Sloanies Talking with Sloanies

Irene Hernández, MBA ’18, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, to share how her experience at MIT Sloan and working at the MIT Media Lab led her to create GATACA, a global digital ID platform that provides verified identities to deliver a fast and secure customer onboarding experience. They also reminisce about Irene's favorite memories and classes at MIT Sloan and her advice to prospective Sloanies.Support the showThanks for listening! Find more episodes on the Sloanies Talking with Sloanies website. Learn more about MIT Sloan Alumni on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads. To support this show, or if you have an idea for a topic or a guest you think we should feature, drop us a note at sloanalumni@mit.edu© MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Michael “Mick” Farrell, LGO ’98 and CEO of ResMed, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, to share his journey to MIT Sloan and how he has led the transformation of ResMed from a medical device manufacturer to a digital health leader. Support the showThanks for listening! Find more episodes on the Sloanies Talking with Sloanies website. Learn more about MIT Sloan Alumni on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads. To support this show, or if you have an idea for a topic or a guest you think we should feature, drop us a note at sloanalumni@mit.edu© MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Professor Ed Roberts ’57, SM ’58, SM ’60, PhD ’62, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, for a wide-ranging interview that covers his time as a student at MIT and how he joined the MIT Sloan faculty. The pair also discuss Professor Robert’s most recent book, Celebrating Entrepreneurs: How MIT Nurtured Pioneering Entrepreneurs Who Built Great Companies, and his predictions for the future of entrepreneurship at MIT.Support the showThanks for listening! Find more episodes on the Sloanies Talking with Sloanies website. Learn more about MIT Sloan Alumni on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads. To support this show, or if you have an idea for a topic or a guest you think we should feature, drop us a note at sloanalumni@mit.edu© MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Rahul Kulkarni, MBA ’16 and CEO/Co-Founder of The Sukhi Project, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, to detail the importance of prioritizing your mental health and how his startup works with companies to provide customized wellness solutions. The Sukhi Project recently launched a free mobile app aimed at front-line workers to provide quick, bite-sized meditations specifically adapted for healthcare shift workers. Learn more: https://www.thesukhiproject.com/Support the showThanks for listening! Find more episodes on the Sloanies Talking with Sloanies website. Learn more about MIT Sloan Alumni on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads. To support this show, or if you have an idea for a topic or a guest you think we should feature, drop us a note at sloanalumni@mit.edu© MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Jayesh Kannan, MBA ’18, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, to discuss his background in computer science and engineering before transitioning to a role in finance and his journey to MIT Sloan. He also shares how Professor Zeynep Ton’s Good Jobs Strategy helped evolve his thinking and his approach to his work, as well as the importance of the MIT Sloan Alumni community and paying it forward for future Sloanies. Support the showThanks for listening! Find more episodes on the Sloanies Talking with Sloanies website. Learn more about MIT Sloan Alumni on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads. To support this show, or if you have an idea for a topic or a guest you think we should feature, drop us a note at sloanalumni@mit.edu© MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Mehra Golshan, EMBA ’19, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, to share his story of battling cancer while he was attending MIT Sloan. They also discuss Mehra’s decision to enroll in the EMBA program and how his own cancer diagnosis informed his work as the Distinguished Chair of Surgical Oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Support the showThanks for listening! Find more episodes on the Sloanies Talking with Sloanies website. Learn more about MIT Sloan Alumni on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads. To support this show, or if you have an idea for a topic or a guest you think we should feature, drop us a note at sloanalumni@mit.edu© MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Yishi Zuo, MBA ’18, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, to discuss how he caught the entrepreneurship bug and the moves he made to transition from finance to entrepreneurship, including coming to MIT Sloan. While at MIT Sloan, he met his cofounders and created DeepBench, a modern software platform that enables knowledge sharing like never before, with expert advisors on demand to answer your toughest questions.Support the showThanks for listening! Find more episodes on the Sloanies Talking with Sloanies website. Learn more about MIT Sloan Alumni on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads. To support this show, or if you have an idea for a topic or a guest you think we should feature, drop us a note at sloanalumni@mit.edu© MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Kathleen Stetson, MBA ’14 and Co-founder of MIT Hacking Arts, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, to talk about her journey to MIT Sloan and the self-awareness program for entrepreneurs that she launched at the MIT delta V accelerator last summer.Support the showThanks for listening! Find more episodes on the Sloanies Talking with Sloanies website. Learn more about MIT Sloan Alumni on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads. To support this show, or if you have an idea for a topic or a guest you think we should feature, drop us a note at sloanalumni@mit.edu© MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, welcomes Keri Pearlson, Executive Director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan. They discuss the research MIT Sloan is doing in cybersecurity, including an effort to drive cybersecurity behaviors. Learn more at cams.mit.edu. Support the showThanks for listening! Find more episodes on the Sloanies Talking with Sloanies website. Learn more about MIT Sloan Alumni on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads. To support this show, or if you have an idea for a topic or a guest you think we should feature, drop us a note at sloanalumni@mit.edu© MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

Bridget Akinc, EMBA ’13, joins Christopher Reichert, MOT ’04, to discuss her role as CEO of Building Impact, which works to transform corporate volunteering, and how she applies her learnings from MIT Sloan to leading the organization. Bridget also serves as a senior lecturer for the “Leading with Impact” course in the EMBA program.Sloanies Talking with Sloanies is a conversational podcast with alumni and faculty about the MIT Sloan experience and how it influences what they're doing today. Subscribe and listen on Apple Podcasts, Google, and Spotify.Support the showThanks for listening! Find more episodes on the Sloanies Talking with Sloanies website. Learn more about MIT Sloan Alumni on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Threads. To support this show, or if you have an idea for a topic or a guest you think we should feature, drop us a note at sloanalumni@mit.edu© MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT