On Path
32 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWith the On Path podcast you'll hear the behind-the-scenes of what got professionals in the technology sector to where they are today. These are the career and life stories that aren't captured on a LinkedIn or web profile. The twists and turns. The inspirations and influences. Hosted by Vijay Viswanathan.
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Episodes
Thomas Roccia: Senior Security Researcher at Microsoft
December 16, 2023 13:57 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Thomas Roccia on LinkedIn Thomas Roccia on X Thomas Roccia on Medium Visual Threat Intelligence (Book) by Thomas Roccia
Jonathan Bar Or: Principal Security Researcher at Microsoft
November 12, 2023 20:29 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: JBO on LinkedIn JBO on X DEFCON talk by JBO
Semir Jahic: consulting to sales engineering, side hustles
March 27, 2022 14:22 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Semir on LinkedIn union4digital Clari Show notes: Growing up in a village in central Switzerland What prompted a move to London? Working in social care to welcome refugees Landing a job at Accenture Key learnings from consulting Least favorite aspects of consulting union4digital: a bucket for all things outside of daily work Semir's take on side hustles Discovering pre-sales and solution engineering Life at Sa...
Patricia Bleiker: signal processing to network engineer to product marketer
January 30, 2022 21:11 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Patricia Bleiker on LinkedIn. Open Systems Scandit Thalwil, on the shores of Lake Zurich Show notes: 2:02 How working from home is going 4:47 Working remotely: we're all on the same level 5:19 Growing up in Thalwil 10:05 Discovering Zurich 10:54 An extended trip to South America 20:23 Gaining practical experience while studying 22:20 Intensity of the Bachelors degree at ETH 27:19 Internships 31:16 Joining Open Sys...
Jennine Heller: software engineer to entrepreneur to executive coach
January 02, 2022 15:04 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Jennine Heller on LinkedIn JHellerCoaching.com Show notes: 1:08 How life is two years into the pandemic 2:50 Growing up at a half Jewish, half Puerto Rican household 4:33 Studying Computer Science 7:05 Getting a job 9:16 A love for art 10:19 Becoming a teacher in Malawi 15:42 Staying in touch with family and friends 17:49 The pre-internet, pre-smartphone experience 18:57 Meeting her husband over ultimate frisbee...
Andy Raskin: podcast intros, miso soup, finding his own career narrative
May 02, 2021 17:31 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Andy Raskin on LinkedIn Andy Raskin on Medium (lots of great articles here, including the one linked below) The Greatest Sales Deck I've Ever Seen by Andy Raskin The Bigger Narrative (Andy's podcast on strategic narrative) Chill Beefs (Andy's podcast celebrating pet peeves) Victoria Zenoff (Andy's career coach) Show notes: 2:02 Chill Beefs - Andy's new podcast 3:39 The many roles Andy has had 4:13 Getting interested i...
Jon Rooney: Humanities major to Product Manager to Marketing Executive
April 18, 2021 16:52 - 57 minutes - 53 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Jon Rooney on LinkedIn Scott Guthrie Show notes: 1:30 Crash course in programming 3:05 Considering careers outside academia 3:21 Andersen Consulting 5:38 Instilling discipline at on-boarding 6:58 An outsider in tech? 8:37 Not even rocket science is rocket science 10:09 What's changed about learning new topics 11:23 Tech trainings for non-tech teams 12:00 San Francisco at the peak of the dot-com bubble 15:35 Monetizing ...
Sherry Manalo: no indoor plumbing to Microsoft Software Engineering Lead
March 28, 2021 14:08 - 39 minutes - 36 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Sherryl Manalo on LinkedIn Women @ Microsoft Switzerland Show notes: 1:26 Demo fail 3:39 Early childhood in the Philippines 5:41 Moving to Nigeria 9:15 Falling sick 10:40 Adapting to a new reality 11:45 Another move to Ausria 13:33 Navigating the Austrian school system 15:25 Starting a PhD in Physics 16:13 Learning German 17:13 Discovering coding 21:36 Lessons in economics 24:18 The challenges of small business 26:4...
