For those interested in learning about OneTrust (last valued at $4.5B), this is the episode for you. Kumar Gautam is a Partner at Sands Capital, a multi-strategy asset manager where he focuses on the late stage venture practice. In this episode, we do a deep dive into OneTrust, the ~$500M ARR business that is scaling rapidly in the data privacy, trust & GRC space. We cover all the aspects of the business in depth including the platform, customer use cases & personas, competitive landscape, go-to-market motion, and the future ahead. Where to Find Kumar: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/ku ..read more

This episode is a great balance of the high level impact of AI & Cloud on enterprise use cases and detailed tech deep dives behind how they’re powered. Whether you’re a CIO, Founder, or IC, there’s stuff in here for everyone. James Barney is Director of Cloud Platform Engineering at Ally Financial. He previously was a data engineer at Accenture and Lowe’s. In this episode, we cover how Ally as a digital bank builds and utilizes cloud technology to deliver a great experience to customers. We talk about migrating through modern tech transitions, centralizing data for internal teams’ efficien ..read more

The most important trend powering AI is semiconductors and that trend is not slowing down anytime soon. We need to understand what is happening at the semiconductor level to be able to project forward what we think will occur in AI. This episode is the best way to learn what’s ahead of semis. Doug O’Laughlin is the first 2nd time guest on Software Snack Bites! He is the Founder of Fabricated Knowledge which is one of the fastest growing and highest grossing newsletters out there. The reason for that is because each of his write-ups is packed with insights that even a layperson can understand ..read more

We hear about hackers all the time but very rarely get a glimpse into the world of what they actually do when exploiting applications. Douglas Day is a top grossing hacker on the HackerOne platform and a Senior Security Engineer at Elastic. In this episode, we dive into all things bug bounties and ethical hacking. How does Douglas find entry points, differences between defensive and offensive security, and escalating user permissions to find deep vulnerabilities are all covered. We also talk about common attack patterns for Douglas and other hackers and why WAFs are more annoying then useful ..read more

Scaling companies is incredibly difficult but at each stage the building blocks need to be set in place properly. Charles Zedlewski has been COO, GM, and a product leader at companies like Temporal, Cloudera, and SAP. In this episode, we cover what the COO & GM roles do, stories from early Cloudera days especially around figuring out what products to sell and pricing and packaging. We cover hiring Player/Coaches, nailing positioning, and talk about countless anecdotes from both Temporal and Cloudera to learn how to build and scale a great org. Where to Find Charles: ·   &nbs ..read more

For those interested in the future of autonomous software testing & code generation, this is the episode for you. Itamar Friedman is Co-Founder & CEO of Codium AI. He previously was Head of AI at Alibaba Israel and a founder of multiple startups before that. In this episode, we cover why Prompt Engineering is shifting into Flow Engineering. We dive deep into the areas of software verification and testing. We talk about how to bring up a world of zero bugs in software development and what agent-assisted code generation, testing, & completion looks like. We also cover how future codi ..read more

For anyone interested in developer tooling, you won’t be able to find better analysis than the Redmonk team and this pod goes in depth into trends, analysis, and AI’s impact on coding. James Governor and Kate Holterhoff are analysts at Redmonk, the developer focused analyst firm. They have been doing analysis of open source tooling and developer trends since 2002 when the firm was founded (20+ years ago). In this episode, we talk about analyzing what will persist in hype cycles, AI’s impact on coding practices & languages, and how not to extrapolate our biases in outcomes onto data. If you ..read more

All of us as knowledge workers are interested in improving our time management. This episode is packed with tips from a founder who breathes this with the product everyday. Matt Martin is the Co-Founder & CEO of Clockwise and previously an Eng Manager at Salesforce through the RelateIQ acquisition. In this episode, we discuss time management tips and calendar optimization. We dive into research behind different aspects of time and behavioral management. And of course, get Matt’s insights from 7+ years of building a rapidly growing SaaS app. Where to Find Matt: ·    &nbs ..read more

As much as we talk about company building and technology trends on this podcast, one of the most essential aspects of entrepreneurship is maintaining your health. High performance comes first form taking care of your body, mind, and lifestyle to drive clear decision making. Ben Canning is the Founder of We Hack Health and a trainer to founders & employees across the tech and cybersecurity ecosystem. He has coached many high performers in their jobs and helped them improve even further by focusing on their health. In this episode, we talk about common concerns and blockers that Ben sees amo ..read more

For those excited about Open Source, data, and understanding Facebook’s high performance culture, this is the episode for you! Nick Schrock is the Founder of Dagster Labs and previously Co-Creator of GraphQL while at Facebook. In this episode, we discuss how Facebook maintained a culture of urgency and decentralization. Nick dives into the problem solved behind GraphQL’s creation and how the product rolled out within Facebook. We also cover the modern data stack and how Dagster Labs is moving beyond the orchestration layer to provide more value to data engineering workflows. Finally, we discus ..read more