Through The Corporate Glass

Generative AI is reshaping the world of UX design. And one of the most exciting innovations at its forefront is Generative UI. Today, we’ll explore what this means for the craft of design, the opportunities it opens up, the challenges it raises, and how it could shape design careers in the years ahead. To talk about this and much more, we're joined by Parikshit Deshmukh, the co-founder of Thesys, a company pioneering the future of user experience through Generative UI. Parikshit has over a decade of experience shaping design at fast-growing technology companies. He was Head of Design and a founding member at DevRev.ai. Before that, he led design at Recko.io, a fintech startup acquired by Stripe, which was one of the biggest SaaS requisitions, and was an early member of the design team at Nutanix.ShownotesLinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parikshitd/Website: https://www.thesys.dev/Generative UI : https://youtu.be/-SlZp2H1jZ4?si=R0l7HVWKbkIdYdy9Thesys in news : https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidprosser/2024/11/07/how-thesys-plans-to-change-the-look-and-feel-of-ai-forever/

How is AI being applied to traditional industries? We will take a deeper look at the manufacturing industry, the concept of Industry 4.0 and the role of AI and Subject Matter Experts. We will discuss the need for new skills and also how experts can become powerful consultants driving the new AI tools landscape.To discuss this and a lot more we chat with Liana Kbilashvili. Liana is a global supply chain executive with over 15 years of leadership experience in the manufacturing sector. She was previously Director of strategic procurement at Summit Materials. In her current work, Liana advises organizations on AI readiness and digital adoption within supply chains. She serves as a strategic liaison between the established manufacturers and the  technology innovators.ShownotesLinkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lianakbilashvili/Industrial AI Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/5bZ2ycqHSddXZqhYJmOwMZ Spotify“The future of AI in manufacturing and its real-world applications” https://www.plantservices.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/podcast/55138717/podcast-the-future-of-ai-in-manufacturing-and-its-real-world-applications Plant Services“Manufacturing, AI, and how companies are utilizing disruptive tech” https://www.smartindustry.com/podcasts/podcast/55063676/podcast-manufacturing-ai-and-how-companies-are-utilizing-disruptive-tech Smart IndustryEmbracing AI in the Manufacturing Industryhttps://www.fisherphillips.com/en/news-insights/manufacturing-success-ai-in-manufacturing-part1.html Fisher PhillipsAI and intelligent manufacturing” podcast https://blog.se.com/digital-transformation/artificial-intelligence/2025/02/24/podcast-ai-and-intelligent-manufacturing/ Schneider Electric BlogWhere AI Works: Conversations at the Intersection of AI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-ai-works-conversations-at-the-intersection-of/id1801560422Journal of Manufacturing Systems https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-manufacturing-systems ScienceDirectCIRP Annals — Manufacturing Technologyhttps://www.cirp.net/mainmenu-publications/cirp-annals-col-200/cirp-annals-presentation.html CIRPCIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science & Technology (JMST)https://www.cirp.net/mainmenu-publications/other-publications/cirp-journal-of-manufacturing-science-and-technology.html CIRPInternational Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (IJAMT)https://www.springer.com/journal/170/Journal of Manufacturing Processeshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-manufacturing-processes ScienceDirectSiemens – “Top Use Cases of AI in Manufacturing” (whitepaper / e-book)https://resources.sw.siemens.com/en-US/e-book-insight-hubs-ai-manufacturing-use-cases Siemens ResourcesSiemens – “Exploring the Spectrum of AI Use Cases” report (PDF)https://assets.new.siemens.com/siemens/assets/api/uuid%3A78180c5e-acd3-48bd-9ab6-573f69bcb361/manufacturing-intelligence-exploring-spectrum-ai-cs24-report.pdf Siemens AssetsSiemens – “How Siemens Is Transforming Supply Chain with AI” (case study)https://aiexpert.network/case-study-how-siemens-is-transforming-supply-chain-with-ai/ AIX | AI Expert NetworkSiemens – “How Siemens Uses AI to Orchestrate Supply Chain” (LinkedIn article)https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-scm-case-study-4-how-siemens-uses-ai-orchestrate-chain-jianaguli--7xsaeLinkedInIntelligent Manufacturing in the Era of Industry 4.0 — Case Study (Siemens)https://inoindustry.com/en/intelligent-manufacturing-in-the-era-of-industry-4-0-case-study-on-siemens/InoIndustryUsing Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Manufacturing Efficiency https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393648421_USING_ARTIFICIAL_INTELLIGENCE_TO_ENHANCE_MANUFACTURING_EFFICIENCY_A_CASE_STUDY_ON_SIEMENS ResearchGate