Nelson Haung: Sales Engineering to Marketing, Day Zero Mindset
March 14, 2021 15:58 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Nelson Haung on LinkedIn Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend on Apple Podcasts The Dave Chang Show on Apple Podcasts Show notes: 1:28 Nelson's last name 2:55 Growing up in Mountain View 6:20 Was working in tech a foregone conclusion? 8:29 Visiting Cisco in the early days 10:36 Why Electrical Engineering at UC Davis? 14:49 Background of Sales Engineering peers 15:50 Deciding to do an MBA 17:13 Highlights of the MBA 19:46 Wou...
Sunny Manivannan: Aeronautical Engineer to Entrepreneur, Marketer, Business Leader
March 01, 2021 19:33 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Braze.com where Sunny currently leads Global SMB Sunny on LinkedIn Omar Johnson on Wikipedia Pedro Martínez on Wikipedia Knowledge Project podcast Show notes: 2:02 Most memorable presentation 4:36 Immigrating to the United States 6:06 Being a Boston sports fan 7:35 Chance event that led to studying at WPI 11:47 Joining GE as an aeronautical engineer 13:47 Decision to pursue an MBA 17:56 Why Harvard? 20:42 Challenging ...
Bonus Episode: Vijay Viswanathan
January 31, 2021 18:28 - 32 minutes - 30 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Jonathan Moffett (a.k.a. Sugarfoot) playing Smooth Criminal on the drums Usain Bolt in the 2011 World Championship Semi Finals (the key part is from minute 1:00 to 2:00) Show notes: 2:54 My semi-deportation from the United States 4:41 How moving often helped me deal with the sudden move 6:56 Comfortable with being an outsider 7:33 Where am I from? 7:48 What brought me to Switzerland 9:37 My work at startups 10:06 My shift...
Drashti Patel: Microsoft, agencies, startups, US to Amsterdam
December 31, 2020 11:18 - 52 minutes - 48 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: siilo.com where Drashti currently leads marketing and brand Drashti Patel on LinkedIn First Round Review by First Round Capital "Today's CMO" article on Google Think Show notes: 1:05 Interning at Tom's shoes 3:19 Transition from individual contributor to manager 5:03 How Drashti explains her role 6:06 What is product marketing? 7:26 Product marketing at Microsoft 10:51 Drashti's process for nailing down brand 15:23 What...
#8 Drashti Patel: Microsoft, agencies, startups, US to Amsterdam
December 31, 2020 11:18 - 52 minutes - 48 MBDrashti is the Head of Brand and Marketing at Siilo, an Amsterdam based secure medical messaging app. She has over a decade of B2B product marketing and brand experience from Microsoft, Impraise, ClearSlide, and Iron Creative. In this conversation we unpack her career and life journey, from interning at Tom's shoes to leading a team of marketing professionals.
Shikha Kaiwar: Pastry chef, marketer at Slack, Dropbbox, Uber
December 17, 2020 12:12 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Shikha's food blog: shikhalamode.com One of Shikha's on-demand webinars for Slack Shikha's online pastry classes Shikha on LinkedIn Show notes: 1:18 Swimming with sharks 2:42 What is product marketing? 4:36 What skills are needed to be a great product marketer? 6:17 Growing up in the Bay Area 7:55 How Shikha keeps in touch with people 9:42 Slack as a personal communication tool? 10:20 From a food blog to working in tech...
#7 Shikha Kaiwar: Pastry chef, marketer at Slack, Dropbbox, Uber
December 17, 2020 12:12 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBShikha is a Product Marketer for Growth at Slack. Previously she's been at companies like Dropbox, Uber, Thumbtack, and Sidecar. As a passionate cook, Shikha began her career in restaurant kitchens. A diagnosis of chronic anemia required a change in career. She then launched a food blog, learned the relevant skills, and made the transition to tech. From not owning a laptop to later working at the fastest growing technology companies, in this discussion we unpack her life and career journey.
