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I am Vamsee. Having graduated from IIT, I am currently CEO and Founder of Tortoise Creative Inc. I have experience working at Securly, Microsoft, Amazon and Chegg before in India and US. I have been Director of Engineering, SDET, SDET lead, Dev Lead, Architect, PjM in the software world and a film director, film editor, film writer, film sound recorder, sound editor, soccer player in the hobby world. At Securly, we ship Student Network Security products with a mission of keeping kids safe online and stopping suicides in US schools. I wear Architect Hat, Project Manager hat, Ops Manager hat, core UX reviewer hat , VP of QA hat and everything in engineering that no-one else owns. Hit me up if you want to meet for a quick chat online or in person in SJC, CA, US.
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12 June
Vamsee Krishna details his reasoning for waiting two months before bringing on a new hire into a startup.
12 June
Vamsee Krishna describes the struggle of having multiple roles at work and how he simultaneously operates them.
7 December
The mentor talks about the process he used to gain the trust and respect of a team member who saw him as a direct threat.
2 July
The mentor explains how he took a novel approach to recruiting a number of people rapidly, by treating each role he was hiring for as a Project with a Project Manager.
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Founder & CEO
Tortoise Creative Inc
Jul 2020 - current
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