CTO Connection Podcast
138 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIf you run an engineering organization, connect with and learn from your peers at CTO Connection - the premier community for senior software engineering leaders. Learn from the experiences of successful engineering leaders at fast-growth tech startups. Whether you want to learn more about hiring, motivating, or managing an engineering team, the CTO Connection podcast is a great resource for learning from your peers! Our podcast and weekly newsletter provide you with access to hard-won wisdom from top engineering leaders and associated experts. And join our summit series (online or in-person) to share problems and get answers.Learn more about CTO Connection and their virtual summits at https://www.ctoconnection.com/
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Remote Programming During a Pandemic with Kaj van de Loo
May 14, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBWhen COVID-19 hit, UserTesting was already at a unique advantage: the team was already mostly working remotely. However, as the stay at home orders have increased, UserTesting’s CTO Kaj van de Loo has seen some unforeseen issues pop up. This week on CTO Connection, we’re discussing how the pandemic has not only changed the structure of work, but also the expectations people have of working in an office. Kaj discusses why everything (no matter how small) must be documented, why managers need...
Multiplayer Design and the Future of Work with Kunal Anand
May 07, 2020 20:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBKunal Anand has an interesting background for a CTO. Despite majoring in business, Kunal got his start at JPL (an offshoot of NASA). From there he worked at Myspace and the BBC. His experiences at each of these companies taught him invaluable lessons that led to him founding his own company which was acquired by Imperva where he currently serves as CTO. Peter talked to Kunal about his diverse resume and then pivoted to an insightful conversation on the future of work. Kunal offers invaluabl...
How to Hire 100 Engineers in a Year with Cat Miller
April 30, 2020 20:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBHypergrowth is what every startup dreams of, but actually filling the seemingly unlimited positions available is incredibly taxing on employees. Cat Miller is the Vice President at Flatiron Health. At one point, she took on the enormous burden of interviewing at least four people a week. Recognizing the strain on resources, she and her team set out to streamline their hiring process. Today, Cat is sharing what she’s learned from her year of panic in which she hired 100 engineers, as well as...
10 Mantras for Productive Meetings with Douglas Ferguson
April 23, 2020 20:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBNow that everyone is working remotely, people are starting to realize how much they took meetings for granted. Our guest this week on CTO Connection is Douglas Ferguson, President of Voltage Control. Voltage Control’s mission is to rid the world of horrible meetings. So how do you transform ineffectual meetings to something of greater value? Douglas talked to Peter about his 10 mantras for meetings that work. Some include ideas like ‘no purpose, no meeting’ and ‘embrace the child’s mind’. T...
Moving to a Cloud Native Architecture with Tolga Tarhan
April 16, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBTolga Tarhan got his start single-handedly running all the technology in his high school. Fast forward to today in which his experience during the dot com bust and incremental steps at various development firms have led him to the belief that the cloud is the ultimate goal of any organization. On today’s episode of CTO Connection, Tolga shares wisdom and advice on how to find the right mechanisms for your business so you can gradually shift to a cloud native architecture. For Tolga, the key...
Chaos Engineering with Kolton Andrus
April 09, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBThere are few jobs where you’re encouraged to break things, but Kolton Andrus has made a career out of “failure as a service.” Kolton is the CEO and Co-founder of Gremlin, a platform that seeks to help companies avoid outages and build more resilient systems. On today’s episode of CTO Connection, Kolton explains the concept of chaos engineering and why it’s so important, particularly to large scale operations. Take a listen and get ideas on how you can prevent outages. [01:26] - Kolton's b...
How to Interview Candidates Remotely with Shannon Hogue
April 02, 2020 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBOver the last few weeks, many companies have switched to remote work. But for companies that are hiring and candidates that are looking for new opportunities, what are the best practices for remote interviews? Joining Peter today on CTO Connection is Shannon Hogue, Global Head of Solutions Engineering at Karat. Karat has perfected the art of Interview Engineering and Shannon has some helpful advice on the three aspects that comprise a successful remote interview: defined competencies, revie...
