Software People Stories
Episodes
Corporate, Entrepreneurship and Social impact with Vinaya Mallya
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, my guest is Vinaya Mallya, is a seasoned IT professional, who has played leadership roles in the corporate sector, then was an entrepreneur bui...
No guilt career breaks with Amita Ardha
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, my guest is Amita Ardha, an enterprise architect who has been focusing on sustainable development solutions.In this conversation;Amita started ...
The New Indian Woman, Krishna
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, the Software People Stories dedicates the month of March to women guests, to call out their contributions and highlight some women’s per...
Travel, Media & Software
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 wi...
Creating an Authentic Identity
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In second part of this episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Bharath Kumar who is a Marketeer from a Technologist, Head Of Marketing &...
Panel Discussion on Enterprise Agility
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. A...
3 Authors 1 Amazing Book
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
Documentation Dogma in Software with Prema Dhas Mohunraj
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of the conversation with my friend Prema Dhas Mohunraj - aka Prem, Automotive Engineer, Product Leader in the Automotive Space, Ele...
Shortening the Cycle time in Automotive Space with Prema Dhas Mohunraj
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of conversation with my friend Prema Dhas Mohunraj - aka Prem, Automotive Engineer, Product Leader in the Automotive Space, Electrob...
Analytics and planning with Srinivasan Sundararajan
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation with my colleague Srinivasan Sundararajan - aka Srini, we touched upon many topics related to personal finance as well as non-fin...
Golden Optimals with Mohan Ram
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, my colleague Mohan Ram shares howHis reflection and planning cycle is not necessarily synchronized with the calendar yearHis pre...
Year end thoughts with Chitra and Gayatri
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 end thoughts with Kurumathur Param
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 end thoughts with Gopalan
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 end thoughts with Anantha Natarajan
09 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Creating your great day every day with Bharath Kumar
25 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Bharath Kumar who is a Marketeer from a Technologist, Head Of Marketing & Cx - Zoho Crea...
Collaborate, to simplify problems and solutions with Tom Pierce
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I asked Tom Pierce, the president and founder of Integrated Information Systems (I2S) responds to my question on how the ‘integrate...
Military experience and software development with Tom Pierce
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tom Pierce, the president and founder of Integrated Information Systems (I2S), shares:Many in his family had been in military service...
Secure development with Jeremy Snyder
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I continue my conversation with Jeremy Snyder, the founder and CEO of FireTail.io, an end-to-end API security startup. Towards the end of the first pa...
Scaling to the cloud with Jeremy Snyder
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Jeremy Snyder, the founder and CEO of FireTail.io, an end-to-end API security startup, shares his professional journey and persp...
Accelerating Business Outcomes with Nanthakumar Arumugam
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Nanthakumar Arumugam who is a Technologist, Delivery Lead at ThoughtWorks and he’s a Q...
Don't Choose an Easy Path with Saikat Chakrabarty
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Saikat Chakrabarty who is a Technologist, Director, Engineering at Mihup and he’s a AI...
Smart hiring for startups with Prasenjit Sarkar
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I continue my conversation with Presenjit Sarkar, who is a Technologist, Innovator, Disruptor - and distinguished engineer with Rub...
Joys and pains of entrepreneurship with Prasenjit Sarkar
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sivaguru is in conversation with Presenjit Sarkar, who is a Technologist, Innovator, Disruptor - and distinguished engineer with Ru...
Building Confidence and Career with Kamala Srinivasa
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman has the conversation with Kamala Srinivasan who is a Technologist, Founder & CEO, Upahara, and women in tech inf...
Becoming a consultant with Dan Balcauski
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, my co-host Gayatri continues her conversation with Dan Balcauski, founder and chief pricing officer at product tranquility, a company...
Pricing Software Services with Dan Balcauski
02 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, my co-host Gayatri is in conversation with Dan Balcauski, founder and chief pricing officer at product tranquility, a company that he...
Making teaching exciting with Shailaja Venkatasubramanyan
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I continue my conversation with Shailaja Venkatasubramanyan.In the first part, she talks about how she got into Information systems and her career spa...
Balancing professional and personal pressures with Shailaja Venkatasubramanyan
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I am in conversation with Shailaja Venkatasubramanyan, who is an Associate Professor Emeritus at the School of Information Systems and Technology at S...
Modeling the celestial objects with Kishore Kumar
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a continuation of the conversation with Kishore Kumar.He talks about how he started his youtube channel and trigger for his interest on astron...
Software professional to Youtuber with Kishore Kumar
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kishore Kumar is a software professional turned youtuber. He shares his career journey with SivaguruStarting career as system engineer later moved to ...
Being in the limelight puts a spotlight with Mathan Ramanujam
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Mathan Ramanujam, Product Influencer and Hardware Designer and...
Harnessing your curiosity with Mathan Ramanujam
29 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Mathan Ramanujam, Product Influencer and Hardware Designer and ...
Anticipating adverse events with Matt Genovese
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Genovese Founder and CEO of Planorama Design continues his conversation with Chitra and shares his thoughts on-Writing effective stories or work ...
