Success Secrets Podcast

Shannon J. is a leading cybersecurity professional and Cloud Security Engineer at Amazon Web Services, specializing in security architecture and advanced technologies such as cloud, AI, and AR. With an MS in Cybersecurity Management from the University of West Florida, she has a cloud security, automation, and engineering background. Shannon actively shares her insights and opportunities within her network on LinkedIn, as a top voice in the field.

Andria Thomas is a product leader, strategy executive, and voting rights advocate. In her day job she works as the Chief Product Officer for FinLocker, a B2B2C Fintech helping to enable and empower financially fit homeowners. 

Outside of work, Andria enjoys exploring new bike trails and picnic areas with her family and mobilizing her community in support of equal voting rights.

Mr. Ramana Polavarapu is a Machine Learning scientist at PayPal, and he secured a PhD in Economics from The University of California, Davis. Even though he has been visually impaired since birth, he overcame many an obstacle and professionally succeeded by obtaining positions as a vice president and a tech fellow at Goldman Sachs, research scientist at Amazon, an ML engineer at Facebook.

He never let the disability curb his enthusiasm and his zeal in life. He believes that all of us encounter either explicit constraints or hidden ones but we should not be discouraged in the face of adversity. Perhaps, the path that we envision for ourselves may have to be altered but our spirit should remain undaunted.

Ranjani Saigal serves as the CEO of the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA, which runs over 100,000 schools in rural and tribal areas in India and Nepal, providing education to nearly three million children. Each school is used as a nucleus to bring about a holistic transformation of the village. 

Ekal Vidyalaya is a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring literacy, healthcare, and economic prosperity to remote villages in India