Baiju's first job selling push-button phones earned him just $12 per month. Today, he has amassed an impressive portfolio of work at companies like Yahoo and Verizon and is now on the lookout for a new challenging endeavor. In this interview, Baiju casts his expert eye on hot topics like quality engineering, agile development, APIs, and more.You'll learn:1. Why APIs have evolved from an afterthought to a necessity2. The challenges of distributed agile development3. The value of mentorship for personal and career development__________About Baiju:Baiju Joseph is a 20-year veteran of Quality Engineering, DevOps, and multi-cloud operations. He is a proven leader and transformation expert with a track record of successfully building and leading global teams to modernize, streamline, and transform critical technological assets and investments while fostering a culture of collaboration, customer focus, and velocity. Prior to his role at Yahoo (acquired by Verizon), Baiju held leadership positions at Ariba Inc and Novell Inc.Find Baiju on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baijujoseph/ __________About the host Elias:Elias is the VP for North America at Checkmk. He comes from a strategy consulting background but has been an entrepreneur for the better part of the last 10 years. In his spare time, he likes to do triathlons.Get in touch with Elias via LinkedIn or email [email protected] __________Podcast Music:Music by Ströme, used by permission‚Panta Rhei‘ written by Mario Schoenhofer(c)+p 2022, Compost Medien GmbH & Co KGwww.stroeme.comhttps://compost-rec.com/ This podcast is produced by our friends at SAWOO. 

Microsoft owns some of the biggest data centers in the world. And as the demand for computing capacity continues to grow, so do the challenges. Adam Morton, Senior Director at Microsoft, is responsible for introducing new technology at Microsoft's hyperscale data centers. From liquid cooling systems to power supplies, emission regulations to robots, Adam and his team work tirelessly to keep up with Microsoft's insatiable need for more capacity.In this enlightening episode, you'll learn:1. What it's like running data centers at hyperscale2. The future of data center operations3. The role robots play in modern data center operations4. How open source contributions drive innovation in data center operations__________About Adam:Adam Morton is a veteran leader with an extensive 25+ year journey in the realm of data centers, technical infrastructure, industrial automation, and software. From his pivotal role at Microsoft, where he currently leads new technology introduction, to his impactful tenure at Google, Adam's leadership has driven innovation, scalability, and operational excellence across global server operations, Cloud growth strategy, technical validation, and industrial automation.Find Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lifeheart/ __________About Microsoft:Microsoft stands as a global technology powerhouse, renowned for its relentless pursuit of innovation across software, hardware, and cloud services. With a rich legacy spanning decades, Microsoft continues to redefine possibilities, empowering individuals and businesses worldwide through its cutting-edge solutions and transformative vision.Website: https://news.microsoft.com/ Industry: Software Development Company size: 221,000 employeesHeadquarters: Redmond, WashingtonFounded: 1975__________About the host Elias:Elias is the VP for North America at Checkmk. He comes from a strategy consulting background but has been an entrepreneur for the better part of the last 10 years. In his spare time, he likes to do triathlons.Get in touch with Elias via LinkedIn or email [email protected] __________Podcast Music:Music by Ströme, used by permission‚Panta Rhei‘ written by Mario Schoenhofer(c)+p 2022, Compost Medien GmbH & Co KGwww.stroeme.comhttps://compost-rec.com/ This podcast is produced by our friends at SAWOO. 

Amin Astaneh is an SRE veteran with over 12 years of experience working at major tech companies such as Acquia and Meta. Now, Amin is spearheading his own venture, Certo Modo, a technology consultancy that helps tech companies reduce their operational costs, increase efficiency, and improve the customer experience using DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering.In this episode, you'll learn:1. What makes the perfect Site Reliability Engineer?2. The reasons for and benefits of a DevOps transformation3. The most important tools for modern Site Reliability Engineering4. Real behind-the-scenes stories of major outages_______About Amin:I'm a consultant who specializes in dramatic turnarounds for tech companies that struggle with operations and scale. After living in Boston for 12 years, I recently became a digital nomad to explore the US, learn more about myself, meet interesting people, and go to the occasional electronic music show. I enjoy sharing my knowledge and experience with others through public speaking and most recently as a guest on podcasts!Find Amin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aminastaneh/_______About Certo Modo:Certo Modo provides technical consulting, leadership, and training for any Software Engineering/IT team looking to transform how they launch and operate their products and services. We tap into over a decade of experience in cloud systems engineering, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering in both startup and Big Tech companies to help businesses achieve high uptimes and build customer confidence. Certo Modo seeks to be your trusted partner and guide when tackling operational challenges!Website: https://certomodo.ioIndustry: IT Services and IT ConsultingCompany size: 0-1 employeesHeadquarters: Boston, MAFounded: 2023_______About the host Elias:Elias is the VP for North America at Checkmk. He comes from a strategy consulting background but has been an entrepreneur for the better part of the last 10 years. In his spare time, he likes to do triathlons.Get in touch with Elias via LinkedIn or email [email protected]__________Podcast MusicMusic by Ströme, used by permission‚Panta Rhei‘ written by Mario Schoenhofer(c)+p 2022, Compost Medien GmbH & Co KGwww.stroeme.comhttps://compost-rec.com/ This podcast is produced by our friends at SAWOO 

