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Engineering Choices You Have to Defend

Real-world engineering decisions in AI, compliance, and production systems

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Jul 1, 2026 · 18 min

How Ankur Mattoo Built the AI Foundations That Made Enterprise Machine Learning Scalable

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend , host Nicola Onassis sits down with Ankur Mattoo, technology leader, architect, and AI practitioner, to…

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Jun 30, 2026 · 14 min

How Gautamdev (Gautam) Chowdary Built Healthcare AI That Prioritizes Interoperability, Reliability, and Trust at Scale

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend , host Nicola Onassis sits down with Gautamdev (Gautam) Chowdary, Co-Founder and CTO of Zynix AI, to…

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Jun 12, 2026 · 16 min

How Eban Bisong Transformed Engineers into AI Orchestrators to Eliminate Delivery Bottlenecks

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Eban Bisong to discuss how AI-native workflows are reshaping…

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Jun 11, 2026 · 20 min

How Pavel Spesivtsev Argues That Knowledge Infrastructure Matters More Than AI Models

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Pavel Spesivtsev , CTO, AI strategist, and agentic engineering…

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Jun 10, 2026 · 24 min

How Paul Baker Stopped Feature Development to Save Engineering Velocity

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend , host Nicola Onassis sits down with Paul Baker to discuss one of the most difficult decisions an…

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May 27, 2026 · 26 min

How Alexander Smirnoff Built Practical Enterprise AI Systems by Combining GenAI with Traditional NLP

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend , host Nicola Onassis sits down with Alex Smirnoff to explore how enterprise AI systems can deliver real…

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May 26, 2026 · 25 min

How David Phipps Built AI-Powered Retail Systems by Prioritizing UX Over Feature Factories

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend , host Nicola Onassis sits down with David Phipps to explore how engineering teams can scale AI-powered…

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May 15, 2026 · 25 min

How Matt Lievertz Built Privacy-First AI Coaching Systems by Treating Compliance as a Core Product Strategy

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend , host Nicola Onassis sits down with Matt Lievertz , VP of Engineering at Cloverleaf, to explore how…

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May 14, 2026 · 15 min

How Lavanya Elangovan Reduced Technical Debt by Embedding Security, Compliance, and Infrastructure Upgrades into Healthcare Engineering Workflows

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend , host Nicola Onassis sits down with Lavanya Elangovan to discuss the hidden engineering decisions…

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May 6, 2026 · 18 min

How Roy Resh Scaled Retail AI by Moving from Custom Pipelines to Configurable Computer Vision Systems

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend, host Nicola Onassis sits down with Roy Resh , VP of Engineering at Trax Retail , to explore a pivotal…

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Apr 20, 2026 · 21 min

How Keith Deming Scaled Computer Vision by Moving AI from Servers to the Edge

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend , host Nicola Onassis sits down with Keith Deming , an engineering leader with experience at Postmates,…

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Apr 1, 2026 · 12 min

How Sean Graham Reduced Deployment Risk with Small Batch Delivery

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend , host Nicola Onassis sits down with Sean Graham , VP of Engineering at Idelic, to unpack a critical…

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Mar 3, 2026 · 13 min

How Kevin DiGilio Builds Compliance-First Software for Regulated Industries

Episode Summary: In this episode of Engineering Choices You Have to Defend , host Nicola Onassis sits down with Kevin DiGilio , President of KMD Technology. Kevin explains how…

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