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  • From COBOL to AI with Allen Cooper

    From COBOL to AI with Allen Cooper
    2025/05/09

    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 Origin Story: Transitioning from accounting to computer science, and entering the consulting world at Anderson Consulting (now Accenture).
    • Consulting to Startups: The transition from corporate consulting to entrepreneurship.
    • Building Ancilla: How Allen became a partner and eventually the sole proprietor.
    • Choosing Healthcare Tech: The path to focusing on healthcare IT solutions.
    • Finding Industry Problems: How products like WriteList and VR-90 were born.
    • User Adoption Challenges: Strategies for getting hospital staff to engage with software solutions.
    • Managing Development Team Motivation: Keeping engineers engaged despite stable enterprise tech.
    • Scrum & Agile Benefits: How these methodologies helped balance planned work and incoming client requests.
    • AI & Coding: How AI might change development roles, but won't replace programmers entirely.
    • Advice for IT Careers: Guidance for both new entrants and mid-career professionals wondering about their next steps.
    • Personal Productivity & Balance: Allen’s tips for staying organized, healthy, and grounded while running a company.

    Allen Cooper is the Co-Founder and CEO of ReadyList, Inc., a mobile-friendly software that transforms how hospital ancillary and support service teams operate. Allen co-founded ReadyList with a deep passion for helping the behind-the-scenes workers who keep hospitals running smoothly. ReadyList’s software modules guide them through best-practice cleaning and room prep protocols, resulting in cleaner, safer facilities for both patients and staff. Allen believes the right kind of software can save hospital systems money, time, and even lives.


    https://www.linkedin.com/in/allen-cooper-4a07598

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  • Exploring Peer-to-Peer Tech with Mathias Buus Madsen

    Exploring Peer-to-Peer Tech with Mathias Buus Madsen
    2025/05/02

    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.
    • He explains the foundational concepts behind peer-to-peer systems, their advantages over centralized models, and their applications in both personal and enterprise use.
    • Mathias discusses how these decentralized systems enhance security, minimize infrastructure costs, and improve accessibility—especially for remote or underserved communities.
    • He also compares peer-to-peer networking with blockchain, clarifying the distinct roles each technology plays.
    • He touched on real-world applications of peer-to-peer tech, including its potential for rural connectivity and resilience in low-bandwidth environments.
    • Mathias also reflects on his transition from hacker to entrepreneur, sharing insights into leadership, scaling a business, and the evolving landscape of decentralized internet solutions.

    As CEO of Holepunch, Mathias brings his passion and extensive expertise in open-source development to the fore, having published more than 1000 modules to npm, the Node.js package manager, totalling billions of downloads every month.


    Mathias Buus is a self taught JavaScript hacker from Copenhagen. He works full time on open source projects and has been working with Node.js since the 0.2 days. Mathias likes to work with P2P and distributed systems and is the author of more than 550 modules on npm, including some of the most popular ones for working with streams. In addition he has spoken about “mad science” projects at various conferences around the world.


    You can also see his Github here:https://github.com/mafintosh and more info on Pear Runtime here: https://docs.pears.com/.

    Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Pears_p2p

    Social -

    Mathias X: @mafintosh

    Pears X: @Pears_p2p

    Keet X: @keet_io
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    50 分
  • From code to community with Sundar Rajan

    From code to community with Sundar Rajan
    2025/04/27

    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 from a software developer to an entrepreneur, sharing his experiences and challenges along the way:

    Early Career in IT:

    • He worked in IT, building software for banking and financial services.
    • His exposure to implementation and user experience shaped his professional growth.

    Transition to Entrepreneurship:

    • His entrepreneurial journey began unexpectedly with a family-run library project, Just Books, which turned out to be a success.
    • He faced challenges balancing a job with entrepreneurship and gradually pivoted to focus on growing the library business.

    Expansion and Challenges of Just Books:

    • The business grew organically to over 60 libraries across cities, driven by franchising.
    • He adapted to changes like the rise of digital books and evolving customer behaviors.

    Shift to OneMyle:

    • After exiting Just Books, he started OneMyle, a digital marketing platform aimed at connecting local businesses, communities, and creators.
    • He shared insights into shaping the platform, testing features, and learning to target specific personas, including local creators.

