Abnormal Engineering Stories

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Abnormal Engineering Stories

Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it's like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Kevin Wang, Head of Engineering at Abnormal Security. Abnormal Security is defining the next generation of email security defense. Our platform uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to baseline communication content, user identity, and behavioral signals in real-time and at-scale in order to detect the abnormalities of email attacks.

Episodes

  1. Startups: Joining & Founding Part 2

    08/25/2022

    Startups: Joining & Founding Part 2

    In this two-part episode, David Hagar, Abnormal Security’s Head of UK Engineering, interviews Zehan Wang. Zehan is an Angel Investor based in the UK, and was the co-founder and CTO of Magic Pony. David and Zehan share their insights about start-ups from two angles– founding them and joining them.

    36 min
  2. Startups: Founding & Joining

    07/28/2022

    Startups: Founding & Joining

    In this two-part episode, David Hagar, Abnormal Security’s Head of UK Engineering, interviews Zehan Wang. Zehan is an Angel Investor based in the UK, and was the co-founder and CTO of Magic Pony. David and Zehan share their insights about start-ups from two angles– founding them and joining them.

    28 min
  3. Machine Learning in Production

    06/01/2022

    Machine Learning in Production

    In this episode Dan Shiebler, our Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security, interviews Mukund Narasimhan. Mukund has worked as an engineering leader at Airbnb, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Pinterest. Dan and Mukund discuss the past, present, and future of production Machine Learning. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.

    40 min
  4. Engineering Leadership at Box & Pixar

    04/25/2022

    Engineering Leadership at Box & Pixar

    In this episode, Kevin interviews Saminda Wijegunawardena. Currently a technical advisor to multiple startups, Saminda was previously an engineering leader at Box and Pixar. Saminda shares about how engineering leadership & culture changes from different organizations, and how he adapted his leadership style to those different organizations. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.

    48 min

  5. 12/15/2021

    Understanding the Role of the CTO

    In this episode, Kevin interviews Tim Tully, Partner at Menlo Ventures. Prior to becoming an investor, Tim was the CTO/SVP at Splunk, and an individual contributor of engineering at Yahoo, eventually moving into a VP role. Tim shares his decisions for becoming a CTO and now investor, lessons of being a technical leader, and perspective on emerging technologies. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.

    33 min
  6. Engineering Leadership at Rippling

    11/05/2021

    Engineering Leadership at Rippling

    In this episode, Kevin interviews Tony Dong, Director of Engineering at Rippling. Tony is a former YC-backed co-founder & CTO, as well as a veteran of Twitter and other startups. Tony shares his engineering leadership experience at a fast growth startup, and how he transitioned from managing ICs to managing managers. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.

    31 min
  7. Customer-Focused Product Development w/ 3x Co-Founder Ayush Sood

    09/22/2021

    Customer-Focused Product Development w/ 3x Co-Founder Ayush Sood

    In this episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin Wang interviews Ayush Sood, a 3x SaaS startup founder and veteran of Facebook & Palantir. Ayush is currently an engineering leader at Figma. Ayush shares how he intentionally injected customer driven prioritization into his companies via MEDDIC, and the positive impact it had for his customers and team. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.

    31 min
  8. Scaling Front’s Cloud Infrastructure to Multiple Data Centers in Under 3 Months

    09/07/2021

    Scaling Front’s Cloud Infrastructure to Multiple Data Centers in Under 3 Months

    Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it's like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Kevin Wang, VP of Engineering at Abnormal Security. In our fourth episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin Wang and Sean Xie, Director of Engineering at Front, discuss the tips and tricks of scaling cloud infrastructure to run on multiple data centers and the role of an engineering leader in the process. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.

    24 min
  9. Identifying & Becoming a 10x Startup Engineer w/ John Delaney, Core Talent Team at Greylock Partners

    07/30/2021

    Identifying & Becoming a 10x Startup Engineer w/ John Delaney, Core Talent Team at Greylock Partners

    Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it’s like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Kevin Wang, VP of Eng at Abnormal Security. In our third episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin Wang and John Delaney discuss how to identify 10x startup engineers, building great teams, and the challenges faced recruiting top performers. Kevin is the VP of Engineering at Abnormal Security and John is the Principal on the Core Talent Team at Greylock Partners. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.

    31 min
  10. Future of ML Platform w/ Jeshua Bratman & Nico Koumchatzsky

    07/07/2021

    Future of ML Platform w/ Jeshua Bratman & Nico Koumchatzsky

    Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it’s like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Jeshua Bratman, Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security. In our second episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Jeshua Bratman and Nico Koumchatzky and discuss the future of ML platform, the role of an ML Engineer, and the ML challenges faced at Abnormal and Nvidia. Jeshua is Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security and Nico is the Senior Director of AI Infrastructure at Nvidia, and before that, he ran Twitter's ML Platform team: Twitter Cortex. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.

    35 min
  11. Startup Engineering Leadership w/ Dobromir Montauk, Head of Eng at Doxel

    05/27/2021

    Startup Engineering Leadership w/ Dobromir Montauk, Head of Eng at Doxel

    Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it's like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Kevin Wang, Head of Engineering at Abnormal Security. Today's guest is Dobromir Montauk, Head of Engineering at Doxel, an artificial intelligence construction technology company. Prior to Doxel, Dobromir was an engineering leader on Twiitter’s Revenue team. Dobromir and Kevin discuss their experiences leading startup engineering teams, and how they needed to adapt their leadership styles. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.

    38 min
  • 11 Episodes

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About

Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it's like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Kevin Wang, Head of Engineering at Abnormal Security. Abnormal Security is defining the next generation of email security defense. Our platform uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to baseline communication content, user identity, and behavioral signals in real-time and at-scale in order to detect the abnormalities of email attacks.

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  • Creator
    Abnormal Security
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Abnormal Security
  • Show Website
    Abnormal Engineering Stories

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