Meeting Title: Brainforge Onboarding and Q2 Planning Sync Date: 2026-04-06 Meeting participants: Uttam Kumaran, Garrett Gibson
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1 00:00:32.820 ⇒ 00:00:33.800 Uttam Kumaran: Hey!
2 00:00:38.080 ⇒ 00:00:39.670 Uttam Kumaran: I think you’re on mute.
3 00:01:02.780 ⇒ 00:01:03.919 Garrett Gibson: Hey, can you hear me now?
4 00:01:04.060 ⇒ 00:01:04.780 Uttam Kumaran: Yes.
5 00:01:04.780 ⇒ 00:01:16.149 Garrett Gibson: Okay, sorry. Yeah, I’ve been having this weird, like, Zoom glitch. It doesn’t happen with every meeting, but, like, my audio says it’s set to the correct setting, but then it just, like, shuts off.
6 00:01:16.150 ⇒ 00:01:17.110 Uttam Kumaran: manga.
7 00:01:17.110 ⇒ 00:01:17.440 Garrett Gibson: Yeah.
8 00:01:17.440 ⇒ 00:01:18.510 Uttam Kumaran: How’s the weekend?
9 00:01:18.760 ⇒ 00:01:24.830 Garrett Gibson: Good, man, it’s good, yeah, it was a busy weekend, just with the family, you know, Easter holiday, so… Yeah.
10 00:01:25.650 ⇒ 00:01:27.450 Uttam Kumaran: Do you have a… you have a young kiddo?
11 00:01:27.600 ⇒ 00:01:29.640 Garrett Gibson: I do, yeah, she’s 3.
12 00:01:29.640 ⇒ 00:01:31.029 Uttam Kumaran: Wow, what’s her name?
13 00:01:31.250 ⇒ 00:01:32.240 Garrett Gibson: Emily?
14 00:01:32.470 ⇒ 00:01:33.110 Uttam Kumaran: Emily.
15 00:01:33.110 ⇒ 00:01:33.460 Garrett Gibson: Yeah.
16 00:01:33.460 ⇒ 00:01:34.140 Uttam Kumaran: Oh, nice.
17 00:01:34.140 ⇒ 00:01:34.640 Garrett Gibson: How about you?
18 00:01:34.640 ⇒ 00:01:35.350 Uttam Kumaran: Yep.
19 00:01:35.350 ⇒ 00:01:36.130 Garrett Gibson: Our kids there.
20 00:01:36.130 ⇒ 00:01:39.400 Uttam Kumaran: No, I just have a girlfriend, and I have a dog here, I’ll show you.
21 00:01:40.020 ⇒ 00:01:41.489 Uttam Kumaran: That’s him, that’s my kid.
22 00:01:41.490 ⇒ 00:01:43.819 Garrett Gibson: Oh, it is. Looks exciting.
23 00:01:44.280 ⇒ 00:01:46.029 Garrett Gibson: Relaxed day. Yeah.
24 00:01:46.030 ⇒ 00:01:48.740 Uttam Kumaran: Look, all his toys are scattered, that’s it.
25 00:01:49.360 ⇒ 00:01:50.609 Uttam Kumaran: No, that’s the kid right now.
26 00:01:50.610 ⇒ 00:01:51.990 Garrett Gibson: Awesome.
27 00:01:51.990 ⇒ 00:02:00.769 Uttam Kumaran: And then, oh yeah, this company is actually my other child, yeah. Yeah, that’s true. It’s also three, so… That’s true.
28 00:02:01.250 ⇒ 00:02:03.670 Uttam Kumaran: Almost 3. I guess coming up on 3, yeah.
29 00:02:06.030 ⇒ 00:02:09.770 Uttam Kumaran: Oh, that’s awesome. Well, welcome, dude, it was super pumped to have you.
30 00:02:09.770 ⇒ 00:02:21.780 Garrett Gibson: Yeah, no, it’s been great so far. I’m just, you know, getting onboarded to all the tools, you know, everything. I’ve been chatting with B, you know, a little back and forth, getting my GitHub and cursor, you know, kind of set up.
