across multiple industries for the last three decades. He has implemented major organizational changes in Insurance, Banking and HR/Talent Advisory teams. He is based in Rockport, Massachusetts and looking forward to help his next team build for the future. Credits Music: ‪@Pumpupthemind‬ Stock Footage: https://www.pexels.com/@edmond-dantes , https://www.pexels.com/@ketut-...

Liz helped build out the Technical Product Operations function at LinkedIn before going on to lead global support at OnBoard, where she focused on turning customer insights into product improvements and building seamless escalation paths that keep teams aligned and customers supported. Liz loves connecting Support, Product, and Engineering so everyone’s working toward the same goal — a smoother, s...

Morgan has spent over a decade in product leadership building everything from publishing platforms to e-commerce sites and audience experiences that scale. With experience at places like The New York Times and Vox Media, she brings deep expertise in both transforming legacy systems and building entirely new products from the ground up, with a proven track record of taking ambitious ideas and trans...

As a Fractional VP of Engineering, Mark Roddy helps AI startups ship product faster and fix what’s slowing teams down. Acting as both operator and coach, he drives results in weeks instead of the months it takes to hire and onboard a full-time leader. Connect with Mark: https://launchit.ai https://www.linkedin.com/in/markroddy Credits Music: ‪@Pumpupthemind‬ Stock Footage: https://www.pexels.com/@...

Ruben Rincon currently leads the Developer Experience team for Adobe Express and the Creative Cloud Developer Platforms. With over 15 years in the developer relations space, Ruben has a blend of experience as a developer evangelist, product manager, and DevRel lead. His journey spans roles at companies like Dropbox, Microsoft, and Nokia, where he’s gathered a wide range of insights into what it ta...

Michael Papasevastos is a versatile technologist and budding entrepeneur, with more than two decades of deep expertise across cloud platforms, AI and software engineering. He is a collaborative strategist who helps organizations grow by building strong engineering cultures, architecting resilient systems, and guiding teams through digital transformation. He envisions a future where everybody is em...

Curiosity is your Compass Ryan Krebs is a seasoned GTM leader with over a decade in tech, spanning early-stage startups to Google Cloud and Scale AI. He now leads efforts at Crossmint to help AI agents transact in the real world. Outside of work, he’s an ultramarathon runner, a writer, and an explorer of all things New York City. Follow Ryan on Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ryankrebs Credits Music: ‪@...