331- Yash Murali on Leadership in Private Equity and Consumer Tech

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Technology

5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Yash Murali Yash Murali is the Chief Technology Officer at Therabody, a leading wellness technology company known for inventing percussive massage therapy devices. With experience as both a CIO and CTO, Yash has a track record of leading technology teams in private equity-backed companies, driving growth and efficiency. He brings expertise in areas like e-commerce, mobile apps, and leveraging technology to drive business value. Yash Murali on Leadership in Private Equity and Consumer Tech How can technology leaders drive growth and efficiency in private equity-backed companies? In this episode, Yash Murali, CTO of Therabody, shares insights from his career journey and experience leading tech teams in fast-paced environments. Yash discusses the differences between CIO and CTO roles, strategies for aligning teams around business objectives, and his approach to fostering transparency and trust. He also offers advice for aspiring tech leaders on staying adaptable and supporting their teams’ growth.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to today's episode of dissecting popular IT nerds.
0:06.4	I'm your host, Doug Kameen, and today I'm talking with Yash Morali, who is currently the chief technology officer at Theribati.
0:12.9	Welcome to the show, Yash.
0:14.1	Thank you for having me and excited to be here.
0:16.8	Yeah.
0:17.2	So you're on the West Coast and San Diego, I think, since we had a little conversation before we started, you know, on the recording of this here. But first of all, you're in San Diego. It's sunny. It's warm. The rest of us here, it's kind of we're starting to get into the fall. It's getting cooler here and stuff like that. What's it? What is it like there? Am I right that it's sunny and warm there right now? It's like the best place. I mean, I feel like I've lived across the country, like multiple places,
0:42.6	but then San Diego, you can't complain. It's always 70s during the day and then 60s at night.
0:47.9	It's like you can't complain. It's nice bright and sunny, beautiful weather all year long.
0:52.2	And same when like where my office is too in Los Angeles. It's probably
0:55.5	very close to that in San, back in San Diego. So you move back and forth between, I mean,
1:01.5	you live in San Diego, but your office, you have an office in Los Angeles. Do you have an office in
1:04.5	San Diego too? No, we are, our headquarters are based in Los Angeles. So I travel back and forth.
1:11.2	So I work from home remotely a week, and then I travel to the office at least three times in a month.
1:16.7	So I'm here.
1:17.6	Okay.
1:18.2	Nice.
1:18.7	Nice.
1:19.6	So you tell us a little bit about your role.
1:23.0	It's Chief Technology Officer.
1:24.7	So CTO and a CIO.
1:26.4	And this is probably a great discussion to have set in the table here, there is a difference between the CTO role and the CIO role.
1:34.3	Could you maybe, could you share with us like what my opinion, I used to be a CIO and a CTO.
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