31 00:02:22.060 ⇒ 00:02:22.580 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah.
32 00:02:22.580 ⇒ 00:02:30.719 Garrett Gibson: But yeah, so far, it’s… everything’s going good. Asleep today, having, like, you know, one-on-ones with some different team members, and…
33 00:02:30.920 ⇒ 00:02:39.740 Garrett Gibson: You know, going over the ramp-up plan, in motion, and not motion, notion, sorry. Things like that, yeah.
34 00:02:40.220 ⇒ 00:02:42.720 Uttam Kumaran: Cool, good. Yeah, I mean, I think the…
35 00:02:42.910 ⇒ 00:02:57.130 Uttam Kumaran: I mean, really, today, I just wanted to kind of, like, set the stage, and, like, I think we have this, like, 30, 60, 90 plan. I mean, to kind of… I think for me, as I’m… as we’re bringing on more people, I think it’s helpful for me to say, like, okay, if you’re gonna wake up.
36 00:02:57.770 ⇒ 00:03:07.909 Uttam Kumaran: during this next 30 days, every day, what are the things that… what are, like, our expectations? And I feel like there’s, like, two things that really, like, we want to hold true. I think one is, like.
37 00:03:08.180 ⇒ 00:03:12.260 Uttam Kumaran: Element is… is a huge climb for us. Right. We’re expanding.
38 00:03:12.260 ⇒ 00:03:12.950 Garrett Gibson: relationship.
39 00:03:12.950 ⇒ 00:03:13.540 Uttam Kumaran: with them.
40 00:03:13.540 ⇒ 00:03:14.989 Garrett Gibson: The ramp-up plan there, yeah.
41 00:03:14.990 ⇒ 00:03:21.409 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, we’re expanding our relationship with them, and I think it’s important for you to just dive headfirst into that. I think.
42 00:03:21.410 ⇒ 00:03:21.850 Garrett Gibson: Yeah.
43 00:03:21.850 ⇒ 00:03:30.790 Uttam Kumaran: we have several people on this client, and so today we’re gonna be doing a little bit of, like, a Q2 sync with everybody, but…
44 00:03:30.790 ⇒ 00:03:48.790 Garrett Gibson: into, like, the Omni dashboarding, the, like, Snowflake, so yeah, I was gonna get, like, I already met with Greg, I think he’s on that, project as well, right? Cool. And I think there’s a, yeah, I think there’s a meeting this afternoon, so yeah, I’m gonna join that one, to kind of, I think that’s, like, probably more backlog planning, right? Things like that.
45 00:03:48.790 ⇒ 00:04:02.290 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, exactly. So it’s really just setting the stage for everybody, and I think that’s where we have… we’re gonna have a mix of, like, people that are Workstream owners, people that are sort of more account management, and what I’m kind of hopeful for is that, like, you can give us sort of the…
46 00:04:02.500 ⇒ 00:04:21.069 Uttam Kumaran: the glue between, like, all the things that are happening on the client. This is our… this is our biggest and our… probably our most difficult client to date, in terms of just, like, culturally how we need to operate, you know? And so, I think it’s a great, like, first challenge, and me, like, I… me and Robert are sort of leading, like, a lot of the high-level relationship.
47 00:04:21.070 ⇒ 00:04:28.669 Uttam Kumaran: Greg is leading a core work stream, Jasmine is leading a core work stream, Advaita’s doing some work, Awash is doing some work.
48 00:04:28.670 ⇒ 00:04:35.870 Garrett Gibson: Yeah, I can help more, like, the kind of roadmapping level, and then, like, maybe even getting into, like, producing some of the presentation, like…
49 00:04:35.870 ⇒ 00:04:36.520 Uttam Kumaran: Exactly.
50 00:04:36.520 ⇒ 00:04:42.089 Garrett Gibson: As it relates to, like, the data architecture, like, system design, and, you know, kind of all that stuff as well.
51 00:04:42.090 ⇒ 00:04:43.650 Uttam Kumaran: Exactly, exactly.
