Meeting Title: Brainforge Donut Meeting Date: 2026-01-07 Meeting participants: Mustafa Raja, Holly Condos
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1 00:02:16.680 ⇒ 00:02:18.160 Holly Condos: Hey, Mustafa!
2 00:02:18.750 ⇒ 00:02:20.059 Mustafa Raja: Hey, how are you?
3 00:02:20.630 ⇒ 00:02:22.160 Holly Condos: I’m good, how are you?
4 00:02:22.450 ⇒ 00:02:23.950 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, I’m doing good.
5 00:02:24.260 ⇒ 00:02:25.460 Mustafa Raja: How was your vacation?
6 00:02:26.630 ⇒ 00:02:29.820 Holly Condos: It was good, I…
7 00:02:29.960 ⇒ 00:02:34.620 Holly Condos: Got sick, though. My whole family got this cold that’s been going around.
8 00:02:35.230 ⇒ 00:02:36.759 Mustafa Raja: I have that too.
9 00:02:36.930 ⇒ 00:02:41.439 Holly Condos: And so I’m the last one, and I’m just trying to get rid of it, but it’s…
10 00:02:41.810 ⇒ 00:02:44.569 Holly Condos: It lingers. Have you found that? Yeah.
11 00:02:46.880 ⇒ 00:02:48.250 Holly Condos: How was yours?
12 00:02:48.840 ⇒ 00:02:55.470 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, it was good. I had a lot of friends coming from multiple cities.
13 00:02:56.110 ⇒ 00:02:56.850 Holly Condos: Oh, good!
14 00:02:56.850 ⇒ 00:02:59.910 Mustafa Raja: So, see, it was really nice.
15 00:03:00.100 ⇒ 00:03:01.240 Mustafa Raja: Remind me…
16 00:03:01.240 ⇒ 00:03:02.830 Holly Condos: Where are you?
17 00:03:03.210 ⇒ 00:03:04.500 Mustafa Raja: I’m from Pakistan.
18 00:03:04.940 ⇒ 00:03:07.479 Holly Condos: Yeah, okay, but you live in Pakistan?
19 00:03:07.760 ⇒ 00:03:09.260 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
20 00:03:09.260 ⇒ 00:03:10.240 Holly Condos: Okay, cool.
21 00:03:10.350 ⇒ 00:03:13.469 Holly Condos: Cool. Hey, do you know the company Tentash?
22 00:03:14.560 ⇒ 00:03:15.770 Mustafa Raja: Sorry, which one?
23 00:03:16.280 ⇒ 00:03:19.060 Holly Condos: Tintash, they’re based in Pakistan.
24 00:03:19.180 ⇒ 00:03:20.840 Mustafa Raja: No, I don’t.
25 00:03:21.350 ⇒ 00:03:23.799 Holly Condos: Okay, I mean, I’m sure there are a lot of companies.
26 00:03:24.350 ⇒ 00:03:26.210 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, I’m looking it up.
27 00:03:27.530 ⇒ 00:03:28.440 Holly Condos: Sorry?
28 00:03:28.650 ⇒ 00:03:29.790 Mustafa Raja: I’m looking it up.
29 00:03:30.230 ⇒ 00:03:36.720 Holly Condos: Okay, yeah, Tintash. So, what did you do for your break?
30 00:03:37.070 ⇒ 00:03:39.889 Holly Condos: Can you ski in Pakistan?
31 00:03:39.890 ⇒ 00:03:49.949 Mustafa Raja: We can, but, where I live, it doesn’t snow there, so if we want to ski, we’ll have to go up north.
32 00:03:50.540 ⇒ 00:03:56.520 Mustafa Raja: And… yeah, we didn’t have that planned, so I didn’t ski.
33 00:03:56.790 ⇒ 00:04:04.499 Mustafa Raja: Actually, I’ve never skied, to be honest. Oh, really? Yeah, but we can, so… yeah, this should be in my bucket list.
34 00:04:05.160 ⇒ 00:04:06.890 Holly Condos: You should put it on your bucket list, yeah.
35 00:04:06.890 ⇒ 00:04:07.610 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
36 00:04:08.370 ⇒ 00:04:11.140 Holly Condos: Do you, play other sports?
37 00:04:11.530 ⇒ 00:04:17.770 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, I used to play a lot of cricket, for now it’s been, it’s been a lot of work, so…
38 00:04:17.910 ⇒ 00:04:23.640 Mustafa Raja: The sports has been, has been put, has been put off lately.
