Making Work Work

Tech innovation is happening everywhere. Many U.S.-centric technologists may spend much of their time looking to North America for tech evolution, but countries all over the world are full of builders who are creating exciting, innovative new projects.In this episode, we focus on India. Host Rachael Lewis-Krisky chats with guest Mohan Ram (he/him), DigitalOcean Senior Manager of Regional Marketing in India to explore what tech innovations are brewing across India and why markets like India as so exciting for people in tech.As the Head of Global Field Marketing at DigitalOcean, Mohan leads the regional expansion and marketing initiatives for the company to drive growth in key and emerging marketsCheck out more show content about Mohan and his work, including the episode transcript.

Personal tragedy is a force that knows no limits; one that can debilitate as much as it can inspire. For Pedro Lau Semedo (he/him) a series of painful family health challenges was a driving force for him, along with Luis Rivera and Alejo Martínez-Sansigre, to co-found Kognitas.Kognitas helps busy geeks get healthier by making lifestyle change intuitive: change as data drives experimentation. With the support of a personal Health Coach, users try from a growing collection of small experiments & challenges to find what works through wearable & biosensors data.An Aerospace Engineer and Technologist in his previous career, Pedro now dedicates his life to helping others regain their health, and his along the way.Check out more show content, including the episode transcript.

From its simplicity to its scalability, serverless computing offers businesses an affordable and efficient way to make developers’ lives easier without compromising results. But how does serverless work? And is it everything its boosters say it is?In this episode, host Rachael Lewis-Krisky talks to Anshu Agarwal (she/her), DigitalOcean VP and GM of Serverless, about all things serverless to learn how it works, what it can do, and how your business can make the most of it. Anshu is the General Manager of Serverless Business Unit at DigitalOcean. Prior to this, she was the co-founder and CEO of Nimbella, a serverless cloud provider. She has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, building and evangelizing products that have solved real-world problems for organizations large and small across the globe.Check out more show content about Anshu and serverless technology, including the episode transcript.

Nobody likes paperwork. But for doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers, compliance paperwork can be so time-consuming and daunting that it can even hinder their ability to provide quality care. For (best friends) Arash Hosseini Jafari (he/him) and Faddy Suna (he/him), their hands-on experiences in healthcare, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence made them the perfect people to co-found Clearpol, a startup to save the system.Clearpol is building the operating system for compliance & risk management for the healthcare industry and beyond. Since launching, Clearpol's healthcare compliance software has gained the trust of 1000+ healthcare facilities across the US, in addition to many public health agencies at the federal, state, and local level."An Aha Moment," is a special segment on Making Work Work where we bring you stories from founders, who share how they came up with the key idea for their business; their very own light bulb moment. Check out more episode content.

At startups, marketing is often deemphasized compared to product development, meaning marketing teams often receive less money and less attention than other parts of the business. Marketing, though, can have a massive impact on whether or not a product succeeds. After all, if no one knows about your product, can it succeed?In this episode, host Rachael Lewis-Krisky speaks to Wendy Zajack (she/her), Professor of Marketing and Media Relations at Georgetown University, about the best way for a company to focus on impactful and appropriate marketing strategies with limited resources.With more than 20 years of corporate experience in public relations, marketing, media relations, and internal communications, Wendy thrives on working to make complex topics easy to understand, exciting, and relevant to broad audiences. Now, as a Faculty Director and Associate Professor of the Practice for Integrated Marketing Communications and a Design Management Communications program at Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, she now spends her time thinking about the intersection of education, communications, and technology and how to thoughtfully deliver tailored, personalized and impactful curriculum to adult learners.Check out more show content, including the episode transcript.