🎙️ In this podcast episode, we dive deep into Propel's journey of choosing the right cloud infrastructure, change management processes, and scaling strategies without breaking the bank. 💰

In today's episode, I sit down with Lauren Long. Lauren is the co-founder and CTO of Ampersand, a seed-stage startup company that helps SaaS companies build user-facing integrations into their products. Previously, Lauren served as a Software Engineer at Shortwave, where she was instrumental in developing and deploying key platform features. Before Shortwave, Lauren was the founding Tech Lead of Firebase Extensions at Google, leading the initiative from its inception to launch. Her professional journey also includes a tenure as a Product Manager at Nymi, a groundbreaking company in the field of biometric authentication. Here, she was the company's first Product Manager and worked with a 15-person engineering team in the development of the Nymi Band. Lauren's entrepreneurial journey commenced with co-founding Boxit, an innovative storage solution provider.

In this conversation, we dig into the beginnings of Ampersand, the fundraising experience, the current architecture being built on Google Cloud, and some fun facts about email addresses.

The explosion of apps being built on Generative AI is creating some interesting trends regarding usage tracking and the analytical needs of the companies building these apps. Token usage costs money; therefore, it must be tracked and part of the product experience. Dave Ganly, Head of Product at Propel (full disclosure I'm a co-founder), has been spending a lot of time with the developers at the forefront of building on top of the new gold rush that is ChatGPT, Bard, Anthropic, etc. As these LLM apps gain traction, companies are forced into a build versus-buy situation to track usage and provide the analytics needed for their products. Dave provides some valuable insights into the type of metrics, the difficulty in engineering solutions to track them, and how Propel's data application platform can help accelerate their user-facing dashboards, log interfaces, and in-product metrics for their LLM-based apps. If you're interested, join the waitlist now and start shipping 🚢 🚢 🚢 🚀 your GPT-powered products 👉 https://lnkd.in/giftTTcX

Welcome to episode five of the Data Chaos podcast; on today’s episode, I have a conversation with Kyle Woumn.  Kyle is a two-time founder and started in software as an intern at Twilio after graduating from Georgia Tech. Today we talk about his latest endeavor, Overflow, where Kyle is the VP of Product and Engineering.  We dig into the genesis of Overflow, their infrastructure journey, how they built their customer-facing analytics, and what the future holds for their data.  So sit back, relax, and enjoy the conversation.

Welcome to Data Chaos: Bits! The "bits" are shorter in format, should be roughly 4-5 minutes, and focus on a very specific topic. In this first episode, I talk about the highs and lows of creating a company. How as a founder, you have to, at times, take a step back, emotionally detach, and not spiral when things don't go exactly as planned. Enjoy the listen!

In today's episode, I have a conversation with my friend Jason Hudak; Jason is currently the SVP and Head of Engineering for Rapid. Jason's illustrious career spans almost three decades in the tech industry; he's an ex-US Marine, proud father, F1 aficionado, and avid hunter (when he makes the time for the blinds). Jason has worked for Mark Cuban's companies and held various leadership positions at Yahoo! before bringing his expertise and knowledge to Twilio, where he established and led Platform Engineering. He has deep expertise on the why's and hows of Platform Engineering, so sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's conversation on the Data Chaos podcast.

In today's episode, I sit down with Mark Roberts. Mark is the co-founder and Chief Architect of Propel, a seed-stage startup company building a customer analytics API platform. Before Propel, Mark spent 7.5 years at Twilio, where he began his career in software. During his tenure at Twilio, Mark worked on several flagship products, creating highly scalable and performant platforms. We journey through some lessons learned at Twilio and how these influenced a number of architectural decisions that were made at Propel. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the conversation!

Welcome to the first episode of the Data Chaos podcast! Today, we have the pleasure of speaking with Nico Acosta, the co-founder, and CEO of Propel Data. Nico's impressive career includes 9 years at Twilio, where he served as Director of Product for Programmable Voice and founded Twilio AI. He was instrumental in taking Twilio's voice products to 100 million ARR, and our host had the opportunity to partner with him on a number of projects during that time. In this episode, Nico shares with us "the why" behind building Propel and how his customer-centric experiences at Twilio led him to where he is today. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the conversation!

Welcome to Data Chaos, the podcast that explores the ever-evolving world of data and the technologies that companies are using to navigate the chaos that can arise from the massive amounts of data generated. This podcast will delve into the strategies, tools, and technologies that are being developed and implemented to help companies stay ahead of the curve and make sense of the vast amounts of data at their fingertips. Join us as we speak with founders and experts in the field, share real-world examples, and offer practical tips and advice for companies looking to harness the power of their data and turn chaos into opportunity. So, whether you're a CTO, product manager, software developer, or simply interested in the fascinating world of data, tune in to Data Chaos for insightful discussions and valuable insights into the technologies that are shaping the future of doing more with data.