52 00:04:44.160 ⇒ 00:04:59.570 Uttam Kumaran: So I think that’s, like, that’s kind of the first thing. And I think the second thing is, like, you know, we talked a lot about when you first… when you were interviewing about, like, okay, what does it look like to support, like, the delivery team broadly? And so I think we… we… I really see…
53 00:04:59.580 ⇒ 00:05:11.699 Uttam Kumaran: you and on a track towards, like, basically, we have two, kind of, core leadership roles, either, like, service leads or CSOs, which is client success. I think you have a clear path towards the client success role.
54 00:05:12.120 ⇒ 00:05:20.109 Uttam Kumaran: And really, like, what I have as a help is just, like, how do we start to standardize the client success team?
55 00:05:20.160 ⇒ 00:05:35.950 Uttam Kumaran: Right? Like, how are we… you’ll see, and I’ll start to add you to some of our chats, the client success team, we’re chatting about, okay, what other opportunities are there in our existing portfolio to sell more opportunities, to expand relationships, account management, organization.
56 00:05:35.950 ⇒ 00:05:39.120 Garrett Gibson: Or, like, a framework, kind of, right, around CSO.
57 00:05:39.120 ⇒ 00:05:51.919 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, exactly. So that’s why I want to… I wanna see, like, I want to take on just that part of, like… and that’s something that affects me, because the CSOs are the face of our organization to clients. They’re the relationship builders.
58 00:05:51.920 ⇒ 00:05:54.050 Garrett Gibson: some responsibilities, right? Like, for that.
59 00:05:54.050 ⇒ 00:06:09.599 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, and then what are the… what is the heartbeats that we’re creating for… for this crew? And I also think, like, the service leads have 4 or 5 people. This has just been me, Pranav, and Greg, and so I think including you there will be amazing, and then I want to see how this team can start getting hyped up around, like.
60 00:06:09.750 ⇒ 00:06:13.199 Uttam Kumaran: how do I pull out more services to sell to my existing clients? Like.
61 00:06:13.200 ⇒ 00:06:13.700 Garrett Gibson: Exactly.
62 00:06:13.700 ⇒ 00:06:30.789 Uttam Kumaran: I’m dealing with a client that’s a little bit difficult, like, how do I lean on us to, like, talk through a case or things like that? How do I think about partnering with sales to, you know, think about, like, more about how we pitch a certain product? And so I think this is where, like, thinking about how you can support
63 00:06:30.910 ⇒ 00:06:39.320 Uttam Kumaran: So, right now, I’m in sort of this head of delivery role, and thinking about how you support that is, like, okay, can we start to get the CSOs on, like, a nice part P?
64 00:06:39.340 ⇒ 00:06:51.579 Uttam Kumaran: Right, where we’re talking about delivery-sourced opportunities, we’re talking about renewals ahead of time, we’re escalating issues with, like, service quality, you know, faster,
65 00:06:51.580 ⇒ 00:07:08.419 Uttam Kumaran: And then generally, how do I get both of those guys and you to get, like, okay, how are we all getting better at the dance of account management, right? At meeting more people, you know? And that’s, I think… so those two things, I think, are the key things to keep in mind. I think 70, 30, 80-20, however you want to think about it.
66 00:07:08.420 ⇒ 00:07:12.099 Garrett Gibson: Maybe setting up, like, CSO goals, like, for the organization, like, you know, that.
67 00:07:12.100 ⇒ 00:07:13.010 Uttam Kumaran: Exactly.
68 00:07:13.010 ⇒ 00:07:13.500 Garrett Gibson: Yeah.
69 00:07:13.500 ⇒ 00:07:14.050 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah.
70 00:07:14.050 ⇒ 00:07:14.680 Garrett Gibson: Cool.
71 00:07:14.680 ⇒ 00:07:15.560 Uttam Kumaran: For me, like…
72 00:07:15.560 ⇒ 00:07:18.710 Garrett Gibson: ARs in there as well, so that would probably be good till, like…
73 00:07:18.710 ⇒ 00:07:21.060 Uttam Kumaran: Exactly, so right now, for the CSOs, the main…
74 00:07:21.530 ⇒ 00:07:23.129 Uttam Kumaran: Goal for them is to, like.
