Tales of a CIO

Thank you for watching the eleventh episode of "Chats with Chaudhry." This segment focuses on featuring guest speakers who have valuable experiences to share. On today's episode of the podcast, we have ⁠Shamoon Siddiqui⁠, a software developer with over two decades of experience in the industry. Shamoon has worn many hats during his career, from individual contributor to CTO, and has founded multiple companies. Shamoon is an alumnus of Rutgers University and New Jersey Institute of Technology. His BS and MS from NJIT were in Computer engineering followed by an MBA at the prestigious Rutgers Business School. Shamoon decided years later he wasn't done learning and is currently working towards his Ph.D. at Rowan University as he makes his way across New Jersey's top Research Universities. Shamoon believes that increasing luck surface area is the top priority, and he has a passion for exploring the potential of Bitcoin and generative AI. He joins us today to discuss his journey in the tech industry, his thoughts on how to increase luck surface area, and his vision for the future of Bitcoin and AI. Join us for an insightful conversation with Shamoon Siddiqui. About your host Mohammad Chaudhry: About Me: -I'm #MohammadTheCIO an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

About Me: -I'm ⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

As most of my work involves stealth startups it was hard to go into details about what I do as a Fractional Executive but I did give a good high-level overview of our value. Do learn about the two public startups I'm involved in as a CIO resource, I believe Fursa Capital especially will blow your mind if you have any interest in FinTech, and whether you want to come on as a user, employee or investor there's plenty happening! Fursa Capital and Mecca Digital were founded by Usman Waheed, an amazing CEO, and serial entrepreneur with several successful exits About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

Thank you for watching the tenth episode of "Chats with Chaudhry." This series focuses on featured guest speakers, and people who have valuable experiences to share. Today my guest is Dr. Robert Duprey, MD a Psychiatry resident of Crozer-Chester Medical Center and alumni of Oceania University of Medicine. What makes Dr. Dupreys story so fascinating is that, he took a non-traditional path to getting his MD, a sort of "second-career" individual who went to medical school after 20 years of being a Psychiatric nurse and serving in the military. I’m Rob Duprey and I’ve worn many proverbial hats in life. First and foremost and the most important hat I wear is “Daddy!” Everything else is secondary to that. Life has afforded me more opportunities than I am worthy of. To be the best dad in the world, life allowed me a career in the Army as first a registered nurse in psychiatry, and a master’s level professional counselor culminating with a dream assignment as a staff psychiatric nurse practitioner at the world's most prestigious military organization: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda MD. But life wasn’t done molding me. It was time to slow down and pass the torch in the Army so I retired and went to medical school in my early 40’s. A long arduous process that culminated in now being a licensed physician (MD) practicing and training to specialize in psychiatry. I’m happy, I’m a dad, and I get to wake up smiling every day as an American Physician." About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

We recently did a focus group to see what we're doing right (or wrong) with the podcast and I'm sharing our findings as well as a thank you to the community for all the support About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

Thank you for watching the ninth episode of "Chats with Chaudhry." This series focuses on featured guest speakers, and people who have valuable experiences to share. Today my guest is John Doe, a Muslim brother from the West Coast who came from a chemistry background and used his experience and know-how to pivot into Data engineering and has quickly moved up to becoming a resource for a few companies, among them is a FAANG client. I've known him for a few years now and, his non-traditional background was fascinating because it was the first time I saw someone coming into tech from a lab-based career. I appreciate the brother taking the time to tell his story and talk about data as well as other topics. About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

Thank you for watching the eighth episode of "Chats with Chaudhry." This series focuses on featured guest speakers, and people who have valuable experiences to share. Today we are joined by Vadim Arefiev. His bio: "Graduated from Russian People Friendship University. Came to USA as Professor Assistant and PhD student in PreMed/Animal Science. Left academic career to become a software developer. At New York Mercantile Exchange became a Manager of a new division. Start my Agile experiments and realized how effective they are. Became an Agile Coach and served many big clients: JP Morgan Chaise, Amazon, AmEx, Wells Fargo Bank et. Opened up my Success Charge Academy to train Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile Coaches." About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

Thank you for watching the seventh episode of "Chats with Chaudhry." This series focuses on featured guest speakers, and people who have valuable experiences to share. Today my guest is Mohammed Bari, a Healthcare Operations Executive living in Dallas, Texas. Mohammed graduated with an Economics degree from Louisiana State University, then later obtained his Master's in Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston-Clearlake. Mohammed possesses over 12 years of leadership experience in healthcare operations, from nonprofit to academic health centers, and more recently at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as Director of Operations. Outside of work, Mohammed enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters and is involved in various mentorship programs both through professional organizations, and community settings About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

