Inspired Execution

Jyoti Bansal is not your average Silicon Valley visionary. He's a founder, entrepreneur, and investor, who sold his first company to Cisco for $3.7 billion. Today he runs 3 companies at the same time, including Harness, which is valued at $3.7 billion (there's that number again)! Today, Jyoti shares his journey to building multiple unicorns, tips for staying energized while balancing many roles, and the importance of being mission-driven versus money-driven.

M. R. Rangaswami started one of the first angel investments firms when he bought the sandhill.com domain for $20 in 1997. In addition to being a founding father of Silicon Valley, M. R. is a passionate philanthropist. His nonprofit brings together Indian leaders to drive positive social change. On this episode, we talk about the benefits of acting small while growing big, how communities can be a powerful force of change, and his recent meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris. 

Marco Argenti is the CIO at Goldman Sachs. After spending 6 years as a VP at Amazon, Marco joined Goldman to lead the team through a massive digital transformation. His unique approach to driving change includes building with purpose, working backwards from the customer, and driving business outcomes. We talk about all of this, as well as the importance of redefining success throughout every stage of your career and how the age of AI is really the age of knowledge redefined.

Today we are joined by a tech industry OG, Mark Nelson. Mark started programming computers at seven years old, and his first job was writing software for 911. He turned his childhood hobby into an incredible career, working AT&T, SAP, Oracle, and most recently Tableau. Mark shares his best tips for building a data-driven culture, using data to tell stories, and the power of combining data with human instincts.

Jeetu Patel is the EVP and GM of Security and Collaboration at Cisco. On today's episode, he shares actionable tips for asynchronous collaboration (hint: video communication is key!), how AI is changing the way we work, and so much more. 

Inspired Execution host Chet Kapoor kicks off Season 5 of the podcast with a quick refresh on topics discussed, upcoming guests, and exciting new segments!

Host Chet Kapoor shares his favorite moments and learnings from Season 4 of Inspired Execution. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, we are joined by Hussein Mehanna, Head of AI and ML at Cruise. He’s helping build the future of transportation with the world’s first self-driving car. Today we discuss his most impactful experiences, his unpopular opinions about AI, and what the future of autonomous vehicles looks like.

Today, we hear from the Co-Founder and CEO of the World Justice Project. Bill dominated in his field as a lead lawyer for Microsoft for almost 25 years before serving as Managing Partner for the San Francisco Giants. Now, he runs his own company with the mission to promote the rule of law throughout the world. Tune in to hear Bill’s nuggets of wisdom and lessons in fair play from business to baseball.

Today, we are joined by Sagnik Nandy, CTO and President of Technology at Okta, the world’s #1 identity platform. After spending fifteen years at Google, Sagnik transitioned to Okta and turned his focus to identity management and keeping us all safe in the digital world.  He joins the show to talk about what it takes to build scalable products, how to stay grounded in high-stress situations, and much more!