An Interview with Twilio's Rajashree Pimpalkhare

Rajashree Pimpalkhare always wanted to be an engineer. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from IIT Bombay and then moved to the U.S. to get her PhD degree in electrical engineering at the University of Maryland. Two years into her PhD, Silicon Valley called — and she hasn’t looked back since.

On this episode of Keep Moving Forward, she takes Caleb Brown back to her early days at Intel, where she witnessed the rise of the Pentium processor, to leading engineering teams at PayPal, Intuit, and now Twilio .

This conversation dives deep into her leadership philosophy, the importance of building a strong engineering culture, and how you can never go wrong when you center on the customer.

Read the recap on the blog or listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts.

How OFX Solved IT Shortages Amid the Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, OFX , a financial services company specializing in cross-border payments, faced a shortage of in-house IT resources. X-Team quickly stepped in, providing highly skilled, on-demand talent to support critical projects, starting with just one engineer. This partnership has since grown into a long-term collaboration, helping OFX scale its digital solutions with engineers specializing in React, C#, and AWS.

Learn how they did it.

[Upcoming Webinar] How to Hire for AI Skills

The AI revolution may be upon us, but the talent required to lead it remains in maddeningly short supply. Finding workers with the right blend of technical AI expertise and adaptability can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Join us on Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. Central as SkillsTrust 's Vincent Lonij , Recruiting Brainfood 's Hung Lee and X-Team’s Amit Sion share advice on how to navigate these challenges. We’ll cover how to:

• Rethink your job architecture. Which specific skills do you need? Do you really need them in one person, or can they be spread across different roles?
• Source right-fit talent in a fuzzy market. Most people working with AI don’t have a degree in “AI” or have AI in their job title, so the old ways of searching won’t be of much use. We’ll talk about clever ways to spot experienced AI talent as well as people who can harness adjacent skills to learn new ones fast.?
• Leverage on-demand talent models. Full-time hires aren’t always the best option – or available when you need them. We’ll talk through the how to use independent freelancers, contract-to-hire, and dedicated teams to get your projects moving.

Who Should Attend

• Senior executives who need engineers with AI skills to drive their most ambitious projects.
• Senior project managers?searching for flexible and scalable staffing solutions.
• HR and talent acquisition leaders?responsible for sourcing and managing engineering talent.

Register now!

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