The Guest Wall

Journeys worth hearing.

Every OTHRA conversation starts with a person who took the unconventional path. These are the guests — and the stories they trusted us with.

EP 02 William Waas, SIM SPARC Chair
William Waas
SIM SPARC Chair · Technology Leader

Bill has spent decades inside enterprise technology — long enough to watch entire eras of the industry rise, collapse, and reinvent themselves. As Chair of SIM SPARC, he now spends his time developing the next generation of technology leaders. In this conversation: what surviving every "end of the world" taught him, and why he believes this moment is genuinely different.

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EP 01 Dr. Prerna Singh, researcher
Dr. Prerna Singh
Researcher

Prerna left everything familiar to pursue a PhD abroad — and discovered that becoming a researcher demands far more than academic ability. A candid look at what the journey actually costs: the isolation, the setbacks, the identity questions, and the quiet resilience that carries you through when the work refuses to cooperate.

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