Develop Great Managers

In this podcast, I talk to Sanjay Poonen about his career.

Sanjay is an Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at VMware.

Previously at VMware, Sanjay held the role of Executive Vice President and General Manager for the End-User Computing business unit.

Before VMware, Sanjay held executive roles at VMware, SAP, Symantec, Veritas, and Informatica, and he began his career as a software engineer at Microsoft and Apple.

I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I interview Sanjay Poonen.

Sanjay is an Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at VMware.

Previously at VMware, Sanjay held the role of Executive Vice President and General Manager for the End-User Computing business unit.

Before VMware, Sanjay held executive roles at VMware, SAP, Symantec, Veritas, and Informatica, and he began his career as a software engineer at Microsoft and Apple.

I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I talk to Mark Bauhaus about his career.

Mark is a 35-year tech industry executive and entrepreneur. He currently is a General Partner at Just Business LLC and Chief Commercialization Officer at Paired Power. He is also advising companies and mentoring students.

Previously, Mark has been an Executive Vice President & General Manager for companies like Juniper Networks and Sun Microsystems.

I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I interview Mark Bauhaus.

Mark was one of my bosses while I was at Sun Microsystems. Mark also worked at Juniper while I was there, and was instrumental in my being hired!

Mark is a 35-year tech industry executive and entrepreneur. He currently is a General Partner at Just Business LLC and Chief Commercialization Officer at Paired Power. He is also advising companies and mentoring students.

Previously, Mark has been an Executive Vice President & General Manager for companies like Juniper Networks and Sun Microsystems.

Mark is someone that I learned so much from. Just to mention one, he introduced me to the book “The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company.” Mark really helped me to understand what my role was and how I should spend my time, as I moved up the leadership ranks.

I hope you enjoy!

In this podcast, I talk about the purpose of creating a podcast, who I am and how this fits into the larger goal of helping managers.

I worked in high technology for a number of years, for some great companies, including Amdahl, Sun Microsystems, Juniper Networks, and VMware. During this time, I had first-hand experience working closely with amazing managers.

My goal with developgreatmanagers.com and the Develop Great Managers podcasts is to share this experience with you in a format that will provide value.

I hope you enjoy!

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 was 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 was 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.