Customer-Focused Product Development w/ 3x Co-Founder Ayush Sood
Release Date: 09/22/2021
Startups: Joining & Founding Part 2
Abnormal Engineering Stories
In this two-part episode, David Hagar, Abnormal Security’s Head of UK Engineering, interviews Zehan Wang. Zehan is an Angel Investor based in the UK, and was the co-founder and CTO of Magic Pony. David and Zehan share their insights about start-ups from two angles– founding them and joining them.
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Startups: Founding & Joining
Abnormal Engineering Stories
In this two-part episode, David Hagar, Abnormal Security’s Head of UK Engineering, interviews Zehan Wang. Zehan is an Angel Investor based in the UK, and was the co-founder and CTO of Magic Pony. David and Zehan share their insights about start-ups from two angles– founding them and joining them.
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Machine Learning in Production
Abnormal Engineering Stories
In this episode Dan Shiebler, our Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security, interviews Mukund Narasimhan. Mukund has worked as an engineering leader at Airbnb, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Pinterest. Dan and Mukund discuss the past, present, and future of production Machine Learning. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
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Engineering Leadership at Box & Pixar
Abnormal Engineering Stories
In this episode, Kevin interviews Saminda Wijegunawardena. Currently a technical advisor to multiple startups, Saminda was previously an engineering leader at Box and Pixar. Saminda shares about how engineering leadership & culture changes from different organizations, and how he adapted his leadership style to those different organizations. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
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Understanding the Role of the CTO
Abnormal Engineering Stories
In this episode, Kevin interviews Tim Tully, Partner at Menlo Ventures. Prior to becoming an investor, Tim was the CTO/SVP at Splunk, and an individual contributor of engineering at Yahoo, eventually moving into a VP role. Tim shares his decisions for becoming a CTO and now investor, lessons of being a technical leader, and perspective on emerging technologies. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
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Engineering Leadership at Rippling
Abnormal Engineering Stories
In this episode, Kevin interviews Tony Dong, Director of Engineering at Rippling. Tony is a former YC-backed co-founder & CTO, as well as a veteran of Twitter and other startups. Tony shares his engineering leadership experience at a fast growth startup, and how he transitioned from managing ICs to managing managers. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
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Customer-Focused Product Development w/ 3x Co-Founder Ayush Sood
Abnormal Engineering Stories
In this episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin Wang interviews Ayush Sood, a 3x SaaS startup founder and veteran of Facebook & Palantir. Ayush is currently an engineering leader at Figma. Ayush shares how he intentionally injected customer driven prioritization into his companies via MEDDIC, and the positive impact it had for his customers and team. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
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Scaling Front’s Cloud Infrastructure to Multiple Data Centers in Under 3 Months
Abnormal Engineering Stories
Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it's like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Kevin Wang, VP of Engineering at Abnormal Security. In our fourth episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin Wang and Sean Xie, Director of Engineering at Front, discuss the tips and tricks of scaling cloud infrastructure to run on multiple data centers and the role of an engineering leader in the process. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's...
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Identifying & Becoming a 10x Startup Engineer w/ John Delaney, Core Talent Team at Greylock Partners
Abnormal Engineering Stories
Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it’s like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Kevin Wang, VP of Eng at Abnormal Security. In our third episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin Wang and John Delaney discuss how to identify 10x startup engineers, building great teams, and the challenges faced recruiting top performers. Kevin is the VP of Engineering at Abnormal Security and John is the Principal on the Core Talent Team at Greylock Partners. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of...
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Future of ML Platform w/ Jeshua Bratman & Nico Koumchatzsky
Abnormal Engineering Stories
Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it’s like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Jeshua Bratman, Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security. In our second episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Jeshua Bratman and Nico Koumchatzky and discuss the future of ML platform, the role of an ML Engineer, and the ML challenges faced at Abnormal and Nvidia. Jeshua is Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security and Nico is the Senior Director of AI Infrastructure at Nvidia, and before that, he ran...
info_outline In this episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin Wang interviews Ayush Sood, a 3x SaaS startup founder and veteran of Facebook & Palantir. Ayush is currently an engineering leader at Figma. Ayush shares how he intentionally injected customer driven prioritization into his companies via MEDDIC, and the positive impact it had for his customers and team.
Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.