Diving inside the black box with Matt Genovese
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Genovese Founder and CEO of Planorama Design shares how he -Started learning programming as a kid on 8-bit computersFounding Planorama Design, so...
Personal lessons from podcasting with guest host Gopalan
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 2 of the conversation celebrating the milestone of 250 episodes, with our guest host Gopalan.Gopalan was the first guest on the show and ...
Celebrating 250 with guest host Gopalan
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This a very special episode for all us, hosts - and assume, for you, our listener as well.This is the 250th episode of the Software People Stories.Abo...
Try experiments Over Talking with Woody Zuill
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Woody Zuill, Expert Coach and co-author of Mob Programming, sh...
Leading from With”Out” with Woody Zuill
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Woody Zuill, Expert Coach and co-author of Mob Programming, sha...
Navigating ambiguity with Mohan Ram
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of the podcast episode, Shiv Sivaguru continues his conversation with Mohan RamMohan talks aboutThe challenges in working with deta...
Attention to details with Mohan Ram
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of the podcast episode, Shiv Sivaguru is in conversation with Mohan Ram, a senior professional in the IT industry who has played var...
Creating a courageous and inclusive environment with Vadeesh
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of the podcast episode, Shiv Sivaguru is in conversation with Vadeesh Budramane,Founder and CEO of AlgoShack, shares his career jou...
Multiplexing across Domains with Vadeesh Budramane
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of the podcast episode, Shiv Sivaguru is in conversation with Vadeesh Budramane, Founder and CEO of AlgoShack, shares his career jou...
Understanding 5 key way of Agility in AI world with Fred George
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Fred George,Consulting Developer in Scienta AS and master chan...
Continuously Stay Transparent with Fred George
17 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Fred George, Consulting Developer in Scienta AS and master chan...
Agenda Shifter with Karl Scotland
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Karl Scotland, Agile Transformation Services Practice Manager ...
Creating Change Makers with Karl Scotland
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Karl Scotland, Agile Transformation Services Practice Manager a...
Limit Is What You Set with Vikrant Viniak
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Vikrant Viniak, Senior Managing Director of Accenture and a prolific speaker on ...
Build Better Software Faster with Dave Farley
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Dave Farley, Independent Software Developer and Consultant, Fo...
Creating 10X Teams with Dave Farley
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Dave Farley, Independent Software Developer and Consultant, Fou...
Success through shared goals with Venu Subramania Iyer
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Shiv continues his conversation with a colleague in PM Power, Venu Subrmania Iyer.In the previous episode, he asked Venu if testing s...
A passion for testing with Venu Subramania Iyer
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Shiv is in conversation with a colleague in PM Power, Venu Subrmania Iyer. Venu, who started his career as a systems engineer, shares...
Building a platform that performs with Robert Cooke
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I continue my conversation with our guest Robert Cooke, founder of 3forge, a provider of data virtualization and visualization techno...
A coder at heart with Robert Cooke
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our guest is Robert Cooke, founder of 3forge, a provider of data virtualization and visualization technology solutions. In this conve...
Lasting Impact and Tea Shop Conversations with Sathyanarayanan Vijayaraghavan
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Sat (Sathyanarayanan) Vijayaraghavan, Founder and CEO at Adept Labz AKA "Ajira.T...
Embedded programming to heading Cloud Platforms with Bindu
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Bindu Sunil, Sector Head and Engineering Director - Cloud Data Platforms and AI ...
Democratizing education of Space with Pramitha
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Pramitha Ramaprakash, CEO of Transcend Satellite Technology Pramitha talks abou...
Micro and Macro Goals with Puja Issar
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the this podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Puja Issar, Managing Director of AnitaB.org IndiaPuja started her career in ...
Connecting the Dots in the career and life journey with Vaishali James
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Vaishali James, ex-CMO of OpenTap, Community Director for AnitaB.org and mentor ...
Intersection of social change, technology and data science with Palashi V
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Palashi V, research scholar with Cornell UniversityPalashi started her career as a softw...
Design is like poetry with Jeremy Kriegal
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I continue my conversation with Jeremy Kriegel. He talks aboutHow UX can help users stay focused and also providing opportunities to ...
Creativity is everybody’s job with Jeremy Kriegel
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I am in conversation with Jeremy Kriegel, a UX leader and the host of the Saving UX podcast.Jeremy sharesGetting into UX accidentally...
Continuously Curious with Rohit Salecha
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Rohit Salecha, Security Engineering Manager in Disney+Hotstar ...
Embrace Code in Everything with Rohit Salecha
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of the podcast episode, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Rohit Salecha, Security Engineering Manager in Disney+Hotstar a...
Connecting at all levels with Bill Hall
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this second part of my conversation, Bill Hall, President of Simulation Studios sharesSome of his professional failures when he was given large res...
Simulation based learning with Bill Hall
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Bill Hall, President of Simulation Studios sharesHow he used to be part of a bandThen deciding to go to college and doing some w...