    Personal Practices and Reflections:

    • Sundar emphasized the importance of reading code, context switching, and his method of note-taking (emails to himself) as tools for managing stress and priorities.
    • He candidly discussed the unpredictable nature of entrepreneurship and the learning process involved.


    Sundar Rajan is an Entrepreneur, Co-Founder Onemyle, JustBooks

    Technology & Entrepreneurship remain big areas of interest.

    Worked in IT industry for 15 years, before turning Entrepreneur.

    While in IT, was involved in software product development for financial services industry.

    As an Entrepreneur, have keen interest in 'Neighborhoods', especially the interaction between local businesses and residents nearby.

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/rsundarrajan/

    r.sundar@onemyle.com
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    55 分
  • Unlock Yourself along with the People around you with Sunil (SKG) Gupta

    Unlock Yourself along with the People around you with Sunil (SKG) Gupta
    2025/04/18
    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 seasoned corporate leader with over three decades of experience spanning supply chain, IT-BPM, SaaS platforms, and now, marketing and influencer relations at Cognizant.Some highlights from the conversation has two major parts A Career Built on Transitions and Reinvention and making of the authorSunil started his career in the early 1990s in procurement, choosing the lesser-known path at a time when everyone else was aiming for sales, marketing, or R&D. His instinct for building structured systems began even then.By the late 90s, he was part of one of India’s earliest experiments with reverse auctions and e-procurement, trained on platforms like Ariba before they became mainstream — gaining domain expertise that would shape the next phase of his career.Sunil joined the IT-BPM world in 1999, sparked by a newspaper ad that challenged readers to rethink their role during the Internet boom. From there, he helped set up B2B digital platforms across multiple sectors, including food and manufacturing.One of his standout projects was setting up a fully hosted commodity futures exchange, offering not just software but an end-to-end platform-as-a-service (long before SaaS became a buzzword).At Cognizant, Sunil spent over a decade building enterprise architecture and consulting practices, including growing a team of 300+ technology and business architects. He played a key role in setting up frameworks that bridged technology with real business impact.He later moved to the Philippines, taking on leadership roles in BPO services and transformation, and now works in marketing and analyst relations, helping position Cognizant’s offerings with global firms like Gartner, Forrester, and IDC.The Making of an Author – Unlock Yourself:Sunil’s book is a blend of personal introspection, professional learning, and tools for self-coaching.He introduces the RADHA framework – Reflect, Ask, Decide, Help, Act – to guide people through change and self-discovery.A strong advocate for neurodiversity and learning with compassion, Sunil discusses how society needs to reframe what “normal” means in both education and the workplace.His approach to writing and self-reflection was deeply influenced by the Theory of Constraints, coaching experiences, and even NFT community dynamics as an example of meaningful online engagement.Key Takeaway Moments:“Procurement taught me how systems work — and how people work within those systems.”“I realized I’ve always been in procurement… even when I didn’t know it — we’re all negotiating in life and work.”“My transition from technology to marketing feels as exciting as my first job — it's like starting fresh, but with wisdom in your backpack.”“Ask for help. Not because you're weak, but because you were never meant to do this alone.”A fresh take on fulfillment, success, and redefining “being number one”Sunil Gupta, also known as SKG, is a vibrant lifestyle step- up coach and a seasoned expert with over three decades in business strategy, program management, and corporate real estate. An IIT Kanpur alum, Sunil has enhanced his credentials with leadership programs from Symbiosis, Harvard Business Publishing, TinyMagiq, and SnehWorld. He volunteers with unicorn incubator IIT Startups and the Art of Living, Philippines. Sunil's personal advocacy is guiding first generation graduate girl students - whom he fondly calls as #BiryaniGirls.Known for his playful nature in childhood, Sunil worked diligently through high school and eventually graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from the esteemed IIT Kanpur in 1992. He later, in 2003, completed a PG in InternationalTrade from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies and in 2021, completed an Executive Leadership Development program by Harvard Business Publishing and subsequentlya 7-day residential TrainTheTrainer (T3P) program by Sneh Desai & team.Sunil boasts over three decades of experience in multiple industries with a focus on business strategy, portfolio & program management, corporate real estate & workplace management and sourcing. Besides his work, Sunil lendshis expertise to unicorn incubator IIT Startups as a mentor and also provides career guidance to first-generation female students, the ‘BiryaniGirls’. In his personal life, Sunil is anavid follower of The Art of Living teachings and has actively volunteered with their Philippines chapter. His journey to find life’s meaning led him to establish the #PurposeProject, a venture to help people discover and live their true calling. Over the years Sunil has contributed to multiplewhitepapers and leading books on Theory of Constraints & Business Transformation. At present he is working on multiple books on personal development, goal setting, habit forming and ...
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    48 分
  • Conversation with a Cloud Computing Pioneer, David Young

    Conversation with a Cloud Computing Pioneer, David Young
    2025/04/11

    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.