75 00:07:23.470 ⇒ 00:07:35.130 Uttam Kumaran: like, they’re… basically, there needs to be a clear roadmap for their client, and so we have this process of a project review process. The client needs to be happy, and that’s, like, the floor, and you’ll see a lot of the things…
76 00:07:35.580 ⇒ 00:07:36.080 Uttam Kumaran: We talked.
77 00:07:36.080 ⇒ 00:07:40.200 Garrett Gibson: But it’s like, once the roadmap’s created, it’s like, how do we, like, extend that roadmap, right?
78 00:07:40.200 ⇒ 00:07:40.520 Uttam Kumaran: Yes.
79 00:07:40.930 ⇒ 00:07:46.829 Uttam Kumaran: Right? And so, for me, I told them, I said, dude, get a week ahead, get a month ahead, get a quarter ahead, and then you’re.
80 00:07:46.830 ⇒ 00:07:47.330 Garrett Gibson: Absolutely.
81 00:07:47.330 ⇒ 00:07:47.990 Uttam Kumaran: agree.
82 00:07:47.990 ⇒ 00:07:48.320 Garrett Gibson: Yeah.
83 00:07:48.320 ⇒ 00:07:51.039 Uttam Kumaran: freeing, right? And so they’re starting to.
84 00:07:51.040 ⇒ 00:07:56.600 Garrett Gibson: Refine it as you get closer, like, you know, do a quarterly plan and then refine it, like, you know, as you get closer to starting it.
85 00:07:56.600 ⇒ 00:08:01.230 Uttam Kumaran: Exactly, exactly. You know, and so that’s what I’m sort of trying to impart onto them.
86 00:08:01.550 ⇒ 00:08:17.529 Uttam Kumaran: And they’re starting to pick it up really well. And the… really, the toughest problem is, is, like, I don’t… I’m not able to have a ton of touchpoints, so when I call them, I’m like, lay it on me. Like, what’s the risk? What’s the biggest flag? What can I help you, like.
87 00:08:17.640 ⇒ 00:08:24.530 Uttam Kumaran: kind of, like, talk through, and more of that. And building a team camaraderie within the CSO group is gonna be really great.
88 00:08:24.530 ⇒ 00:08:41.259 Uttam Kumaran: And then for us to start getting opinionated on what else… what is a great CSO, because as we’re interviewing, right, I want this crew to make the decision on, like, this person is someone that we want to bring in who we know can lead a client’s success, is going to be a great part of this crew, and starting to build that, like, culture. Yeah.
89 00:08:41.260 ⇒ 00:08:52.060 Garrett Gibson: Exactly. No, yeah, that sounds great. I’m excited to dive in, and yeah, I think it sounds like a great, you know, opportunity, like, you know, that fits my background, and I think I can definitely see myself growing, you know, more in.
90 00:08:52.060 ⇒ 00:09:06.730 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, so I’m excited to kind of, in pairing with you there and seeing, like, where you fit in, like, how you culturally think about team building and building, sort of, the structure, but also, like, seeing your day-to-day impact on Element.
91 00:09:06.770 ⇒ 00:09:19.280 Uttam Kumaran: You know, and then… and then that will allow me to calibrate, like, okay, your capacity and where I can… where I can best fit you to… to… to dominate, you know? And so that’s really what… at the end of the 30 days.
92 00:09:19.280 ⇒ 00:09:29.619 Uttam Kumaran: I want to have a little bit of calibration on, like, okay, I get what Garrett is rushing at, I get where I can support you in getting to the next level, and what that could be.
93 00:09:29.650 ⇒ 00:09:34.390 Uttam Kumaran: I want to see that element is on rails, and that the CSOs are, like, in a good motion.
94 00:09:34.610 ⇒ 00:09:45.179 Uttam Kumaran: I think that’s… I think you totally, like, can hit that 30 days. You’re gonna see how much AI shit we have going on here. You’re gonna hopefully be, like, mind-blown, and you’re gonna.
