Agile Embedded Podcast
Show Description
This is a biweekly show on how to successfully apply agile and XP practices to embedded systems development.
Agile Embedded Podcast
Valerie Trapunsky
Valerie Trapunsky
Bio
ChatterBoss is the brainchild of Valerie Trapunsky, who founded the company in 2017 after a decade spent working as a top-level assistant for A-list celebrities and as the Chief of Staff for high-net-worth individuals and CEOs. During that time, Valerie developed a passion for effective problem-solving, and became committed to bringing the same level of excellent service to solo entrepreneurs, business owners, and executives ready to scale.
At ChatterBoss, we strive to solve customer needs through a combination of intelligent technology, intelligent systems, and most importantly, intelligent people. Together, the whole team has built a product that clients can trust to deliver personalized, reliable, and thoughtful service.
We have been working hard to change the landscape of what relationships between entrepreneurs and VA’s look like. Previously, it has been common for assistants to be thought of as just task doers. In our case, our assistants are thought partners, dedicated in the success of our client’s business. Getting to this place required a lot of focus and work on our culture, as our product is our PEOPLE.
Our core values (which have been co-created by our teams) really sum up who we are in terms of our culture:
- We Do The Right Thing: We are fierce advocates for what is fair, in the best interest of our people (clients, partners, employees, contractors) even when no one is looking.
- We Take The Lead: We are passionate thought partners committed to finding holistic solutions with confidence and humility.
- We Care: We are empathetic listeners deeply invested in the relationships and success of our community
Valerie has appeared on numerous podcasts, webinars, and is always open to making a new connection!
Topics
- How to communicate to achieve success with your teams
- Hiring the right person for the right job + the future of hiring
- How to show your team you appreciate them
- The power of focusing in on your zone of genius
- How to save time, meet your financial goals, and avoid burnout
- Creating “whitespace” + the impact of it
- The Work/Life Balance and personal joy
- The art of delegation, how to over-communicate in a remote world to achieve success with your teams
Questions
- How to create whitespace for yourself as an entrepreneur
- How to troubleshoot miscommunication
- How to show your team that you appreciate them
- First time delegation techniques
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Becky Mollenkamp
Becky Mollenkamp
Bio
I’m an ICF-certified coach who helps female CEOs create sustainable businesses without burning out. I as an editor at one of the largest publishing houses in America, founded a non-profit organization, and started and ran a six-figure content marketing agency before becoming a coach.
I bring an inclusive, feminist perspective to my work, which means I never use blame or shame as motivational tools. I want to help women make more money and achieve greater success, but in a way that actually feels good and protects their well being above all else.
Topics
- Imposter Syndrome and confidence
- Work-life harmony
- Setting and enforcing boundaries
- Self-care for the busy leader
- Setting and prioritizing goals
- How to stop procrastinating
- Making scary asks
- Money mindset
Questions
- What do many business coaches get wrong?
- What’s the difference between coaching and therapy?
- Why does Imposter Syndrome affect women more than men?
- If self-care is just bubble baths and pedicures, is it really that important for a busy CEO?
- Why do people procrastinate?
- Is work-life balance a myth?
- Why is “money mindset” a harmful term?
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Purdeep Sangha
Purdeep Sangha
Bio
Purdeep Sangha is the world’s leader in Complete Strategic Advising. He is an award-winning author of “The Complete Man” and the TV show host of “Mind Your Own Business.” He’s also an entrepreneur, speaker and podcaster.
He is widely known as “The Strategist For Businessmen” and teaches men how to become THE COMPLETE MAN. His personal mission is to help men grow their businesses massively, increase their personal fulfillment in life and improve their relationships with their wife and kids.
He is the founder behind the movement of men becoming mindful alpha males. Men who experience complete victory and have it all! Purdeep knows exactly how tough it can be to balance a successful business with a happy family. After studying and working with some of the most successful men around the globe, Purdeep shows men the neuroscience behind performing in all areas of their life.
