Software People Stories

In this second part of my conversation, Bill Hall, President of Simulation Studios shares Some of his professional failures when he was given large responsibilities at a very young age How sims enable executives to get a feel for the impact of their decisions and learn from that experience The role of software in the simulation exercises he runs A quick walkthrough of how a sim is run Aspects of a...

In this conversation, Bill Hall, President of Simulation Studios shares How he used to be part of a band Then deciding to go to college and doing some work for Apple Getting into roles that needed to turnaround organizations Importance of getting people to be behind the turnarounds Getting an inspiration to start simulation studios The importance of unlearning in a turnaround situation, along with...

In this episode, I continue the conversation with Steven Aberle, founder of a company in stealth mode, working on domain aware, large language model based processing for very niche applications. In the previous episode, Steven spoke about his origin story and also how he got into and some of the technical challenges related to a domain aware large language model solution - and his patent in that a...

Hope you had a wonderful start to the new year. This episode is special for multiple reasons. This is one of the few episodes when I had the conversation with a guest in person - and that was also video recorded, with a fireplace in the background, on a cold day! You would be able to watch this conversation as a video on the PM Power youtube channel. This episode was recorded in November, 2022 - m...

This is another year end special episode. As coaches engaged with various organizations and teams, PM Power coaches are always learning, adapting, helping others internalize good practices in work and life situations. We have the personal reflections of some of the coaches at PM Power Consulting on what they have learnt during the year and what they plan to learn in the coming year. As Shiv - Siva...

This is a special episode. After a long time, the co-hosts of the show had an opportunity to get together to reflect on what the impact of this podcast has been on our own lives and ways of working. We also talk about what else or more we can do for you, our listeners in the coming year. We hope that this podcast has brought cheer and some inspiration over the last 200+ episodes and thank you for...

In this episode, the conversation continues with Bhaktha Muralidhran, AVP, Unified Communications at Sompo International.. In the first part, he shared: A brief history of some of the computer networking technologies based on his experience Working on some of the emerging standards at that time Exploring roles in sales and marketing support Preferring to work with customers and solve their problem...

In this episode, Bhaktha Muralidhran, AVP, Unified Communications at Sompo International shares: His first job to develop electronics solutions for use in the Indian Navy, for data collection Getting an exposure to software towards the end of his course and liking it After masters, getting a job at Digital and getting an opportunity to work on ethernet that was just becoming more widely adopted Cr...

In this episode, the conversation continues with Maha Mahadevan, CEO of BOSS Solutions - a company providing technology solutions for ITSM, Help desk and 811 ticket management for the damage prevention industry. Maha talks about How he built and kept the team together and stay motivated How he bridges the gap between developers and actual users How they sharpened the positioning and chose ind...

In this episode, Shiv is in conversation with Maha Mahadevan, CEO of BOSS Solutions - a company providing technology solutions for ITSM, Help desk and 811 ticket management for the damage prevention industry. Maha shares His origin story of getting into IT after graduating in electrical engineering Getting a call from a friend asking if he would like to start a business Wanting to create IT s...

In this episode, the conversation continues with Jutta Eckstein, an independent coach, consultant and trainer, based in Germany.  In the first part, she shares- Her origin story as a product engineer Transition from an engineer to a coach The importance of listening We continue the conversation with:  In her initial explorations with organizations, one pattern she found is The understanding for le...

In this episode, Jutta Eckstein, an independent coach, consultant and trainer, based in Germany, shares  Her origin story of starting as a product engineer, with an interest in software development Started as a trained teacher and when the need for teachers dropped, went on to study product engineering and studying Pascal - and completely falling in love with software development Also getting trai...

In the previous episode, Scott Ford, the co-founder and CTO of Corgibytes, a company focused on modernizing legacy code, shared His interest in legacy code Patterns he has seen evolve in solution development over the years Using metaphors of archeology and home renovation in the context of understanding and breathing new life into old software And more This is the second part of the conversation w...

