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Connecting Dots with Usama
by Muhammad Usama
The concept behind this podcast is to primarily demystify the job titles and connect dots to where did the professionals - in different fields - start their journey; how they reflect on their learnings, career trajectory; and where did their decisions land them in life.
Episodes
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#59 Yasir Naqvi | MP Ontario Liberal Party | Ottawa, ON
Welcome to Connecting Dots! We all share the desire to contribute positively to our communities.While making a difference individually is meaningful, engaging in politics amplifies our impact. Today, we have the privilege of discussing the experiences and insights into political life with Yasir...
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#58 Kevin Stoodley | Chief Technology Officer | Toronto, Canada
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Leaders are generally expected to inspire and create a vision for their team or company, and unite people, processes and systems to enable that vision. On the contrary, engineers are typically more focused on creating products and services; taking ideas and making them...
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#57 Vidya Krishnan | Chief Learning Officer | Plano, TX
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Today, we are thrilled to welcome our guest, Vidya Krishnan, the Chief Learning Officer at Ericsson, who is steering the helm of the company's global learning and development team. Vidya's life story is nothing short of a mesmerizing odyssey - interwoven with the rich...
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#56 Clare Ashamallah | Head of IC&E | Cairo, Egypt
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Most people grow up imagining a dream career that encompasses their passion, makes money, and doesn’t feel like, well, work. But then adulthood hits, and most people think that they arrived at their job because that’s how life unrolled for them, and now they feel…
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#55 Marie Hogan | 6G Portfolio Strategy leader | Sweden, SE
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Do you remember the times when you wanted to download a movie to watch for a long plane ride? On a 3G network, it would take over an hour to download a Netflix movie. With 5G, that gets cut down to a few seconds. With 6G, you will download 142 hours of Netflix movies…
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#54 Osaid Khaliq | Sr. Standards Strategist | Berlin, DE
Welcome to Connecting Dots! We’d like to think that innovation comes from freewheeling chaos. Think again: it's an extreme order that begets breakthroughs in business. In fact, many of the innovations that have changed the world, including railroads, the Internet, and even language, only succeed...
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#53 Tatiana Zander | Director | Disruptive Technologies | Santa Clara, US
Welcome to Connecting Dots! The world is in the middle of a great digital transformation and leading telcos are also embracing digital disruption. From mobile edge computing to creating the next generation of Quantum Internet, and much else besides, telecommunication innovation can be seen...
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#52 Zahid Mubarik | Founder and CEO | HR-Metrics | Islamabad, PK
Welcome to Connecting Dots! With the ‘‘Great Resignation’ spreading its tentacles worldwide, companies are beginning to realize the importance of workforce analytics and HR metrics to stem this tide of workers exiting their companies. To further connect the dots on the key performance indicators…
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#51 Ali Hasnain Rizvi | CTO | ID-Ware | DE
Welcome to Connecting Dots! As our dependence on technology grows, so does our vulnerability to cyber attacks. Therefore, businesses today are devoting an increasing amount of resources to detecting and preventing cybercrime; hence, resulting in an increasing demand for skilled cybersecurity...
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#50 Karen Biehl | Head of Portfolio Marketing | Munich, DE
Welcome to Connecting Dots! With an increasing emphasis on understanding customers, companies today are evolving from the traditional role of being product oriented to focusing on customer solution. While product marketing focus on product, and solution marketing is about marketing solutions,...
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#49 Paul Challoner | VP | Network Product Solutions | Dallas, US
Welcome to Connecting Dots! You would’ve noticed that the fifth generation mobile networking, 5G, is hotly anticipated these days. But how many generations back does your memory stretch? 4G, 3G? 2G, even? Today, we bring to you Paul Challenor - VP of Network Product Solutions for Ericsson North...
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#48 Sarah Collins | Head of Customer Success | Fellow.app | Ottawa, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Where you start out doesn't predict that's where you'll end up. All you need is the curiosity to explore, the vigor to network, and the ability to tell a great story to make a meaningful change. Having all these skills, our today’s guest - Sarah Collins, started her...