Building and Managing Fully Remote Teams with David Blair
March 26, 2020 20:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBBefore Covid-19, many companies had work from home policies in place, but the vast majority still expected employees to mostly work in an office. Now that everyone is being forced to work from home, many companies and managers are scrambling to figure out how to make it work. David Blair, CTO of Andela, has years of experience managing distributed teams. Today he offers his best tips and advice on best practices for fully remote teams and also shares ideas to help keep boost employee morale...
Making Better Decisions with Denise Iglesias
March 19, 2020 22:21 - 31 minutes - 22 MBWhen you join a team in a management role, you may find yourself grappling with bad decisions made by your predecessors. Today on CTO Connection, Denise Iglesias, Senior Director Software Engineering at Comcast, spoke to Peter about how she has dealt with poor decisions and her recommendations for transitioning records. Denise discusses why she strives to create a one-page template that explains the history of a team’s decision making. She also shares her experience restructuring the Austin...
Creating a Successful Labs Program with RC Johnson
March 12, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBIncubator or labs programs tend to come with various issues. How do you navigate failure? How do you source engineers? RC Johnson has helped create an innovative incubator program at Indeed. This week on CTO Connection, RC is discussing the challenges and lessons he’s learned in creating a successful labs program. RC talks about why he decided to model the program on the venture capital world and how a cross-functional team has fostered innovation. Listen in for RC’s tips on how to best run...
Giving Effective Feedback with Chelsea Troy
March 05, 2020 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBFeedback is an integral part of work performance across all industries. Effective feedback can help an employee improve at a job or skill. But at the end of the day, feedback is universally dicey. Emotions can run high and people can take feedback too hard. Chelsea Troy, an engineering consultant at RigorWorks, has given talks on her guidelines for effective feedback. Today, she joins Peter to offer a rundown of her process. Chelsea explains how feedback can go awry, what the best methods a...
How to Build an Inclusive Culture with James Turnbull
February 27, 2020 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBMany companies see the benefits of diversity and inclusion but don’t know that their own policies and culture are often the reason that women and people of color don’t come on board. James Turnbull, VP of Engineering at Glitch, is passionate about this issue and offers advice on how he advises companies to bring on more diverse talent. James also talks to Peter about how he approaches growing individual contributors to team lead positions and why he would never stay at the same company for ...
Creating Inclusive Workplaces with Joann Anderson
February 20, 2020 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBJoann Anderson, VP of Engineering at Scoop Technologies, had a unique childhood in that her mother was a programmer so it never seemed abnormal to Joann that she was a woman in a male-dominated industry. Because many women, particularly mothers, haven’t had that experience, Joann has made it a mission to be a model for others. In a wide-ranging conversation, Joann spoke to Peter about her creative approach to finding the best people for her QA teams, why inclusivity is so integral to workpl...
Breaking Codes, Designing Jets, and Building Teams with Randy Shoup
February 13, 2020 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBRandy Shoup has led engineering teams at a range of top companies including Oracle, eBay, and Google, as well as newer startups like Stitch fix and WeWork. Randy talks to Peter about how the history of engineering – from Bletchley Park to Xerox PARC can provide lessons that are still applicable to building and managing high performance engineering teams. If you’d like to see Randy sharing more about this topic, check out this video from the 2018 NY CTO Summit at the Nasdaq! [00:23] - How...
Creating a Better Product using Tactical Empathy with Andrea Goulet
February 06, 2020 23:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBThere are many routes to c-suite but Andrea Goulet has taken one of the most non-traditional paths we’ve seen on CTO Connection. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Corgibytes, Andrea leveraged her experience in content and strategic communications to help a software remodeling company scale its business. Andrea is a big believer in the power of empathy – a word that’s not often prioritized in engineering. In this week’s edition of CTO Connection, Andrea explains how she makes empathy accessible t...
Cultivating Cross-Functional Teams with Cai GoGwilt
January 30, 2020 21:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBCai GoGwilt took a fast-tracked, non-traditional road to becoming a CTO at Ironclad. As a non-traditional CTO, Cai sees his role as helping others on the team get unblocked from any issues in their way. This approach has required a bit of humility on Cai’s part as he’s helped cultivate a culture in which engineers have felt comfortable calling him out when he was wrong. On today’s episode of CTO Connection, Peter and Cai discuss Ironclad’s process for annual planning as well as building cro...