Prior to starting his own business, Purdeep was a successful executive at multi-billion dollar organization before he walked into work one day and quit, cold turkey. Purdeep is popular for his expertise in business growth, male leadership the modern world and the neuroscience behind human potential. His inspiration for The Complete Man was his father, who ironically passed away shortly before seeing Purdeep’s vision come true.
His father was an entrepreneur who had immigrated here from India with $11 in his pocket. He worked a minimum wage labor job for many years before starting his own business. Purdeep learned many lessons from his father. Positive attributes such as: values, being strong as a man, masculinity, and never giving up.
But he also learned the challenges that came along with being a struggling entrepreneur: the feelings of guilt, not being good enough, and addictions. Seeing his father struggle and having struggled himself, Purdeep’s motivation is to ensure that other male entrepreneurs have the knowledge, tools and skills to create a more profitable business and fulfilling life for them and their family.
Now, Purdeep dedicates his time to helping other men and spending time with his family. He also loves to podcast, workout, learn new things, and spend time in nature with animals.
Topics
- How to be the complete man or performance neuroscience
Questions
- What does it take to perform at your highest potential (as a man)?
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Eric Girard
Eric Girard
Bio
Eric is a highly experienced and accomplished learning and development professional who specializes in management and employee development. He has over 30 years of experience helping improve the performance of managers and employees. His specific focus is on new managers and helping them transition successfully to their new role and make their teams as effective as possible while also maintaining high engagement. He’s known for his high-energy, engaging facilitation style.
Eric has designed, developed and delivered leadership, management, and employee training for Nutanix, Apple, Applied Materials, Symantec, and Veritas.
He founded Girard Training Solutions in 2007 and has designed and delivered training for dozens of clients globally in high tech, academia, advertising, healthcare, and education. He has successfully delivered training and improved performance in London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Shanghai, Bangalore, and Cork, Ireland, as well as all over the United States.
His volunteer roles include being the Member Retention Manager for the Puget Sound chapter of the Association for Talent Development (ATD) and the past newsletter editor for the Pacific Northwest Organization Development Network (PNODN). He has been a member of ATD since 1992.
Eric is a certified Articulate Storyline Developer, Thomas PPA Analyst, Blanchard Channel Partner / SLII Facilitator, Crucial Conversations Facilitator, Crucial Accountability Facilitator, Everything DiSC Authorized Partner, Influencer Facilitator, and Extraordinary Leader Facilitator. He holds a Master of Arts in Intercultural Communication Training from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication (Emphasis in Training
and Development) from California State University, Sacramento.
A passionate, lifelong learner, he is an Open Water Scuba Instructor and is pursuing the Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating. When he’s not designing or delivering training, Eric enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and twin 13-year-old daughters.
Topics
- Management Development
- Employee Development
- Team Facilitation
Questions
- How do I help managers transition from being a high-performing employee to being a great people manager?
- How do I develop managers?
- How do I create leaders?
- What mistakes should I avoid when starting my own consultancy?
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Christine Gravot
Christine Gravot
Bio
I started my business on Etsy in 2006 but I really didn’t take it seriously and change it from a hobby to a business till 2010. And in 2013 my business grew large enough to move the business from NJ to IL and my husband to be able to help me full time. Etsy gave and still gives the flexibility to be with family easier. As the business grew I knew that it was time to grow outside of Etsy as a brand. Then I started my shop on Shopify. As time goes on things change and I new I had to learn more and more on how Search Engine Opination (SEO) works if I was going to make it without doing Facebook Lives. SEO wasn’t as known as it is now. But it is the key to getting seen not only on Etsy and Shopify but it is a necessity for social media as well. My husband and I still
make signs but I also help other small businesses to grow using SEO and writing good descriptions and website content to attract your perfect customer.
Topics
- Etsy – how i grew my business to over 19,000 sales selling handmade items and not supplies.
