



12 episodes
by The Personal Stories Behind the Public Successes · English
A Bit Personal is a long-form interview podcast hosted by Jodi Shelton that explores leadership through a human lens. Featuring candid conversations with technology leaders, the show focuses on the personal experiences that influence how decisions are made at scale. www.abitpersonalpod.com









A Bit Personal live from Stanford with Dr. John Hennessy, former Stanford president and current Alphabet chairman, on his path from Long Island to pioneering risk computing (MIPS), building Silicon…
5 Nov 2026 · 57m · 27 chapters
Jeetu Patel’s life story and leadership philosophy, with a focus on AI’s impact and Cisco’s role as “AI infrastructure” (networking, security, observability, silicon/compute/optics) for agentic AI…
29 Oct 2026 · 58m · 20 chapters
Wayne Dai, founder/chairman/CEO of Verisilicon, discusses his path from Shanghai during the late Cultural Revolution to UC Berkeley and academia, then returning to China to build chip-design services…
21 Oct 2026 · 1h 15m · 33 chapters
AI’s impact on technology leadership, plus Arm CEO Rene Haas’s personal path and how Arm is changing (from licensing CPU IP to producing its own silicon).
15 Oct 2026 · 1h 6m · 26 chapters
ASML’s role in modern computing and AI, explained through lithography machines (DUV/EUV) and the geopolitical/national-security stakes of being the sole EUV equipment provider.
8 Oct 2026 · 1h 18m · 32 chapters
Dr. Leo Li’s life and leadership story—from forced farm labor during China’s Cultural Revolution, to self-studying calculus/physics, to earning a PhD in the US, to building and turning around China’s…
5 Oct 2026 · 1h 6m · 26 chapters
A “China briefing” explaining “Young China” and why AI is a turning point, aimed at global leaders.
5 Oct 2026 · 1h 19m · 31 chapters
Dr. Lisa Su (AMD CEO) discusses her engineering-driven leadership, AMD’s turnaround, and how AI is shaping semiconductors and healthcare.
5 Oct 2026 · 53m · 16 chapters
Dr. Aart de Geus, semiconductor pioneer and “father of EDA,” discusses how a “yes if” mindset replaced “no because” at Synopsys, linking leadership, learning, listening, philanthropy, and jazz to…
4 Oct 2026 · 1h 3m · 30 chapters
Jensen Huang (NVIDIA founder/CEO) discusses how NVIDIA’s first-principles strategy, CUDA, and deep learning “phase changes” enabled a shift from CPU/PC computing to AI-driven platforms, plus his…
4 Oct 2026 · 1h 27m · 36 chapters
Astera Labs’ origin story and “builder mindset” behind AI infrastructure—how three former Texas Instruments engineers left corporate life to build chips that connect GPUs/CPUs and move massive data…
1 Oct 2026 · 1h 26m · 35 chapters
Lip-Bu Tan’s personal leadership journey—from Malaysia and MIT nuclear engineering to venture capital at Walden International, CEO turnaround at Cadence Design Systems, and CEO of Intel—plus how he…
24 Sep 2026 · 1h 3m · 19 chapters