Bijit Ghosh is the Global Cloud Engineering Lead and Head of Cloud Engineering at Deutsche Bank, the number-one financial institution leading the charge in DevSecOps and GDPR compliance.In this episode, Bijit talks about how he's improving the bank's tech stack, reducing tech apps, and enabling the bank to provide a seamless customer experience.What's in it for you:1. Learn how and why to incorporate SRE into the early stages of system development2. What is Observability-Driven Development?3. The most important SRE Anti-patterns you should avoidAbout Bijit:Bijit is a passionate engineering leader who enjoys building software and solutions in the areas of cloud, virtualization, containers, and distributed systems. He has 13 years of experience shipping multiple new products in enterprise, service provider, and consumer tech. He has an extensive background in operations and architecture and is passionate about the adoption and evangelization of new technologies to drive business value and improve the developer experience. These include cloud architecture hosting, containerization and infrastructure platform, automation, CI/CD, AIOps, ML and AI.Find Bijit on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bijit-ghosh-48281a78/__________About Deutsche Bank:Deutsche Bank provides retail and private banking, corporate and transaction banking, lending, asset and wealth management products and services as well as focused investment banking to private individuals, small and medium-sized companies, corporations, governments, and institutional investors.Website: https://www.db.comIndustry: Financial ServicesCompany size: 10,001+Headquarters: Frankfurt am Main, HessenFounded: 1870__________About the host Elias:Elias is the VP for North America at Checkmk. He comes from a strategy consulting background but has been an entrepreneur for the better part of the last 10 years. In his spare time, he likes to do triathlons.Get in touch with Elias via LinkedIn or email [email protected]__________Podcast MusicMusic by Ströme, used by permission‚Panta Rhei‘ written by Mario Schoenhofer(c)+p 2022, Compost Medien GmbH & Co KGwww.stroeme.comhttps://compost-rec.com/This podcast is produced by our friends at SAWOO 

Transitioning to the cloud can be as simple as switching to a new hosting provider.But this approach leaves countless benefits on the table. Instead, you should consider other cloud migration strategies like re-platforming, re-architecting and re-purchasing to get the most out of the process.In this episode, Director of Technology for Xebia Cloud US Laurens Baardman explains the differences between these strategies and their relevant payoffs.What's in it for you:1. The difference between re-platforming and re-architecting as part of cloud transformation2. Second-order effects (technical, security & organizational) of re-architecting decisions3. Security and observability as enablers of cloud transformation4. Why Kubernetes may often not be the best answer to a re-architecting question About Laurens:Laurens is the technology leader for Xebia Cloud & Data USA. With an extensive background in engineering, cyber security and cloud, Laurens has the hands-on experience and pragmatic approach that is required to solve business problems. Laurens loves to bridge the gap between business and engineering. Enabling the best talent to do their best work delivering value that really advances the clients of Xebia.Find Laurens on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurens-baardman/__________About Xebia:Xebia is a pioneering IT consultancy company. We strive to be the Authority: as a company, in each of our service domains and as professionals.This mission was defined in 2004 and has guided Xebia ever since to become the company it is today: 6,000 people with 19 offices on 4 continents.We realize our mission through our values: People first, customer intimacy, quality without compromise, and sharing knowledge.When teaming up with Xebia, expect in-depth expertise based on an authentic, values-led and high-quality driven way of working that inspires all we do. We sometimes call ourselves “Mainstream Frontrunners’’. And it all starts with hiring the right people.Website: https://xebia.com/Industry: Architecture, Information Technology, SoftwareCompany size: 6,000Headquarters: Hilversum, Noord-Holland, The NetherlandsFounded: 2001__________About the host Elias:Elias is the Director of International and Indirect Business at tribe29. He comes from a strategy consulting background but has been an entrepreneur for the better part of the last 10 years. In his spare time, he likes to do triathlons.Get in touch with Elias via LinkedIn or email [email protected]__________Podcast MusicMusic by Ströme, used by permission‚Panta Rhei‘ written by Mario Schoenhofer(c)+p 2022, Compost Medien GmbH & Co KGwww.stroeme.comhttps://compost-rec.com/ This podcast is produced by our friends at SAWOO