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Mala's Podcast
Hosted by Mala Ramakrishnan · business · EN
About this Podcast:
Welcome to Mala’s Podcast, where honest conversations meet the future of AI, startups, and leadership.Mala sits down with CEOs, founders, and innovators leading the world’s most exciting AI companies — from Silicon Valley to Singapore and beyond. Each episode uncovers what really happens behind the scenes: building teams, surviving chaos, scaling products, and shaping the next era of intelligent technology.If you’re curious about how the AI revolution is being built — one decision, one founder, one story at a time — you’re in the right place.
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What is Mala's Podcast about?
Welcome to Mala’s Podcast, where honest conversations meet the future of AI, startups, and leadership. Mala sits down with CEOs, founders, and innovators leading the world’s most exciting AI companies, from Silicon Valley to Singapore and beyond. Each episode uncovers what really happens behind the scenes: building teams, surviving chaos, scaling products, and shaping the next era of intelligent technology.
Who hosts Mala's Podcast?
Mala's Podcast is hosted by Mala Ramakrishnan. The show has published 32 episodes to date.
What has Mala's Podcast covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Why customer-centric companies always win | Insights from Customer Support Executive" (20 May 2026, 22 minutes), "Why most IT teams don't drive growth | Insights from a Chief Information Officer" (18 May 2026, 26 minutes), and "What it takes to make AI work in enterprises | Head of Product Strategy @rackspacetechnology" (7 May 2026, 30 minutes).
How often does Mala's Podcast publish?
Mala's Podcast publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 27 minutes across 32 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Mala's Podcast?
Booking probability for Mala's Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Mala's Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Mala's Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for Mala's Podcast are IT Services & Software Development. Mala's Podcast has a business audience.
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Mala Ramakrishnan hosts Mala's Podcast, a business podcast with 32 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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May 18, 202626 minS1<p>In this episode, Mala sits down with Sumit Johar, CIO of BlackLine, for an insightful conversation on AI transformation, enterprise IT, finance technology, cybersecurity, and what it takes to drive change inside...
Episode #25
What it takes to make AI work in enterprises | Head of Product Strategy @rackspacetechnology
May 7, 202630 minS1<p>What does AI strategy look like inside industries that are still catching up to cloud?</p><p>In this episode, Mala speaks with Madhavi Rajan, Head of Product Strategy for Rackspace’s Private Cloud business, about her...
May 5, 202620 minS1<p>In this episode of Mala’s Podcast, Mala sits down with Duncan Grazier, a seasoned technology leader who has helped scale companies from early-stage teams to major exits, including ShopKeep’s $550M sale to Lightspeed...
Apr 29, 202641 minS1<p>Shannon Power started in a bunny suit doing semiconductor manufacturing at Motorola and Intel. An industrial engineer turned finance executive, today she's a fractional CFO and COO who gets called in at inflection...
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Episode #22
How a 2X Founder is restructuring product & engineering for the AI Era | CPO @Instrumental
Apr 27, 202631 minS1<p>Scott Sundvor is a three-time founder with a path most people don't take. </p><p>He started Nima at MIT — a sensor that lets you test food for allergens in under two minutes — built it, scaled it, sold it. Then he...
Episode #21
Stop hiring more salespeople, fix this instead | Hear from a woman navigating a male-dominated field
Apr 22, 202643 minS1<p>Tammy Schuring is a fourth-generation Bay Area native whose great-grandfather pushed a wheelbarrow from South Dakota to help build the Golden Gate Bridge. She was the first in her family to go to college, and went on...
Apr 21, 202632 minS1<p>Phil Taylor, CTO @CDW , built a 250-person services company from the ground up, sold it to CDW, and now runs their Digital Velocity business unit. But what makes his story compelling isn't the exit — it's how he...
Apr 20, 202625 minS1<p>Ash Parikh, CMO @Absolute Security, 3x B2B CMO (Informatica, Druva, Trellix), sits down with Mala Ramakrishnan to talk about what most marketers get wrong — and what the best ones obsess over. </p><p>Spoiler: it's...
Episode #18
Before You Build AI, Fix This First | Owning the Data Narrative with Ravi Shankar, CMO, Denodo
Mar 26, 202629 minS1<p>Ravi Shankar, CMO & SVP at Denodo, joins Mala Ramakrishnan to unpack how enterprise go-to-market has evolved in the age of AI—and why differentiation is no longer about deep tech, but about how you take it to...
Feb 25, 202626 minS1<p>Sunzay Passari, Director and Global Head of AI and Innovation at UPS, joins Mala Ramakrishnan to unpack what it really means to drive AI inside a 118-year-old global enterprise operating in 200 countries.</p><p>From...
Episode #16
What's inside high-performing engineering teams | In conversation with VP, Engineering at ServiceNow
Feb 24, 202624 minS1<p>Michael Avrahamov, VP of Engineering at ServiceNow, joins Mala Ramakrishnan to discuss what it really takes to lead large engineering teams in the age of AI.</p><p>From early startup work building developer platforms...
Feb 16, 202617 minS1<p>Abhinav Asthana, CTO of Redwood Trust, joins Mala Ramakrishnan to share his unconventional journey from early data science in Formula 1 to leading technology at a publicly traded real estate investment trust...
Feb 16, 202628 minS1<p>Puneet Gupta, Founder & CEO of Amberflo, joins Mala Ramakrishnan to unpack one of the biggest blind spots in AI adoption: cost, governance, and tying LLM usage to real business value.</p><p>A former General Manager...
Episode #14
How Enterprise Tech Learns from Consumers | With Rajeev Sethi, Group VP of Tech at ServiceNow
Jan 29, 202622 minS1<p>Rajeev Sethi, SVP of Emerging Technologies at ServiceNow, joins Mala Ramakrishnan for a candid conversation on how large enterprises actually adopt AI, automation, and agentic systems.</p><p><br></p><p>With nearly...
Jan 28, 202622 minS1<p>Parisa Naseralavi, COO of XOPS, joins Mala Ramakrishnan for a candid conversation on operations, leadership, and what it really takes to scale companies from early traction to enterprise...
Episode #11
On Leading Azure Networking at Microsoft | In Conversation with Pankaj Garg, CVP of Engineering
Jan 28, 202624 minS1<p>Pankaj Garg, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, joins Mala Ramakrishnan for a deep, candid conversation on how Azure was built, how infrastructure innovation really happens at scale, and why AI represents the...
Jan 28, 202632 minS1<p>Shanti Iyer, CIO of DocuSign, joins Mala Ramakrishnan to share a candid, inside look at how large enterprises adopt AI with discipline, responsibility, and real business impact.</p><p>From growing up in Chennai to...
Jan 26, 202624 minS1<p>Allen Taylor, Managing Director at Endeavor, joins Mala Ramakrishnan to unpack how Endeavor has spent nearly three decades building high-impact entrepreneurs across emerging and underserved markets.</p><p>From Latin...
Jan 26, 202625 minS1<p>Aysha Khan, CIO and CISO of Treasure Data, joins Mala Ramakrishnan to share a deeply practical view on leadership, cybersecurity, and using AI as a business accelerator—not a distraction.</p><p>From growing up across...
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Phil Taylor
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, Salina Presbyterian Church
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Ravi Shankar
assistant vice provost and director of international services at the University of Rochester, Art of Living foundation
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Puneet Gupta
Partner, People Advisory Services – Tax, Los Angeles County Fire Department
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Allen Taylor
Director of the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Conservation Tree Care
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