    During this conversation, David touches upon:

    • Introduction and Early Career Journey
    • Transition to Silicon Valley and Startups
    • Contrast Between Corporate and Startup Life
    • Finding Problems to Solve
    • Customer Empathy and Team Dynamics
    • Challenges with Open Source Adoption
    • AI, Open Source, and Future Potential
    • Career Tips for IT and Open Source Enthusiasts
    • David shares his practices and tips to Stay Grounded

    About David:

    CEO and founder of Joyent — the folks who invented node.js, helped stand up Twitter and the Facebook developer platform, and brought containers to market leading to the Kubernetes revolution. Seven patents. Very experienced raising and deploying venture capital. Sold Joyent to Samsung in 2016.


    Started an ultra-premium ice cream company (Honeymoon Brands). Invented unique manufacturing products and processes to put ice cream in glass jars, got in to 700 grocery stores in the West, and learned grocery was a blast. Sold the company in 2018.


    I've recently started an agency (Endurancy: https://www.endurancy.com) to take the marketing success I developed at Honeymoon and offer small and medium-sized brands AI-based marketing capabilities.


    I’d love to work with a promising company as it develops and grows. I can bring a wealth of experience, mistakes, learnings in fundraising, product and marketing strategy, business and corporate development, engineering development to the company to help it go faster and smarter.


    You can reach him @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpaulyoung/
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    48 分
  • Believing in the happenstance of hard work with Karthik (KK) Karunakaran

    Believing in the happenstance of hard work with Karthik (KK) Karunakaran
    2025/04/04

    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 Xtract.io, male ally for women continuing their career and a serial entrepreneur talks about his career journey.

    KK started his career in Tata Steel after completing production engineering in NIT Trichy and management in XLRI Jamshedpur.
    • KK shares his belief in 'Make in India' and how he stayed true to his roots, influenced by Jamshedji Tata early on
    • Karthik shares his evolution from a tech enthusiast to a serial entrepreneur and co-founded Mobius Software, Overcoming the challenges of building a startup, especially after his education-focused venture didn’t scale as expected.
    • Talks about the lessons learned from previous education based ventures and how they shaped his approach to business.
    • Discusses how he bootstrapped his business in the early days, even covering costs by tutoring students for the CAT exam.
    • Experimented with team structures to create a more agile and inclusive work environment.
    • Focused on product innovation, testing different technology stacks and market strategies.
    • Implemented flexible work policies to support women professionals, ensuring career continuity.
    • Shares how over 80% of Mobius Software's workforce consists of women, with a strong focus on hiring from Tier 2 cities where untapped talent is available
    • KK talks about why he champions women in the Workforce and actively supports women's career continuity and workplace inclusion.
    • Believes in equal opportunities and creating a supportive work environment.
    • Discusses the importance of mentorship and policies that help retain women in tech.
    • KK shares some of the challenges in the Startup Ecosystem on funding, scaling, and leadership in the tech industry.
    • Shares about the biases women face in entrepreneurship and how male allies can help.
    • KK concludes with the Advice for Women Professionals as he Encourages women to build strong networks and seek mentorship and advocates for confidence and risk-taking in career growth.

    Emphasizes the need for organizations to rethink policies to support women returning to work.

    Karthik Karunakaran is the CEO of Mobius Knowledge Services. He is the driving force behind Mobius being a leader unstructured data processing and public information aggregation. He is also the founder of Xtract.io, a GenAI driven hyperautomation platform that is focussed on agenticAI processes . The firms' success is attributed to innovative solutions and proprietary technology in the data services area serving various industry giants across geographies. With a strong presence in fields like Information & Media, Retail/Ecommerce and Financial Services, Mobius mission is to empower clients through cutting-edge data solutions.

