The Tech 'o' Space Podcast

Akhil Navuluri

A Tech Podcast Series, in which we connect and interact with different leaders across the world in tech space

  1. The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 101 - The Data Backbone of EVs: Spark, Iceberg & Scalable Engineering

    13H AGO

    The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 101 - The Data Backbone of EVs: Spark, Iceberg & Scalable Engineering

    In this podcast episode, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Jaime Kaufman who is the Staff Data Engineer, Data Platform of the reputed EV Motor Vehicle Manufacturing company - Lucid Motors. He is based out of Mason, Ohio, USA a) Gives a timeline of his journey before venturing into the IT industry. b) Gives an overview into his tenure of being the Staff Data Engineer, Big Data for the reputed EV Motor Vehicle Manufacturing company - Lucid Motors. c) Explains the key differences that he has observed with respect to Datalakes, Batch and Streaming Data pipelines implementation in a Motor Vehicle Manufacturing sector to that of the other sectors that he was part of. d) Provides an insight into his expertise and proficiency pertaining to the likes of Apache Spark and Apache Iceberg. e) His take on the importance of SQL in the Motor Vehicle Manufacturing industry and shares an interesting use case that he has come across with it. f) Sheds some spotlight into his problem solving with respect to the issues encountered by the DataFrame in Apache Spark-based data pipeline. g) Mentions about the ways he is able to balance the acts of being a reputed IT Professional as well as a Professional Musician. h) Shares few interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has come across in his Lucid Motors company tenure. To know more about the top featured posts by Jaime, follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaime-kaufman Here is the link for the post on Jaime's take on Apache Spark 101 : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaime-kaufman_apache-spark-101-apache-spark-is-an-open-source-activity-7407189878762905601-1rdx Here is the link for the post on Jaime's take on Apache Iceberg 101 : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaime-kaufman_apache-iceberg-101-iceberg-is-an-open-source-activity-7420221935315476480-K-dw

    1h 4m
  2. The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 100 - Building Tesu Health: Innovating the Digital Health Care Landscape

    APR 18

    The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 100 - Building Tesu Health: Innovating the Digital Health Care Landscape

    In this 100th podcast episode (Gold episode) of The Tech'o'Space Podcast, we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Dr. Hasan Avcu. MD who is the Managing Director of Tesu Health company. He is based out of Cambridge, United Kingdom a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the Healthcare-Tech industry. b) Talks about his roles and responsibilities of being the Managing Director for his company "Tesu Health". c) Gives an overview of what his company "Tesu Health" is all about to the listeners across the world and also shares an interesting backstory associated with the inception of his company. d) Gives an insight into him having a proven track record in KOL engagement, compliance and medical strategy for successful product launches across multiple therapy areas. e) Shares his experience of securing an R and D grant from the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council and also leading the first Turkish Ministry of Health-approved clinical trial for a DTx to the listeners across the world f) Having worked in the Turkish Healthcare-Tech Industry, mentions about his inclination to migrate to the UK. g) Being a Health-Tech Entrepreneur with respect to his company "Tesu Health", talks about the regions he is currently focused on. h) Shares few of his interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his HealthCare - IT industry that he would like to share in this podcast session. I) Predicts on the future of Digital Health.

    51 min
  3. The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 99 - The Modern Work Blueprint: Bold Choices, Balance & the Power of AI

    APR 10

    The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 99 - The Modern Work Blueprint: Bold Choices, Balance & the Power of AI

    In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Nelson Kulandairaj who is the Chief Digital Officer of CIEL HR company. He is based out of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India a) Talks about the timeline of his journey in the IT industry. b) In-detail mentions about his current job role. c) Talks about the unconventional choices made by him throughout his career. d) His take on the importance of Work-Life Balance in the IT industry. e) According to him, mentions about the need of having an AI stack more than the need of funding. f) For the department who are non-technical coming from the likes of Head - HR and Head Operations, suggests the ways they should identify, bring in, lead and adapt AI or technology interventions in their work. g) His take on the importance of AI Agentic Systems adapted for small, medium and large enterprises. h) Shares few of his interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his IT journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.

    1h 28m
  4. The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 98 - Reinventing Consulting with AI: The Origin and Vision of TheAX.ai

    APR 9

    The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 98 - Reinventing Consulting with AI: The Origin and Vision of TheAX.ai

    In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Ikum Kandola who is the Co-Founder of TheAX.ai company. He is based out of London, United Kingdom a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry. b) Talks about his roles and responsibilities of being the Co-Founder of TheAX.ai company. c) Gives an insight into what his company TheAX.ai is all about to the listeners and, having said that shares an interesting back-story behind the inception of its creation. d) Mentions about the key learnings that he has grabbed while working for an MNC like PwC in the past, that has totally shaped your career. e) As a co-founder of TheAX.ai company, talks about the key industries/sectors and the regions/countries that he is currently focused on. f) Mentions about the reasons on why he thinks AI is affecting business which sell time, e.g. "they are moving to outcome based pricing". g) Sheds some spotlight into his company building the AI-Powered Platform for Productized Consulting and also talks about the types of AI it is currently focused on (Computer Vision or NLP or OCR or Speech Recognition or LLMs). h) Shares few of his interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his IT journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.