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#47 Derek Dobson | Federal Public Safety Leader | Microsoft | Ottawa, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Leadership and management are perhaps the most important aspects of today’s professional world; they are also the key maxims taught in the military. To talk about leadership and digital transformation in defence, we have with us today Derek Dobson, who is a veteran and...
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#46 Craig DeMartino | Paraclimbing World Champion | Colorado, USA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! A mental blank during an exam. Missing a deadline. Losing a client sale. We all have been through moments of adversity that feel like absolute failures. But our today's guest, Craig DeMartino - an avid rock climber, shares his perspective that despite the magnitude of...
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#45 Mark Noonan | Vice Chair and Partner | Deloitte | Ottawa, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots (from a new studio)! Markets, industries, and trends are constantly changing, becoming a complex and competitive landscape only worsened by ever-increasing digitalization and globalization. For many professionals, this means that their job competition is continually...
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#44 Rubia Latif | Sr Product Manager | Azure IOT | Seattle, US
Welcome to Connecting Dots! To reflect on what makes working at Microsoft valuable, we have Rubia Latif from Seattle, US who shares with us her experience at the company as a Sr. Product Manager. In this episode, Rubia reflects on her current role as well as the skills needed to be successful in...
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#43 Brian Kracik | Head of Telecom Industry Marketing | Google Cloud | Chicago, US
Welcome to Connecting Dots! While communication networks have traditionally been associated with infrastructure like towers and fiber, more and more telecom operators are moving off the ground and into the cloud. This application of cloud technology has attracted big tech giants to tap into the...
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#42 Pernilla Bergmark | Principal Researcher | Ericsson | Stockholm, SE
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Ever wondered what the world would be like without technological development? Everything that people enjoy now and what they can do in a few minutes is attributed to research. Our today’s guest, Pernilla Bergmark, is a principal researcher of ICT sustainability impacts...
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#41 Aleena Taufiq | Principal Data Scientist | Verizon | Irving, TX
Welcome to Connecting Dots, From optimizing Google search rankings and LinkedIn recommendations to transforming all sectors, data science is surely the next big thing. Yet the terms “data science” and “data scientist” aren’t always easily understood, and are used to describe a wide range of...
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#40 Stephanie Rollis | Chief of Staff | Network Product Solutions | Dallas, US
Welcome to Connecting Dots! In this episode, Stephanie connects the dots from doing side hustles as a college student to working for a startup, becoming the firm’s CEO, and holding her position in the top leadership as she switched companies. She not only exercised the traditional leadership of...
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#39 Mansoor Khan | Cloud Support Engineer | Amsterdam, NL
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Friendships forged during college years can fade during the busy years of starting careers and families. In this episode, I rekindled such bond with an old friend, Mansoor Khan and asked him to connect dots from his bachelors degree to currently being a support…
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#38 Tiffany Aziz | Employer Branding Specialist | Stockholm, SE
Welcome to Connecting Dots! If you are an employer struggling to retain talent or an individual daunted by the task of building your personal brand, look no further. This episode is packed with tips and advice on branding shared by our guest, Tiffany Aziz, who’s an Employer Branding Specialist at...
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#37 Ezgi Hiz Buyurgan | Technology Strategy Leader | Microsoft | Istanbul, TR
Welcome to Connecting Dots! As advocates of adopting diversity and technology at the workplace, we have yet another woman in tech with us today - Ezgi Hız Buyurgan, a technology strategy leader at Microsoft, Istanbul. An absolute powerhouse of energy, Ezgi talks in this episode about what her...
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#36 Neema Uthappa | Head of Engineering | Cloud Data Analytics | Boston, US
Welcome to Connecting Dots! An engineer at her core, Neema began her career as an executive officer in the Indian Navy, followed by stints in key management roles across various industries, and is currently the Head of Engineering for Cloud Data Analytics & AI at one of the most prestigious...
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#35 Aamir Ahsan Khan | President | Key Account Manager | Islamabad, PK
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Bringing to you another mega episode with a business executive, we’ve had the honor of having with us today Aamir Ahsan Khan, President and Key Account Manager of Ericsson, Pakistan. As an engineer, sales executive, and farmer, Aamir is a well-rounded leader who holds...
