• Startups: Joining & Founding Part 2
    Aug 25 2022

    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.

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    36 mins
  • Startups: Founding & Joining
    Jul 28 2022

    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.

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    28 mins
  • Machine Learning in Production
    Jun 1 2022

    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.

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    40 mins
  • Engineering Leadership at Box & Pixar
    Apr 25 2022

    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.

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    48 mins
  • Understanding the Role of the CTO
    Dec 15 2021

    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.

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    33 mins
  • Engineering Leadership at Rippling
    Nov 5 2021

    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.

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    31 mins
  • Customer-Focused Product Development w/ 3x Co-Founder Ayush Sood
    Sep 22 2021

    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.

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    31 mins
  • Scaling Front’s Cloud Infrastructure to Multiple Data Centers in Under 3 Months
    Sep 7 2021

    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.

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    24 mins