Switching roles as part of your career journey involves being open to new challenges and embracing change. There could however be overlap of skills required across multiple roles. In this episode we will chat with Samina Diamond, Principal Product Manager at Nutanix to examine the role of Product Management under a microscope and identify some overlap areas with consulting. Samina has over 25 years of industry experience and brings a unique perspective to this conversation given her experience with software and management consulting as well as product management. She is also on the board of Tandem, a non-profit in the space of early learning.

What does the field of Operations Research entail? How does it relate to AI, machine learning and analytics? How is it applied in industry? What are the current areas of research  focus & how does the new wave of Generative AI fit in?To answer this and much more we will talk to Dr Radhika Kulkarni, an Advanced Analytics professional, active in the areas of Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. She retired after 35 years of leading various areas of analytics R&D at SAS Institute, Inc. For the last 10 years of her professional career, Dr. Kulkarni was the Vice President of Advanced Analytics R&D, overseeing software development in many analytical areas including Statistics, Operations Research, Econometrics, Forecasting, Data Mining, and Machine Learning. Dr. Kulkarni served as the 2022 President of INFORMS.https://www.informs.org/Explore/History-of-O.R.-Excellence/Miser-Harris-Presidential-Portrait-Gallery/Radhika-Kulkarnihttps://www.orie.cornell.edu/radhika-kulkarni-ms-80-phd-81https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radhika_Kulkarni

What is unique about technical marketing for a GenAI product? What are skills necessary to be successful? What challenges and opportunities does AI add to the mix? We address these as we delve into the career journey of Laura Jordana, Director Technical Marketing, Nutanix. Laura graduated with a Bachelors in Computer Science from San Jose State University and has close to two decades of experience spanning site reliability engineering, support, sales enablement and technical marketing. She now focussed on an AI Inference platform called Nutanix Enterprise AI. Show NotesLaura's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurajordana/Posts and Content Created by Laurahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynspIURn4To&list=PLAHgaS9IrJef7bWOvz7SKubDCphVcdi7uhttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/experimenting-vision-models-nutanix-enterprise-ai-laura-jordana-mreec/?trackingId=hvHVY65RRwGx9PDYffjG8g%3D%3D

We dive into the world of AI infrastructure and explore the exciting career opportunities it offers. What goes into building an AI infrastructure product? How does open source play a transformative role in the industry? What key skills are essential for a successful career, and how has GenAI changed the landscape? To help us answer these questions and more, we’re joined by Johnu George, Technical Director at Nutanix developing an AI Inference Platform called Nutanix Enterprise AI. He is also the Co-Chair of both the Kubeflow & AutoML Working Group and the MLCommons Working GroupShownotesJohnu's Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnu-george-83036610/Kubeflow: https://www.kubeflow.org/KServe: https://www.kubeflow.org/docs/external-add-ons/kserve/introduction/ollama: https://ollama.com/AnythingLLM: https://anythingllm.com/Nutanix Enterprise AI: https://www.nutanix.com/products/nutanix-enterprise-ai

In this episode, we explore the role of a decision scientist and how it's related to data science with Anand Ramanathan, Decision Scientist at Meta. We will contrast data science research with roles in the industry to point out both strengths of each as well as differences between them. We'll unravel the skills required to be successful, the opportunities, and then also the challenges. Anand has a fascinating background with a PhD in physics from the University of Maryland and more than a decade of experience as a physicist at both NIST and NASA before embarking on a career as a data scientist. Show NotesAnand's Linkedin ProfileKaggleBook RecommendationsThinking Fast and SlowNoise

