Abnormal Engineering Stories
Abnormal Engineering Stories
Abnormal Security
Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it's like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Kevin Wang, Head of Engineering at Abnormal Security. Abnormal Security is defining the next generation of email security defense. Our platform uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to baseline communication content, user identity, and behavioral signals in real-time and at-scale in order to detect the abnormalities of email attacks.
Startups: Joining & Founding Part 2
In this two-part episode, David Hagar, Abnormal Security’s Head of UK Engineering, interviews Zehan Wang. Zehan is an Angel Investor based in the UK, and was the co-founder and CTO of Magic Pony. David and Zehan share their insights about start-ups from two angles– founding them and joining them.
Aug 25, 2022
36 min
Startups: Founding & Joining
In this two-part episode, David Hagar, Abnormal Security’s Head of UK Engineering, interviews Zehan Wang. Zehan is an Angel Investor based in the UK, and was the co-founder and CTO of Magic Pony. David and Zehan share their insights about start-ups from two angles– founding them and joining them.
Jul 28, 2022
28 min
Machine Learning in Production
In this episode Dan Shiebler, our Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security, interviews Mukund Narasimhan. Mukund has worked as an engineering leader at Airbnb, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Pinterest. Dan and Mukund discuss the past, present, and future of production Machine Learning. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
Jun 1, 2022
39 min
Engineering Leadership at Box & Pixar
In this episode, Kevin interviews Saminda Wijegunawardena. Currently a technical advisor to multiple startups, Saminda was previously an engineering leader at Box and Pixar. Saminda shares about how engineering leadership & culture changes from different organizations, and how he adapted his leadership style to those different organizations. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
Apr 25, 2022
48 min
Understanding the Role of the CTO
In this episode, Kevin interviews Tim Tully, Partner at Menlo Ventures. Prior to becoming an investor, Tim was the CTO/SVP at Splunk, and an individual contributor of engineering at Yahoo, eventually moving into a VP role. Tim shares his decisions for becoming a CTO and now investor, lessons of being a technical leader, and perspective on emerging technologies. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
Dec 15, 2021
32 min
Engineering Leadership at Rippling
In this episode, Kevin interviews Tony Dong, Director of Engineering at Rippling. Tony is a former YC-backed co-founder & CTO, as well as a veteran of Twitter and other startups. Tony shares his engineering leadership experience at a fast growth startup, and how he transitioned from managing ICs to managing managers. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
Nov 5, 2021
30 min
Customer-Focused Product Development w/ 3x Co-Founder Ayush Sood
In this episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin Wang interviews Ayush Sood, a 3x SaaS startup founder and veteran of Facebook & Palantir. Ayush is currently an engineering leader at Figma. Ayush shares how he intentionally injected customer driven prioritization into his companies via MEDDIC, and the positive impact it had for his customers and team. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
Sep 22, 2021
31 min
Scaling Front’s Cloud Infrastructure to Multiple Data Centers in Under 3 Months
Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it's like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Kevin Wang, VP of Engineering at Abnormal Security. In our fourth episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin Wang and Sean Xie, Director of Engineering at Front, discuss the tips and tricks of scaling cloud infrastructure to run on multiple data centers and the role of an engineering leader in the process. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
Sep 7, 2021
23 min
Identifying & Becoming a 10x Startup Engineer w/ John Delaney, Core Talent Team at Greylock Partners
Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it’s like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Kevin Wang, VP of Eng at Abnormal Security. In our third episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Kevin Wang and John Delaney discuss how to identify 10x startup engineers, building great teams, and the challenges faced recruiting top performers. Kevin is the VP of Engineering at Abnormal Security and John is the Principal on the Core Talent Team at Greylock Partners. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
Jul 30, 2021
30 min
Future of ML Platform w/ Jeshua Bratman & Nico Koumchatzsky
Abnormal Engineering Stories explores what it’s like leading engineering teams and systems featuring tech industry leaders with real world, hands-on operating experience. Hosted by Jeshua Bratman, Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security. In our second episode of Abnormal Engineering Stories, Jeshua Bratman and Nico Koumchatzky and discuss the future of ML platform, the role of an ML Engineer, and the ML challenges faced at Abnormal and Nvidia. Jeshua is Head of Machine Learning at Abnormal Security and Nico is the Senior Director of AI Infrastructure at Nvidia, and before that, he ran Twitter's ML Platform team: Twitter Cortex. Abnormal Engineering Stories is a product of Abnormal Security, where we protect some of the world's largest corporations from cyber crime.
Jul 7, 2021
35 min
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