    Karthik, KK as he’s fondly referred by friends, has co-founded education firm,fourth R India before embarking into the knowledge services domain.

    KK has graduated from National Institute of Technology, Trichy in production engineering and management from XLRI Jamshedpur in Marketing and Finance.

    Karthik can be contacted at https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthik-karunakaran/
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    59 分
  • Adaptability, Empathy, and Breaking Comfort Zones with Veena Rao

    Adaptability, Empathy, and Breaking Comfort Zones with Veena Rao
    2025/03/28

    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 adaptable
    • Her education and career path
    • Her philosophy re career growth
    • Insights from her leadership journey
    • How to handle work-life integration aspects
    • On Global experience and being sensitive to cultural nuances
    • How she stays resilient and some personal practices that have been effective for her
    • And some tips for aspiring women professionals

    Veena is the SVP & Global Head, Corporate Lending at Finastra with over 25 years’ of experience in financial services and banking technology. Veena started her career with India’s leading private sector bank, ICICI Bank, working in diverse areas like project finance, corporate banking, forex treasury and relationship banking. She managed Presales for FLEXCUBE at i-flex solutions (Oracle) followed by a stint in HCL Technologies to launch the product incubation unit for banking. In her current role at Finastra, Veena holds end to end accountability for the Corporate Lending business across product, engineering, services and support. She is passionate about nurturing innovation at the grassroots focusing on ideas that create positive impact for Finastra’s customers . She is also a mentor in Finastra’s D&I program, and an active speaker at various conferences on digital transformation and open banking.

    linkedin.com/in/veena-rao-profile
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    56 分
  • Journey in Innovation & Leadership with Ponni Krishnamoorthy

    Journey in Innovation & Leadership with Ponni Krishnamoorthy
    2025/03/21
    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 career goals - Ponni shares about her humble background and Her roots in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, and how her upbringing shaped her career choices and Ponni’s career journey from NIT Trichy to becoming Director at Nokia.- Ponni shares her Being the first woman engineer in her extended family.- Initial societal expectations (suggestions to become a teacher or doctor).- Love for math, problem-solving, and coding led her to engineering.- Ponni shares her Career Growth & Transition from software engineer and her inspiration to be a coding guru- She started her career with Siemens Communication Software as a developer and slowly shifted into techno-management after earning an MBA from IIM Bangalore while working full-time.- Ponni shares stories of her transition from developer to global technology leadership.- Ponni talks about taking different roles in the same firm such as global product development and end-to-end project ownership- Pooni shares her Experience with mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and predicting industry trends.- She talks about operational challenges and Leading teams across multiple countries (Finland, India, China, US) and working through sanctions during the Iraq-Iran war.- Ponni talks about Early involvement in digital twin technology (before it became mainstream).-Importance of creating a culture of problem-solving & dreaming big.- Ponni talks about her role in University Engagement & Mentorship while encouraging students and young professionals to take risks.- Pooni shares her career advice and Leadership Lessons on the importance of patience and long-term growth, avoiding the trap of jumping jobs for short-term gains.- She also shares her learning from each role before moving up the ladder and defining personal success metrics rather than following trends.

    Ponni is Director of Telco Cloud Data center and Telecom Test networks with Mobile Networks business group, Nokia

    - Leading R&D Telco cloud data centers and services across 8 countries

    - Leading the unit of end-to-end telecom test networks for testing of Nokia products and solutions

    - Leading University Collaboration platform for Nokia Bangalore - connecting universities, Professional organizations , Research & management institutes

    - Leading global and cross cultural teams, across Europe, India, China and USA

    - Leads the Nokia Bangalore 6G research center

    - Nokia certified coach having coached and developed high performing employees globally

    She has been Instrumental in ramping up and setting up new product development groups, global lab service organization , R&D Cloud data centers, end-to-end test network infrastructure & services unit and transformation of organizations. Experienced in Partner management, leadership development, nurturing innovation and driving efficiency improvement programs and strategic decision making etc.

    She has successfully launched various programs across Indian universities and is committed to take the latest telecom technologies and research opportunities to the doorsteps of academic world.

    She is a recipient of IEEE Women Technologist of the year-2019.

    A strong leader and team player with good communication and interpersonal skills.

    Ponni did her computer science engineering from NIT Trichy and management from IIM Bangalore


    Ponni can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ponnikrishnamoorthy/
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    44 分