95 00:09:45.180 ⇒ 00:09:47.699 Garrett Gibson: You’re gonna see that…
96 00:09:47.700 ⇒ 00:09:52.469 Uttam Kumaran: 30 days to do anything around here is, like, quite a long time.
97 00:09:52.470 ⇒ 00:09:53.030 Garrett Gibson: Absolutely, yeah.
98 00:09:53.030 ⇒ 00:09:55.559 Uttam Kumaran: So, lots changes, and so…
99 00:09:55.560 ⇒ 00:09:56.220 Garrett Gibson: I…
100 00:09:56.220 ⇒ 00:10:00.070 Uttam Kumaran: I feel like… where… and this is where I want you to also push on me, like, think about…
101 00:10:00.560 ⇒ 00:10:01.400 Uttam Kumaran: Ow…
102 00:10:01.560 ⇒ 00:10:12.130 Uttam Kumaran: like, and think about me, separate from my role as, like, CEO, like, there’s a way in everybody leveraging the CEO for clarity, for whatever, but
103 00:10:12.130 ⇒ 00:10:32.020 Uttam Kumaran: think also about head of delivery, because I may not be head of delivery, and so think about what is the contract between the CSOs, the service leads, and the head of delivery. Where can I be helpful? Where am I… where can I get feedback, because I’m not doing enough? And that’s also what I want to hear. That’s something that’s a struggle for me right now. I’m not getting a lot of feedback up.
104 00:10:32.040 ⇒ 00:10:47.980 Uttam Kumaran: I think partly because I think some people, this may be their first time, like, in sort of consulting. There are a lot of people who are in product people. I think also people are just hustling to do their own thing, so by the time they kind of think about what I need, they’re like, I need help from you on this thing. And so.
105 00:10:47.980 ⇒ 00:10:48.300 Garrett Gibson: Right.
106 00:10:48.300 ⇒ 00:11:00.149 Uttam Kumaran: That’s one thing that I know you’re pretty seasoned, and so give me some feedback on, like, hey, like, this is not clear, like, I’m not able to do this until you’ve brought clarity here, and so I’ll go do that, like.
107 00:11:00.150 ⇒ 00:11:10.120 Uttam Kumaran: That would be really helpful. You’ll see that the people that are successful at the company, especially, like, folks like Kayla, Rico, B, like, they ask, and they push.
108 00:11:10.130 ⇒ 00:11:15.210 Uttam Kumaran: And they… they closed the loop on things really, really well. Yeah.
109 00:11:15.390 ⇒ 00:11:17.660 Garrett Gibson: Yeah, follow through.
110 00:11:17.660 ⇒ 00:11:18.680 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, exactly.
111 00:11:18.680 ⇒ 00:11:24.839 Garrett Gibson: Yeah. No, that’s great, yeah, and I appreciate having the, kind of, the ramp-up plan, that gives me, like, more focus and, you know.
112 00:11:24.840 ⇒ 00:11:41.869 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, and if you find a piece that’s too broad, or whatever, like, this is a plan for us, like, it’s… Definitely. You’ll see that we did our best, but ultimately, we want to win for clients, and then I want to win for our team. I want people to wake up with clarity of thought and go out and execute, and so…
113 00:11:41.870 ⇒ 00:11:50.010 Uttam Kumaran: Like, if something seems off, or if it seems like, hey, this… we should deprio, I want to move this, like, let’s just talk about it, so… Cool. Yeah, perfect.
114 00:11:50.140 ⇒ 00:11:57.049 Garrett Gibson: Yeah, I have a meeting also at Robert, later this afternoon, so it’d be good to touch base with him on the ramp-up plan also. Okay.
115 00:11:57.050 ⇒ 00:11:57.930 Uttam Kumaran: Okay, perfect.
116 00:11:57.930 ⇒ 00:11:58.500 Garrett Gibson: Yeah.
117 00:11:58.920 ⇒ 00:12:03.330 Uttam Kumaran: What else? What can I answer about Brainforge, or about the future, or talk.
118 00:12:03.330 ⇒ 00:12:13.620 Garrett Gibson: Yeah, no, yeah, absolutely. I think that… actually, let me just bring up the plan, because I think I noticed something else I had questions on. Oh yeah, I wanted to learn more about the Eden, client, because I saw.