It is always a balancing act between making pragmatic choices and those driven by the heart and passion. Raluca Mihu, the founder of Synchromind, a security consulting startup with a unique approach strikes this balance and shares her choices. She has over two decades of experience in the IT industry and has founded an initiative to help abused women become part of the IT industry by providing them with training and counseling. Raluca Mihu's Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralucamihu/ Synchromind: https://www.linkedin.com/company/synchromind-eu/

Welcome to an episode of Startup Spotlight where we explore interesting and innovative startups.Today in the spotlight we have Live AI Dream We chat with Chhavi Jain, Founder and CEO at Live a Dream about her journey, the startup, her collaborations with Nvidia & Microsoft and much more. Chhavi has a Masters in Artificial Intelligence from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and has over two decades of experience spanning Qualcomm, Intel Mobile communication and Nokia. Chhavi's Linkedin Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chhavij/ Live AI Dream on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/live-ai-dream Website:  www.liveaidream.com  Watch their website, Live AI Dream will share a 10% discount coupon very soon to get a discount on the first payment of any subscription!

In Startup Spotlight we explore interesting and innovative startups through the lens of the founders. We will uncover the story behind the startup, the unique challenges and opportunities. Today in the spotlight we have AtomicWork. We chat with Vijay Rayapati, Co-founder and CEO at Atomicwork. Vijay is a serial entrepreneur. His previous startup Minjar was a cloud management solution acquired by Nutanix. Before Minjar, he was CTO at Kuliza. ShowNotes Vijay's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amnigos/ AtomicWork Website: https://www.atomicwork.com AtomicWork Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2D5Bx8j3ZpqO9HVQh5opsu AtomicWork Careers: https://www.atomicwork.com/company/careers

What does the field of linguistics entail? What are the various opportunities in the field? Is it purely theoretical or is there an experimental aspect? How does one delve into interdisciplinary research involving gaming, cybersecurity and computer science and what are the challenges? To learn about this and unravel an extremely interesting career journey, we chat with Mythili Menon, an Assistant Professor of English and Linguistics at Wichita State University, Kansas, Mythili directs the Menon Lab.  she is also the Director of Linguistics at Wichita State, Director of The Center for Educational Technologies to Assist Refugee Learners and an Associate Editor of the  Journal of South Asian Linguistics. Her research is interdisciplinary and she collaborates with linguists, computer scientists, speech pathologists, education specialists, game designers, and psychologists She is the recipient of two University faculty awards at Wichita State University. The Young Faculty Risk Taker Award given to faculty who experiment outside the norm in teaching, research and service, and the Young Faculty Scholar award given to faculty who have records of excellence in teaching performance and substantial achievement in research. The Center for Educational Technologies to Assist Refugee Learners’s Project Education for All was named United Way of the Plains Impact on the Plains Social Innovation Game Changer in Education in 2021. Show Notes Website: https://www.mythilimenon.com/ CETARL: https://www.wichita.edu/research/cetarl/# Exhibition Details: https://ulrich.wichita.edu/ulrich_exhibition/where-we-belong-refugee-stories-from-wichita/#:~:text=Where%20We%20Belong%3A%20Refugee%20Stories%20from%20Wichita%20is%20a%20collaboration,Mythili%20Menon NSF Cybersecurity Research Details: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2210185&HistoricalAwards=false Media and News I appeared on NPR’s 1A Remaking America’s panel on Sorting out Facts, Truth, and Opinion. You can watch the episode here. United Way of the plains game changer award news article. News article on NSF-Funded Cybersecurity for All. News article on State of Kansas funded Project Education for All. News article on Aphasia in South Asian Languages COVID-19 pandemic interview with the Wichita Public Library-  https://cdm17408.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/COVID-19_4/id/49/rec/13. [News]  Phenomenal woman award nomination: I was nominated for a phenomenal women award at Wichita State University. Recruitment faculty fellow: I have been named a recruitment faculty fellow for 2021-2022 at Wichita State University. [Upcoming talks/posters] (2023) KU Linguistics Colloquy University of Kansas, Lawrence, October 12, 2023 (2023) Improving cybersecurity practices and understanding of privacy among refugees (with Kaitlyn Hemberger, Mohd Sabra, Murtuza Jadliwala) KSDE Great Ideas in Education Conference, October 25-27, 2023, Wichita, KS (2023) Creating a Bilingual Digital Game-Based Learning Platform for Teaching Refugee Children Middle- School Science (with JaeHwan Byun) 17th European Conference on Games Based Learning, 5-6 October 2023, Enschende, Netherlands (2023) Being displaced, building a new home: What we can learn from the resilient refugee community Public talk at the Ulrich Museum of Art, September 21, 2023 (2023) Creating a Bilingual Digital Game-Based Learning Platform for Teaching Refugee Children Middle- School Science (with JaeHwan Byun) The Migration Conference, 23-26 August 2023, Hamburg, Germany(2023) Workshops for Improving Digital Literacy Skills Among Refugee Populations (with Kaitlyn Hemberger, Mohd Sabra, Murtuza Jadliwala) The Migration Conference, 23-26 August 2023, Hamburg, Germany

