Develop Great Managers

In this podcast, I interview Sarah Tarter, Global Campaigns Specialist at Rubrik. Rubrik is Sarah’s first company since graduating from college. She previously held the roles of Marketing Coordinator and Marketing Specialist, Demand Generation & Content.

Sarah graduated from Santa Clara University with degrees in English Language (with a concentration in Rhetoric & Writing Studies) and Political Science.

Sarah had a range of jobs and internships while at college in marketing, sales, advocacy, and writing. She spent time volunteering. And as a part of a sorority.

I wanted to have Sarah on the show as part of my effort to bring new and different perspectives, and to focus on specific topics that are interesting to you, my listeners. In this podcast, we talk about Marketing.

In this podcast, I interview Sarah Tarter, Global Campaigns Specialist at Rubrik. Rubrik is Sarah’s first company since graduating from college. She previously held the roles of Marketing Coordinator and Marketing Specialist, Demand Generation & Content.

Sarah graduated from Santa Clara University with degrees in English Language (with a concentration in Rhetoric & Writing Studies) and Political Science.

Sarah had a range of jobs and internships while at college in marketing, sales, advocacy, and writing. She spent time volunteering. And as a part of a sorority.

I wanted to have Sarah on the show as part of my effort to bring new and different perspectives, and to focus on specific topics that are interesting to you, my listeners. I have known Sarah for a number of years, watching her go through school and start her first job. This is what we talk about in this first podcast.

This week Anthony Ferrario is back on the podcast, this time to discuss product managers and software developers. We talk about the roles, what he liked and disliked about each, how they need to work together, and other related topics.

As a refresher, Anthony is a software developer at Pure Storage, where he has been for 3 ½ years. He recently moved into software development. Prior to that, he was a senior product manager.

Before joining Pure, Anthony was with Brightedge. He started there after graduating from college in the sales organization. He quickly moved into customer support. He left for a short time to work at Zenefits and Levitt Insurance. And then returned to Brightedge as an R&D Consultant and moved into Product Management.

Anthony graduated from UC Berkeley with bachelor’s degrees in History and Economics. While there, he was on a competitive Indian dance team and walked onto the Cal Bears football team.

I hope you enjoy!

This week I am really happy to have Anthony Ferrario on the podcast to discuss his background.

Yes, Anthony is my son. He is the oldest of two. My other son is Nick, who is a personal trainer in Virginia.

Anthony is a software developer at Pure Storage, where he has been for 3 ½ years. He recently moved into software development. Prior to that, he was a senior product manager.

Before joining Pure, Anthony was with Brightedge. He started there after graduating from college in the sales organization. He quickly moved into customer support. He left for a short time to work at Zenefits and Levitt Insurance. And then returned to Brightedge as an R&D Consultant and moved into Product Management.

Anthony graduated from UC Berkeley with bachelor’s degrees in History and Economics. While there, he was on a competitive Indian dance team and walked onto the Cal Bears football team.

I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I talk to Anup Gosavi, CEO of startup Spext, about his career journey.

Spext allows you to edit audio the same way you edit text, saving time, and producing a great result. Spext also provides a very unique consumption experience, providing the transcription of the audio and allowing you to select snippets that you can share with others in email or on social media.

As a quick summary - Anup grew up in India. He went to college there for engineering. He started his career there working in Product Management and Marketing. He then moved to the US where he continued his education focusing on digital marketing, design, and business. This prepared him to go out on his own focusing on user experience and then starting his own company.

I got to know Anup through an angel investment opportunity. I was excited by the Spext product for my podcasts. I talked to him about the plans that they have moving forward and decided to become an investor.

I continue to spend some time with Anup and have grown to appreciate his vision, leadership approach, and desire to solve customer problems.

I hope you enjoy hearing from Anup about the path he has taken to get to where he is today.

In this podcast, I interview Anup Gosavi, CEO of startup Spext. Spext allows you to edit audio the same way you edit text, saving time, and producing a great result. Spext also provides a very unique consumption experience, providing the transcription of the audio and allowing you to select snippets that you can share with others in email or on social media.

As a quick summary - Anup grew up in India. He went to college there for engineering. He started his career there working in Product Management and Marketing. He then moved to the US where he continued his education focusing on digital marketing, design, and business. This prepared him to go out on his own focusing on user experience and then starting his own company.

I got to know Anup through an angel investment opportunity. I was excited by the Spext product for my podcasts. I talked to him about the plans that they have moving forward and decided to become an investor.

I continue to spend some time with Anup and have grown to appreciate his vision, leadership approach, and desire to solve customer problems.

I think you will enjoy my interview with Anup.