Balancing Coding and Management with Dhruba Borthakur
January 23, 2020 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBDhruba Borthakur is the Co-founder and CTO at Rockset but still manages to write code, on a good week, 50% of the time. In today's interview, Dhruba explained his ethos, namely that he likes to code to add value to other developers’ lives, and discussed how it is essential to create a culture where every person on the team feels empowered to make decisions that bring the organization to the next level. As one of the founding architects of Hadoop software, Dhruba also shares his insights on ...
Trust, Delegation and Managing Managers with Raghavendra Prabhu
January 16, 2020 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBAccording to Raghavendra Prabhu, CTO of Thumbtack, making the transition from programmer to manager isn’t too much of a stretch since you already understand the issues and stakes of your project. When you take it a step further and begin managing other managers, you’re getting further from the work and making a more indirect impact. On today’s episode of CTO Connection, Raghavendra discusses what it’s like making the transition to higher levels of leadership and how to balance his desire fo...
Balancing Engineering Craft with Customer and Company Needs with Ryan Graciano
January 09, 2020 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBRyan Graciano got his start working for a small company that was acquired by IBM. Having been on the employee side of a large merger, Ryan has been able to take what he learned to his role as CTO at Credit Karma. On today’s episode of CTO Connection, Ryan talks to Peter about his distaste for terms like microservices and technical debt as well as how to craft an environment that values both craft and customer. Listen in as Ryan discusses managing large teams of engineers while stressing a c...
Challenges Facing CTOs of Large Organizations with David Schwartz of Ripple
January 02, 2020 21:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBTech organizations with more than 100 employees have a unique set of challenges. When you’re in the business of innovation, it can be hard to say no to exciting new opportunities. In this week’s episode of CTO Connection, David Schwartz, CTO of Ripple stopped by to discuss why companies need to stick to their core competencies. Tune in as Peter and David talk about the challenges of blockchain, managing the expectations of so many different stakeholders, and why hiring people who are strong...
How to Build a Culture of Security with Nick Streaker
December 26, 2019 21:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBWhether it’s private communications or a product that handles sensitive information, every company needs to foster a culture of security. Our guest this week, Nick Streaker, is the CTO of ID Agent, a Kaseya company, and was an intelligence officer in the military. Nick talks to Peter about how to make security a part of your company’s overall strategic plan from hiring to product launch. Tune in to learn why it’s hard to find cybersecurity professionals, what Nick considers the bare minimum...
From Engineer to Manager with Mike Reust
December 19, 2019 21:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBWhen coding is all you’ve ever known, how do you step into management without losing your bearings? On this week’s episode of CTO Connection, Mike Reust, former CTO and current President of Retail at Betterment, talks about his journey starting out as an engineer before making his way through the management ranks. Tune in for an honest discussion about the growing pains of transitioning roles.
From Engineer to General Manager with Mike Reust
December 19, 2019 21:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBMike Reust never pictured himself in management. But after several years at Betterment, the opportunity presented itself. Mike joins us this week on CTO Connection to discuss what it’s like to transition from engineering to a management role. Listen in as Mike and Peter talk about the growing pains of transitioning roles as well as advice for those thinking of going into management. [00:54] - Making moves at Betterment [02:15] - Inflection point in accountability [04:11] - The next d...
Engineering Apprenticeships and Ongoing Education with Andy Britcliffe
December 12, 2019 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThe customer service reps at Holiday Extras spend their days talking to customers on the phone. Andy Britcliffe, CTO of Holiday Extras, had a wild thought: what if we had an engineering apprenticeship program that enabled these reps to learn the other side of the business? On this week’s episode of CTO Connection, Andy talks to Peter about the success of the internship and apprenticeship programs at Holiday Extras. He discusses why education programs for employees lead to better retention a...
Transforming Education Through Technology with James Kenigsberg
December 05, 2019 20:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBWhen James Kenigsberg immigrated to America, he quickly found that technology could make learning easier and more fun. This desire to create educational tools led him to help found 2U, a company that partners with universities to deliver online learning programs that are university quality. James sat down with Peter ahead of his talk at the New York CTO Summit to discuss the future of education technology, why he loves software that helps with focus, and explains why future maintenance need...