Thank you for watching the sixth episode of "Chats with Chaudhry." This series focuses on featured guest speakers, and people who have valuable experiences to share. Today, my guest is brother Waleed a graduate of Montclair State University. His bio: "My name is Williams Serrano. Many call me Will or Waleed for my Muslim name. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science In Biology from Montclair State University in 2019 and I am currently a Temple Student starting my D1 in August 2023. Prior to taking up this career, I worked in Big Pharma and Medical Labs seeing if these were routes for me. Although they were great pay and amazing experiences it never satiated my actual passion. I hope that this podcast sheds some light to undergraduates thinking of pursuing a career in dentistry through my experiences of the DAT, Application process, and interviews or even some insight of how undergrad is like." I know Waleed personally as we were introduced at a Professional dinner in Paterson NJ many years ago. Waleed is very active in the Muslim community, charing internal religious groups at Islamic Center of Passaic County. I have relied on him as a resource as I routinely deal with underserved populations in Paterson and Newark, and my pro-Bono work benefits from his insight as someone who empathizes strongly with these populations and can identify gaps in service delivery with existing social health programs. About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

Thank you for watching the fifth episode of "Chats with Chaudhry." This series focuses on featured guest speakers, and people who have valuable experiences to share. Today, my guest is Samir Saleem a Full Stack engineer in Texas working with ADP. He's worked as both a full-time employee and an independent contractor. Samir graduated with his bachelor's in computer science from Rutgers University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 2020. He was born and raised in New Jersey, active in his community with outreach programs such as Young Muslims and engaging in programs through mosques such as Nida-Ul-Islam and Darul Islah. Since moving to Texas for work his passion for helping people continues and he is involved in his local community in Dallas. I know Samir personally as we did Hifz (memorization of the Holy Qur'an) together and professionally I have relied on him as a resource when dealing with data-oriented projects. His knowledge of analytics came in handy when I was a Chief Data Officer, as an external resource I can recommend him as he knows how to deliver. About Me: -I'm ⁠⁠#MohammadTheCIO⁠⁠ an executive in the NYC area -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) located in New Jersey -I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. If you want to get in touch contact me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

Thank you for watching the fourth episode of "Chats with Chaudhry." This series focuses on featured guest speakers, and people who have valuable experiences to share. Today, my guest is Sami Ahmed, a Global Head of Product Management and Strategy at Carrier Global. Sami graduated with an Engineering Physics degree from McMaster University and has been in the Building Technology industry (HVAC, Controls, Fire & Security) for over 18 years. He is a regular speaker at trade shows and tech conferences where he showcases the latest trends and innovations. His passion for helping people keeps him active with his local community in Dallas. He loves traveling with his family and enjoys casual conversations about the multiverse and space. About your host Mohammad Chaudhry: -I'm an executive in the NYC area, learn more about me here. I've worked across the US from help desk tech to C-suite, Bay area to Boston I've been everywhere and done it all. -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. Feel free to contact me if you want any advice Drop me a line if you want to be featured on the podcast. You never know what value you might add to someone's life! You can drop a comment, shoot me an email, or text me at 424-457-4676 Listen on Apple Podcasts for the best experience --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

I just give my 3 cents on whether can you make yourself invaluable enough to avoid being a statistic. About your host Mohammad Chaudhry: -I'm an executive in the NYC area, learn more about me here. I've worked across the US from help desk tech to C-suite, Bay area to Boston I've been everywhere and done it all. -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. Feel free to contact me if you want any advice Drop me a line if you want to be featured on the podcast. You never know what value you might add to someone's life! You can drop a comment, shoot me an email, or text me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

A candid conversation on the current state of affairs with Bergen County NJ. We talk effects of Covid-19 on the region, local economic shifts, real estate trends, the future of the county, and more. Thank you to Sultan Artisan Bakery in Paterson NJ for serving as an incubator for this discussion. If you haven't tried their tea, I highly recommend it. About your host Mohammad Chaudhry: -I'm an executive in the NYC area, learn more about me here. I've worked across the US from help desk tech to C-suite, Bay area to Boston I've been everywhere and done it all. -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. Feel free to contact me if you want any advice Drop me a line if you want to be featured on the podcast. You never know what value you might add to someone's life! You can drop a comment, shoot my an email, or text me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

About your host Mohammad Chaudhry: -I'm an executive in the NYC area, learn more about me here. I've worked across the US from help desk tech to C-suite, Bay area to Boston I've been everywhere and done it all. -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. Feel free to contact me if you want any advice Drop me a line if you want to be featured on the podcast. You never know what value you might add to someone's life! You can drop a comment, shoot my an email, or text me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support

About your host Mohammad Chaudhry: -I'm an executive in the NYC area, learn more about me here. I've worked across the US from help desk tech to C-suite, Bay area to Boston I've been everywhere and done it all. -I run my own Management and IT consulting company (Chaudhry Enterprise Solutions LLC) I've worked across all industries with a focus on Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Non-profits. Feel free to contact me if you want any advice Drop me a line if you want to be featured on the podcast. You never know what value you might add to someone's life! You can drop a comment, shoot my an email, or text me at 424-457-4676 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mohammad-the-cio/support