Our Venture Partner, Hiral Chandrana, was interviewed by fellow executive Chris Barbin in his Lieutenants Series, which features the leaders who might not have the CEO title yet but who guide the ship, have scaled businesses, and get shit done.

Hiral spent more than 14 years at one of the largest IT services firms on the planet where he led a $3B portfolio but wasn’t afraid to write himself into an active role on a customer contract or take career inspiration from a gym poster. In this Q&A, he describes what it was like merging a team-first organization like Appirio into a customer-first organization like Wipro, how managing talent is more like soccer than basketball, and why he believes a different mindset is required to drive faster innovation.

To read the interview, click here.

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