Nikhil TezqaviChief Technology Officer · Essays & perspective

Nikhil Tezqavi / Chief Technology Officer

The judgement that remains after the demonstration

Perspectives from a life in leadership.

The archive.

Audio acceptance and technical promises

  1. Audio acceptance and technical promises5 min read

    The demonstration should include the listener we promised to serve

    A stereo approval failed to answer an agreed mono requirement. The useful response was to correct the acceptance question, not reinterpret the commission around the demonstration that had gone well.

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Speech preservation and processing judgement

  1. Speech preservation and processing judgement5 min read

    A quieter recording can be a worse account of the speaker

    Noise treatment is a choice about what to preserve as well as what to remove. A technical leader should make that trade-off audible and keep the source available when a proposed treatment does not earn acceptance.

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Monitoring investment and capability acceptance

  1. Monitoring investment and capability acceptance5 min read

    The room belongs in the capital proposal before the equipment arrives

    Six equipment installations did not create six approved monitoring environments. Capital oversight needs an account of usable capability, including the rooms still restricted after the purchasing milestone is complete.

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