119 00:12:13.620 ⇒ 00:12:14.120 Uttam Kumaran: Yes.
120 00:12:14.120 ⇒ 00:12:16.459 Garrett Gibson: stuff on here about that also.
121 00:12:16.730 ⇒ 00:12:29.660 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, so I think, Robert’s gonna brief you more about Eden. Eden is one of our long-standing clients. I think we wanna see… I kind of told Robert, like, I don’t want to overwhelm you with multiple clients.
122 00:12:29.660 ⇒ 00:12:32.769 Garrett Gibson: I want you to really focus on element, yeah.
123 00:12:32.770 ⇒ 00:12:37.189 Uttam Kumaran: and then you’ll see parallels, and you’ll see common problems, and you’ll be able to… I want.
124 00:12:37.760 ⇒ 00:12:40.490 Uttam Kumaran: The name of the game here is, like, copy-paste, copy-paste.
125 00:12:40.490 ⇒ 00:12:40.910 Garrett Gibson: Yeah.
126 00:12:40.910 ⇒ 00:12:48.460 Uttam Kumaran: Right? The more that we look at a client and we think of them and their struggles, like, unique, that’s who we used to be. And so…
127 00:12:48.460 ⇒ 00:12:52.300 Garrett Gibson: I think this would operationalize into kind of, like, a CSO, like, framework, right, that we could…
128 00:12:52.300 ⇒ 00:12:53.550 Uttam Kumaran: Exactly, exactly.
129 00:12:53.550 ⇒ 00:12:56.339 Garrett Gibson: document, and then, like, refine, right, over time.
130 00:12:56.340 ⇒ 00:13:05.489 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, exactly. So you’ll see that Robert is basically leading Eden. There’s maybe 5 or 6 of our team on there, and he’s sort of, like.
131 00:13:05.720 ⇒ 00:13:17.659 Uttam Kumaran: leading a good amount of it on his own, and so you’ll see that in the way he talks about it, he needs help. I think both of us want to see, like, okay, where does Garrett fit in? Can Garrett come on and kind of lead the
132 00:13:17.660 ⇒ 00:13:27.520 Uttam Kumaran: some or parts of that, but I would just… I would just say, like, one thing about Brainforge is there’s a lot of, like, it’s like, there’s a lot of trash on the ground to pick up.
133 00:13:27.520 ⇒ 00:13:43.190 Uttam Kumaran: So just be careful to pick up the things that you know you can really win at, and we’re… everybody here deals with this problem. There’s typically two problems. One is, like, there’s so much to do that, like, you will get overwhelmed. The second problem is communication, like.
134 00:13:43.190 ⇒ 00:13:53.479 Uttam Kumaran: Sure. Compared to many large organizations or organizations you may have been part of, even the ones I was part of, were extremely async, were extremely direct, and so…
135 00:13:53.510 ⇒ 00:13:59.279 Uttam Kumaran: the people that struggle are the ones that are like, I’m gonna wait till the meeting, or… or, like.
136 00:13:59.590 ⇒ 00:14:07.989 Uttam Kumaran: I don’t want to sound stupid about something, or I’m gonna DM somebody instead of putting it to a channel. Like, try your best to leave that baggage
137 00:14:08.020 ⇒ 00:14:19.839 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, absolutely. You know, and it’s just gonna be a learning process. You’re gonna see that, like, how much we leverage Slack, linear, and async tools to communicate, and create leverage for ourselves, you know?
138 00:14:19.840 ⇒ 00:14:23.479 Garrett Gibson: Yeah, because it makes it easier to, like, reference things later and stuff like that.
139 00:14:23.480 ⇒ 00:14:41.350 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, and everybody saw that, so there’s nobody here that should say, like, we’re waiting… we have to wait for a meeting. You’ll see, like, there’s some things that will kick off, some things like that we have to meet, but we quickly try to move, because ultimately, nobody wants to sit on meetings, like, all day. Instead, I would rather us go call the client again and say hi.