In this podcast, I talk to Josh Lory, Senior Director of Product and Technical Marketing at VMware, about his career journey.

In his current role, Josh focuses on driving awareness and adoption of AI-powered technologies to dramatically help customers to be successful, leading with VMware Skyline.

Josh has been at VMware for more than 9 years. He held leadership roles in Software-Defined Data Center Architecture, Global Technical Alliances, and Americas Technical Partnerships.

Prior to VMware, Josh was at Accenture in IT Infrastructure. Before that, he was at Stony Brook University, Jericho Computing, and Connoisseur International Distributors.

And prior to all of that, Josh was in the United States Air Force as part of Security Forces - Nuclear ICBM - doing a job that he likely can’t talk about:)

Josh got his AAS in Criminal Justice at Community College of the Airforce, his Bachelors of Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and completed the Engineering Leadership Professional Program at UC Berkeley College of Engineering.

I got to know Josh when I convinced him to move from New York and from the Partner organization at VMware, into my team developing VMware Validated Designs. Josh also worked with me in the Global Servies organization where we reinvented support and built VMware Skyline.

Josh is a father of twin boys, an amazing connector, a great storyteller, with high-energy, excellent technical knowledge, and a drive to succeed.

I hope you enjoy hearing from Josh about the path he has taken to get to where he is today.

In this podcast, I interview Josh Lory, Senior Director of Product and Technical Marketing at VMware, where he focuses on driving awareness and adoption of AI-powered technologies to dramatically help customers to be successful, leading with VMware Skyline.

Josh has been at VMware for more than 9 years. He held leadership roles in Software-Defined Data Center Architecture, Global Technical Alliances, and Americas Technical Partnerships.

Prior to VMware, Josh was at Accenture in IT Infrastructure. Before that, he was at Stony Brook University, Jericho Computing, and Connoisseur International Distributors.

And prior to all of that, Josh was in the United States Air Force as part of Security Forces - Nuclear ICBM - doing a job that he likely can’t talk about:)

Josh got his AAS in Criminal Justice at Community College of the Airforce, his Bachelors of Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and completed the Engineering Leadership Professional Program at UC Berkeley College of Engineering.

I got to know Josh when I convinced him to move from New York and from the Partner organization at VMware, into my team developing VMware Validated Designs. Josh also worked with me in the Global Servies organization where we reinvented support and built VMware Skyline.

Josh is a father of twin boys, an amazing connector, a great storyteller, with high energy guy, excellent technical knowledge, and a drive to succeed.

I think you will enjoy my interview with Josh.

This week I talk to Pashmeen Mistry about Product Managers. We discuss the role, how they operate, what skills are required, how to work most effectively with them, and more.

Pashmeen is an expert in the field of Program Management. I am fortunate to have him on the podcast. Here is a bit about his background.

Pashmeen has just recently joined Amazon as a product manager. He will be working in the AWS team where he will have the opportunity to engage with customers in driving the adoption of a number of services.

Prior to joining Amazon, Pashmeen was a Senior Product Line Manager at VMware, where he lead the effort around VMware Skyline - the core of telemetry and machine learning-based proactive support.

Before joining VMware, Pashmeen was at BlueJeans Network and before that at Cisco Systems.

Pashmeen has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from VJTI and completed the Stanford Ignite, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

I know Pashmeen well. We hired him into my organization at VMware when we were reinventing support. He did an absolutely amazing job of driving and guiding Skyline to become the fastest-growing and largest SaaS product at VMware.

In this second session, we dig deeper into how managers can work most effectively with Product Managers.

I hope you enjoy.

This week I talk to Pashmeen Mistry about Product Managers. We discuss the role, how they operate, what skills are required, how to work most effectively with them, and more.

Pashmeen is an expert in the field of Program Management. I am fortunate to have him on the podcast. Here is a bit about his background.

Pashmeen has just recently joined Amazon as a product manager. He will be working in the AWS team where he will have the opportunity to engage with customers in driving the adoption of a number of services.

Prior to joining Amazon, Pashmeen was a Senior Product Line Manager at VMware, where he lead the effort around VMware Skyline - the core of telemetry and machine learning-based proactive support.

Before joining VMware, Pashmeen was at BlueJeans Network and before that at Cisco Systems.

Pashmeen has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from VJTI and completed the Stanford Ignite, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

I know Pashmeen well. We hired him into my organization at VMware when we were reinventing support. He did an absolutely amazing job of driving and guiding Skyline to become the fastest-growing and largest SaaS product at VMware.

I split the podcast into two parts. This podcast provides a good overview of Product Management.

I hope you enjoy.