566: Staying Grounded and Product Innovation with Tanu Chellam

Sami chats with Tanu Chellam, Senior Vice President of Product at Seldon and Chairperson of the Board at Atlas Rosetta, about her journey and career in the world of products.

Tanu covers her journey from start to finish, from building websites as a teenager and her dreams of travelling, all the way through to her time at AutoDesk where she was instrumental in scaling one of their largest product’s installation time from 8 hours, to 8 minutes.

Learn how Tanu learnt to balance her working life and downtime, and how her definition of success and relationship to work has changed over the course of her career.

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You can connect with Tanu over on LinkedIn, where she would be happy to discuss anything mentioned in this episode in greater detail.

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