Elbow Grease

etcd is the quiet component at the heart of every Kubernetes cluster, but it can also be the biggest scaling bottleneck.In this episode, we unpack why etcd struggles as clusters grow, what hyperscalers did to overcome those limits, and how the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) designs around them using a multi-cluster architecture that keeps control planes stable while platforms scale.

Today's guest is Manoj Kumar Parmar who is the Program Director for AIShield which is an AI Security offering being developed out of RBEI. The technology is new to Bosch as well as to the industry. It works at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity. In essence, it works to protect and guard AI-powered products and services against model extraction attacks. It helps to protect our investment, data, brand value, and IP. Tune in to listen to the expedition that Manoj has been in crafting and building this product. 

Minimum Viable Product, Minimum Viable Team, Minimum Viable Bureaucracy, Minimum Viable Everything. Jatinder Verma and I had an interesting conversation on the most imperative topic in organizations today. "AGILITY" so tune in enjoy and do leave us a review.

When I think of the trends I’ve seen in data science over the last few years, perhaps the most significant and hardest to ignore has been the increased focus on deployment and productionization of models. Not all companies need models deployed to production, of course but at those that do, there’s increasing pressure on data science teams to deliver software engineering along with machine learning solutions. On that note my guest for today is Aditya Prabhakaron and he is a Senior Data Scientist at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions. He started his career as a Data Scientist with Rolls – Royce where he was the Technical Lead for the Analytics of entire engine program. I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with him at Bosch especially in the realm of conceptualizing, formulating and driving AI/ML products With a Bachelor’s degree from NIT and a Master’s degree from IIT, he joins us today to share interesting insights, perspectives and his take on Data Science and its future.

My guest for today is Ashwarya Gupta and he has over a decade of experience in Sales and Marketing. He started his career as a Technical Sales Engineer and has now emerged as a product leader for building sustainable solutions in the digital agriculture space. He is also part of the core strategy team that drives innovation at Bosch. I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with him at Bosch especially in the realm of conceptualizing, formulating and driving SaaS products His experience is very vast as he has spread his tentacles in Sales, Marketing, IT Strategy, Design Thinking and branding. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashwarya-gupta-45b50863/

Joining in with me today is Pavithra Ravishankar and she comes with a decade of experience in MOBILITY and Automotive After market domains. She shares her valuable thoughts on Leadership, Management and how she believes in leading with empathy and what it means to lead high velocity teams.  She value HQ (Happiness Quotient) above EQ and IQ and firmly believes in sustenance of happiness. You can reach out to her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavithra-ravishankar-2586681a8/ 

Please tune in to know more about products and product management with the people that I worked and I have always felt people that are around us are extremely knowledgeable and I personally wanted them to have a say and share their 2 cents.