Bharath Oruganti, EVP at Q2 Inc, has a real drive for leadership excellence. Changing his management model and cadence, he's eliminated any confusion about the strategic priorities, simplified work for his team, and ensures he spots risks to those priorities in less than a week to maximize his outcomes. Hear his leadership epiphany and the high functioning operating rhythm that is propelling his organization's success.
Bharath Oruganti is a relentless execution leader and former EVP at Q2, the digital banking platform, where he demanded "extreme clarity" through revamped cadences and OKRs that erased confusion and supercharged leadership across customer experience, service delivery, and continuous ops.
As SVP Continuous Delivery and later Customer Experience (up to 2025), he aligned product, engineering, and GTM teams to deliver faster, more reliable fintech for banks—shifting from outputs to outcomes in a high-stakes, regulated market.
With deep roots in tech transformation, he fostered cultures of accountability that scaled revenue and client wins, always prioritizing the one metric that matters.
Deidre Paknad has founded and led three tech startups, acquired companies and been acquired, and led a high-growth business as an executive at IBM for several years; this affords her a unique perspective on using both speed and scale to drive growth. In her role as CEO at WorkBoard, she works with senior leadership teams at some of the world’s largest companies to clarify, align, and drive strategic priorities with greater speed and agility. She is a frequent speaker on Outcome Mindset™ and tapping into ambition.
Deidre has over a dozen patents and has twice been inducted into the Smithsonian Institution for innovation. Goldman Sachs named her one of the 100 most intriguing entrepreneurs of 2019. Deidre hosts The OKR Podcast, which focuses on accelerating outcomes and fostering an outcomes culture.