39 00:04:24.110 ⇒ 00:04:30.759 Holly Condos: Yes, I understand. So how long have you been with Brainforge? Is it a year?
40 00:04:31.050 ⇒ 00:04:34.679 Mustafa Raja: It’s been… I think it’s been 7-8 months now.
41 00:04:35.050 ⇒ 00:04:36.110 Holly Condos: Okay, right.
42 00:04:36.110 ⇒ 00:04:36.590 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
43 00:04:36.590 ⇒ 00:04:40.389 Holly Condos: And you’re doing service delivery, or development, or both?
44 00:04:40.950 ⇒ 00:04:44.879 Mustafa Raja: I’m doing, engineering only, for now.
45 00:04:44.880 ⇒ 00:04:46.439 Holly Condos: Engineer… okay, okay.
46 00:04:46.440 ⇒ 00:04:50.900 Mustafa Raja: And then I, I’ve been recently appointed the engagement planner.
47 00:04:51.390 ⇒ 00:04:55.240 Mustafa Raja: Yeah. So yeah, that’s going… that’s going good for now.
48 00:04:55.490 ⇒ 00:05:04.269 Mustafa Raja: Okay, good. Excited. Eventually, I’d want to go in, what’s it called, in the service… service leader?
49 00:05:04.420 ⇒ 00:05:06.969 Holly Condos: Yeah, yeah.
50 00:05:06.970 ⇒ 00:05:08.220 Mustafa Raja: Okay, good.
51 00:05:08.640 ⇒ 00:05:17.760 Holly Condos: That’s great. So, so, what customers are you working on now? Are you on Lilo?
52 00:05:17.910 ⇒ 00:05:18.890 Holly Condos: Lilo?
53 00:05:18.890 ⇒ 00:05:23.749 Mustafa Raja: No. I’m not on Nilo, I’m on Default and ABC.
54 00:05:23.930 ⇒ 00:05:26.380 Holly Condos: Default, okay, an ABC Home?
55 00:05:26.610 ⇒ 00:05:27.429 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, yeah.
56 00:05:27.640 ⇒ 00:05:31.029 Holly Condos: Okay, cool. And are you enjoying those?
57 00:05:31.280 ⇒ 00:05:31.870 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
58 00:05:32.450 ⇒ 00:05:32.870 Holly Condos: Good.
59 00:05:32.870 ⇒ 00:05:37.960 Mustafa Raja: Those are really, really nice ones. ABC is a really nice one, because it…
60 00:05:38.630 ⇒ 00:05:46.379 Mustafa Raja: fits perfectly with my skill set. I’m an AI engineer, and ABC has a lot of AI work.
61 00:05:46.450 ⇒ 00:05:48.600 Holly Condos: So I enjoy it a lot.
62 00:05:49.170 ⇒ 00:06:05.839 Holly Condos: Yeah, I actually worked on the, renewal, or the new statement of work with UTAM. So, yeah, I got to see the whole, you know, what you guys have done before, and then what they wanted to do going forward. So that looks like a really cool project.
63 00:06:05.840 ⇒ 00:06:07.450 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, it is.
64 00:06:07.800 ⇒ 00:06:09.000 Holly Condos: That’s awesome.
65 00:06:09.000 ⇒ 00:06:12.140 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, AI recently has enabled a lot of new stuff.
66 00:06:12.400 ⇒ 00:06:14.070 Mustafa Raja: Which is exciting, right?
67 00:06:14.500 ⇒ 00:06:18.590 Holly Condos: Yeah, that’s great. And then, what was the other one? Default?
68 00:06:19.670 ⇒ 00:06:20.290 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
69 00:06:20.640 ⇒ 00:06:21.840 Holly Condos: What are they doing?
70 00:06:22.240 ⇒ 00:06:34.480 Mustafa Raja: They, recently, there has been a lot of analysis stuff. Prior to that, they wanted some sort of enrichment,
71 00:06:35.160 ⇒ 00:06:37.299 Mustafa Raja: For the upcoming leads.
72 00:06:37.500 ⇒ 00:06:42.060 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, and apart from that, there is some…
73 00:06:42.600 ⇒ 00:06:51.500 Mustafa Raja: dashboarding, reporting stuff, and that is pretty much it for default. So, so we are, we are taking care of their data, essentially.
