In this episode of The Platform Journey, Avanish sits down with Tyler Prince, former Executive VP of Global Alliances at Salesforce and current SVP of Worldwide Alliances and Channels at Snowflake.

In the latest episode of The Platform Journey, Avanish sits down with Warren Chen, Head of Ecosystem Partnerships & Developer Success at Canva.

In our latest episode of The Platform Journey, Avanish sits down with Aaron McGarry, Executive Vice President and Chief Ecosystem Officer at Qualtrics.

Host Avanish Sahai sits down with Adrienne McCallister, VP, Global Partnerships, Workspace & Messaging at Google, to discuss the development of the ecosystem at Workspace. Google Workspace is a suite of communication and collaboration tools to help people be more productive, including Google Meet, Gmail, and Google Drive.

In the Season 4 premiere of The Platform Journey, host Avanish Sahai speaks with Jim Nairn, SVP of Alliances and Channel Ecosystems at WalkMe. WalkMe provides a digital adoption platform to let organizations measure, drive, and act to maximize their digital transformation.

In this installment of The Platform Journey, Avanish Sahai sits down with JW Hoh and Andrew Albert, CEO and CTO of VIIZR. VIIZR is field service management software powered by Ford Pro and built on Salesforce and helps customers manage their home service business. Co-designed with small businesses in the trades, VIIZR enables customers to streamline operations, connect their back office(s) and field teams, stay on top of job and project status and communicate better with customers.

This week’s guest is Jason Wojahn, co-founder and CEO of Thirdera, a global services consultancy specializing in ServiceNow digital transformation, workflow automation, cloud advisory, and adoption

This week, show host Avanish Sahai sits down with Erica Volini, the SVP responsible for Global Partnerships at ServiceNow.

Host Avanish Sahai invites Stephen Hurrell of Ventana Research to discuss some of the financial considerations involved in creating a successful ecosystem. Stephen brings his expertise to the table with valuable insights about evolving sales motions, how to consider revenue allocation in partnerships, and creating internal management systems that provide a holistic view of a business. Listen in to learn more!

Welcome back to our three-part series with Allan Adler of Digital Bridge Partners! Allan re-joins Avanish for their final episode on making sense of monetizing tech partner ecosystems.

Welcome back to our three-part series with Allan Adler of Digital Bridge Partners! Allan re-joins Avanish for another great episode on making sense of monetizing tech partner ecosystems.

Tidemark’s The Platform Journey is back! In the first of this three-part series to kick off our third season, show host and Tidemark Fellow Avanish Sahai interviews Allan Adler of Digital Bridge Partners on a current hot topic: monetizing tech partner ecosystems.

In the twelfth episode of The Platform Journey, host Avanish Sahai dives into conversation with Chris Grusz of AWS to talk about the development of AWS’s powerhouse marketplace and the factors behind its success. Throughout the discussion, Chris shares valuable insight about balance, co-selling, and maintaining the long view, among other things. Listen to learn more!

In this episode of The Platform Journey, host Avanish Sahai interviews former colleague Marcus Torres of ServiceNow. Their conversation covers the evolution of ServiceNow’s platform and ecosystem, and they discuss what it means to be a successful platform in today’s market—that is, how (and whether) to be a platform among platforms. Give it a listen to learn more!

This week, Avanish has a conversation with Laura Padilla, VP of Global Partners and Services at Airtable, to find out how you really nail building out partnerships. Laura Padilla is a veritable expert in the field, with experience at a number of companies that have scaled platform and partnerships. Throughout the conversation, she and Avanish impart wisdom on measuring success, strategically selecting partners, and creating an optimal experience for parties on all sides.

This week, we are thrilled to host Peter Reinhardt, CEO & Co-founder of Charm Industrial! Charm Industrial is working to return the atmosphere to 280 ppm CO₂. The company designs, builds, and operates a fleet of mobile fast pyrolyzers that convert agriculture and forest biomass residues into bio-oil for use in carbon removal and direct-reduced-iron steelmaking.

What are the key things to keep in mind when building out an ecosystem? Kevin Ichhpurani, Corporate VP at Google Cloud, speaks with host Avanish Sahai about the nuances of building partner relationships and creating the most value for customers, partners, and the platform. Kevin draws on his extensive experience in the field to tell us about the tactics and mindset that help facilitate a truly successful platform business.

This week, show host Avanish Sahai sits down with two guests - Damien Tampling (Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer) and Nick Houldsworth (Executive GM of Ecosystem) - of Xero. Avanish, Damien, and Nick discuss Xero’s evolution from a simple idea to a leading platform leveraged by 3M+ customers around the world in over 150 countries doing approximately 4 trillion-plus transactions a year.

Guest Kathy Tsitovich and show host Avanish Sahai discuss some of the key factors that led to LegalZoom’s successful platform journey and how LegalZoom made the hard but necessary moves to get to where it is today. Listen in to hear about the importance of quality over quantity, internal alignment, and more.

Guest Tom Shea, founder and CEO of OneStream Software, sits down with show host Avanish Sahai to talk all things platform and ecosystem. OneStream Software is a company that helps its customers make sense of the data in their ERP systems. Tom calls this the notion of “financial intelligence” which helps CEOs, CFOs, and others identify key trends and signals as their business is executing. Tom has always thought of his company as a “platform” in that it connects various different systems and...

How did a company that provided simple risk services become a hugely successful linchpin platform in the risk and compliance industry? Avetta CEO Arshad Matin discusses the Avetta journey with show host Avanish Sahai, sharing some incredible insights about identifying and maximizing value in a two-sided SaaS network.

From startup to enterprise, Atlassian provides powerful tools to help every team unleash their full potential. In this episode, Atlassian COO Anu Bharadwaj chats with show host Avanish Sahai about the incredible growth of the Atlassian platform, all while staying true to the people the products are designed to support.

What does it really take to build a platform? Guidewire Software CEO Mike Rosenbaum talks with show host Avanish Sahai on the patience and determination required to take your company on the platform journey. Mike shares the first-hand knowledge, and passion, he has developed for platform building throughout his time at both Salesforce and Guidewire - two incredible platforms in their own right.