Cracking the Code with Sudhir Ispahani

Dr. Ajit Singh is a partner at Artiman Ventures, a Silicon Valley VC firm focused on early-stage technology and life science investments. He also serves on the board of Trustees of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Foundation and is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Medicine at Stanford. He is on the Board of Directors of Visby Medical, CORE Diagnostics, Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Summer Bio and Sofie Biosciences, and is a Senior Advisor to the Tata Trusts Cancer Care program.

Shahid Khan is an acclaimed thought leader, executive and a parallel entrepreneur in Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT) sectors, with a 25+ year track-record across the US, Europe and the Middle East.

Ravi Patel is an actor and entrepreneur based in LA. Having been cast in pilots nearly every year, Ravi has appeared on numerous popular shows over the course of his career. With his sister Geeta he produced and stared in “Meet the Patel’s. Ravi’s latest venture “Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness” premieres on HBO Max on Thursday 27 August.Separately from acting, Ravi is the co-founder of This Bar Saves Lives, which donates a meal packet for every granola bar they sell, and is an active investor in several health and wellness start-ups.

Dr. Raymond Choi thought he wanted to become a computer programmer as a teen, but after shadowing a doctor on his rounds, he decided to go to medical school. But one path was not enough. He co-founded Valley Capital while completing his medical residency. Dr. Choi shares how his experience as an emergency room doctor makes him a better fund manager. If you've not already heard episode 4, we suggest you go back into our archives meet Choi's co-founding partner Steve O'Hara.

Raman Abrol, General Manager at Amdocs Media, shares with host Sudhir Ispahani how he learned the importance of saying "yes" when opportunities were presented, even if it meant working in a war zone. His early lessons came from watching his father build his business and his mother managing a large family. Raman and his team work with major studios, broadcasters, networks and service providers to build and deliver innovative technology and content solutions.

John Komeiji, the president and general manager of Hawaiian Telcom, shares how being a C student taught him important lessons for success. Komeiji's tells Cracking the Code host Suhdir Ispahani how getting hit on the head with a hammer by another kindergarten student was a wake up call that helped shaped his personality. He learned how to get out of trouble and how to bounce back from failure, important skills for cracking the code..

Chantal Rickards started life in a middle class family in rural England and running class plays in school. After college, she took a job selling magazine ads. This led to a job producing television shows with legendary British broadcast David Frost. This eventually brought Rickards to Los Angeles, where she is the chief executive of BAFTA -- the British Academy of Film and TV Arts in Los Angeles. She shares a remarkable story of hard work and professional success with Sudhir Ispahani in this episode of Cracking the Code.

Tom Walsh, who is now operations director for AID Ltd London, worked with CTC host Sudhir Ispahani at Liberty Global. Walsh shares how growing up in an Irish farming village prepared him to be a business leader. He has important lessons to tell about time management.

Google and Alphabet executive adviser Marwan Fawaz grew up amid Lebanon's civil war where his father was a rare example -- an honest cop. Fawaz first learned management skills from his mother, who had to make sure her 10 children were fed and safe. Fawaz started his career as an engineer with Times Mirror Cable, Continental Cablevision and MediaOne. Then as CTO for Charter Communications, and Adelphia Communications, executive vice president of Motorola Mobility and CEO of Motorola Home. The Former NEST CEO learned management shares the remarkable story of his successful career with Sudhir Ispahani.

Ekta Dang went where she was told girls don't go. She left her native India for opportunities in other countries, which was something normal for men, but not young ladies. CEO & Founder of U First Capital shares with host Sudhir Ispahani her analogy of flying her career kite and how she soon learned that other kites were trying to make her crash. She now uses her experience and success to help younger women launch their career kites.

Gerald Glennon is the general manager of The Kahala Hotel & Resort and holds a bachelor’s degree in hotel administration from the University of Denver and a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a marketing emphasis from the University of Northern Colorado. He is a board member of the Hawaii Tourism and Lodging Association, SKAL Hawaii and the Hawaii Culinary Education Foundation. Glennon also previously served as an executive board member of the Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau and was a past chairman of the Oahu Visitors Bureau.In this episode, Gerald recalls how his moral upbringing in the Southern United States fostered a curiosity of people and how this genuine interest in humankind led him into a prolific career in the hotel industry. Gerald shares with Sudhir how he has learned to move on from past mistakes and grow as a leader because of that approach.

President, Technology, Product, Xperience, Comcast Cable Tony Werner credits growing up poor on a farm with teaching him invention skills. While Werner has been a leader in innovative thinking for decades, he is still on the frontlines of technology and can see into the future because he's helping to create it. In this discussion with Sudhir Ispahani, Werner shares a must-do list for business leaders and his predictions that the pace of innovation is getting even faster than in the past.

Film producer and author Kathy Eldon tells how traveling the world with her parents gave her a global view, but it was the death of her son, Eldon's life changed when her son died while working as a journalist in war torn Somalia. Inspired by her son Dan, Eldon founded a film production company to tell important stories.