Being a Fremen with Steven Aberle
14 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I continue the conversation with Steven Aberle, founder of a company in stealth mode, working on domain aware, large language model b...
The potential of Large Language Models with Steven Aberle
07 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 conversatio...
Reflections with PM Power coaches
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is another year end special episode.As coaches engaged with various organizations and teams, PM Power coaches are always learning, adapting, help...
A Message from the Co-hosts
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Supporting usage of technology with Baktha Muralidharan
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the conversation continues with Bhaktha Muralidhran, AVP, Unified Communications at Sompo International..In the first part, he shared...
Selecting appropriate technology with Baktha Muralidharan
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bhaktha Muralidhran, AVP, Unified Communications at Sompo International shares:His first job to develop electronics solutions for use...
Scaling your company with Maha Mahadevan
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the conversation continues with Maha Mahadevan, CEO of BOSS Solutions - a company providing technology solutions for ITSM, Help ...
Startup, stay focused with Maha Mahadevan
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Shiv is in conversation with Maha Mahadevan, CEO of BOSS Solutions - a company providing technology solutions for ITSM, Help des...
Social aspects of teamwork with Jutta Eckstein
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the conversation continues with Jutta Eckstein, an independent coach, consultant and trainer, based in Germany. In the first part, s...
Teaching, consulting and coaching with Jutta Eckstein
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jutta Eckstein, an independent coach, consultant and trainer, based in Germany, shares Her origin story of starting as a product eng...
Co-founder chemistry with Scott Ford
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the previous episode, Scott Ford, the co-founder and CTO of Corgibytes, a company focused on modernizing legacy code, sharedHis interest in legacy ...
Modernizing software with Scott Ford
22 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation with Shiv, Scott Ford, the co-founder and CTO of Corgibytes, a company focused on modernizing legacy code, sharedHow he found his...
Building to learn with Dorai Thodla
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Technopreneurship with Dorai Thodla
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 g...
Starting up as a team with Yev Khessin
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part 2 of my conversation with, Yev Khessin, CTO and founder of DIMO (Digital Infrastructure for Moving Objects) - with a goal to ‘build somethin...
Helping Objects in Motion with Yev Khessin
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Yev Khessin, CTO and founder of DIMO (Digital Infrastructure for Moving Objects) - with a goal to ‘build something disruptive’, ...
Following the money with Sam Fonoimoana
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sam Fonoimoana, Founder and CEO of Datajoin – a B2B marketing analytics company, shares his thoughts and experiences related toGrow...
Building respectful relationships with Ramesh Rajagopal
10 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Shop Floor experience with Ramesh Rajagopal
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 1 of a 2 episode conversation. In this episode, Ramesh Rajagopal, a Coach at PM Power Consulting, shares his experience related toGrowing...
Riding the wave with K Ramkumar
27 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, K Ramkumar, known as Ram or Kram - Director Product Mangement, Salesforce, in conversation with Gayatri shares Starting his passion ...
Lessons in work life harmony
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 sha...
Cutting edge work with Sowmya Gopalan and Ramya Gopalan
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 listeni...
Innovation, Incubation and starting up with Jani
06 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Learning from new roles with Janakiraman (Jani) Srinivasan
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Janakiraman Srinivasan, known as Jani - an IT industry veteran, in conversation with Shiv shares His childhood days in Kumbakonam, T...
Employee #1 experience
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Victor Jayakaran- shares his story and experiences related to:His graduation from the Madras Institute of Technology and post graduat...
Startup founders formula with Sai Krishna
16 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sai Krishna, a serial entrepreneur, who calls himself a metaverse plumber, loves creating interesting applications based on emerging ...
Plumbing for the metaverse with Sai Krishna
09 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sai Krishna, a serial entrepreneur, who calls himself a metaverse plumber, loves creating interesting applications based on emerging ...
Finding solutions with self reliance with Usha
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Usha from PM Power Consulting is in conversation with Chitra and shares her 3 plus decades of experience in software and technology a...
Techie turned investor with Abhay Havaldar
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Abhay Havaldar shares his story and experiences related to:Starting his IT career with a role in testing software and going on to p...
OS, products, innovation and coaching with K Nageswar Rao (KNR)
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, K Nageswara Rao - known as KNR - shares his story and experiences related to:Four threads related to his careerIndividual contributor...
Writing for developers with Karl Hughes
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Karl Hughes, founder and CEO of Draft.dev, sharesStarting his career, working with startups as a software engineerTaking on engineeri...
Using data for Organizational excellence with Satyendra Kumar = Part2
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this second part of the conversation with an IT industry veteran, Satyendra Kumar, he sharesHis perspective on Agile approachesAgile approaches a...
Getting the bigger picture with Satyendra Kumar-Part1
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this first part of the conversation with an IT industry veteran, Satyendra Kumar, he sharesComing from a humble background and doing his initial ed...
Product Thinking with Harish Achappa
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Harish Achappa KM sharesChoosing mechanical engineering as a subject of study and getting into TCS engineering servicesWorking on val...