74 00:06:53.900 ⇒ 00:07:01.049 Holly Condos: That’s cool. Okay. And are you, working with other people on the engineering team, or are you basically…
75 00:07:01.480 ⇒ 00:07:03.539 Holly Condos: Just handling both of those.
76 00:07:03.720 ⇒ 00:07:11.570 Mustafa Raja: Yes, I’m working… I’m mostly working with, for data, I’m mostly working with…
77 00:07:11.760 ⇒ 00:07:17.329 Mustafa Raja: Demilade, and for AI stuff, I’m working with Sam and Casey.
78 00:07:18.060 ⇒ 00:07:19.380 Holly Condos: Gotcha, okay.
79 00:07:19.610 ⇒ 00:07:20.470 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
80 00:07:21.370 ⇒ 00:07:24.879 Holly Condos: So, you were born in Pakistan?
81 00:07:24.880 ⇒ 00:07:25.800 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
82 00:07:26.100 ⇒ 00:07:27.759 Holly Condos: What’s your favorite food?
83 00:07:28.350 ⇒ 00:07:29.610 Mustafa Raja: A biryani.
84 00:07:30.330 ⇒ 00:07:31.420 Holly Condos: Awesome.
85 00:07:31.420 ⇒ 00:07:32.860 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, you haven’t had that?
86 00:07:33.530 ⇒ 00:07:34.960 Holly Condos: I have, yes.
87 00:07:35.180 ⇒ 00:07:38.429 Mustafa Raja: Yeah. How’s it… Did you like it?
88 00:07:38.930 ⇒ 00:07:46.819 Holly Condos: Yeah, I lived with my husband and our sons. We lived in London for 3 years.
89 00:07:47.320 ⇒ 00:07:52.750 Holly Condos: So we got to have a lot of, you know, more authentic.
90 00:07:53.490 ⇒ 00:07:58.220 Mustafa Raja: I think Indian and Pakistani food than America, right?
91 00:07:58.470 ⇒ 00:07:59.020 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, yeah.
92 00:07:59.020 ⇒ 00:08:05.839 Holly Condos: Although now, I think, you know, there are enough immigrants, and there are enough people that know how to cook it really well.
93 00:08:05.940 ⇒ 00:08:10.279 Holly Condos: But yeah, I love Indian food, Pakistani food, so good.
94 00:08:10.730 ⇒ 00:08:12.240 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, yeah, thank you.
95 00:08:13.400 ⇒ 00:08:14.970 Holly Condos: Do you cook?
96 00:08:15.710 ⇒ 00:08:24.390 Mustafa Raja: No, I used to, but then, I dropped mine interest, but I do want to start cooking again.
97 00:08:24.870 ⇒ 00:08:27.199 Holly Condos: Yeah, I think it’s kind of a good release.
98 00:08:27.390 ⇒ 00:08:28.070 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
99 00:08:28.910 ⇒ 00:08:29.700 Holly Condos: Right?
100 00:08:29.880 ⇒ 00:08:31.830 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, yeah, it is.
101 00:08:32.000 ⇒ 00:08:34.930 Mustafa Raja: And I feel proud.
102 00:08:35.610 ⇒ 00:08:36.849 Mustafa Raja: When I do something…
103 00:08:36.850 ⇒ 00:08:39.819 Holly Condos: Oh, yeah, exactly. Yeah, because then everyone…
104 00:08:39.820 ⇒ 00:08:44.619 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, when I cook, I cook for everyone in my family, so…
105 00:08:44.960 ⇒ 00:08:49.910 Mustafa Raja: For my… for my mom and my dad and my brother.
106 00:08:50.360 ⇒ 00:08:51.160 Holly Condos: Huh.
107 00:08:51.160 ⇒ 00:08:54.310 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, and it feels really nice, to be honest.
108 00:08:55.050 ⇒ 00:08:57.129 Holly Condos: That’s great. How big is your family?
109 00:08:57.310 ⇒ 00:09:01.570 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, it’s just 4 people, my mom, my dad, me, and my brother.
110 00:09:02.070 ⇒ 00:09:04.289 Holly Condos: Nice. And what does your brother do?
111 00:09:04.640 ⇒ 00:09:07.039 Mustafa Raja: He’s studying, he’s just…
112 00:09:07.040 ⇒ 00:09:08.190 Holly Condos: He’s younger.