Kevin Chu: Products for the most sophisticated economic minds
December 10, 2020 18:39 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Bridgewater Associates Ray Dalio Principles by Ray Dalio Young, Gifted, and Non-dominant CORE at Columbia ABRA, a cryptocurrency startup Richard Feynman Rachel Syme, a writer Show notes: 1:29 100+ hours of user interviews 2:49 Interviewing a Bletchley park code breaker 4:11 How payments in the US differ from Europe 5:32 What is Bridgewater Associates? 7:09 The culture at Bridgewater 8:23 Discovering blind spots 14:4...
#6 Kevin Chu: Products for the most sophisticated economic minds
December 10, 2020 18:39 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBKevin is a Product Engineer at Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund. We talk about his career and life path: serving as President of Columbia University's entrepreneurship student organization, co-founding a group to connect students of color with career-advancing opportunities, running 100+ hours of user interviews at a crypto startup, and how he landed his current position at Bridgewater.
Kirupa: Senior Director at Salesforce, Creator extraordinaire
December 08, 2020 13:52 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: kirupa.com Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein 3D video games Pixel art Kirupa's Youtube channel Kirupa's books on web development Microsoft Silverlight Show notes: 2:12 IDDQD cheat code 3:03 An explanation of Product Management 4:27 Skills Kirupa looks for when hiring PMs 5:12 Solutions sometimes provided by a technical customer base 6:40 Why MIT? 7:51 Online personality = Offline personality 8:54 Working at large tech comp...
#5 Kirupa: Senior Director at Salesforce, Creator extraordinaire
December 08, 2020 13:52 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBKirupa is a Senior Director of Product Management at Salesforce. Previously he was at Microsoft for over a decade as a technical PM, where he worked on the Developer Division and Windows teams. He has a Computer Science degree from MIT. On the side, Kirupa is a prolific creator. He's built one of the Internet's top free resources on web development (kirupa.com), published 8 technical books, runs a Youtube videos with well over a million views, and presented at many conferences.
#5 Kirupa: Senior Director of Product Management at Salesforce
December 08, 2020 13:52 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBKirupa is a Senior Director of Product Management at Salesforce. Previously he was at Microsoft for over a decade as a technical PM, where he worked on the Developer Division and Windows teams. He has a Computer Science degree from MIT. On the side, Kirupa is a prolific creator. He's built one of the Internet's top free resources on web development (kirupa.com), published 8 technical books, runs a Youtube videos with well over a million views, and presented at many conferences.
Dan Ferreira - Management consulting to Google, Brazil to Boston
November 02, 2020 12:45 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBDan is the Head of Measurement and Analytics, Retail at Google. He oversees an analytics practice helping eCommerce retailers with their digital advertising strategy through data. We talk about his career and life path: growing up in Brazil then attending Georgia Tech for Industrial Engineering, how he decided to do an MBA and what he got out of it, and his move from consulting at Deloitte to leading a team of analytics professionals at Google.
#4 Dan Ferreira: Consulting to Google, Brazil to Boston
November 02, 2020 12:45 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBDan is the Head of Measurement and Analytics, Retail at Google. He oversees an analytics practice helping eCommerce retailers with their digital advertising strategy through data. We talk about his career and life path: growing up in Brazil then attending Georgia Tech for Industrial Engineering, how he decided to do an MBA and what he got out of it, and his move from consulting at Deloitte to leading a team of analytics professionals at Google.
Dan Ferreira: Consulting to Google, Brazil to Boston
November 02, 2020 12:45 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: The Knowledge Project podcast The Peter Attia Drive podcast How to Get Rich by Naval Ravikant Ayrton Senna on Wikipedia Show notes: 1:50 Killer coffee 2:22 A perfect day 3:30 Dan's role at Google 6:16 Skills to be on Dan's team 8:07 Growing up in São Paulo 9:07 Personal safety 11:54 Industrial engineering at Georgia Tech 13:46 Getting into consulting with Deloitte 15:20 Deciding to do an MBA 17:46 What Dan got out of...
