
Atomic Conversations
Atomic Conversations is brought to you by Team Atomicwork, where we are building the modern service management platform of the future. Every fortnight, we bring you conversations with some of the sharpest minds in IT to figure out how they are taking service management to the next level. And we also explore what that next level actually means in a world of AI, a focus on security, and distributed teams.
Episodes
20 episodes
Mark Settle, former CIO of Okta and BMC | The evolution of IT and ITSM
In this episode of Atomic Conversations, Lenin Gali, Chief Business Officer at Atomicwork, speaks to Mark Settle, a distinguished seven-time CIO and influential ITSM thought leader. Mark Settle represents a rare breed of technology...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:04:23

Abhinav Dhar, Former Global CIO and EVP of TransUnion | Building world class IT teams
In this episode of Atomic Conversations, Lenin Gali, Chief Business Officer at Atomicwork, speaks to former Global CIO and EVP of TransUnion Abhinav Dhar.Abhinav Dhar represents a rare breed of technology leader who blends technical exp...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:15:04

Chad Ghosn, CIO and CTO of Ammex Corp | Fom the Air Force to Enterprise IT
In this episode of Atomic Conversations, Lenin Gali, Chief Business Officer at Atomicwork, speaks to CIO of Ammex Corp and Atomicwork customer, Chad Ghosn.Chad has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning over two decades. Chad ...
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Episode 18
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1:14:40

Doug Tedder, ITSM veteran | Going from ITSM to ESM in an AI-powered World
In this episode of Atomic Conversations, Sajeesh Sahadevan, head of community and thought leadership at Atomicwork, talks to ITSM veteran Doug Tedder.Doug Tedder is the principal of Tedder Consulting, a service management and IT governa...
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Episode 17
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42:23

Sangeeta Bavi, Executive Director at Microsoft | How Microsoft is enabling startups for an AI-first future
In this special episode of Atomic Conversations, Vijay Rayapati, CEO of Atomicwork, is speaking to Sangeeta Bavi, Executive Director of the Digital Natives program at Microsoft.Sangeeta is a Microsoft veteran, having been with the organ...
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Episode 16
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29:58

David Williamson, CIO of Abzena | The growing importance of IT leadership in organisations
In this episode of Atomic Conversations, Lenin Gali, Chief Business Officer at Atomicwork, is speaking to David Williamson, CIO of Abzena, a leading life sciences company based in San Diego. With a unique background that combines a degr...
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Episode 15
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42:37

Daniel Breston, Former CIO and IT veteran | Building a Healthier IT Culture
Sajeesh Sahadevan, our Community Lead at Atomicwork, speaks with Daniel Breston, a retired IT veteran, former CIO, and a passionate advocate for removing the stigma around mental health in IT.Daniel opens up about his journey and the me...
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Episode 14
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44:05

Mark Gill, Senior Director of Applications at Zuora | Revolutionizing IT with Generative AI
This week, we have a special episode. Lenin Gali, our Chief Business Officer at Atomicwork, is talking to Mark Gill, Senior Director of Applications at Zuora. Mark has had a storied IT career, with four years as IT Director at Micro Focus...
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Episode 13
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45:00

Tony North, Senior IT Manager | The Evolution of ITSM
Tony North is the Senior Manager of IT Service at King County in Washington.Tony heads the team responsible for managing services across this entire government district. He's a service leader, agile program manager, speaker, and veteran,...
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Episode 12
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53:50

Aysha Khan, CIO and CISO of Treasure Data | On navigating IT, security, and leadership
Ayesha Khan is the CIO and CISO of Treasure Data, a cloud-based analytics platform for data management.She has over 20 years of experience managing IT and security at Fortune 500 companies. She has also successfully built and led Technol...
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Episode 11
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30:32

Nipun Soni | How a CIO (who's also the CFO and CHRO) thinks
Nipun Soni is the CFO at Picarro, an environmental services company based in California. Why are we talking to a CFO on an IT podcast, you may ask? Because Nipun is in charge of not just Finance at Picarro, but is also...
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Episode 10
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35:54

Charles Araujo | Pragmatic strategies for AI in IT
Charlie is an IT veteran who has written three books and hundreds of articles on technology. He published The Digital Experience Report, and founded and writes for The Institute for Digital Transformation.Before becoming an analyst, Char...
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Episode 9
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42:33

Stephanie Denino | How HR, IT, CX, and business leadership shape EX
Stephanie Denino is the Director of Applied EX practice at TI People – an employee experience consultancy (EX). Stephanie works with leaders who are eager to shape and apply the practices that will allow them to systemically improve experiences...
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Episode 8
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32:46

Yvonne Tan | On scaling emotionally intelligent leaders
Yvonne Tan is the Chief People Officer of Dentsu South East Asia. She is a richly experienced HR leader with long stints at organizations including UBS, mining giant BHP, PwC, and Dentsu. Though Yvonne has worked in every aspect of ...
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Episode 7
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39:15

Amarnath Gattu | Digital transformation's impact on employee experience
Amarnath is a seasoned IT leader, with over 14 years of experience in support and delivery. With a strong focus on customer service and customer satisfaction, he has led IT teams in companies like ValueLabs, before becoming the Director of IMS ...
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Episode 6
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28:57

Suzanne Lucas | On the opportunities and limitations of HR technology
Suzanne Lucas is a writer and consultant, best known by the moniker, Evil HR Lady. She has over 20 years of experience in HR, working for companies like Marriott, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. Suzanne began her career as a recruiter but quickly mo...
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Episode 5
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43:44

Sidu Ponnappa | Employee experience is an engineering problem
Sidu Ponnappa is an entrepreneur, technologist, and investor. In 2015, his startup C42 Engineering was acquired by the Indonesian behemoth Gojek. At Gojek, Sidu served on the Board of Directors and held several roles including Managing Director...
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Episode 4
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30:44

Trish McFarlane | Where are the new innovations in HR Tech?
Trish is the CEO and Principal Analyst for H3 HR Advisors, a renowned HR consultancy. She is a seasoned HR executive, and specializes in technology selection and implementation for organizations since the last 20 years. Naturally, she was...
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Episode 3
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24:06

Alan Berkson | On IT's role in employee experience
Alan has over 3 decades of rich experience in IT development and service management. In fact, he is a pioneer in the Managed Service Provider space. Naturally, he was the perfect choice as our first guest to know employee experience from an IT ...
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Episode 2
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25:18

Dave Ulrich | On reinventing HR for the modern workplace
Ranked as the #1 management guru by Business Week, profiled by Fast Company as one of the world’s top 10 creative people in business, and a top 5 coach in Forbes, Dave Ulrich is famously known as 'The Father of Modern HR'.In this, the i...
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Episode 1
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31:00
