{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"President at Confluent, Erica Schultz: Cashing in on Your Currency","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4003,"description":"Guest: Erica Schultz, president of field operations at Confluent\r\n\r\nIn this episode, we cover: The incredible influence of Erica’s namesake, her father, who passed away as her career was taking off (09:28); “The impact we leave is the impact we have on people” (15:21); How Erica became the captain of the Dartmouth rowing team after being cut from the swim team (18:03); Developing leaders from within a high-growth organization, and earning responsibility (31:36); Why Erica left a CRO role at LivePerson to work for the CRO of New Relic (37:03); Why she had her team at New Relic read “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown, and loves the story of runner Roger Bannister (41:34); Being humbled by a changing competitive landscape, and the transformation of the digital infrastructure world (44:17); Real-time data and why both businesses and consumers increasingly need companies like Confluent (49:19); What Erica thought when she first met Confluent’s founder CEO Jay Kreps (56:03); How to transition from operator to executive to board member (59:14)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}