23 | Overcoming Genetic Disease Through the Notion of Open Source: A Cultural Movement

Ali Mazaheri joins us on today's episode. Ali is currently the Chief Architect at the Microsoft Technology Center in Irvine, California, specializing in application development and open source software. He's spent the last 14 years at Microsoft in various customer facing technical roles, and spent his early career developing software in various industries including financial services and banking. Ali has been writing code since the age of 19, and as you'll see, his love and passion for technology bleeds through both technically and philosophically through the talk. Ali is also a thought leader and technical contributor in bio medical industry and community, through his work with continuous glucose monitoring solutions, and we talk about the organizations and solutions that he helps to contribute to and represent, including NightScout, Tidepool, and Loop.Ali, in every bit of his ethos, represents the current landscape of communal open source culture, where opportunities for interoperability, sharing vulnerabilities, learning from others, and contributing strengths in a pay it forward model, is helping him make meaningful impacts across to his customers, his community, and as you will hear, his family.Big themes covered in the talk:-A personal journey of Ali's family experiences, through his son Sam, with Diabetes Type 1, a genetic auto-immune disease: the hard human moments, and the communal evolution of open source technology-How the ethos of interoperability, sharing vulnerabilities, learning from others, and contributing strengths in a pay it forward model, has helped to make meaningful impacts across to customers, community, and family.-The real challenges of epidemics and disease to families, and why waiting cannot be an option.-How to teach big businesses to be more communal: sharing data, processes, innovations, and breakthroughs to empower each other for accelerations in human health and progress.-Re-coding your mindset to turn "being bitter", into "being better", the power of positivity and mental resiliency in the wake of life's challenges.Thank you so much for listening!Ways to Contact Ali:Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliMazaheriLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alimazaheri/People mentioned:https://twitter.com/shanselmanhttps://twitter.com/bewestisdoinghttps://twitter.com/danamlewishttps://www.linkedin.com/in/edraskin Resources:https://vimeo.com/user64743589/openapshttps://youtu.be/kv2S2f_C37Ahttps://openaps.org/https://loopkit.github.io/loopdocs/https://www.tidepool.org/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mtchttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Student-Developer-Blog/Meet-the-2019-Imagine-Cup-World-Champion-team-EasyGlucose-from/ba-p/533238What is Open Source explained in LEGOLearn more at www.thedatabinge.comConnect with Derek on LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter