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Interview with Kate Wardin, Senior Engineering Manager at Target

August 26, 2019 Leave a Comment

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I just celebrated 7 years at Target Corporate in Minneapolis, MN. I’ve had the opportunity to work on a lot of exciting technology initiatives and projects. A couple of my favorite projects include an app refactor to prepare for the launch of Cartwheel, integrating various systems after Target’s acquisition of cooking.com & chefscatalog.com and helping my team build a homegrown API Platform to support the hundreds of APIs that exist within our ecosystem.

Interview with Libor Michalek, President, Technology at Affirm, Inc.

August 5, 2019 Leave a Comment

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

What’s your background and how did you get into management?
What are the biggest challenges you face?
What is your approach to hiring?
What’s your advice for managers who are just starting out?
What’s your workday like and how do you manage your time, emails, etc.?
What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success?

Interview with Sanjay Zope, Director of Software Engineering, NationalMI

July 16, 2019 Leave a Comment

Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Current role: Director of Software Engineering, NationalMI

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I have 6 years of engineering management experience and prior strong engineering background. I started my career as Consultant for British Telecom, AT &T, Stanford Health & Apple. Earlier, I built products in telecommunications, computer-aided engineering, and education domains. Now, I work in a financial services company.

I have always enjoyed solving complex technical challenges and leading initiatives.

Interview with Juan Pablo Buritica Vice President of Engineering at Splice

June 16, 2019 Leave a Comment

What’s your background and how did you get into management?
What are the biggest challenges you face?
What are your thoughts on diversity?
What is your approach to hiring?
What’s your advice for managers who are just starting out?
What’s your workday like and how do you manage your time, emails, etc.?
What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success?

Interview with Lior Gavish Senior Vice President at Barracuda Networks

May 20, 2019 Leave a Comment

What’s your background and how did you get into management?
What are the biggest challenges you face?
What is your approach to hiring?
What’s your advice for managers who are just starting out?
What’s your workday like and how do you manage your time, emails, etc.?
What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success?

Interview with Karen Cohen, Engineering Manager and Product Architect at Wix.com

May 13, 2019 Leave a Comment

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Current Role: Engineering Manager and Product Architect at Wix.com

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

My first encounter with management was at age 21, working as an officer and software developer in the Israeli army. I led a team of developers who worked on multiple applications I had little to no knowledge about. To lead the team well, I had to find ways to provide value and gain their trust despite not being an expert in their focus areas.

Interview with Jeba Singh Emmanuel, Engineering Manager at Linkedin

May 6, 2019 Leave a Comment

Location: Sunnyvale, California
Current Role: Engineering Manager at LinkedIn

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

My transition to management was natural. I was the tech lead at SlideShare on the team that managed the upload and playback experience for a couple of years, and then, led the team that built SlideShare’s iOS app (LinkedIn’s first Swift app). I was also the tech lead on the desktop rewrite of the LinkedIn Feed on Ember.

Interview with Swaroop C H, Engineering Manager at Helpshift

April 25, 2019 Leave a Comment

Location: San Francisco
Current Role: Engineering Manager at Helpshift

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I was a software engineer for 14 years when I decided to get into management.

I love writing software and yet I decided to venture into this arena. There were 2 thoughts that drove me:

I know how to build good software. Am I capable of building a good team?

Interview with Kelly Kendall, Managing Director of Cordant People on Hiring and Recruiting

April 19, 2019 Leave a Comment

Location: United Kingdom

What’s your background?

I have worked in the recruitment industry since 1997. I started out as a Consultant and after 3 months in the role an opportunity arose to manage the branch that I was in. From there I went on to open new locations and became an Area Manager. I was then tasked with driving performance in existing locations and gained promotion to Operations Manager. I mastered the art of remote management and was then asked to take on the role of Operations Director managing 38 locations across the UK.

Interview with Margaret Schmitt, Senior Director of SBU Solutions Enablement at ANSYS

March 10, 2019 1 Comment

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I’m Margaret Schmitt, Senior Director of Business Performance in the Systems Business Unit at ANSYS, a leader in engineering simulation technology; prior to this role, I served as Chief of Staff to the CEO at ANSYS. I have 20 years’ experience in semiconductor and electronic systems design, and I specialize in the areas of low-power and power/thermal management.

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