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A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton

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

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John Hennessy: The Professor Behind the Titans of Tech

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: The Intern Who Borrowed $250,000

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: Fair, Care, Share, and Why His Receptionist Has Stock Options

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

Should AI Slow Down? A Conversation with Rene Haas, CEO of ARM

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

Christophe Fouquet: Leading the World's Most Indispensable Company

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, CEO & Chairman of Blue Ocean Technologies Inc

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

China Briefing: Young China and the AI Moment | Zak Dychtwald

A “China briefing” explaining “Young China” and why AI is a turning point, aimed at global leaders.

5 Oct 2026 · 1h 19m · 31 chapters

Lisa Su: The Personal Mission Driving the Next Era of AI

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

How One Man Built the Invisible Backbone of the AI Revolution: Aart de Geus

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: Founder and CEO of NVIDIA

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: Learning the ‘Builder Mindset’

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: From Nuclear Engineer to Intel’s CEO

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