The Importance of Technical Due Diligence with Jason Mongue
November 28, 2019 22:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBTechnical due diligence is the process of studying a technology product and evaluating its value and feasibility. You’d think that such an important process would be part of the business plan from the outset, but most companies only undergo the process when they begin VC fundraising. Jason Mongue, founder of The Clover Group, is here to talk about the process and why it should start early. [00:11] - Velocity by Code Climate [01:03] - Technical due diligence [02:31] - Starting the process...
Managing Large Remote Teams with Asana’s Prashant Pandey
November 21, 2019 21:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBAs products and companies develop more name-brand recognition, expansion is inevitable. Prashant Pandey has experience working at companies large and small and in his current role as Head of Engineering at Asana, he knows what it’s like to navigate the growing pains of managing expanded teams. On today’s episode, Prashant talks to Peter about what to take into consideration when judging a team member’s contribution, why failure is the single best learning tool, and how to manage expanding t...
Balancing Delight and Metrics in Product Design with Adam Nash
November 14, 2019 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBOn CTO Connection, we mostly focus on the engineering side of tech, but today, we’re taking a break to look at product. Our guest Adam Nash, Vice President of Product and Growth at Dropbox, discusses the importance of defining the role of product in a tech company and why he believes delighting customers is just as crucial as making decisions based on metrics. Tune in to learn why Adam believes so strongly in the concept of delight and how he balances metrics with listening to customer reque...
Staying Immersed in Technology as a Tech Leader with Hector Aguilar
November 07, 2019 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBAccording to Hector Aguilar, President of Technology at Okta, if you get too far away from technology, you can’t be an effective leader of technology. But when your day-to-day job is focused more on managing individuals, it can be hard to find the time to code. On today’s episode, Hector and Peter discuss how making coding mandatory for all managers can help instill company values and culture. Hector also shares how he prioritizes personal projects and learning to ensure he stays on top of ...
Setting Up Infrastructure to Scale with Adam Miller
November 01, 2019 00:30 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBWhen Adam Miller joined the Roblox team as the Vice President of Engineering, he assumed everything would just get saved to the cloud. Instead, he found that the Roblox platform’s unique infrastructure needs would necessitate more in-house development and management in order to effectively scale. In today’s episode, Peter and Adam discuss the challenges of managing hundreds of employees drawing from the same code, scaling infrastructure, and the limitations of cloud storage for the platform...
Investing in Your People Pays Dividends with Scott Parker
July 18, 2019 16:30 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBScott Parker has seen a lot over his 15 year career having transitioned from engineer to manager to executive. In this episode of the CTO Connection podcast, Peter and Scott discuss Scott’s approach to people management, differences in building teams at small companies vs. large companies as well as how to demonstrate the value of personal growth to engineers. Note: Since the recording of this interview, Scott has moved from VP Engineering at Signal to Director of Engineering at Root Insura...
Learning and Developing as an Engineering Leader with Stacy Gorelik
June 28, 2019 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBThis week Peter invites long-time technology leader and CTO Summit speaker Stacy Gorelik to the podcast. Stacy is currently the Director of Engineering at Flatiron Health, a health-tech company committed to fighting cancer. Peter and Stacy discuss her career from individual contributor to engineering management to director, what she looks for when hiring and her recent experiences speaking at the CTO Summit in New York. [00:21] - Stacy’s background [01:12] - Transitioning from individual ...
Attracting and Developing Engineering Talent with Johnny Austin, Engineering Director @ Mapbox
June 22, 2019 23:30 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBIn this episode of CTO Connection, host Peter Bell sits down with Johnny Austin, Engineering Director of Navigation at Mapbox, to discuss the best and most challenging aspects of engineering leadership, practical tips for creating a solid onboarding program and ways to maintain a sense of connection within a distributed team. [00:30] - The road to engineering leadership at Mapbox [03:00] - It’s all about the people [03:46] - What does great potential look like?[06:32] - The Myth of the 10x ...
Engineering Team Cohesion at Scale with Han Yuan, SVP of Engineering @ Upwork
May 24, 2019 15:30 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBThis week, Peter Bell is joined by SVP of Engineering at Upwork, Han Yuan. Han and Peter dive into what it’s like to run an engineering team that spans countries, building a good engineering culture for a remote team and how he brings on new engineers to the team. [00:21] - Differences in thinking about distributed teams across multiple companies[02:59] - Communication best practices across time zones & countries[05:22] - Interviewing for long term fit[08:15] - Development environment workf...
