Through The Corporate Glass

What does a career in Sales in the era of AI look like? Most technology products are built for or augmented by AI in some shape or form. What are the unique challenges and opportunities while selling AI products?  How can folks at different stages in their career be more successful by leveraging AI . To answer this we chat with Jason Langone, Head of Global AI Business Development, Nutanix. He has...

Generative AI is reshaping the world of UX design. And one of the most exciting innovations at its forefront is Generative UI. Today, we’ll explore what this means for the craft of design, the opportunities it opens up, the challenges it raises, and how it could shape design careers in the years ahead. To talk about this and much more, we're joined by Parikshit Deshmukh, the co-founder of Thesys,...

How is AI being applied to traditional industries? We will take a deeper look at the manufacturing industry, the concept of Industry 4.0 and the role of AI and Subject Matter Experts. We will discuss the need for new skills and also how experts can become powerful consultants driving the new AI tools landscape. To discuss this and a lot more we chat with Liana Kbilashvili. Liana is a global supply...

Switching roles as part of your career journey involves being open to new challenges and embracing change. There could however be overlap of skills required across multiple roles. In this episode we will chat with Samina Diamond, Principal Product Manager at Nutanix to examine the role of Product Management under a microscope and identify some overlap areas with consulting. Samina has over 25 year...

What does the field of Operations Research entail? How does it relate to AI, machine learning and analytics? How is it applied in industry? What are the current areas of research  focus & how does the new wave of Generative AI fit in? To answer this and much more we will talk to Dr Radhika Kulkarni, an Advanced Analytics professional, active in the areas of Operations Research, Artificial Inte...

What is unique about technical marketing for a GenAI product? What are skills necessary to be successful? What challenges and opportunities does AI add to the mix? We address these as we delve into the career journey of Laura Jordana, Director Technical Marketing, Nutanix. Laura graduated with a Bachelors in Computer Science from San Jose State University and has close to two decades of experience...

We dive into the world of AI infrastructure and explore the exciting career opportunities it offers. What goes into building an AI infrastructure product? How does open source play a transformative role in the industry? What key skills are essential for a successful career, and how has GenAI changed the landscape? To help us answer these questions and more, we’re joined by Johnu George, Technical...

In this episode, we explore the role of a decision scientist and how it's related to data science with Anand Ramanathan, Decision Scientist at Meta. We will contrast data science research with roles in the industry to point out both strengths of each as well as differences between them. We'll unravel the skills required to be successful, the opportunities, and then also the challenges. Anand has a...

It is always a balancing act between making pragmatic choices and those driven by the heart and passion. Raluca Mihu, the founder of Synchromind, a security consulting startup with a unique approach strikes this balance and shares her choices. She has over two decades of experience in the IT industry and has founded an initiative to help abused women become part of the IT industry by providing the...

Welcome to an episode of Startup Spotlight where we explore interesting and innovative startups. Today in the spotlight we have Live AI Dream We chat with Chhavi Jain, Founder and CEO at Live a Dream about her journey, the startup, her collaborations with Nvidia & Microsoft and much more. Chhavi has a Masters in Artificial Intelligence from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and has over...

In Startup Spotlight we explore interesting and innovative startups through the lens of the founders. We will uncover the story behind the startup, the unique challenges and opportunities. Today in the spotlight we have AtomicWork. We chat with Vijay Rayapati, Co-founder and CEO at Atomicwork. Vijay is a serial entrepreneur. His previous startup Minjar was a cloud management solution acquired by N...

What does the field of linguistics entail? What are the various opportunities in the field? Is it purely theoretical or is there an experimental aspect? How does one delve into interdisciplinary research involving gaming, cybersecurity and computer science and what are the challenges? To learn about this and unravel an extremely interesting career journey, we chat with Mythili Menon, an Assistant...

Traditionally, an education in engineering has been considered ideal to break into software engineering. Can you move into a software engineering role with no formal education in the field?  What skills do you need and how can you acquire them?  How do people view this role looking outside-in? To explore this, we chat with Nadia Matin, Software Engineer at DevRev. Nadia has a bachelor’s degree in...

Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) are penetrating our lives & work. Data consumption, analysis and modeling contribute to increasing the carbon footprint of products. How can AI/ML be applied in the field of sustainability? What kind of skills and training are required to create sustainable solutions ? What are the barriers to entry and what are the opportunities? As peop...

For women’s history month we would like to acknowledge and thank all the women before us who made our success possible.  In the past we had put together episodes for the women’s month focussing on the thoughts, motivation and influences behind career and life choices. This was very well received and we enjoyed the experience so much that we wanted to put another episode together for this...

What is data engineering? How does it differ from software engineering? What skills do you need to become a data engineer? What are the opportunities and challenges in this area? Harini Rajendran, Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering, Confluent answers these questions and shares her experience in this episode. Harini's team builds a cloud scale observability data platform. She is one of the...

What does research in the fields of molecular biology and biophysics involve? How can this research contribute to sustainability efforts? What are the challenges in this area? What skills do you need to contribute to this research ? To learn about this field, we speak to Sowmya Raghavan, a research lead at BioMan technologies. Sowmya was a consultant with Strand Life Sciences for over fifteen year...

What does a career in print media entail? What are the skills required to succeed in this field? How does one build credibility and brand recognition for new publications?  Suresh Selvaraj, formerly the president of the Outlook Group of magazines and later the CEO of the Suvarna News shares his journey, learnings, and perspectives. He has over 30 years of experience, having worked for differe...

In our career journey, coaches and mentors help us reach our potential. They not only help us make better decisions but also have an impact on the way we think and approach problems. How does one go about finding a mentor or a coach? What is the difference between them? How do we have an effective relationship with a mentor or a coach? We talk about this with Mary Beth Stockton. Mary Beth Stockton...

What does it mean to be an Infrastructure Engineer in the era of cloud computing? What are the opportunities and challenges in this area? How does this differ from application development? What are the latest trends in the field? To answer this and give us a deep dive into the world of infrastructure engineering, we have with us Nik Collins, who is working on Strategic operations and automation at...

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are crucial to an organisation’s digital transformation efforts. What is the role of a CIO and how has it evolved over the years? How do they make some of the key technology decisions that drive the organisation? How do they make their choices and what does it take to be a successful CIO. We talk about this with George Eapen, Group CIO of Petrofac. George is focus...

Organisations invest in cyber security to keep their systems and data safe. With increasing global connectivity and rising usage of cloud services, digital assets are vulnerable. How does an organisation go about defining its enterprise cyber security strategy? What are the roles in cyber security and what does it take to be successful? We talk about this with John Dunn, VP - Cyber Security, GE He...

Leadership means different things to different people. What does it mean to be a leader at different levels of experience? Is it tied to the number of people reporting to you or is it a mindset? How does one evolve in a leadership role? What skills do you need to be an effective leader and enabler? How does one measure their success as a leader? To discuss this and much more and share his experien...

All organisations define a learning and development strategy to help their employees build the right skills and to shape their thinking. This in turn influences and builds the right culture for the organisation. In this era of digital revolution, helping employees re-skill is critical to adapt to an ever changing business landscape and it's many uncertainties. How do organisations define their Lea...

Have you ever wondered what Developer advocacy and Ecosystem building involve? What skills does one require to become a developer advocate? What are the challenges and opportunities in this field? How does this compare with other roles? Taylor Dolezal, Head of Ecosystems at Cloud Native Computing Foundation answers these questions and shares his journey. Taylor has also been a founder, Site Reliab...