In this condensed version of Shauna Swerland's conversation with Chad Robins from 2019, you'll hear the origin story of Adaptive Biotechnologies, the corporate culture Chad is building there, and what Chad sees as the most important tasks of a CEO.

In this condensed version of Shauna Swerland's conversation with Chad Robins from 2019, you'll hear the origin story of Adaptive Biotechnologies, the corporate culture Chad is building there, and what Chad sees as the most important tasks of a CEO.

Shauna Swerland, CEO of Fuel Talent, launches the What Fuels You podcast, where she sits down with influential, interesting and successful leaders to learn from them. She digs into the stories and choices that made them who they are today, with the goal of sharing the inspiration, perseverance and stories of resilience that are normally only shared within an inner circle. You'll walk away feeling fueled by each episode as Shauna uncovers things like personal hardships and failures, what it’s like to become an entrepreneur and tips on building a successful career.

What Fuels You

Shauna Swerland, CEO of Fuel Talent, hosts the What Fuels You podcast, where she sits down with influential, interesting, and successful leaders from all areas of business. She digs into the stories and choices that made them who they are today, with the goal of sharing the inspiration, perseverance, and stories of resilience that are normally only shared within an inner circle. You'll walk away feeling fueled by each episode as Shauna uncovers things like personal hardships and failures, what it’s like to become an entrepreneur, and tips on building a successful career. 

Find all episodes at https://www.fueltalent.com/podcast

Shauna Swerland, CEO of Fuel Talent, hosts the What Fuels You podcast, where she sits down with influential, interesting, and successful leaders from all areas of business. She digs into the stories and choices that made them who they are today, with the goal of sharing the inspiration, perseverance, and stories of resilience that are normally only shared within an inner circle. You'll walk away feeling fueled by each episode as Shauna uncovers things like personal hardships and failures, what it&rsquo;s like to become an entrepreneur, and tips on building a successful career.&nbsp; Find all episodes at <a href="https://www.fueltalent.com/podcast">https://www.fueltalent.com/podcast</a>

Insights and Takeaways with Chad Robins, CEO of Adaptive Biotechnologies

 Prem Kumar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Humanly, a Bellevue-based hiring technology company built to fix something he saw up close: two people interviewing for the exact same job with the exact same panel getting treated completely differently.

Before Humanly, Prem spent about a decade at Microsoft and led product and design at TinyPulse. Humanly went through Y Combinator and has raised roughly $52 million to date—most recently a $25 million Series B.

Prem Kumar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Humanly, a Bellevue-based hiring technology company built to fix something he saw up close: two people interviewing for the exact same job with the exact same panel getting treated completely differently.
Before Humanly, Prem spent about a decade at Microsoft and led product and design at TinyPulse. Humanly went through Y Combinator and has raised roughly $52 million to date&mdash;most recently a $25 million Series B.

Prem Kumar - Co-Founder and CEO of Humanly

Francois Ajenstat is the  Founder and CEO of Golden Analytics, an AI-native business intelligence platform.

He launched the company from stealth in April 2026 after nearly three decades building other people's analytics products. He was CPO at Tableau from the early startup days through its IPO and Salesforce acquisition, then CPO at Amplitude. Now he's founder and CEO of Golden Analytics.

Francois believes the best products are love letters to the people who use them. He's been in the industry long enough to know what's broken, and Golden is his answer.

Visit https://www.goldenanalytics.com/ to learn more.

Francois Ajenstat is the  Founder and CEO of Golden Analytics, an AI-native business intelligence platform.
He launched the company from stealth in April 2026 after nearly three decades building other people's analytics products. He was CPO at Tableau from the early startup days through its IPO and Salesforce acquisition, then CPO at Amplitude. Now he's founder and CEO of Golden Analytics.
Francois believes the best products are love letters to the people who use them. He's been in the industry long enough to know what's broken, and Golden is his answer. Visit <a href="https://goldenanalytics.com/">https://www.goldenanalytics.com/</a> to learn more.

Francois Ajenstat - Founder and CEO of Golden Analytics

Mike Kropp is the Founder and CEO of Iridius,  a Seattle-based company building compliance-ready AI infrastructure for highly regulated industries like pharma and biotech.

A technology executive with over 25 years of leading engineering teams at Microsoft and AWS, Mike has played a crucial role in developing innovative products and expanding their global business adoption.

Mike uses a collaborative, working backward approach to deliver products that help customers innovate and create high-impact solutions for their companies.  

Mike Kropp is the Founder and CEO of Iridius,  a Seattle-based company building compliance-ready AI infrastructure for highly regulated industries like pharma and biotech.
A technology executive with over 25 years of leading engineering teams at Microsoft and AWS, Mike has played a crucial role in developing innovative products and expanding their global business adoption.
Mike uses a collaborative, working backward approach to deliver products that help customers innovate and create high-impact solutions for their companies.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Insights and Takeaways with Chad Robins, CEO of Adaptive Biotechnologies

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