Building a truly global engineering team with Rebecca Parsons, CTO @ ThoughtWorks
May 11, 2019 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBIn this episode of CTO Connection, host Peter Bell sits down with Rebecca Parsons, CTO of Thoughtworks, to discuss managing a large, truly global engineering team, the implications for current advancements in architecture and the importance of supporting diversity and inclusion. [00:28] Path to CTO [01:58] Leading a 1200-person engineering team [04:08] Deciding on team size and structure [05:22] Managing geographically distributed teams; hiring locally [07:49] Career development for in...
Creative Product Delivery at Scale with Colin Bodell, CTO @ Groupon
April 25, 2019 23:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBIn this episode of CTO Connection, host Peter Bell sits down with Colin Bodell, Chief Technology Officer of Groupon, to discuss how to balance being open to unexpected opportunities while still delivering on today’s commitments, encouraging idea-sharing from all levels of an engineering organization and what differentiates leaders from managers. [00:27] The need to stay open to unexpected discoveries [02:38] How to remain open to those unplanned opportunities while still delivering promis...
Scaling Leadership in a Growing Tech Organization with Nick Caldwell, Chief Product Officer @ Looker
April 12, 2019 15:30 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this episode of CTO Connection, host Peter Bell sits down with Nick Caldwell, Chief Product Officer of Looker, to discuss the challenges of scaling leadership in a growing tech organization. Nick shares his experience moving from a 15-year career at Microsoft into the world of Bay area startups, his approach for finding and developing tech leaders, and some of the hard lessons he learned early in his management career. [00:53] Fundamental challenge of scaling leadership in pace with...
Welcome to the CTO Connection Podcast!
March 07, 2019 16:00 - 1 minute - 1.05 MBWelcome to the CTO Connection Podcast! StartupCTO.io was an amazing podcast, but Kevin and Miles got busy with their many other projects, so they decided to pass it along to myself. I’m an ex-CTO, a Senior Director at WeWork/Flatiron, and the founder of CTO Connection - a series of summits, meetups and an online platform where engineering leaders can connect with and learn from their peers. I’m speaking with senior engineering leaders from fast-growth tech companies on a regular basis anyw...
Gitcoin — Grow Open Source w. Kevin Owocki / Changelog
February 01, 2018 11:49 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBToday we are posting an interview for The Changelog that StartupCTO.io host Kevin Owocki recently did. From The Changelog: We’re joined by Kevin Owocki, the founder of Gitcoin. Gitcoin is a platform to monetize or incentivize work in open source software. We talked about how Gitcoin sits at the intersection of sustaining open source and cryptocurrencies, their history and roadmap, their decision to leverage the brand name of Git, bug bounties, funded issues, web3, MetaMask, and the future ...
Blockchain is like Sriracha. It’s delicious on everything — Clay Collins & Nick Gauthier of Nomics.com
December 01, 2017 12:00 - 42 minutes - 24.4 MBClay Collins & Nick Gauthier are founders of Nomics will be “Yahoo Finance for Crypto” and the internet’s home page for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies. Nick Gauthier has been developing for the web for 10 years and loves Ruby, Go, and PostgreSQL. You can find him on Twitter at @ngauthier. Clay Collins is currently CEO/Co-founder of Nomics and Board Chair at Drip/Leadpages. Before co-founding Nomics, Clay founded Leadpages, where he drove growth to over 48K paying customers ...
Hire for Vigilance & Excellent Practical Judgement — Quin Hoxie w. Swiftype
November 01, 2017 12:02 - 35 minutes - 20.2 MBThis episode is co-hosted by Jacob Ablowitz. We are honored today to be interviewing Quin Hoxie, founder and CTO of Swiftype. This episode covers Quin’s experiences as an engineer at Scrib, and then as Co-Founder and CTO of Swiftype — The leading platform delivering search solutions for businesses. Quin’s BioQuin Hoxie is the Co-Founder and CTO of Swiftype, the leading search platform for delivering fast, relevant and customizable search results for businesses. After graduating from Uni...
