Praveen Pendyala, CEO of Omnivision Solutions; "Be Curious and Agile!" (14 min)

Discover why Praveen Pendyala (CEO of Omnivision Solutions) chose to create a 99% accurate transcription product (https://transcript.lol/), what his new hiring criteria is, and when he realized that not keeping secrets from employees is a leadership strength (14 minutes). CEO BLINDSPOTS® PODCAST GUEST: Praveen Pendyala. Since leaving big tech, Praveen founded Omnivision Solutions to build SaaS apps that solve pain points for power users (such as the 99% accurate transcription product called transcript.lol). Praveen and his team build bespoke software solutions for clients and also run their own collection of SaaS apps. Omnivision apps are only a few months old and already serve over 30,000 users! Praveen ranked #1 out of 1,400,000 students in the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination, did his masters in Germany, with short stints in the US for an Internship at Rice University. Praveen is obsessed with building products and is a big open source contributor. He built over 50 apps (https://github.com/pkpio), tools or websites since he first started coding. During his stint in academia, he published over 9 research papers in top conferences and journals (and his work has since been cited by 167 papers) https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=tYbRkmYAAAAJ&hl=en).  Praveen's professional experience includes working at Google and Microsoft where he shipped apps to over 500 million people every week, and proposed and implemented a novel (patent pending) format for 3D assets that work efficiently on Mobile. For more information about Omnivision's SaaS products; Transcript LOL - ⁠⁠⁠https://transcript.lol/⁠⁠⁠ - 99% accurate transcripts and insights for any video, audio, or meetings. Plan Trips AI - ⁠⁠https://plantrips.ai/⁠⁠ - An AI travel planner. For more information about About Praveen Pendyala; https://pkp.io/about CEO Blindspots® podcast host: Birgit Kamps. Birgit's professional experience includes starting and selling an “Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Company” and a “Best Company to Work for in Texas”, and serving as a Board Member with various companies. She is able to help investors and executives quickly discover blind spots holding their organization back, and accelerate leadership effectiveness. In addition, Birgit is the host of the CEO Blindspots® Podcast which was recognized by Spotify for having the “biggest listener growth” in the USA by 733%; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.ceoblindspots.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To ask questions about this or one of the 200+ other CEO Blindspots® Podcast episodes, send an email to⁠ ⁠[email protected]⁠⁠