Trev Tech Talks

In this episode, we host Makano Mosidi the CIO of Standard Banks corporate investment bank. Makano takes us through doing business in 2020 and the current technological landscape. She also provides some insightful guidance for anyone starting a career in the tech industry.   

In this episode, we host Leo who practices DevSecOps in AWS . He takes us through his journey starting as a shelf packer in retail and now runs and maintains cloud security engineering for one of the largest banks in Africa. 

Being driven and disciplined is critical to staying consistent in an industry where rapid change is the norm. Staying disciplined becomes challenging as your target moves but once you start gaining traction and failing forward you enter a realm of creativity that becomes addictive.

In this episode we introduce Bethuel Mhlongo, a visionary grounded with simplicity and strength. Saying Bethuel is driven is an understatement as he epitomises all the characteristics of leader who talks by doing. 

Podcast Timeline:

- Bethuel's career journey

- The changing technological landscape 36:00

- Cloud Automation 37:04

- One Click Deploy your company's tech stack 37:45 

- Ready to move to the cloud? 38:50

- Can't find cloud resources? 42:22

- Looking for guidance in your cloud journey 45:52

- Startups 47:10

- Things will go wrong 52:18

- A new responsibility 52:52

- Lets makes Africa Great 

- Last Words 54:54

- This is your chance 

We host Khathushelo Makhado who started working in a call center and in less than 5 years built himself up to tech lead at the largest bank in Africa. His story is humble, captivating and inspiring. He took control of his life and went through a mindset shift from ordinary to driven with a purpose. Khathu's hunger for knowledge and passion for technology is contagious and is a role model for the younger generation.

We speak about success factors in building a career in technology. Money and fame will only take you so far if you want to truly succeed you need to be passionate and driven. A career in technology is not just a career it's part of your lifestyle. 

The theme for this podcast: Passion, Drive, Curiosity & Imagination 

'"You don't have to be perfect" - Khathutshelo Makhado

We host Sugen Pillay, Forex Solutions Owner at Standard Bank and we talking about what Blockchain means for Africa and how banks can leverage this technology to improve the value delivered to their clients. Sugen gives us insights into the delivery mechanism required to experiment with this technology and the collaboration across business and technology. The predictions for Blockchain steadily compares to the impact of the internet boom and we're just getting warmed up for what is yet to come.  

In this episode, we welcome back Yauvan to share his story of how he passed the AWS Machine Learning Speciality. We cover the importance of taking your time with these certifications and ways to retain all the knowledge gained from taking the course and writing the exam. Yauvan shares his post-exam experience with us including the 100s of LinkedIn messages received as he expands his global reach. The last part of the episode presents machine learning meets the herb garden.

Trev Tech Talks hosts Ravi Lachhman an evangelist working at Harness.io. In this episode, we talk about Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps cultural considerations, engineering concerns for entrepreneurs and finally some advice for Africa's aspiring software engineers.

In this episode, we host Siphiwe Msibi a cloud security engineer. Security is embedded in every part of the software engineering life cycle and can make or break your organisation. If you're bank migrating your estate to the cloud, it's best you invest in the required effort to ensure you are protected when faced with an attack. Attacks are inevitable so organisations need to ensure they are in a position to detect an attack or vulnerability and have the correct measures in places to ensure business continuity.

Choosing a career path in cloud security? Listen in as Siphiwe unpacks his journey and what it takes to hold a cloud security engineer position.

In this episode we host Mike Murphy, an industry veteran and former CIO of the largest bank in Africa. Mike shares his journey with us including his involvement with driving the cloud strategy for the bank. This episode is packed with priceless words of wisdom and guidance for the youth that are pursuing a career in software engineering. Towards the end we briefly chat about the importance of sleep and how it can improve your productivity. 

In this episode we host Erance Magoro, a cloud engineer working in the financial services industry and we talking about cloud migrations and opportunities for the youth.