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#34 Carolyn Duby | Field CTO | Cloudera | Rhode Island, US
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Ever wondered what it likes being in the tech sector? Today’s guest Carolyn Duby shares her experience of being associated with the tech field, which might help you in deciding if the tech industry is right for you. A subject-matter expert in cybersecurity and data...
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#33 Ali Nomani | Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer | Out-Class | Lahore, PK
Welcome to Connecting Dots! With some creative minds internalizing the shifting world landscape, the Pandemic has surely created a new generation of entrepreneurs. Likewise, three young entrepreneurs founded a Pakistan-based education technology firm, Out-Class, in 2020. The ed-tech startup aims…
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#32 Shaiza Qayyum | Applied Science Manager (Pricing & Incentives) | San Francisco, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Our today’s guest, Shaiza Qayyum, is a Ph.D. Economics and an Applied Science Manager at Uber. In this episode, she reflects on her technical role in depth, discusses life as a manager instead of being an individual contributor, and shares with us her journey of...
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#31 Mudassar Aqil | CEO | Telenor Microfinance Bank | Easypaisa | Islamabad, PK
Welcome to Connecting Dots! In the lexicon of management, the CEO is the epitome of leadership; yet surprisingly, little is known about this unique role. Therefore, digging more about what this title entails, we have with us today the CEO of Telenor Microfinance Bank & Easypaisa, Pakistan -...
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#30 Hiba Talat | Lecturer | Data Analyst | Santa Clara, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Today's guest, Hiba Talat, is a woman in tech - a buzz phrase that you can’t ignore if you work in technology (or even if you don’t). As a data analyst, a lecturer at Sofia university in California, and a member of PWiC, she unfolds her professional journey in this...
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#29 Khalid Hussain | Sr. manager Cybersecurity | Frankfurt, DE
Welcome to Connecting Dots! If you’re an organization looking to port your resources to the cloud or an individual who wants to excel in this field, our today’s guest, Khalid Hussain, is a cloud atlas you’d want to pay heed to. He is a Senior Manager of Cybersecurity as well as coaches students...
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#28 Gabija Jonsson | Global Head of PR & Communications | Stockholm, SE
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Our today's guest, Gabija Jonsson, has been a Communications Lead for several large scale multinational companies in her career. Maintaining the flow of information especially during crisis, media campaigns, marketing events and generally with the public, she’s often…
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#27 Mohammad Taher | Aerodrome Systems Specialist | London, UK
Welcome to Connecting Dots! As the next time you touch down at the airport and rush to meet your loved ones, we are very sure that you would be appreciative of how this modern day wonder a.k.a Heathrow airport is functioning. Our guest, Mohammad Taher, known as the Airport Guy, is an aviation...
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#26 Hassan Ali Abbasi | Partnerships & Communications Lead | Islamabad, PK
Welcome to Connecting Dots! In a general and swooping categorization, people are quick to label many engineers by nature as bad communicators. Busting all such myths, our guest today hails from an engineering background but now works as a Partnerships & Communications Lead. In this episode…
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#25 Claudia Tapia | Director IPR Policy | Munich, DE
Welcome to Connecting Dots! The light bulb above your head is glowing and you know that turning it into a marketable product can be a lucrative way to start moving into entrepreneurship. Before you start blabbing about your invention to the wrong person or run to the first company that offers to...
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#24 Ahmed Asif | Technical Product Manager | Seattle, US
Welcome to Connecting Dots! If you were to list out the top tech companies every millenial aspires to work for, it's very likely that our today's guest would have set his foot in most of them. Having worked at IBM, Blackberry, Microsoft, and Amazon, Ahmed Asif, is a great example who enjoys his...
