In this episode of our podcast series “Enabled”, by East Los Capital, Sally Gao interviews Darshan Puttannaiah, CTO of 66degrees and Founder and CEO of Qwinix Technologies. Darshan discusses his past professional background in enterprise software, 66degrees and Google Cloud, and the role tech enablement has played throughout his career and that of his companies. 66degrees is a Google Cloud Premier Partner and provider of cloud technology. The platform is designed to serve clients in the healt...
In this episode of our podcast series “Enabled”, by East Los Capital, Sally Gao interviews Darshan Puttannaiah, CTO of 66degrees and Founder and CEO of Qwinix Technologies. Darshan discusses his past professional background in enterprise software, 66degrees and Google Cloud, and the role tech enablement has played throughout his career and that of his companies.
66degrees is a Google Cloud Premier Partner and provider of cloud technology. The platform is designed to serve clients in the healthcare, financial services, technology, media, and public sectors. 66degrees is the second largest pure-play Google Cloud services firm in North America as of November 2022.
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00:27 – Darshan talks about his experiences as a software engineer, operator at enterprise software companies, founder at Qwinix Technologies, and now CTO of 66degrees
03:04 – Darshan gives an overview of his current company 66degrees – Premier Google Cloud Partner – and how 66degrees helps clients in diverse industries best use Google Cloud services
06:36 – Darshan discusses tech-enablement as a theme, especially on helping clients unlock the full potential of their data (i.e. data-driven insights and Google Cloud as a tool)
08:08 – Darshan talks about wins achieved for customers along the way that were unexpected, i.e. Edge Computing solutions
09:12 – Darshan discusses the East Los Capital connection, how East Los Capital supported the merger transaction between Qwinix and Cloudbakers
10:22 – Darshan speaks about the role of COVID-19 in accelerating cloud adoption, how every company is trying to become a data company, and how Edge Computing will emerge in the forefront in the coming years
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Darshan Puttannaiah is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of 66degrees. Previous to 66degrees, Darshan founded and was CEO of Qwinix Technologies, and had led enterprise technology implementation programs at numerous Fortune 500 companies and startups.
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About the Podcast:
"Enabled, by East Los Capital" is a podcast interviewing the best investors, founders, and technologists in the East Los Capital ecosystem about the markets, innovation, and what enables their success.
About East Los Capital:
East Los Capital is a tech-enabled private equity firm making the world more productive through technology. We are operationally-focused, research-driven, and technology-enabled. We invest in successful companies where our capital, talent, and analytics can drive the most value. We focus on consumer, healthcare, internet, media, services, and software.
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