He has been in the Technical Program Management role at Microsoft, Amazon, and is currently working as a TPM at Google. In this podcast, we focus on the FIRE movement & the impact of COVID
Ethan has been with Amazon for 15 years and is the VP of Twitch Prime. Ethan humbly says “I consider myself to be a TPM” though he has been a VP for over 8 years.
She’s been in the industry for the last 10+ years and has worked at Microsoft, Expedia. We cover what a TPM needs to be mindful of when they join a new tech organization.
Listen in to a fantastic chat with Dhananjay Mahajan! He has over 25+ years of experience in working in tech. He has had a long career at Microsoft for 20 years.
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Episode Overview In the final part of the series, Mario Gerard and Rhea Frondozo focus on what can go wrong when you are running large scale programs and what strong breadth TPMs do differently. They talk about common pitfalls like taking on too much work yourself,...
Episode Overview and Summary In part two of the series, Mario Gerard and Rhea Frondozo continue the conversation on how TPMs run large scale programs. This episode gets more practical, focusing on how to build a communication plan, what kinds of blockers show up...
Episode Overview In this episode of the TPM Podcast, Mario Gerard sits down with Rhea Frondozo to talk about what it really looks like to run large scale programs inside big tech companies. Both of them draw from their time at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and...
Episode Overview In this episode, Mario Gerard introduces Rhea Frondozo and sets up the foundation for a broader series on TPM work. Rhea shares her background across multiple major tech companies and explains why she has gravitated toward large scale, cross...
Episode Overview In this episode, Mario Gerard talks with Priyanka Shinde, a longtime TPM leader with experience across startups and large tech companies, including Cruise and Facebook or Meta. Priyanka also runs TPMify, a coaching and consulting organization focused...
Episode Overview In this episode of the TPM Podcast, Mario Gerard is joined by David Glick, former Vice President at Amazon with nearly 20 years of experience and current CTO at Flex. David brings a senior executive perspective shaped by building large-scale systems,...
A quick Overview of the Podcast Host: Mario GerardGuest: David Glick (ex-Amazon VP, CTO at Flex)Theme: Influence without authority, role clarity (PM/TPM/Dev), execution at scale, deep work, and team health Quick table of contents (content types covered) Content type...
A Quick Overview of the Podcast Host: Mario Gerard Guest: David Glick (ex-Amazon VP, CTO at Flex) Theme: Information flow at scale, leadership visibility, PMO tradeoffs, and career decisions around startups Quick table of contents (content types covered) Content type...
Overview of the TPM Podcast with Arjun Subramaniam Host: Mario GerardGuest: Arjun SubramaniamTheme: How to combat burnout (personal + systemic), how to support others, and what leaders can do in a post-pandemic workplace Quick table of contents (content types covered)...
Overview of the TPM Podcast with Arjun Subramaniam EpII Host: Mario GerardGuest: Arjun SubramaniamRecorded: December 2021 (Pandemic year two)Theme: Why burnout is rising (especially during COVID), what drives it in tech, how to spot it, and when it’s actually the...
Overview of the TPM Podcast with Arjun Subramaniam Part II Host: Mario GerardGuest: Arjun SubramaniamTheme: Career evolution (TPM → Product), how to evaluate TPM “technical-ness” in interviews, and how TPMs improve on the job through deliberate skill practice. Quick...
Overview of TPM Podcast with Arjun Subramaniam Host: Mario GerardGuest: Arjun Subramaniam (Appian, Amazon, Qualtrics; Director of Product Management at Axon)Focus: What TPMs are, where they add the most value, Program Manager vs TPM vs Product Manager, how people...
Nacho Gomez a Sr Technical Program Manager from Amazon, contacted me to do a 'Fireside Chat with TPMs from Amazon'. The goal was to debate and share ideas on different topics about the TPM role and career. Nacho joined Amazon as a TPM in 2017. He has around 20 years...
