Summer Replay - Building a User-Friendly Product with Aparna Sinha
On this Screaming in the Cloud Summer Replay, we revisit our conversation with Aparna Sinha, the Head of AI Product at Capital One. As a former Director of Product Management at Google Cloud, Aparan joins Corey to talk about GCP and how Corey was surprised to find that, in some ways, it was “its own universe.” She offers up why folks can expect a developer user-friendly experience when using GCP, and how it differentiates them from the litany of cloud providers out there. From focusing on developing, to a vast array of customers, GCP is bringing their best forward. Check out their conversation on how GCP is keeping its focus on the user!
Show Highlights:
(0:00) Intro
(0:48) Duckbill Group sponsor read
(1:21) Role of a Director of Outbound Product Management
(2:43) Developer experiences on Google Cloud
(8:47) The philosophy of courting developers
(11:38) The shift to serverless
(17:17) Cloud Run observations
(22:59) Duckbill Group sponsor read
(23:43) Customer involvement with Google Cloud
(28:55) Cloud Build vs. Cloud Deploy
(32:50) Google and cloud security
(38:45) Where you can find Aparna
About Aparna
Aparna Sinha is Senior Vice President and Head of Enterprise AI/ML products at Capital One. She is also a startup investor / advisor at PearVC. Aparna has a track record of successful P&L ownership, creating new revenue streams and building $B+ businesses through technical and go-to-market innovation.
She was Sr. Director of Developer Products at Google Cloud leading a 100+ member PM, UX, and DevRel Engineering team responsible for >40 cloud services and open source tools. She was an early contributor to Kubernetes, built the team and grew Google Kubernetes Engine 100x into a Top 3 revenue generator for Cloud. Prior to Cloud Aparna worked on Android, ChromeOS and Play. Previously at McKinsey & Company she was a leader in the business technology office, working with CIOs on server virtualization strategy, pricing, and SaaS.
Aparna holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, and a patent from Google. She served as Chair of the Governing Board of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
Links:
DevOps Research Report: https://www.devops-research.com/research.html
Twitter: https://x.com/aparnabsinha
Original Episode:
https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/building-a-user-friendly-product-with-aparna-sinha/
Sponsor:
The Duckbill Group: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/
Building a User-Friendly Product with Aparna Sinha
About Aparna
Aparna Sinha is Director of Product for Kubernetes and Anthos at Google Cloud. Her teams are focused on transforming the way we work through innovation in platforms. Before Anthos and Kubernetes, Aparna worked on the Android platform. She joined Google from NetApp where she was Director of Product for storage automation and private cloud. Prior to NetApp, Aparna was a leader in McKinsey and Company’s business transformation office working with CXOs on IT strategy, pricing, and M&A. Aparna holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford and has authored several technical publications. She serves on the Governing Board of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
Links:
DevOps Research Report: https://www.devops-research.com/research.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/apbhatnagar
Google Cloud Services Platform, with Aparna Sinha
Learn about the announcements from Google Cloud Next, including GKE On-Prem, Cloud Services Platform, and Istio 1.0. Google's product management lead for Kubernetes and CNCF governing board member Aparna Sinha joins Adam and Craig to discuss what's new.
Do you have something cool to share? Some questions? Let us know:
web: kubernetespodcast.com
mail: kubernetespodcast@google.com
twitter: @kubernetespod
News of the week Rugby Sevens World Cup
Kubernetes wins the OSCON award for most impactful Open Source project
When Does Kubernetes Become Invisible And Ubiquitous?
Links from the interview Aparna Sinha on Twitter Google Power Women Of The Cloud
Cloud Services Platform: Launch blog
Web site
GKE On-Prem
Knative
Cloud Build
Bringing the best of serverless to you
Next OnAir
The Backstory of Kubernetes (Interview)
Tim Hockin and Aparna Sinha joined the show to talk about the backstory of Kubernetes inside Google, how Tim and others got it funded, the infrastructure of Kubernetes, and how they’ve been able to succeed by focusing on the community.
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Featuring:
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Aparna Sinha – GitHub, X
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Show Notes:
kubernetes.io
Large-scale cluster management at Google with Borg
Kubernetes The Hard Way
Go Time #20: Kubernetes, Containers, and Go with Kelsey Hightower
Bringing Pokémon GO to life on Google Cloud
Google Cloud Platform
Kubernetes on Wikipedia
kubernetes/minikube
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