Software People Stories

Software People Stories

Stories of what worked and sometimes what did not, in the course of discovering, designing, developing and delivering software based solutions – as shared by practitioners who went through these situations.

Episodes

June 13, 2025 61 mins
  • Her early inspiration while growing up in Goa with limited exposure to career options. Her Father’s intellectual influence despite personal hardships and shift in focus to technology.
  • Personal tragedy sparked a resolve to become financially independent and learn deeply.
  • Inspirational...
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I am in conversation with Deepak Mittal, CEO of FFTalos Technologies. 


In this insightful episode, Deepak Mittal shares his career journey from coding to consultative selling

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    My guest today is Jake McKee, a pioneer in the modern customer community movement.

    In this conversation, he shares:

    • Hiss Origin Story: His unique career bridging Read more
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    My guest today is Stamatis Astra is the Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Intelligent Relations. In this freewheeling conversation, he talks about:


    • Introduction & Origin Story
    • Stamatis shares his varied career journey, starting in theater before transiti...
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    Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Deeksha Senguttuvan, Founder and CEO of BabyMD and executive trustee for a pediatric cancer foundation . Deeksha brings her authentic self to share powerful stories of personal transformation, entrep...

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    May 9, 2025 47 mins

    Shiv is in conversation with Allen Cooper, President and CEO of Ancilla Ventures. Their focus

    is in providing tools to healthcare support staff to improve patient outcomes.


    In this conversation, Allen talks about:

    • Allen’s Origi...
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    Shiv is in conversation with Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch, Copenhagen. In this episode, Mathias shares

    • his journey into software development, 
    • beginning as a math student and evolving into a passionate advocate for peer-to-peer technology. 
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    I am in conversation with Sundar Rajan, a serial entrepreneur, currently the founder of OneMyle, a platform that seeks to address the needs of hyperlocal digital marketing in neighborhoods. He was earlier the co-founder of JustBooks, a lending library chain, supported by an innovative technology platform.

    Sundar reflects on his journey f...

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    Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Sunil (SKG) Gupta, Senior Director in Cognizant and author of the book “Unlock Yourself” about creating a purpose led and fun filled life — a sea...

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    My guest today is David Young,Founder at Federated Computer. He has been a pioneer in cloud computing even before the term was invented. In fact, he and his team helped invent the term.

    In this conversation we could recall many of the developments of a couple of decades ago as well as what keeps him engaged now, at Federated computer.

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    Today, as part of the women’s special series in March, 2025, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Karthik Karunakaran(KK), CEO, co-founder of Mobius software and chief strategist Xtrac...

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    Today, as part of the women’s special series in March, 2025, my guest is Veena Rao, SVP & Global Head, Corporate Lending at Finastra with over 25 years’ of experience in financial services and banking technology.


    In this conversation Veena shares

    • Her early influences and being ad...
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    Today, as part of the women’s special series in March, 2025, Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Ponni Krishnamoorthy, Director and Global head of Telco cloud in Nokia talks about breaking societal expectations to achieving ...

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    Bindhu Unny is a leadership coach, podcast host and Social Entrepreneur, who straddles various mediums giving all her work a unique stamp of inherent creativity. She has 20 years of global experience working for corporates in various high-performance roles that span across Software development, Enterprise Marketing, Product Design, Customer Experience and Sale...

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    Our regular and long time listeners know that we dedicate the month of March every year for our special women guests.


    Welcome to the first special episode for March, 2025.

    In this episode, I am in conversation with Vidya Kabra, a Global Tech and QA leader with over 30 years of experi...

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    Sivaguru is in conversation with the serial author and colleague at PM Power, Paramu Kurumathur.

    They talk about

    • The trigger for the upcoming book is related to leadership.
    • How this book builds on previous books but focuses on genera...
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    I am continuing this conversation with Rachana Shenoy, Engineering Leader HPE talks about balancing career growth, avid speaker and continuous learner


    In this part of the conversation, 

    • Rachana shares her stress and delivery pressu...
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    Gayatri Kalyanaraman is in conversation with Rachana Shenoy, Engineering Leader HPE talks about balancing career growth, avid speaker and continuous learner

    In this part of the conversation, 

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    I continue my conversation with Hikari Senju, Founder and CEO of Omneky, an AI platform that generates, analyzes, and optimizes personalized ad creatives at scale.


    In this part of the conversation, Hikari talks about:

    • The need to focus on his customers - the advertisers’ needs
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    I am in conversation with Hikari Senju, Founder and CEO of Omneky, an AI platform that generates, analyzes, and optimizes personalized ad creatives at scale.


    In this part of the conversation, Hikari talks about

    • His background and how the influence of one of his uncles got him int...
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