Emerging with Jamal Robinson

On todays show, I speak with André Bearfield, a Senior Director of Product Strategy at Digital Ocean (DO) driving the strategic direction for their product portfolio. He shares his experience joining DO and contributing to their growth from 200 person pre-IPO startup, to a post-IPO company with over 1,500 on staff. André also shares prior experience leading product at large enterprises like IBM and startups like BlueBox and Digital Forest.

André is equally talented in the music studio as he is the boardroom. We discuss his love of music, which started at the age of 7, and how his passion for music has been a stabilizing force, has provided him a sense of community and been an accelerator for his professional career.

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Links & Show Mentions

• Digital Ocean (link)
• Carol S Dweck | Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (link)
• MIT's Thinking Forward (link)
• Harvard Business Review (link)
• John Gannon's VC Deals Newsletter (link)
• HERE Seattle - Black Social Community (Bloomberg Feature)

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On todays show, I speak with Will Collins, a Senior Director & GM of Business Development and Alliances at Databricks covering strategic cloud partnerships. He previously led Business Development at Amazon Web Services, managing a global team and product portfolio of 20+ AI services. Will also led a business development org at Cisco, covering emerging mobile technologies like 5G.

Will is a son, husband, father, brother and friend, all roles he's used to develop himself into a more empathetic leader and a man of integrity. 

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Welcome to Emerging with Jamal Robinson!

A bi-weekly podcast, you'll learn about new technologies and about the people behind those technologies as they examine their careers to extract actionable advice listeners can apply to advancing their careers and lives.

On this first episode, the host welcomes the audience providing a background on the host, reason for creating the podcast and the podcast structure (e.g. cadence, show segments).

Hope you all enjoy the show!

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On todays show, I speak with Micah "Musa" Pellerin, a Senior Business Development Manager covering High Tech Unicorns at Microsoft (unicorns being startups valued at over $1B). Micah is a unique individual with a rich life experience. He is a philanthropist, professional athlete, venture capitalist, evangelist and much more. He is the only people I know who can speak deeply about technology, playing for the NFL's Cowboys, angel investing and venture capital, creating a Ted Talk and corporate strategy while also dropping quotes from Lil Wayne, Matthew McConaughey, Drake and Sadghuru.

To contact or learn about Musa further check out the following:

• "Transferable Skills" at TEDxWilmington talk on YouTube (⁠link)
• LInkedIn (link)
• Instagram (@Micahmusa1)

Podcast Available on Following Platforms:

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• YouTube
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• Soundcloud
• Amazon Music

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