Zero to Prove is a podcast for leaders who’ve reached the point in life where they’re no longer chasing titles, status, or validation. Hosted by Anthony Bay, the show spotlights people who have redefined success, shifted their priorities, and found new ways to create impact on their own terms. Each conversation explores the pivotal “zero to prove” moment…and what comes next. www.zerotoprove.org
Peter Zatloukal: Why the Best Opportunities Feel Like a Risk
Peter Zatloukal has spent his career building at the intersection of software, engineering and artificial intelligence, from Microsoft Kinect and Amazon Alexa to leading Xnor.ai's engineering organisation through its acquisition by Apple and later running applied AI research teams inside Apple. In this episode of Zero to Prove, Peter talks with Anthony Bay about the decisions behind that career: leaving secure roles for uncertain opportunities, learning from people who were better than him, discovering how leadership changes at the executive level, surviving the realities of startups, and why the work itself has always mattered more than status or money. Now in a different stage of his career, Peter reflects on what it means to stay in the game, keep learning and pass forward the lessons others once shared with him.
23 Sept 2026
Aaron Khoo: Knowing When Success Is No Longer Enough
Aaron Khoo spent nearly 30 years in technology, including ten years at Microsoft, time working on the early body-camera team at Axon, and almost ten years at AWS. In this episode of Zero to Prove, Aaron talks with Anthony Bay about the decisions that shaped his career, from leaving Microsoft shortly after a promotion to eventually stepping away from Amazon without another full-time role waiting. He discusses why successful careers can become difficult to leave, the loss of identity that can come with stepping away from a senior role, and the conversation with a friend that made him question whether he needed another job at all. Aaron also shares how curiosity now shapes his life, from writing and technology projects to improv, music and learning new skills, and why fear can be present without being allowed to determine what comes next.
9 Sept 2026
Jeff Teper: Taking More Shots on Goal and Staying in the Game
Jeff Teper has spent more than three decades at Microsoft, helping build products including SharePoint and Teams and repeatedly reinventing his work as technology moved from the PC to the internet, the cloud and now AI. In this conversation, Jeff reflects on taking a 50% pay cut to join Microsoft, choosing opportunities over titles, learning from failed products, and the leaders who continued to bet on him before success was obvious. He also explains why taking more “shots on goal” matters, why grit and humility can coexist with fierce competitiveness, and why, at a stage when many of his peers have stepped away, the arrival of AI has given him another reason to stay in the game.
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