Sustaining Open Source w. Eric Berry, CodeSponsor.io
October 23, 2017 12:00 - 33 minutes - 19.2 MBToday, we are honored to have Eric Berry, founder of CodeSponsor.io Code Sponsor is a matchmaking platform for software developers and open source projects. Code Sponsor enables paying sponsors to get their messages across in front of developers. In this very special combo episode, Learn more about the founding story of Code Sponsor and the success they’re seeing in helping Open Source projects become more sustainable. Learn about the founding of Gitcoin, a project that Kevin founded wit...
Blockchain Nerdery w. Matt Walters & Rhys Lindmark
October 01, 2017 12:00 - 47 minutes - 27.4 MBWe are joined this week by Matt Walters (Blockchain Engineer at Consensys, former Techstars CTO), and Rhys Lindmark (Independent Blockchain Engineer) for a very special Blockchain episode of StartupCTO.io. Join us as we share stories about web3, a hacking story, Blockchain Engineering stories, and to learn about “the human operating system”.
The primacy of the network & Web 3.0 — Vince Horn & Ryan Oelke of CryptoMind
September 03, 2017 12:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBToday's episode is a cross-post from Vincent Horn’s new podcast, Crypto-Mind. With permission, I’ve reposted it from Crypto-Mind podcast. This podcast is about contemplating deeply the societal, spiritual, network implications of the networked Web 3.0 world. This episode is all about networks. Specifically, What’s it mean to be a part of the network? Why are networks important? How do we organize ourselves? How do we identify ourselves? What’s it mean to create value and distribute...
The Ethereum Ecosystem w. Raine Revere, Lead Architect at Prism
September 01, 2017 12:00 - 38 minutes - 22.1 MBRaine Revere is the Lead Architect at Prism — The world’s first trustless portfolio market platform. Join Raine and special guest co-host Kevin Seagraves as we discuss blockchain, ethereum, and the future of Web3.
Ch-ch-changes (Announcements)
August 03, 2017 12:00 - 12 minutes - 7.49 MBMiles & Kevin announce some changes to the podcast: Miles will be winding down his involvement in the podcast. The show will be once a month (instead of once a week). We’ll ramp up our ‘Emerging Tech’ series, focused initially on VR, AR, Blockchain, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, and Cryptography. Interested in guest co-hosting? Recommend a speaker, and let’s chat.
Bootstrapped Developers
July 20, 2017 12:00 - 55 minutes - 31.7 MBSo you can build it… but, do you know what to do once it’s built? How to monetize it? How do you make enough money to live off of while your company takes off? In this episode, learn about how to go beyond your raw skills of building anything you want and learn what it takes to create a thriving business. Speakers: – Mike AbiEzzi – Alison Hughes – Dan Moore – Brian Ponterelli
How to CTO w. Kathy Keating
July 13, 2017 12:00 - 15 minutes - 8.74 MBOur Boulder Startup Week episode streak continues. Today, we’ve got Kathy Keating, CTO of Apostrophe on the show. Kathy has helped build several successful technology startups, founded her own technology consulting business, guided product strategy for companies, and implemented more highly complex software applications than she can count. She has a knack for building diverse technology teams, successful agile business practices, and mentoring the leaders of tomorrow. Previously Kathy was V...
How to CTO w. Ed Johnson
July 06, 2017 12:00 - 17 minutes - 9.86 MBOur Boulder Startup Week episode streak continues. Today, we’ve got Ed Johnson, CTO of Goally on the show. Ed and his co-founders at Goally are on a mission to help parents build their children’s independence and self-confidence while giving those parents a break from emotionally-draining and endless reminders. All while freeing kids from always feeling “bossed around”. They aim to meaningfully reduce anxiety and stress in millions of family homes, with an early focus on children with autis...
How to CTO w. Nick Cheever
June 29, 2017 12:00 - 17 minutes - 10.2 MBOur Boulder Startup Week episode streak continues. Today, we’ve got Nick Cheever, VP of Technology at 10-4 on the show. Nick has over 15 years of experience in product development, particularly in a technical leadership role. He has been the lead for multiple SaaS-based platforms and has a proven track record of executing intuitive and technically-savvy solutions. Currently, Nick oversees the devops, product, creative, and development groups at 10-4 systems as they disrupt the transportatio...