This is the Technical Program Management Podcast with the author of the popular blog Engineer Seeking FIRE. He has been a Technical Program Manager at Microsoft, Amazon, and is currently working as a TPM at Google. In this podcast, with Mr.ESF a TPM from Google we...
Technical Program Management Podcast with the author of the popular blog Engineer Seeking FIRE. He has been a Technical Program Manager at Microsoft, Amazon, and is currently working as a TPM at Google. Check out one of his best posts:- Salaries for Software Engineers...
Technical Program Management Podcast with the author of the popular blog Engineer Seeking FIRE. He has been a Technical Program Manager at Microsoft, Amazon, and is currently working as a TPM at Google.TPM at Google: Interviewing at Amazon Google Microsoft Check out...
Welcome to this edition of the TPM podcast with Visva Mohanakrishnan a Sr. TPM from Amazon. She's been in the industry for the last 10+ years and has worked at Microsoft, Expedia, and several other organizations. We cover what a TPM needs to be mindful of when they...
This is a podcast with your host Mario Gerard and with guest 'Ethan Evans'. Ethan has been with Amazon for 15 years and is the VP of Twitch Prime. Ethan humbly says “I consider myself to be a TPM....” though he has been a VP for over 8 years. We talk about the role of...
TPM Podcast with Ivan Santa Maria. A fantastic conversation with Ivan Santa Maria who has worked at Google, Facebook and Microsoft as a TPM. I cannot thank him enough for sitting down with us to do this. While editing this podcast I had myself to pause in several...
TPM Podcast with Ivan Santa Maria. A fantastic conversation with Ivan Santa Maria who has worked at Google, Facebook and Microsoft as a TPM. I cannot thank him enough for sitting down with us to do this. While editing this podcast I had myself to pause in several...
A very interesting TPM Podcast with Vidya Vrat Agarwal on Microservices. We talk about large enterprises moving from a monolithic application patterns on to microservices what that entails. We go on to talk about various microservices best practices. TPM Podcast with...
A very interesting TPM Podcast with Vidya Vrat Agarwal on Microservices. We talk about large enterprises moving from a monolithic application patterns on to microservices what that entails. We go on to talk about various microservices best practices. TPM Podcast with...
A very interesting TPM Podcast with Vidya Vrat Agarwal on Microservices. We talk about large enterprises moving from monolithic application patterns to microservices what that entails. We go on to talk about various microservices best practices. TPM Podcast with...
Listen in to a fantastic chat with Dhananjay Mahajan! He has over 25+ years of experience in working in tech. He has had a long career at Microsoft for 20 years. He worked as a lead engineer for 5 years and as a Program Manager 15 year. And over the last five years...
Listen in to a fantastic chat with Dhananjay Mahajan! He has over 25+ years of experience in working in tech. He has had a long career at Microsoft for 20 years. He worked as a lead engineer for 5 years and as a Program Manager 15 year. And over the last five years...
Listen in to a fantastic chat with Dhananjay Mahajan! He has over 25+ years of experience in working in tech. He has had a long career at Microsoft for 20 years. He worked as a lead engineer for 5 years and as a Program Manager 15 year. And over the last five years...
Technical Program Manager Interview: With Alessandro Catorcini A fabulous interview with Alessandro Catorcini! He has over 20 years of experience in tech. He spent over 15 years at Microsoft in various roles from being a software architect, a Principal Group Program...
A fabulous interview with Alessandro Catorcini! He has over 20 years of experience in tech. He spent over 15 years at Microsoft in various roles from being a software architect, a Principal Group Program Manager. He’s worked at Amazon and now he and I work at Oracle’s...
Transcript Topic: Why is the TPM role is gaining prominence? For Newbies & TPM Veterans! I am really excited about this one! It's one of those things that I am very passionate about. In this podcast we will talk about - Quantifying the number of opportunities for...
TPM 101 - The Technical Program Management Podcast with Mario Gerard Rough Excerpt - Hello and welcome to “The Technical Program Manager Podcast with your host Mario Gerard” in this podcast we are going to talk Understanding and defining the TPM role. Similarities,...