Career in Progress
Podcast Description
Welcome to Career in Progress—a podcast about building the skills that build your career. If you’ve landed here, chances are you’re on a journey to grow or evolve your career—just like me. In each episode, I’ll share honest stories, practical strategies, and bite-sized takeaways to help you build your own manual of growth. You’ll also hear from inspiring guests who are actively learning, evolving, and building the skills we all need to thrive. So if you’ve ever asked yourself: What’s next? How do I grow and Where do I start?—you’re in the right place.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast emphasizes career development strategies, skill-building, and personal evolution, with episodes exploring topics such as simplification of complex ideas, effective pitching for roles, and purposeful leadership. For instance, the episode with Prashanthi Ravanavarapu discusses frameworks for tackling complexity and tips for asking for what one deserves in their career.
Welcome to Career in Progress—a podcast about building the skills that build your career. If you’ve landed here, chances are you’re on a journey to grow or evolve your career—just like me. In each episode, I’ll share honest stories, practical strategies, and bite-sized takeaways to help you build your own manual of growth. You’ll also hear from inspiring guests who are actively learning, evolving, and building the skills we all need to thrive. So if you’ve ever asked yourself: What’s next? How do I grow and Where do I start?—you’re in the right place.
How often do you get the opportunity to hear honest, direct career advice from one of the most influential women executives in the world?
In this episode, I sit down with Meerah Rajavel, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Palo Alto Networks, for a deeply inspiring and refreshingly candid conversation on leadership, careers, family and navigating complexity in the AI era.
This is one of those episodes you’ll want to listen to every minute- packed with wisdom for leaders, early-career professionals, and women navigating growth and barriers in tech.
🎧 Episode Chapters for easy listening:
Chapter 1: Early Career Story- Defining Moments & Learning from Mistakes
Chapter 2: Leadership Skills for Large-Scale Transformation in the AI Era- Setting Clarity, Fostering Curiosity & Modeling the Way
Chapter 3: Women in Leadership- Overcoming Barriers, Creating Spaces for Growth & the Confidence to Be Yourself
Chapter 4: Essential Skills for Early Career Aspirants- Seek Experiences, Build Connections & Stay Curious (You Don’t Have to Know Everything!)
Rapid Fire- Fun and more!
So, whether you’re • a leader looking for mentorship on leading through disruption in the AI era and career growth • an early-career professional feeling the pressure to have everything figured out, or • a woman navigating barriers and building confidence,
this episode is for you.
💼 About Meerah Rajavel As CIO, Meerah leads Palo Alto Networks’ global IT organization, driving strategy and innovation at scale for worldwide teams. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks in 2022, she served as CIO at Citrix and held senior leadership roles at McAfee, Forcepoint, Cisco, and Infosys—bringing deep, cross-industry perspective on technology and transformation.
Meerah holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science & Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Anna University (Chennai, India), and an MBA from the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University.
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