140 00:14:41.350 ⇒ 00:14:44.209 Garrett Gibson: Yeah, you’d rather be on a client meeting than, like, an internal meeting, right?
141 00:14:44.210 ⇒ 00:15:02.649 Uttam Kumaran: Exactly, exactly, you know? And so just keep that in mind, and, like, I think over the weeks, like, I think we’ll continue to… you’ll see how some of these manifest themselves, and then see it… identify where you feel, like, blocked or slow, and, like, tell me how I can… how I can unblock things. So that’s the… that’s sort of the eat-in
142 00:15:02.690 ⇒ 00:15:04.290 Uttam Kumaran: the Eden situation.
143 00:15:05.620 ⇒ 00:15:23.500 Garrett Gibson: Yeah, no, that makes sense. So yeah, I think, definitely have my marching orders for the next, I’ll say, like, couple weeks. Yeah, just really gonna get into the weeds of, like, you know, the Element project, making sure I have Cursor and GitHub, like, all set up, you know, integrated, you know, with Brainforge.
144 00:15:23.950 ⇒ 00:15:27.429 Garrett Gibson: I’m gonna also get access to, like, the Omni tool.
145 00:15:27.430 ⇒ 00:15:27.880 Uttam Kumaran: Going.
146 00:15:27.880 ⇒ 00:15:33.610 Garrett Gibson: dashboard, start looking at what we have for Element, and then… The snowflake, right?
147 00:15:33.610 ⇒ 00:15:34.300 Uttam Kumaran: Yes.
148 00:15:34.300 ⇒ 00:15:35.160 Garrett Gibson: as well.
149 00:15:35.490 ⇒ 00:15:37.680 Garrett Gibson: I think?
150 00:15:38.130 ⇒ 00:15:42.490 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, and I just added you to… so, I added you to our internal element channel.
151 00:15:42.640 ⇒ 00:15:49.259 Uttam Kumaran: So, typically, we have an external channel and an internal one, so just added you there. Okay, question.
152 00:15:52.160 ⇒ 00:15:56.769 Garrett Gibson: Awesome, yeah, let’s start taking a look at, those channels more.
153 00:15:59.820 ⇒ 00:16:00.460 Uttam Kumaran: Cool.
154 00:16:01.220 ⇒ 00:16:01.830 Garrett Gibson: Cool.
155 00:16:02.800 ⇒ 00:16:08.780 Garrett Gibson: I think… Those are the main things for now, right? That you can think of?
156 00:16:08.780 ⇒ 00:16:09.390 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah.
157 00:16:10.070 ⇒ 00:16:10.690 Garrett Gibson: Awesome.
158 00:16:11.390 ⇒ 00:16:15.729 Garrett Gibson: Do you want to have, like, a weekly one-on-one, likewise?
159 00:16:15.730 ⇒ 00:16:19.690 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, set it up. Yeah, I mean, like…
160 00:16:19.900 ⇒ 00:16:22.389 Uttam Kumaran: I would say afternoons are better.
161 00:16:22.390 ⇒ 00:16:25.359 Garrett Gibson: Okay. Are you PST, or are you in New York? I’m CM.
162 00:16:25.360 ⇒ 00:16:26.040 Uttam Kumaran: I see.
163 00:16:26.040 ⇒ 00:16:27.340 Garrett Gibson: Okay, your CS team, okay, I’ll.
164 00:16:27.340 ⇒ 00:16:31.260 Uttam Kumaran: I’m in Austin, so that’s honestly, like, yeah, late afternoon your time. Yeah.
165 00:16:31.260 ⇒ 00:16:31.660 Garrett Gibson: Perfect.
166 00:16:31.660 ⇒ 00:16:32.859 Uttam Kumaran: Usually, like, my mornings.
167 00:16:32.930 ⇒ 00:16:34.260 Garrett Gibson: Late afternoon’s better?
168 00:16:34.260 ⇒ 00:16:37.089 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, my mornings, I’m, like, trying to prep…
169 00:16:37.360 ⇒ 00:16:37.989 Garrett Gibson: Yeah. And I sort of…
170 00:16:37.990 ⇒ 00:16:42.330 Uttam Kumaran: focus on some AI stuff. Middle of the day is kind of, like, client stuff.
