Phases of Growth in Engineering Management

Jan 24, 2023

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In this episode of The Tech Trek, Amir Bormand speaks with Shruthi Murthy, the Executive Vice President of Engineering at Modern Treasury. Amir and Shruthi discuss the various phases of growth that companies like Modern Treasury and WhatsApp experience. They also discuss how businesses and entrepreneurs can choose the right growth strategies for their needs.

Highlights:

00:01:47 - Shruthi breaks down her role and responsibilities as the Head of Engineering at Modern Treasury.

00:04:53 - What were the phases of growth for Modern Treasury? How can an organization determine the right approach for itself?

00:09:25 - Shruthi discusses her time working at WhatsApp and how the company adapted to an incredibly uneven user-to-employee ratio.

00:13:46 - Can the same strategies that large companies use to be applied by smaller businesses and start-ups? If so, how?

00:23:04 - How can organizations make better decisions as they transition through different growth phases?

Guest:

Shruthi Murthy is EVP of Engineering for payments operations software provider Modern Treasury. Modern Treasury’s platform automates each step of the money-moving process, enabling companies to instantly close books with continuous accounting, manage payments via dashboard or API, and automatically reconcile cash across multiple bank accounts versus having to spend hours or days doing so with more legacy or even manual systems.

Before joining Modern Treasury, Shruthi was with messaging giant WhatsApp for eight years, where she served as Director of Engineering, leading the zero-to-one product and engineering teams.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shruthi-murthy-abb731/

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