"Enabled, by East Los Capital" is a podcast interviewing the best investors, founders, and technologists in the East Los Capital ecosystem about the markets, innovation, and what enables their success. East Los Capital is a tech-enabled private equity firm making the world more productive through technology. We are operationally-focused, research-driven, and technology-enabled. We invest in successful companies where our capital, talent, and analytics can drive the most value. We focus on consumer, healthcare, internet, media, services, and software.Read more about East Los Capital at: https://eastloscap.com/

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"Enabled, by East Los Capital" is a podcast interviewing the best investors, founders, and technologists in the East Los Capital ecosystem about the markets, innovation, and what enables their success. East Los Capital is a tech-enabled private equity firm making the world more productive through technology. We are operationally-focused, research-driven, and technology-enabled. We invest in successful companies where our capital, talent, and analytics can drive the most value. We focus on consumer, healthcare, internet, media, services, and software.Read more about East Los Capital at: https://eastloscap.com/
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September 7, 2022
005 - Harrison Tang, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Spokeo
<p>In this episode of our podcast series “Enabled”, by East Los Capital, Sally Gao interviews Harrison Tang, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Spokeo. Harrison discusses Spokeo and its evolution since its founding in 2006, how Spokeo distinguishes itself from the marketplace by combining Data Technology with User Experiences, and the trends in the Web 3.0 space that excite him as a tech entrepreneur. </p><p>Spokeo is a people intelligence service that provides valuable data records about people for more than 20 million monthly visitors. It is one of the largest people intelligence services in the United States. <br/><br/>-- <br/>01:09 – Harrison discusses Spokeo, how Spokeo was founded (social media aggregator) and how its business scope evolved since 2006<br/><br/>03:22 – Harrison talks about the major challenges Spokeo faced, especially in the beginning when searching for product market fit and monetization strategies<br/><br/>05:40 – Harrison talks about recruiting his founding team, and the vision for Spokeo in the digital identity space<br/><br/>09:04 – Harrison talks about how Spokeo distinguishes itself from competition in the DTC data aggregator space by being vertically integrated and building data experiences and insights that are unique<br/><br/>11:42 – Harrison talks about tech enablement, Web 3.0 – Spokeo, digital identity and ownership of data<br/><br/>14:40 – Harrison discusses East Los Capital’s tech enablement strategy, IoT and blockchain, and other forefront technologies<br/><br/>17:50 – Harrison talks about trends that excite him in the Web 3.0 decentralization space, as well as Spokeo’s mission of transparency and his insights on the concept of self-sovereign identities<br/>-- <br/><br/>Harrison Tang is the CEO, President, and Co-Founder of Spokeo. He holds a BA and BS in Economics and Electrical Engineering and earned a Master of Science of Electrical Engineering from Stanford University prior to founding Spokeo. <br/><br/>--<br/><br/>About the Podcast: <br/>"Enabled, by East Los Capital" is a podcast interviewing the best investors, founders, and technologists in the East Los Capital ecosystem about the markets, innovation, and what enables their success. </p><p><br/></p><p>About East Los Capital:<br/>East Los Capital is a tech-enabled private equity firm making the world more productive through technology. We are operationally-focused, research-driven, and technology-enabled. We invest in successful companies where our capital, talent, and analytics can drive the most value. We focus on consumer, healthcare, internet, media, services, and software. <br/><br/>Read more about Spokeo and East Los Capital: <br/>Spokeo: <a href='https://www.spokeo.com/'>https://www.spokeo.com/</a><br/>East Los Capital: <a href='https://eastloscap.com/'>https://eastloscap.com/</a><br/><br/></p>

