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
“AI gives you wings,” “Wrong things in, rogue things out,” and “Each one, teach one.”
From “What is this?” to an indispensable companion
In t...
From democratizing intelligence to redefining how we lead, work and remain human
In this episode of Software People Stories, Gayatri Kalyanaraman reconnects with Zafar, who brings nearly four and a half decades of experience across tec...
My guest today is Paramu Kurumathur: IT Leader, Author. Here is the snippets of interesting stories around how AI has changed his life and how he’s impacting AI - From building AI in 1980 to using AI to code, write, research and imagine the future
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My guest today is Yeshwant Satam, an ICT professional and consultant with over four decades of experience.
In this conversation, he freely shares:
- His four-decade journey from soldering boards and PROM patching to firmware, software, IT services leadership, and manufacturing automati...
My guest today is Arun Subash Manickam. An Engineering leader at Google.
In this conversation, Arun shares:
- his journey from Chennai schooling to computer science and a long career in networking, startups, acquisitions, and Google.
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My guest today is Dr. Kishore Reddy, co-founder of & Chief Strategy Officer at ProHance.
Conversation highlights:
Background & Early Life:
- Kishore grew up across India—moving from Gujarat to Delhi and eventually settling in ...
In this episode of Software People Stories, Gayathri Kalyanaraman speaks with Vasu Vadlamani, a technology leader, architect, entrepreneur and Professor of Practice, about a career that has evolve...
In conversation with Ashish Jha, Chitra and Ashish explored -
- His childhood fascination with science and literature to working with Tata Steel as an industrial engineer
- Foray into data science and analytics with GECIS and Genpact getting deep into math and stats
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My guest today is Vijays Kadiala, ,Executive Director for Architecture, Engineering, AI, Data, Cloud in DBS Tech India talks about his accidental start to an AI Era tech leader who’s defining mantra has been Every role has an expiration date!
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Jithu Gopal is a fintech product leader based in Bangalore, with 18+ years across engineering, consulting, and product. He is AVP Product at Scripbox and currently owns the charter of building the advisory experience that'll help a million families make confident choices about their portfolios.
In this episode of Software People Stories, I speak with Mario Lewis, a manufacturing specialist turned IT expert with over 35 years of experience. He talks about his career that began far away from software—in mechanical engineering, manufacturing, operations, and quality—and eventually found its way into the software services world. We talk about what manufacturing can teac...
In this episode of Software People Stories, I speak with Saraswathi, a marketing leader with over 15 years of cross-industry experience, about the role of marketing in technology—especially how product marketers translate technical ideas into stories...
My guest today is Chander Sankaran, an ERP and change management Specialist. With a professional background in finance and accounting, he has played many cross-functional roles that bridge the gap between finance and information technology.
In this conversation, Chander talks about
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My guest today is Mathangi Sri Ramachandran, Co-Founder of YuVerse. The conversation included Mathangi ’s early fascination with data-driven decision-making → AI as a force for democratisation → empathy at scale → career choices driven by impact → sustaining a long career as a woman → the ecosystem behind innovation and patents.
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My guest today is Sree Krishna Kumaraswamy, known more popularly as Krishna, a data and analytics leader with over 20 years of experience spanning consulting and large enterprise technology companies
In this conversation, Krishna
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My guest today is Elangovan Shanmugam, a seasoned software professional with over 30 years of experience. Among the multiple roles Elangovan has played are Distinguished Engineer, Director of Engineering, leading strategic AI transformation initiatives in a large organization.
In this conversation Elangovan:
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In this episode of Software People Stories, Gayatri Kalyanaraman speaks with Indra Vidyaprakash, Vice President | Workday Chennai Site Leader, for a conversation spanning three decades of technology evolution. From her early fascination with programming in Coimbatore and her journey through Cor...
My guest today is Ian Hogg, the Chairman of SolvedBy.ai, an applied AI company helping SaaS vendors embed enterprise-grade forecasting, demand and decision intelligence directly into their platforms. In this conversation,
- Ian shares his background, from the Royal Navy and Xerox to building early web businesses, a SaaS platform, and a...
In this episode of Software People Stories, Gayatri Kalyanaraman sits down with Rajshri Kidambi, CEO of Radus Software LLC, for an inspiring and deeply personal conversation. Rajshri shares her journey from arriving in the United States as an H4 dependent to building a successful software compa...
My guest today is a good friend and colleague - and not to forget with whom I was a co-author for a book, Paramu Kurumathur.
In this episode, Paramu discusses how his recent development work evolved from small Google Apps Script utilities copied and adapted from online examples to building AI-connected applications via APIs to tools like...
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