Episode 22

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8th Jan 2025

Breaking Down Healthcare Delivery Barriers with Joel Vasallo

Feeling overwhelmed by the number of apps you need to manage while building developer trust, managing costs, and trying to create an extensible platform that teams actually want to use?


Joel Vasallo shares practical insights from scaling TAG's platform engineering initiatives across multiple healthcare organizations. Learn how his team transformed deployment times from weeks to minutes while maintaining security and compliance. Joel breaks down the journey from initial Kubernetes adoption to managing 70+ applications. 


Listeners will gain actionable strategies for:

- Starting small with platform initiatives and building organic buy-in

- Balancing standardization with team autonomy

- Managing cloud costs across multiple organizations

- Building trust through visibility and auditability


Whether you're in healthcare or any regulated industry, this conversation provides a practical roadmap for evolving your platform engineering practice.


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Platform Engineering Podcast
Welcome to the Platform Engineering Podcast, a monthly exploration into the fascinating world of platform engineering. This podcast caters to professionals and enthusiasts passionate about the intricacies of platform architecture, cloud operations, and scaling DevOps practices. Whether you're a seasoned expert or just starting in the realm of platform engineering, this is a must-listen show you don’t want to miss.

Each episode features in-depth interviews with seasoned platform engineers, cloud specialists, and DevOps teams. Their expertise and knowledge are crucial for thriving in this field. Tune in as they share their experiences, challenges, and successes, offering unique perspectives into the everyday workings and innovations of this domain. Let their intriguing anecdotes provide you with valuable lessons that can immediately enhance your business’s competitive edge.

Hosting the podcast is Cory O’Daniel, CEO of Massdriver. A software and operations engineer in Los Angeles, California, Cory has over two decades of experience in building startup brands and managing cloud operations. He created Bonny, an Elixir-based Kubernetes operator framework, and is passionate about AWS cloud, Kubernetes, and platform engineering.

Join Cory as he breaks down platform engineering with his expert guests.