Broadband and Internet infrastructure pioneer Lorenz Glatz shares the inspiration of how the first time he connected to a California computer from Austria he realized that was his future. Glatz worked with Cracking the Code his Sudhir Ispahani to create Liberty Global in Europe. He later became CTO of Kabel Deutschland. Now an advisor & investor, Glatz looks for innovation relating to the economy going digital.

Nikesh Kotecha, Vice President, Informatics at Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, studied biomedical engineering at Boston University and then earned a PhD in biomedical informatics from Stanford University. Kotecha leads interdisciplinary teams to build analytic applications to address problems in healthcare. As an adjunct faculty at Stanford's Systems and Computational Immunology Program, Kotecha is involved in training the next generation of scientists who will use these methods and analytics to address problems well into the future.

Mike LaJoie, founding partner of LMT & Associates, was a pioneer and innovator who played an important role in creating the technology and infrastructure that is now at the core of so much in our daily lives. In this episode, Lajoie shares his story with Sudhir Ispsihani about how his start in the manufacturing industry building machine for making baseball bats led him to digital technology. This path led him to Time Warner Cable, where he rose to the position of chief technology officer at a time the media giant was developing new ways of delivering content to households. LaJoie is also the founder and

J.T. McCormick, president and CEO of the innovative publishing company Scribe, shares the story of his remarkable rise from poverty as a child to an entreprenuer and business leader. McCormick is open about his struggles so that he can teach people lessons learned from his own mistakes. His advice is that you can't change the past, so look forward to what you can control -- the next hour, next week. You can have an impact on your future.

Dr. Jan Uddenfeldt is known as the "father of mobile communications" because of his decades of research and invention of wireless technology, starting with Ericcson in 1978. Dr. Uddenfeldt was inducted into the American Wireless Hall of Fame and has received many prestigious awards for his contributions to the wireless industry. He now serves as senior advisor and board members to multi-billion dollar companies and to tech startups. Uddenfeldt shares with Sudhir Ispahani his strategy of being first in an industry.

Kay Buck leads an organization in Los Angeles that is battling against human trafficking and slavery. In this episode, Buck, who is the executive director of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), shares with host Sudhir Ispahani how a tragedy in her childhood put her on a path toward leadership.

Ann Zeichner transitioned from writing for a tech magazine in the 1980s to blazing the trail for woman in tech sales. Her focus early in her life, her mentors, and goal setting led Zeichner to a career running her own company and then as a venture capitalist. Zeichner shares with Sudhir Ispahani her "kindness" style of leadership that features direct and authentic communications. Listening to people is a key leadership tool that leads to higher performance, she says.

Vince Pizzica shares his insights on leadership, including the revelation that a successful leader must also be willing to be led. Pizzica also emphasizes the importance of honesty in communications.

President, Communications, Media & Entertainment & CEO, Network Services at Tech Mahindra Manish Vyas shares his heart first philosophies on leadership and what relationships mean him.

Chairman of Focusing Philanthropy Larry Gilson shares with us his journey that started his career in his early 20’s propelling him into high profile political opportunities in Washington, including being a White House staff member under President Carter and continuing his very successful career as a leader, successful business man and philanthropist.

Taarini Dang, a 14-year-old aspiring and talented Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Author, Taarini talks about overcoming age and gender barriers.

Sudhir Ispahni talks to Kamran Ziaee, an elite technology and business visionary, about how he "cracked the code." “The most important aspect to reaching your potential is to reflect each day and identify what you could have done better.” “It is important to make sure the humanity of what we do is never compromised” (Kamran Ziaee)

Nick Segal talks with Cracking the Code host Sudhir Ispahani. Nick shares with us his heart first philosophies on integrity, the value of your word and how you can create personal and professional successes.

Mark Timm talks with Cracking the Code host Sudhir Ispahani. Mark is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Xponential, listen how Mark reached his level of success after founding 15 businesses. “The best investment you can make is in your family” (Mark Timm)

Steve O’Hara talks with Cracking the Code host Sudhir Ispahani. Steve started out as a systems engineer and developed a strong entrepreneurial spirit that fueled him to become a mentor, successful angel investor and a respected venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. “Adversity is inevitable, the way you deal with it will define you as a person” (Steve O’Hara).

Vinod Kumar talks with Cracking the Code host Sudhir Ispahani. Kumar share his story growing up in humble beginnings rising to the role of a CEO of a multinational company. “if I am remembered by people for having lifted their energy I will be a happy man”. “Lead affectionately and inspire those around you” (Vinod Kumar)

Shellye Archambeau talks with Cracking the Code host Sudhir Ispahani. Archambeau, an inspirational and collaborative leader, takes us through the mind of an incredibly successful corporate business woman who broke numerous barriers in the corporate world. A master planner, Shellye is an advocate for creating a plan and executing on it.

Kevin Harrington talks with Cracking the Code host Sudhir Ispahani about his humble beginnings that brought him global success as an entrepreneur, leader and mentor. “You can get everything in life that you want if you help enough people get what they want” (Kevin Harrington). As the founder of As Seen On TV, Kevin is an expert on business development and product advertising.