The Tech Factor - A Purple Quarter Podcast
The Tech Factor by Roopa Kumar – A Purple Quarter Podcast brings you straight into the minds of the brightest tech leaders shaping today’s digital landscape. We chat with innovators and decision-makers from startups and enterprises to explore the evolving world of technology, leadership, and disruption.
Join us as we host industry pioneers like Varun Dua (Founder & CEO, ACKO), Aruna Rajan (Director, Google), Dale Vaz (ex-CTO, Swiggy), Rahul Chari (Founder & CTO, PhonePe), Jyoti Ahuja (Engineering Leader, Microsoft), Pradeep Desai (Group CTO, DP World), Abhinav Yajurvedi (ex-Group CTPO, PharmEasy), and many more, as they share their journeys, challenges, and insights.
Backed by Purple Quarter, a leading CTO search firm that has mapped over 15,000+ tech leaders globally, the podcast is a window into the experiences of those driving technological change. With a clientele spanning Walmart, DP World, UiPath, Swiggy, Razorpay, BrowserStack, InMobi, ACKO, PharmEasy, Urban Company, Clari, and beyond, Purple Quarter is at the forefront of tech leadership hiring.
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The Tech Factor - A Purple Quarter Podcast
S5 E4 | Jyoti Ahuja, Microsoft on Copilot, impact of AI, organizational culture and efficiency
Join us for an insightful discussion with Jyoti Ahuja, Engineering Leader at Microsoft Teams, on Season 5 of "The Tech Factor Podcast”. From her early days as a software engineer to her current role in leadership, Jyoti shares her insights on purpose-driven leadership and continuous learning. Her experiences at Yahoo under Marissa Mayer and Intuit offer valuable insights on leadership, culture, and personal growth. At Microsoft, she discusses her current work on MS Teams, sharing first-hand instances of the project’s influence on lives and technology’s transformative power for good.
Jyoti's reflections on her career journey shed light on the challenges faced by women in leadership roles. She candidly discusses the biases, stereotypes, and routine challenges she has encountered as a female leader and an employee. Stressing the importance of self-perseverance, Jyoti advocates that the work we do is reflective of our identity and a proof for naysayers.