Traditionally, an education in engineering has been considered ideal to break into software engineering. Can you move into a software engineering role with no formal education in the field?  What skills do you need and how can you acquire them?  How do people view this role looking outside-in? To explore this, we chat with Nadia Matin, Software Engineer at DevRev. Nadia has a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Russian and started at DevRev in a People Operations role. Show Notes Nadia Matin's Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-matin-89878419b/ Ludwig Wittgenstein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein DevRev: https://devrev.ai/

Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) are penetrating our lives & work. Data consumption, analysis and modeling contribute to increasing the carbon footprint of products. How can AI/ML be applied in the field of sustainability? What kind of skills and training are required to create sustainable solutions ? What are the barriers to entry and what are the opportunities? As people look to dive into the field, how can one effectively establish technical expertise & credibility? To answer this and share his story, we have with us Narayanan Subramanium, a thought leader in Technology and Sustainability. He is currently the CTO of Eugenie and has nearly 3 decades of experience spanning Industrial AI for sustainability, electric vehicles IoT, distributed systems and networking. He is part of the IEEE Bangalore Computer Society,  Executive Committee. He has a Masters in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland. He completed the chief digital officer executive education program from Indian School of Business and a post graduate diploma in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from the University of Texas, Austin.  He talks about technology and sustainability at various events and conferences. As part of the G20, he has been invited by TiE to talk about Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction. Show Notes Narayanan's Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cnsubramaniam/ IEEE Code of Ethics: https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html Narayanan's Website: https://climate350.com/ Other Talks https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cnsubramaniam_netzero-sustainability-carbonemissions-activity-7026907532182900737-atLr/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android https://www.linkedin.com/posts/race-recycling-and-circular-economy-conference_raceconferences-plasticsconference-brandpartnerships-ugcPost-7033747867651457024-6ngh/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

For women’s history month we would like to acknowledge and thank all the women before us who made our success possible.  In the past we had put together episodes for the women’s month focussing on the thoughts, motivation and influences behind career and life choices. This was very well received and we enjoyed the experience so much that we wanted to put another episode together for this year’s women's month.  This episode covers answers to the following 6 questions from 13 inspiring women. 1. What does lead like a girl mean to you? 2. What advice would you give your younger self? 3. What is your biggest fear and how do you cope with it? 4. What is the most significant/unconventional choice you have made so far? 5. Who are the women you admire and have shaped your decisions and life? 6. Could you share a favorite book or quote which has influenced you? The inspiring Women featured in this episode: Kelly Boyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-boyer-b6a09a7/ Mollie Holland: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollie-holland/ Tulika Mittal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tulika-mittal-68a8939a/ Srividya Tata: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srividya-tata-949538/ Uma Varma: https://www.linkedin.com/in/uma-varma-09b8277/  Anupama Lolage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alolage/ Sarala Mandi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarala-mandi-57787097/ Anusha Sethuraman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anushasethuraman/ Sandip Bhakta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandip-bhakta-22a3232/ Meghana Bhagavan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meghana-bhagavan-5a808b1a/ Jaya Narasimhan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaya-narasimhan-6661a811/ Amy Ward: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/w/amy-ward Ekaterina Arshinova: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekaterina-arshinova-88b76b20a/ Previous episodes in the Inspiring Women Series Inspiring Women Series - Part 1  Inspiring Women Series - Part 2 Inspiring Women Series - Part 3 Episode Cover Art: Produced using DALL-E 2 to generate the base image.