In this conversation with Shiv, Scott Ford, the co-founder and CTO of Corgibytes, a company focused on modernizing legacy code, shared How he found his interest in legacy code after about 10 years of working in various roles and organizations Being given bugs to fix, in his early career - and after addressing them well, taking on more responsibilities Deriving joy in fixing code or refactoring mor...

This is part 2 of a repeat episode of one of my conversations, first published in 2019. Since then, we have crossed 200 episodes and the listenership has also grown. Some of you have been asking how you can know more about some of the topics covered in recent episodes. We felt that there could be related points shared by other guests in earlier episodes, but for new subscribers, it may not be easi...

This is a repeat episode of one of my conversations, first published in 2019. Since then, we have crossed 200 episodes and the listenership has also grown. Some of you have been asking how you can know more about some of the topics covered in recent episodes. I felt that there could be related points shared by other guests in earlier episodes, but for new subscribers, it may not be easily discover...

In part 2 of my conversation with, Yev Khessin, CTO and founder of DIMO (Digital Infrastructure for Moving Objects) - with a goal to ‘build something disruptive’,  continues to share his story and shares his thoughts and experiences related to How he decided to startup DIMO Finding a partner and picking a few use cases in the automotive space that need to be addressed The experience of launching a...

In this episode, Yev Khessin, CTO and founder of DIMO (Digital Infrastructure for Moving Objects) - with a goal to ‘build something disruptive’,  shares his thoughts and experiences related to Starting to code at a very young age and getting interested in cars Doing computer science in college and working in the automotive space Moving to Michigan and working across various departments - internal...

In this episode, Sam Fonoimoana, Founder and CEO of Datajoin – a B2B marketing analytics company, shares his thoughts and experiences related to Growing up in Hawaii and California and studying at BYU Choosing business as a career in joining his Father in law’s export business Getting into MBA to study Finance Starting with a role to plan budgets and review progress with various departments in a p...

We continue our conversation with Ramesh Rajagopal, a coach at PM Power Consulting. In the first part he shared his origin story and also experiences of his childhood and career. In this episode, he continues to share more details about Leveraging his lean manufacturing experience to get into Agile approaches and becoming an Agile evangelist Working in a company wide transformation planning proces...

This is part 1 of a 2 episode conversation. In this episode, Ramesh Rajagopal, a Coach at PM Power Consulting, shares his experience related to Growing up in Madurai, a major temple town  Learning Tamil, though his grandparents were from Karnataka His temple visits, on the way to school as well as on specific occasions Moving to Bangalore and seeing the changes over the decades Passing out as topp...

In this episode, K Ramkumar, known as Ram or Kram - Director Product Mangement, Salesforce, in conversation with Gayatri shares  Starting his passion in software in the way of coding Fortran in his alma matter BITS Pilani.  Ram talks about starting in the software development working in small organisation in their ecommerce portals before moving into collaboration software Within the span of 25 ye...

We continue our conversation with Sowmya Gopalan and Ramya Gopalan, the first software twins to be featured on this podcast. In the first part they shared their origin story and also experiences of working in cutting edge technologies. We paused with a question on how they pay it forward to nurture young professionals. In this episode, Sowmya and Ramya continue to share How one might feel hesitant...

First, our heartfelt thanks to all you listeners for the love you have shown and for permitting the Software People Stories to be part of your listening time over the last 200 weeks! Your wishes and encouragement is what has kept us going and will continue to do so. Thank you This is a very special episode for the Software People Stories. This is the 200th episode . So, for this occasion, we have...

This is the second part of the conversation with Janakiraman Srinivasan, known as Jani. In the first part, Jani spoke of his initial years in IT and the long career he had with Wipro. We ended that episode when it was a segue into his entrepreneurial roles. In this episode,Jani continues to share more stories related to  The startup bug that led him to be a co-founder of Mindtree Getting an intern...