    52 min
  5. The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 97 - People, Purpose and Progress: Transforming Culture and Talent

    APR 8

    The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 97 - People, Purpose and Progress: Transforming Culture and Talent

    In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Beth Lloyd who is the Director - Organisational Development, talent and learning of Aston University, UK. She is based out of Birmingham, United Kingdom a) Talks about the timeline of her journey in the Corporate industry and Higher Education Space. b) Mentions about the key initiatives taken by her in building performance and organization effectiveness through leadership, management and people development across the public and private sectors. c) Shares her experience of receiving a gold medal from the Staff Development Forum for the Women-Space Leadership Award and also a deep insight into the Women-Space Leadership Award d) Talks about her roles and responsibilities of being the Director - Organizational Development, talent and learning at Aston University. e) Gives a spotlight into her passion about generating sustainable effective transformation through people with integrity, creativity and positivity. f) Gives an insight into her volunteering work pertaining to the likes of Fundraiser for Combat Stress: The Veterans'​ Mental Health Charity and Volunteer for National Trust. g) Shares few of her interesting success stories and anecdotes that she has come across in her entire journey that she would like to share in this podcast session. h) Her take on the importance of Women Leadership in the Corporate Industry and Higher Education space. i) Her view on why the representation of women in executive leadership roles remain disproportionately low and also mentions about the strategic actions that the organizations should take to accelerate gender equity at the top. j) As herself not being from a technical background, talks about the ways she leverages technology to enhance your role and drive impact and, conveys a piece of message/advice to the peers in her sector about embracing digital tools for organizational development.

    1h 19m
  6. The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 96 - A Global Journey Through Consulting, FinTech, and Modern Banking

    APR 7

    The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 96 - A Global Journey Through Consulting, FinTech, and Modern Banking

    In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Maurizio Cuna who is the Partner - Financial Services and Insurance of the Infosys Consulting company and the author of the book - "Beyond Slides". He is based out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. a) Gives a complete timeline of his journey in the IT space. b) In-depth, talks about his current roles and responsibilities as the Partner - Financial Services & Insurance Practice lead of the Infosys Consulting company. c) Sheds some spotlight into him being the Author of the Amazon's best-selling book "Beyond Slides" and having said that shares an interesting backstory associated with it. d) Shares his experience of advising global firms on core banking transformations, platform modernizations, large-scale digital programs, AI integration across continents like Europe, Asia, America, and Australia for the past 20 years. e) Mentions the key learnings that he has grabbed while being part of niche boutiques to global powerhouses and also partnering with some of the world's largest banks and insurers. f) Having travelled multiple countries and working in the Fintech and banking industry, talks about the key observations with respect to the workflows and the overall process there. g) Shares some of the interesting success stories and anecdotes that he has experienced in his entire journey that he would like to share in this podcast session.

    1h 14m
  7. The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 95 - The Curiosity Dashboard: How to Grow, Adapt and Lead in Tech

    MAR 27

    The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 95 - The Curiosity Dashboard: How to Grow, Adapt and Lead in Tech

    In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mrs. Marjolein Opsteegh who is the Senior Power BI consultant of the ilionx company, and she is based out of Papendrecht, South Holland, The Netherlands. a) Elaborates about who she is beyond her job titles where curiosity for her has always acted as a complete constant. b) Talks about her 35 years of journey in corporate and tech where she has experienced a huge growth by learning and getting hands-on with new technologies and skills. c) Though having transitioned from corporate roles to that of now being a Power BI Consultant at ilionx, on a modest note she still claims to be a learner despite such a huge rise in her journey. d) Mentions about why she perceives the Power BI dashboard to be a product rather than assuming it to be a UX and UI design in the first place. e) Her take on staying close to the end-user and, learning from the people she is building for and have collaborated with. f) Talks about working smarter with an AI like ChatGPT is not a shortcut but a learning pattern altogether g) Her view on the notion of content creation in a fast-moving world. h) Sheds some spotlight into her tenure of Speaking, hosting & community building at different Tech events. I) Her take on the importance of Women in the IT industry. j) Gives an insight into her becoming a Microsoft MVP of Netherlands and highlights it is a next recognition of learning but not the end goal on the whole. k) Shares few of her interesting stories, lessons and conveys one clear message to the listeners across the world.

    59 min
  8. The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 94 - Innovation at Scale: The Rise of a Global Tech Powerhouse

    MAR 25

    The Tech’o’Space Podcast Ep 94 - Innovation at Scale: The Rise of a Global Tech Powerhouse

    In this podcast episode we are absolutely honored to interact and collaborate with Mr. Vijay Poondy who is the Managing Director of the reputed MNC company Yexle Limited and he is based out of Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. a) Gives a timeline of his journey in the IT industry. b) Talks about his inception behind the creation of Yexle Limited and also shares an interesting backstory associated with it. c) Provides an overview on the exponential business reach/growth in the recent times across the regions of US and Australia and across the globe alike and also talks about the key initiatives taken by him in achieving those ranks. d) Shares a few points about the recent acquisition of Yexle Limited by IGT Solutions. e) Post the acquisition by the MNC company "IGT solutions", mentions about Yexle's roadmap and, goals for the future and, ahead to further strengthen and, drive innovation and also deliver world-class customer experience and service. f) Talks about Yexle's differentiators in the market on the lines of capability, competency and trust. g) Going by Yexle's tagline “Innovation driven. Quality assured.”, mentions about his personal connect with it and the way he sees it come alive in Yexle’s work. h) The Host - Akhil Navuluri shares experience being part of Yexle Limited a years ago, a company where he began his IT career.

    1h 18m
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A Tech Podcast Series, in which we connect and interact with different leaders across the world in tech space

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  • Creator
    Akhil Navuluri
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    101
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Akhil Navuluri
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    The Tech 'o' Space Podcast