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#23 Faizan Ahmad | Product Security Engineer | Kirkland, WA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Today's guest, Faizan Ahmad, is a security engineer a former bug bounty hunter and has helped organizations like MIT, Google, Microsoft, and Apple to fix various vulnerabilities in their systems. Eventually basking in the knowledge of cyber security and ethical…
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#22 Nasr | Founder, Juice Dudez | Ottawa, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! We’re here with yet another peachy episode with a young entrepreneur in Ottawa - Nasr, who observed a gap in the capital’s market for fresh juices and founded his own business of a fruit juice bar. In this episode, Nasr shares with us his transition not only from…
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#21 Naeem Ghauri | Chairman Netsol Technologies | Weybridge UK
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Have you ever wondered what a typical day for a CEO looks like? Do you want to know how an executive perceives success? If you dream to climb up the management ladder one day, tune in to our today's episode with Naeem Ghauri - Chairman at NetSol Technologies. Ghauri...
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#20 Khaled Abdallah | Sr. Merchant Success Manager | Ottawa, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Episode 20 brings you a double treat! Alongside demystifying his current role as a Merchant Success Manager, we also ask our today’s guest, Khaled Abdallah, to connect the dots to his entrepreneurial commitment - a Middle Eastern restaurant in Ottawa: "Chickpeas"…
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#19 Hishaam Bin Masood | Product Manager | Toronto, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Our today's guest, Hishaam, is a product manager based out of Toronto. A few episodes ago, we invited his wife, Fatima Zaheer - who is very much involved in the project management space in the tech industry. Moreover, we had a very insightful discussion with the power...
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#18 Basit Khan | Senior Product Owner | Berlin, DE
Welcome to Connecting Dots! In today’s episode we will be having a discussion with Basit Khan who is a Sr Product Engineer working in the automotive industry based in possibly the best geographical location in this regard. Other than getting to know about his technical duties we talked about his...
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#17 Moosa Khalid | Site Reliability Engineer | Boston, USA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Reconnecting with my college senior after a decade was revving! Not only Moosa and I share the same alma mater - FAST NUCES, but both of us also started our careers in the telecom industry, and are now settled in North America. Amongst many job titles that we have…
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#16 Sharyar Memon | Sr ML Engineer | Calgary, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! I had always been amazed upon reading blogs every now and then about people changing their careers and switching to tech. And being very excited for today's episode would be an understatement: talking to Sharyar whose 'made it' has been very inspiring. Today, we're...
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#15 Mohsin Khan | Solutions Architect | AWS | Salford, UK
Welcome to Connecting Dots! We work in a world of LinkedIn keywords and AI scanned resumes. In such an environment, where does one focus their time to achieve the career growth and desired challenges? Building experience or obtaining certifications? Let's dive deeper into this dilemma with Mohsin...
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#14 Danial Iqbal | Principal SWE | Lahore, PK
Welcome to Connecting Dots! You may not have seen your friends from high school or college in a decade, but you probably see them celebrating their professional achievements on social media now and then. Inspired by his immense technical experience, I reconnected with a college friend of mine in...
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#13 Haseeb Awan | CEO & Founder | EFANI | San Francisco, USA
Welcome to the Connecting Podcast! Have you ever caught yourself daydreaming about starting your own business? If so, it's time to tune into our new episode and listen to the story of the CEO of Efani - a US secure mobile service provider. With a track record of two successful business exits and...
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#12 Hafsa Khan | Tech lead | Sr Software Engineer | Toronto, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! People often speak about climbing a career ladder. However, a steady climb up on the same career path isn’t right for everyone. Our guest, Hafsa, shares with us her decision of stepping down the managerial ladder and pursuing her position as a senior engineer to…
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#11 Fatima Zaheer | Project Manager | Toronto, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Our today’s episode is going to feature another Project Manager who is based out of Toronto, CA. She has been associated with the telecom industry for several years and have gained professional experience internationally working for telco operator companies. In this...
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#10 Ahsen Khan | Project Manager | Vancouver, CA
Welcome to Connecting Dots! Our today’s guest is a Project Manager based out of Vancouver, CA. His professional international experiences have helped him in establishing himself in the construction industry. In this episode, we'll ask him to walk us through his journey; demystify his current job...
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The concept behind this podcast is to primarily demystify the job titles and connect dots to where did the professionals - in different fields - start their journey; how they reflect on their learnings, career trajectory; and where did their decisions land them in life.
HOSTED BY
Muhammad Usama
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