113 00:09:08.190 ⇒ 00:09:09.170 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
114 00:09:09.170 ⇒ 00:09:10.040 Holly Condos: Yeah.
115 00:09:10.260 ⇒ 00:09:14.030 Holly Condos: Did you, go to the university there?
116 00:09:14.710 ⇒ 00:09:18.579 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, yeah, I’ve been… I’ve never been out to Pakistan.
117 00:09:18.580 ⇒ 00:09:19.669 Holly Condos: Oh, you haven’t. Okay, wow.
118 00:09:19.670 ⇒ 00:09:20.150 Mustafa Raja: death?
119 00:09:20.150 ⇒ 00:09:22.020 Holly Condos: Yeah, you gotta come on a trip.
120 00:09:22.170 ⇒ 00:09:26.069 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, yeah, maybe. Maybe someday I’ll be able to…
121 00:09:26.750 ⇒ 00:09:27.970 Holly Condos: Yeah, someday.
122 00:09:28.320 ⇒ 00:09:28.860 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
123 00:09:29.760 ⇒ 00:09:38.310 Holly Condos: Awesome. Well, I hope, you know, this… this year, or the beginning of this year, Q1,
124 00:09:38.430 ⇒ 00:09:44.819 Holly Condos: I’m gonna be trying to engage with you guys more, just… You know, to understand…
125 00:09:45.440 ⇒ 00:09:58.929 Holly Condos: how the customer is doing, what they’re thinking, how we can pull some partners in, right? Just kind of help with the whole go-to-market and service delivery. So, I’m sure we’ll be talking more.
126 00:09:59.100 ⇒ 00:10:02.029 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, yeah, I’m excited to work more with you.
127 00:10:02.480 ⇒ 00:10:07.310 Holly Condos: Great, and if you… obviously, if you ever have any questions, just Slack me.
128 00:10:07.510 ⇒ 00:10:09.189 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, yeah, I can. Thank you.
129 00:10:09.640 ⇒ 00:10:16.979 Holly Condos: Awesome. Okay, well, I think, I think we got our, our donut meeting at least ticked off, right?
130 00:10:17.150 ⇒ 00:10:17.620 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
131 00:10:17.620 ⇒ 00:10:20.400 Holly Condos: And I’m sure we’ll be talking more.
132 00:10:20.790 ⇒ 00:10:21.360 Mustafa Raja: Yeah.
133 00:10:21.760 ⇒ 00:10:23.880 Holly Condos: Hey, what time is it there? Is it late?
134 00:10:24.130 ⇒ 00:10:31.500 Mustafa Raja: It’s 1.11am, but I work at night, so it’s good for me.
135 00:10:32.240 ⇒ 00:10:33.940 Holly Condos: Okay, so you’re fine working.
136 00:10:33.940 ⇒ 00:10:35.570 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, I’m fine. Yeah, yeah.
137 00:10:35.570 ⇒ 00:10:40.229 Holly Condos: Okay, okay. That’s good. Well, I’m not sure I could do that, because it’s like…
138 00:10:40.400 ⇒ 00:10:44.660 Holly Condos: 3 o’clock Eastern, right? It’s noon.
139 00:10:44.930 ⇒ 00:10:46.150 Holly Condos: California time.
140 00:10:46.580 ⇒ 00:10:50.170 Holly Condos: Pretty wild. Yeah. Anyway.
141 00:10:50.170 ⇒ 00:11:01.160 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, so from my university time, I used to, you know, stay up late at night and study. For some reason, my brain doesn’t work in the mornings.
142 00:11:01.160 ⇒ 00:11:02.880 Holly Condos: That’s funny.
143 00:11:03.610 ⇒ 00:11:07.110 Mustafa Raja: So, so yeah, this, this schedule really works for me.
144 00:11:07.490 ⇒ 00:11:10.049 Holly Condos: Well, that’s good, I’m glad, I’m glad. Yep.
145 00:11:10.310 ⇒ 00:11:15.640 Holly Condos: All right, well, have a good rest of your day, and good to connect, and we’ll talk soon.
146 00:11:15.910 ⇒ 00:11:17.169 Mustafa Raja: Yep, thank you!
147 00:11:17.170 ⇒ 00:11:18.630 Holly Condos: Alright, take care. See ya.
148 00:11:18.630 ⇒ 00:11:20.180 Mustafa Raja: Yeah, see you, bye.
149 00:11:20.180 ⇒ 00:11:20.860 Holly Condos: Bye.