171 00:16:42.330 ⇒ 00:16:47.559 Garrett Gibson: Yeah, I’ll find something afternoon, just on your calendar. It’s, like, mid to late week, probably better, something like that.
172 00:16:47.560 ⇒ 00:17:02.379 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, you’ll see that there’s sprinkled some other people have one-on-ones. I mean, to tell you the truth, as CSOs, if we can meet, like, that’ll clear up some of that, too. Sure. So, I’m also gonna be meeting with Greg and Pranav later, so I’d love for you to join.
173 00:17:02.510 ⇒ 00:17:03.780 Uttam Kumaran: To, to join that.
174 00:17:03.780 ⇒ 00:17:05.290 Garrett Gibson: 30 call right.
175 00:17:06.240 ⇒ 00:17:06.859 Garrett Gibson: we have.
176 00:17:07.130 ⇒ 00:17:12.939 Uttam Kumaran: Yes, well, there’s a CSO sync at 1 3rd… at… so it’s at 3 o’clock… well, it’s at my 3 o’clock.
177 00:17:15.230 ⇒ 00:17:17.040 Garrett Gibson: I can tell them to argue.
178 00:17:17.930 ⇒ 00:17:19.689 Uttam Kumaran: It should be 1 o’clock your time.
179 00:17:19.859 ⇒ 00:17:21.819 Garrett Gibson: Oh, is it 1 o’clock my time? No.
180 00:17:22.999 ⇒ 00:17:23.939 Garrett Gibson: D.
181 00:17:25.459 ⇒ 00:17:29.589 Garrett Gibson: Sorry, I have so many meetings today, I’m not sure if I can make that one, but I’ll try.
182 00:17:29.590 ⇒ 00:17:31.980 Uttam Kumaran: I think it’s almost a movie, because it’s sort of like a.
183 00:17:31.980 ⇒ 00:17:32.670 Garrett Gibson: Okay.
184 00:17:35.850 ⇒ 00:17:37.179 Uttam Kumaran: Let me, yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and.
185 00:17:37.180 ⇒ 00:17:37.700 Garrett Gibson: Double check.
186 00:17:38.270 ⇒ 00:17:39.270 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah.
187 00:17:41.860 ⇒ 00:17:46.559 Garrett Gibson: Let’s see… But yeah, at 1 today, I had that call with Robert, looks like.
188 00:17:47.850 ⇒ 00:18:01.040 Uttam Kumaran: Cool. Then we can add… we can add it to whenever. I think I just added you to our, like, a group DM with me, B, and all the CSOs, so just feel free to share. Greg is East Coast, Pranav is also East Coast, I’m here.
189 00:18:01.440 ⇒ 00:18:01.810 Garrett Gibson: Awesome.
190 00:18:01.810 ⇒ 00:18:05.170 Uttam Kumaran: I’m… I mean, I’m… after, like, yeah, afternoon until…
191 00:18:05.290 ⇒ 00:18:12.480 Uttam Kumaran: Until whenever I’m free, so I think… but I think Greg goes and picks up his son at, like, 5 for now, he’s usually open late, so…
192 00:18:12.480 ⇒ 00:18:20.799 Garrett Gibson: Yeah, I’ll try to join, but if I can’t, I’ll just set up, like, the weekly one-on-one, I guess, for, like, the first couple weeks, maybe. Okay. That’d be good. Cool.
193 00:18:21.820 ⇒ 00:18:23.280 Uttam Kumaran: Okay, perfect, dude.
194 00:18:23.280 ⇒ 00:18:25.780 Garrett Gibson: Awesome. Alright, man, yeah, happy to be here, and thanks for.
195 00:18:25.780 ⇒ 00:18:26.710 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah.
196 00:18:27.600 ⇒ 00:18:28.499 Uttam Kumaran: Of course, okay.
197 00:18:28.500 ⇒ 00:18:29.809 Garrett Gibson: Alright, I’ll talk to you later. Bye.