HEKA Works Podcast

Nivedha and I are back with a brand new episode! Today we sit down with the incredible Salim Andraos, the new CTO/Director of Engineering at HEKA. Salim walks us through his early inspirations to become an engineer and the path to HEKA. We also talked about his experience in leadership and academia and what brought him to Florida of all places. 

After a long break from the podcast, we're back with Nivedha Madhusudhan. Nivedha is a recent FIT graduate with degrees in aerospace and mechanical engineering. After an amazing internship, she recently joined the HEKA team full-time. In this week's episode we talk about how Nivedha has added to the team, her inspirations for working in this field, and how her navigation through academia led her to HEKA. If you would like to ask Nivedha or me a question please email info@heka.email. Enjoy!

I had the privilege to sit down with Ray Catania, CTO, and co-founder of Catania Product Development. In this episode, we walk through Ray's journey and explore how he navigated academia and ultimately came to start Catania Product Development with his wife, Stefanie. The overarching theme is you never should feel trapped in your career and there is always time to walk the entrepreneurial side of life and find the balance you've been wanting.

I finally got the opportunity to sit down with the amazing Stefanie Catania. CEO of Catania Enterprises, Stefanie explains what motivated her to start a business and how you can do the same with a bit of grit and a lot of elbow grease. This episode has it all, from tips on being a better leader to navigating advice from peers and more effectively managing a team.

Last week Mike and I had a fantastic opportunity to sit down with Florida Institute of Technology's Markus Wilde, director of the Orion Laboratory at FIT, and Dr.-ing professor of aerospace engineering. We talked about orbital debris mitigation and what it could mean for future space missions if this problem is left unchecked.