Utah CTO Show

Jake and Tyler come as a package deal both on this episode and also in their engineering careers. They act as a duo, sharing co-ownership of their project and engineering team. The two work in concert together to move forward. Their example of collaboration serves as an example to the rest of the Utah tech scene, on how we can come together as a community to rise above our challenges together, improve the tech industry and society as a whole, while keeping the competition friendly and upl...

Karen Sun - CTO at Dwelo

June 05, 2019 13:39 - 24 minutes - 11 MB

Karen, is helping Dwelo build an IoT hub for apartments and a management system for property management. She support a team of remote engineers and she has a lot of insight on making a distributed and diverse workforce work well. How do you encourage good communication and Inclusion when you work on a remote development team? How do you manage the chaos of a start-up environment? What is some good advice to follow when leaving a larger company for a start-up? How to overcome the challen...

Jason Taylor - CTO at Podium

May 31, 2019 18:58 - 21 minutes - 9.79 MB

Jason Taylor CTO at Podium and former CTO MaritzCX/Allegiance gives his take on recruiting, mentoring, leadership and encourages us to get involved in improving the tech industry in order to cultivate a more diverse work force. Follow us on Social Media! | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram |

Dave Stevenson - CTO at SimpleNexus

May 22, 2019 23:37 - 17 minutes - 7.93 MB

Dave Stevenson CTO at SimpleNexus explains how the vocabulary we use within our teams is important and can improve and sustain a positive culture within a start-up. Dave brings a fresh perspective on bringing a sense of humility to your workplace as he encourages developers to take customer support calls, and to act with the down to earth pragmatism of a blue-collar worker. In the latest episode of the Utah CTO Show hosts Brett Flake and Kris Jenkins grill Dave on his work life world view....

Chris Marsh - VP Engineering at R1 RCM

May 17, 2019 02:09 - 17 minutes - 7.9 MB

Utah's tech community sets itself apart by freely sharing information and collaborating. With Utah's focus on value creation the average size of venture capital deals is actually higher than Silicon Valley. Chris Marsh believes this is due to Utah's growth mindset. We talk about the secret to be successful as a newcomer to the industry. With an attitude of continual learning and a focus on honing skills those without formal education can often thrive in the tech space. Chris recommends ...

Kirby Glad - CIO at Cerenimbus

May 09, 2019 12:39 - 21 minutes - 9.85 MB

As a tech professional how do you grow as an individual and measure that growth? As a manager how do you help grow your people? What are the three most important questions to ask in your one on one interviews with your co-workers? Kirby Glad CIO of Cerenimbus breaks down his personal mission of growing people and how he measures that progress in our latest episode of the Utah CTO Show. Hear Kirby's take on the two tracks in tech leadership, Individual contributor or tech management, and ...

Ben Dilts - Co-Founder and CTO at Lucid Software

May 01, 2019 12:42 - 20 minutes - 9.24 MB

Ben Dilts of Lucid tells how he built up Lucid from scratch as a side project. What does it take to take a brand new product to market? Ben tells of his early struggles and the things that he had to learn or learn to appreciate about business and tech. Ever wonder what Utah's foremost tech leaders recommend for reading? Ben gives his reading recommendation in this episode How do you preserve and protect the creativity of your co-workers? Ben gives a glimpse of what it takes to lead a t...

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