#3 Lisi Gardiner: Art History to Product, Venezuela to Israel
October 15, 2020 18:15 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBLisi is a Senior Product Manager at Singular, a leading mobile analytics and attribution company serving customers like LinkedIn, Airbnb, and Twitter. We talk about her career and life path: from growing up in Venezuela and leaving to Canada for college, to finding product management and her current home in Israel.
Lisi Gardiner - Art History to Product, Venezuela to Israel
October 15, 2020 18:15 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBLisi is a Senior Product Manager at Singular, a leading mobile analytics and attribution company serving customers like LinkedIn, Airbnb, and Twitter. We talk about her career and life path: from growing up in Venezuela and leaving to Canada for college, to finding product management and her current home in Israel.
Lisi Gardiner: Art History to Product, Venezuela to Israel
October 15, 2020 18:15 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Revisionist History podcast Rough Translations podcast Singular Show notes: 1:18 Studying Art History in university 3:41 Product Management 6:19 Background of Product Managers 7:31 What does Singular do? 8:33 Singular customers 9:35 Growing up in Venezuela 12:51 Moving to Canada 13:46 Adapting to a country that's much safer 15:48 Learning to love where you live 16:32 Moving to Israel 18:44 Learning Hebrew 21:15 Li...
Dan Acristinii: "Programming for Managers" to lead DevOps
October 09, 2020 07:18 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Dan's TechTalk with a drone demo DevOps Cafe podcast Kubernetes on Wikipedia DevOps on Wikipedia Show notes: 1:06 Dan's drone demo 3:54 What is DevOps? 6:34 Automation is not the core purpose of DevOps 7:07 Growing up in Moldova 8:32 Being a competitive candidate on the job market 9:07 "Programming for Managers" course 14:58 Dan's career path so far 17:21 Hackathon at EY 19:27 What keeps Dan in DevOps? 21:03 Kubernet...
#2 Dan Acristinii: "Programming for Managers" to lead DevOps
October 09, 2020 07:18 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBDan is a Lead DevOps engineer at the pharma giant Roche. Previously he was a cybersecurity analyst at EY, Head of R&D at a blockchain startup, and did DevOps at Swisscom. We talk about his career and life path: from business school to a coding role, in a journey that's taken him through Moldova, Italy, the Netherlands, and now Switzerland.
Dan Acristinii - "Programming for Managers" to lead DevOps
October 09, 2020 07:18 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBDan is a Lead DevOps engineer at the pharma giant Roche. Previously he was a cybersecurity analyst at EY, Head of R&D at a blockchain startup, and did DevOps at Swisscom. We talk about his career and life path: from business school to a coding role, in a journey that's taken him through Moldova, Italy, the Netherlands, and now Switzerland.
Yoav Hougui: E-commerce marketing, Dance, Japan
September 30, 2020 08:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBHere are some relevant links from the conversation: Lumi by Pampers Boogaloo dance video by Yoav in Japan How I Built This Podcast Invisibilia Podcast Perpetual Traffic Podcast Kara and Nate Income Reports Show notes: 2:06 - What got Yoav in to dancing 3:06 - Lumi by Pampers 5:03 - What got Yoav in to marketing 8:41 - On setting KPIs 12:33 - Reviews in ecommerce 16:53 - Always treating your ecommerce store as a first iteration 17:40 - The value of email marketing in ec...
Yoav Hougui - E-commerce marketing, Dance, Japan
September 30, 2020 08:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBYoav is an e-commerce marketer at the global agency, Saatchi and Saatchi in New York. He works on Startup Pampers of Procter & Gamble. We chat about his career and life: discovering marketing, what he's learned in e-commerce, growing up in Switzerland, studying in Canada and Japan, his passion for dance, and much more.
#1 Yoav Hougui: E-commerce marketing, Dance, Japan
September 30, 2020 08:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBYoav is an e-commerce marketer at the global agency, Saatchi and Saatchi in New York. He works on Startup Pampers of Procter & Gamble. We chat about his career and life: discovering marketing, what he's learned in e-commerce, growing up in Switzerland, studying in Canada and Japan, his passion for dance, and much more.