August 31, 2022
004 - Darshan Puttannaiah, CTO of 66degrees
<p>In this episode of our podcast series “Enabled”, by East Los Capital, Sally Gao interviews Darshan Puttannaiah, CTO of 66degrees and Founder and CEO of Qwinix Technologies. Darshan discusses his past professional background in enterprise software, 66degrees and Google Cloud, and the role tech enablement has played throughout his career and that of his companies. <br/><br/></p><p>66degrees is a Google Cloud Premier Partner and provider of cloud technology. The platform is designed to serve clients in the healthcare, financial services, technology, media, and public sectors. 66degrees is the second largest pure-play Google Cloud services firm in North America as of November 2022. <br/><br/>-- <br/>00:27 – Darshan talks about his experiences as a software engineer, operator at enterprise software companies, founder at Qwinix Technologies, and now CTO of 66degrees<br/><br/>03:04 – Darshan gives an overview of his current company 66degrees – Premier Google Cloud Partner – and how 66degrees helps clients in diverse industries best use Google Cloud services<br/><br/>06:36 – Darshan discusses tech-enablement as a theme, especially on helping clients unlock the full potential of their data (i.e. data-driven insights and Google Cloud as a tool)<br/><br/>08:08 – Darshan talks about wins achieved for customers along the way that were unexpected, i.e. Edge Computing solutions<br/><br/>09:12 – Darshan discusses the East Los Capital connection, how East Los Capital supported the merger transaction between Qwinix and Cloudbakers<br/><br/>10:22 – Darshan speaks about the role of COVID-19 in accelerating cloud adoption, how every company is trying to become a data company, and how Edge Computing will emerge in the forefront in the coming years<br/>-- <br/><br/>Darshan Puttannaiah is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of 66degrees. Previous to 66degrees, Darshan founded and was CEO of Qwinix Technologies, and had led enterprise technology implementation programs at numerous Fortune 500 companies and startups. <br/><br/>--<br/><br/>About the Podcast: <br/>"Enabled, by East Los Capital" is a podcast interviewing the best investors, founders, and technologists in the East Los Capital ecosystem about the markets, innovation, and what enables their success. </p><p><br/></p><p>About East Los Capital:<br/>East Los Capital is a tech-enabled private equity firm making the world more productive through technology. We are operationally-focused, research-driven, and technology-enabled. We invest in successful companies where our capital, talent, and analytics can drive the most value. We focus on consumer, healthcare, internet, media, services, and software.</p><p><br/>Read more about 66degrees and East Los Capital: <br/>66degrees: <a href='https://66degrees.com/'>https://66degrees.com/</a><br/>East Los Capital: <a href='https://eastloscap.com/'>https://eastloscap.com/</a></p>

July 25, 2022
003 - Podcast: Enabled by East Los Capital with Monica Erickson, Head of Investment Grade Credit & Portfolio Manager at DoubleLine Capital
<p>In this episode of our podcast series “Enabled”, by East Los Capital, Co-managing Partner Anthony Valencia interviews Monica Erickson, Head of Investment Grade Credit & Portfolio Manager at DoubleLine Capital, about her views on inflation and Federal Reserve rate hikes, the investment grade bond market, and potential signals for recession. Monica gives an in-depth discussion of what she is seeing in the volatile 2022 markets from the perspective of the investment grade credit market.</p><p>DoubleLine is an independent, employee-owned money management firm with over $107 billion in combined assets under management invested across a wide array of investment strategies.<br/><br/>-- <br/>01:20 – Monica discusses with Anthony where the investment grade market and greater fixed income market is currently relative to the beginning of 2022 and Wall St. expectations<br/><br/>03:16 – Monica talks about the reasons for the surprising outperformance of the high yield bond market vs. investment grade<br/><br/>05:26 – In context of earnings season, Monica discusses with Anthony the kinds of market signals she looks for as an investment grade investor during an era of Federal Reserve rate hikes<br/><br/>10:24 – Monica talks about the difference between banks and non-financial companies in light of some banks halting share buybacks and the implications for the broader equity markets<br/><br/>14:17 – Monica delineates the insights one can draw considering Treasury rates and changing spreads relative to recession risks and explains the impact of increased volatility in Treasuries on stand alone credit markets<br/><br/>19:25 – Monica discussed how high spreads got in March of 2020 and gives her thoughts on potential Fed action if a similar situation were to occur<br/><br/>22:06 – Monica discusses the health of investment grade credits relative to current leverage and interest coverage ratios<br/><br/>26:04 – Monica talks about her work with The Bloomberg Women’s Buyside Network, an organization focused on increasing diversity and raising the profile of women working on the buyside as analysts, portfolio managers, traders or other similar roles<br/>-- <br/><br/>Monica Erickson is the Head of Investment Grade Credit & Portfolio Manager at DoubleLine Capital. Prior to DoubleLine, Ms. Erickson was a Vice President in the Corporate Bond group at TCW where she was involved in the management of the Firm’s corporate credit fixed income and structured products. Prior to TCW, she was a Vice President at Froley, Revy Investment Company for over fifteen years, active in managing several convertible strategies. Ms. Erickson graduated from the University of Southern California, summa cum laude, with a BS in Business. She is a CFA charter holder, a past board member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles, and the current chair of the Charter Recognition committee for the CFA Society of Los Angeles.<br/><br/>-- <br/><br/>About the Podcast: <br/>"Enabled, by East Los Capital" is a podcast interviewing the best investors, founders, and technologists in the East Los Capital ecosystem about the markets, innovation, and what enables their success. <br/><br/>About East Los Capital:<br/>East Los Capital is a tech-enabled private equity firm making the world more productive through technology. We are operationally-focused, research-driven, and technology-enabled. We invest in successful companies where our capital, talent, and analytics can drive the most value. We focus on consumer, healthcare, internet, media, services, and software.</p><p><br/>Read more about DoubleLine and East Los Capital: <br/>DoubleLine: <a href='https://doubleline.com/ '>https://doubleline.com/ </a><br/>East Los Capital: <a href='https://eastloscap.com/'>https://eastloscap.com/</a></p>
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