MEMtalks@Duke

In this podcast we have our MEM student Kritika Sharma hosting Gauri Punekar and talking about her journey in transitioning to product management. 

Gauri is currently working as a Senior Product Manager Technical @ T-Mobile. She is a proud blue devil and an MEM graduate from 2017. In today’s podcast, we’ll talk about Gauri’s experiences at T-Mobile and at Duke, her journey from an intern to a full-time employee at T-Mobile, and how she made this successful transition as a Product Manager.

Gauri : https://www.linkedin.com/in/gauripunekar/

Kritika : https://www.linkedin.com/in/kritikasharma93/

In this episode, we have our MEM student Afreen Ahmed talk to Duke MEM alum Esha Shukla about her journey in product management and advice for aspiring product managers. 

Esha Shukla is currently a Product Manager at WhatsApp. She is a 2014 MEM alum from Pratt School of Engineering. In this session, we talked about her experiences as a Product Manager across the companies she worked at (CitiBank, Meetup & Meta), her time as a student at Duke, and about the strategies that students can use to break into product management.

Linkedin : 

Esha : 

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eshashukla/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/esha_shukla

Medium - https://medium.com/@eshashukla

Afreen : 

Linkedin -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/afreen-ahmed-932736180/

In this episode, our MEM student Deekshit has a chat with MEM alum Dave Rodrian who is the General Vice President of Charter Communications , which provides internet services through its internet products, Spectrum that is used by 50M houses in the United States. 

This podcast covers about Dave's journey into Duke, his experiences at Duke and his career path towards making him a successful business leader. 

Get to know more about them here : 

1. Deekshit BN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/

2. Dave Rodrian - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daverodrian/

Editing Credits - Prakruti PraveenKumar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakruti-p-kumar/

In  this episode, we have our MEM student Deekshit talking to Diego Granados, Sr.PM at Microsoft.

Diego Granados is an alum of Duke Fuqua School of Business who transitioned into product management after 5 years of experience in consulting. 

In this session, both of them talk about Diego's journey into product management, his tips on landing a PM job and his experience in product management.

He is also a content creator creating product management videos to help product management aspirants crack their PM interviews. 

Links :

Diego Granados :

https://www.youtube.com/c/PMDiegoGranados/featured

https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegogranadosh/

Deekshit :

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/

Editing Credits - Prakruti PraveenKumar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakruti-p-kumar/

In this episode we have our MEM student Deekshit talking to Prof. Tony O' Driscoll who teaches Marketing and Strategy int the MEM program.

He is a professor, speaker, author, and advisor whose engaging message emphasizes that the key digital-age differentiator is not technology, but people. He has spent the bulk of his professional and academic career at the nexus of Business, Innovation, Technology and Learning, creating and implementing strategies that enable organizations to realize the full potential of their most valuable asset: Human Beings.  Dr. O’Driscoll’s current appointments as Adjunct Professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Research Fellow at Duke Corporate Education afford him the unique opportunity to apply cutting-edge academic research to address increasingly complex business challenges.

In this session, both of them talk about the essence of marketing and strategy and why it is so important for people to understand this to grow their companies. They also talk about how individuals can develop themselves to be better thinkers and contribute to the professional world.

Links :

Tony O'Driscoll :

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tony-o-driscoll-5bb46b5/

Deekshit :

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deekshitbn/

Editing Credits - Prakruti PraveenKumar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakruti-p-kumar/

In this episode, our MEM student Avdhoot Sherkar talks to Jon S Rennie about leadership and why it matters. John was a Cold War submarine officer and ran a business in Corporate America for over 20 years, and is now the CEO of a startup. His books "All in the Same Boat" and "I Have the Watch" are Amazon Bestsellers. He also hosts the "Deep Leadership" podcast. Below you can find the links to his books and podcast.  

https://anchor.fm/deepleadership

https://jonsrennie.com/all-in-the-same-boat/

https://jonsrennie.com/i-have-the-watch/

This was an insightful interview that we know you will love.

In this first episode of MEMtalks, Deekshit, a first-year MEM graduate student has an in-depth conversation with the Executive director of the MEM program at Duke University, Prof. Luis Morales. 

The discussion revolves around the value of a MEM degree, the relevance of understanding business fundamentals for technical professionals, and a lot of experiences from the personal life of Prof. Luis Morales. 

To get to know more about the MEM program at Duke, follow us @dukemempdc on Instagram.