Mastering operational health with Iccha Sethi from Vanta
Description
In today’s episode, Rebecca talks with Iccha Sethi, the new VP of Engineering at Vanta. They discuss taking stock of an engineering organization as a new VP, how technical engineering managers need to be, and her work at Github, Atlassian, Invision, and now Vanta around operational health.
Find the transcript at: https://www.unblocked.fm/episodes/iccha-sethi-vanta
Timestamps
(0:00 ) Introductions
(0:52 ) About Vanta
(4:55 ) Engineering and cultural challenges
(10:50 ) Operational health for platform teams
(15:19 ) Communicating with non-tech leaders
(18:53 ) How Vanta handles incidents
(23:36 ) On strategic remediation and incidents
(29:14 ) Involving everyone in the conversation
(33:19 ) Common operational health mistakes
(37:06 ) About being an approachable VPE
(40:44 ) Practices to manage team meetings
Follow Iccha on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/icchasethi
Follow Rebecca on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmurphey/
Links and mentions
• Vanta: https://www.vanta.com/