What is data engineering? How does it differ from software engineering? What skills do you need to become a data engineer? What are the opportunities and challenges in this area? Harini Rajendran, Senior Software Engineer, Data Engineering, Confluent answers these questions and shares her experience in this episode. Harini's team builds a cloud scale observability data platform. She is one of the leads of the San Francisco chapter of the Women Who Code Backend Study Group. She is a passionate advocate for Diversity. Equity and Inclusion and animal welfare. ShowNotes Harini's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrajendran/ Harini on WWCode: https://www.womenwhocode.com/sf/about Learning Resources:  https://developer.confluent.io/learn-kafka/apache-kafka/events/ https://developer.confluent.io/learn/

What does research in the fields of molecular biology and biophysics involve? How can this research contribute to sustainability efforts? What are the challenges in this area? What skills do you need to contribute to this research ? To learn about this field, we speak to Sowmya Raghavan, a research lead at BioMan technologies. Sowmya was a consultant with Strand Life Sciences for over fifteen years after she completed her PhD in molecular biophysics from the Indian Institute of Science. She is a passionate advocate of sustainability and a dedicated practitioner as well. Referenced in the Episode https://www.bio-man.in/ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bengaluru-eco-team/article8484697.ece https://www.swachagraha.in/sgcc https://www.swmrt.com/

What does a career in print media entail? What are the skills required to succeed in this field? How does one build credibility and brand recognition for new publications?  Suresh Selvaraj, formerly the president of the Outlook Group of magazines and later the CEO of the Suvarna News shares his journey, learnings, and perspectives. He has over 30 years of experience, having worked for different kinds of print media brands like dailies, weekend papers, and magazines. He has been part of national and regional leaders, fledgling brands, start-ups, challenger brands, and international brands. He currently blogs about Travel.  Suresh's Linkedin Profile: https://in.linkedin.com/in/suresh-selvaraj-b508a645 Suresh's  Travel Blog: https://thebikerman.wordpress.com/ His Travel Writing in Deccan Herald: https://www.deccanherald.com/content/625357/a-bikers-tales.html

In our career journey, coaches and mentors help us reach our potential. They not only help us make better decisions but also have an impact on the way we think and approach problems. How does one go about finding a mentor or a coach? What is the difference between them? How do we have an effective relationship with a mentor or a coach? We talk about this with Mary Beth Stockton. Mary Beth Stockton is VP Technical Product Management - Imaging, Engineering & Sourcing at GE HealthCare. She is a graduate of GE's Leadership program. As an IT Leader, she is passionate about rallying people around a common mission to solve problems that matter. She is a coach, mentor and supporter of women in technology. Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-beth-stockton-6a64888

What does it mean to be an Infrastructure Engineer in the era of cloud computing? What are the opportunities and challenges in this area? How does this differ from application development? What are the latest trends in the field? To answer this and give us a deep dive into the world of infrastructure engineering, we have with us Nik Collins, who is working on Strategic operations and automation at DevRev. He has over a decade of experience with business automation and is one of the pillars of the infrastructure team at DevRev.  Show Notes: Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolacollins/ Kubernetes https://kubernetes.io/ Openings on Nik's Team https://devrev.ai/positions/4714449004 https://devrev.ai/positions/4102726004

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are crucial to an organisation’s digital transformation efforts. What is the role of a CIO and how has it evolved over the years? How do they make some of the key technology decisions that drive the organisation? How do they make their choices and what does it take to be a successful CIO. We talk about this with George Eapen, Group CIO of Petrofac. George is focused on building building best in class Cyber capabilities and developing digital products that deliver better business outcomes for Customers. Before joining Petrofac, he spent 13 years with General Electric (GE) where he had experience in multiple international executive leadership roles in Cybersecurity, Digital transformation and Technology. Linkedin Profile: https://ae.linkedin.com/in/george-eapen-39b03428