Spark of Technology: Recent Episodes
Walmart Global Tech India
How does the largest retailer in the world innovate the retail value chain to serve millions of customers globally? Tune in to find out!
Learning and exploring new avenues enables us to continue to strive for excellence. To learn about the upskilling opportunities offered to associates in the virtual world via the Global Tech Academy, tune in to our podcast featuring Shannon Molter, Sr. UX Designer at Walmart Global Tech and Tathagat Varma, Sr. Director of Strategy and Operations at Walmart Global Tech India, in conversation with Subhasish Misra, Sr. Manager, Data Science at Walmart Global Tech India.
We believe an inclusive workplace enables innovation. Let’s hear how the wonder women of Walmart Global Tech India strive for excellence in our latest podcast, featuring Roopa Acharya, Vijaya Prasanna, Jayashree Mohanty, and Sukanya Santhanam in conversation with Raghavan Balakrishnan.
#WomenInTech #Inclusion #Innovation
The design principles implemented at Walmart Global Tech India improve efficiency for our associates and enable us to serve our customers better. Let’s hear how omnichannel experiences are designed at scale from Ramesh Kozhissery, Director of Design and Site Lead, in our podcast this week, hosted by Piyush Relan, Director of Design, International eCommerce.
At Walmart Global Tech India, our mantra for success is to leverage technology to empower our associates to serve customers better. Our latest podcast features Rohit Kaila, VP, Engineering, U.S. Tech, and Deepthi Sharma, Director- Data Science, U.S. Tech, sharing some of the incredible stories behind creating omnichannel experiences that have won the hearts of our customers across the U.S. market.
This year, holidays are extra special! As families gather together after a long time for the festivities, our Global Tech team gears up to gift them a happy shopping experience during the peak season sales.
Hear Sai Kumar share with Veena Satish on how we plan and execute a flawless delivery system from suppliers to customer door steps, especially during the Big-5-days of the holiday season!
Behind the retail operations of Walmart, is the great tech talent that resolves core business problems. From refining item setup on catalog to ensuring high success rate for our suppliers, this team keeps a bird’s eye view on the entire operational ecosystem.
In this podcast, hear Chanakya Chandrasekaran share with Devleena Chakravarty how a day in the life of retail operations team in Chennai looks like!
Every design decision has a potential impact for our customers. In this podcast, @Bhaskarjyoti Hazarika, @Jeevan Anupalli, explain how we at Walmart Global Tech India adopt the 'design for all' approach to develop products and services that are accessible to all!
Host: Debanjana Banerjee, Data Scientist, Global Data
Guest:
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Bhaskarjyoti Hazarika, Sr. Designer – Accessibility, UX Design
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Jeevan Anupalli, Sr. Designer – Accessibility, UX Design
WalmartGlobalTechIndia #DesignForAll #A11Y #WalmartPodcasts
Walmart has been a pioneer in embracing and leveraging the digital world. But, the current large scale virtual work conditions was not something we were prepared for. Yet, Walmart Global Tech India nimbly adapted to the challenges and set up an entirely virtual office in Chennai.
In this podcast, Prashanti Bodugum and Rohit Ramanand talk about how we virtually onboarded an entire team of excellent talent for our Chennai office. The fully virtual office has been working seamlessly and successfully from home thanks to our robust technology and infrastructure.
Host: Rohit Ramanand, Sr. Director of Engineering, International eCommerce
Guest: Prashanti Bodugum, VP - Technology and Centre Head - Chennai
VirtualOffice #VirtualWork #NowInChennai #WorkFromHome #FutureOfTechnology
A robust Marketplace is pivotal in the world of retail and Walmart Marketplace is designed to be that and more. Our Marketplace provides a highly resilient platform for sellers to meet customer demands. In this podcast, @Mrinal Chatterjee and @Raji Gopalakrishnan discuss the innovation and strategic thinking that makes our Marketplace a success - from creating and expanding the seller network to bringing a wide inventory of products from across the globe at the lowest prices.
Host - Raji, Director of Engineering, U.S. Tech
Speaker - Mrinal Chatterjee, VP of Engineering, Marketplace & Core Services: Retail & Emerging tech
WalmartMarketplace #eCommerce #BusinessInsights #TechForGood #Marketplace
With consumers increasingly shifting to mobile devices for search and purchasing, leveraging mobile-first indexing has become a top priority for us.
In this podcast, Pradeep Jain, Director of Engineering, sheds light on how Walmart Global Tech India's intuitive approach to #eCommerceSEO and responsive design puts us on top of the search results while ensuring convenience and confidence in purchase decisions for our customers.
Host: Himanshu, Manager, BI, Automation & Data Insights, Walmart Business Services
Guest: Pradeep Jain, Director of Engineering, Customer Experience, U.S. Tech