- Etsy – how i can help other etsy shop owners grow their business with a shop critique.
- Shopify – how i took my knowledge of growing on etsy to create a gowing Shopify business.
- Social Media – how i grew my businesses with no ads and not going live on facebook.
Questions
- How to start an Etsy shop?
- Why should you start an Etsy business?
- Etsy is cost effective.
- Search engine optimization is not as hard as one thinks.
- Turning a craft into a business.
- Running a business and managing a family
- How to optimize social media marketing
- turn your hobby into a business with or without Etsy
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Luca Ingianni
Luca Ingianni
Bio
An aeronautical engineer by trade (yes, an actual rocket scientist!), I worked my way up from being a regular software engineer to someone whose focus is much more on understanding how to make engineering teams work together well to create delightful products.
An agilist by necessity and DevOps person by happy accident (I discovered the practices before I discovered the term), I have well-reasoned prespectives and war stories to share on how to organise and run modern product development.
As someone who started out in safety-critical and embedded products, I have ample perspective to share on both.
I also host two podcasts myself, and frequently deliver trainings on a variety of subjects, so like to think I’m reasonably articulate.
Topics
- Product development
- Agile
- Scaled Agile (e.g. SAFe)
- Modern engineering practices
- DevOps
- Safety-critical
- Mechanical engineering
- Electrical engineering
- Software engineering
- Embedded systems
- IoT
- Systems Architecture
- Team Structures
Questions
- How to apply Agile?
- Why should I apply Agile practices (or not)?
- What’s DevOps?
- How do I apply DevOps?
- Typical mistakes in Agile?
- How do I scale Agile practices across the entire enterprise?
- How should I structure my teams for maximum success?
- Does agile work for embedded systems?
- Does agile work for safety-critical systems?
Interested in this guest? Drop your info below!
Charles Read
Charles Read
Bio
Mr. Read’s companies have provided full-service payroll services, payroll tax services, and other payroll-related services since 1991.
Charles is an accomplished senior executive and entrepreneur with more than fifty years of financial leadership experience in a broad range of industries and the author of four books.
His latest book “The Payroll Book: A Guide For Small Businesses and Startups” is currently #25 in Small Business Books section on Amazon.
You can view his previous media appearances here: https://getpayroll.com/why-getpayroll/about-charles-read/
Topics
- Payroll
- Small Business
- Accounting
- Entrepreneurship
- Veterans Affairs
Questions
- I received a IRS notice. What should I do now?
- Top 5 tips to avoid employment tax penalties
- Why PEO sucks?
- Payroll Disaster Recovery Plan:11 Point Checklist
- Chinese Overtime: Is it for your company?
- 5 Pre-Tax Deductions you should be aware of
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James Arnold
James Arnold
Bio
Change agent, adventurer, dog father, elite nerd, and drunken cooking master chef with a knack for finding purple squirrels, kine grindz, and hidden happenings.
Topics
- Talent Acquisition
- Job/Career Coach
- Remote Working
- Robotics
- AR/VR
- Gaming
Questions
- How to get noticed by recruiters.
- What to do when you get laid off.
- Anything job search related.
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TJ Vorva
TJ Vorva
Bio
My Name Is TJ Vorva. I am a marketer with a background in digital marketing. In my free time, I coach high school and NCAA men’s volleyball for various teams in the St. Louis area. I am going into year 5 in the marketing industry. I have had many different clients in different industries including large companies, small businesses, politicians, unions, authors, sports teams, toy companies, and many more. Through my experience, I have learned that each client has a set of needs and challenges. A cookie-cutter marketing approach will not work. With the digital landscape changing every day, marketing efforts should also adapt.
Topics
- Marketing trends
- Small business marketing
- Digital Marketing
- Digital marketing trends
- New software or tech in the marketing industry
- Social Media Marketing
- Volleyball
Questions
- Why is social media marketing important?
- How do I create a social media marketing strategy?
- What social platforms are best?
- What is event marketing?
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