Latest Peter bell Podcast Episodes
Using Data Science to Deliver Tangible Business Outcomes with Ian Wong
CTO Connection Podcast - October 08, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsCompanies have largely figured out software. Data science, however, seems to be the new frontier. Many data scientists are coming from largely academic backgrounds and maybe don’t understand how to function at jobs in the private sector. Today’s guest is Ian Wong, co-founder and CTO of Opendoor....
API-First Companies with Paolo Negri
CTO Connection Podcast - October 01, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsContent should be both structure driven, and easily integrate with software. But most Content Management Systems are legacy systems that are not intuitive and clunky. Paolo Negri, co-founder and CTO of Contentful, was an early adopter of GraphQL. This week on CTO Connection, Paolo talked to Pet...
Globally Distributed Teams vs. Remote Teams with Gustavo Niemeyer
CTO Connection Podcast - September 24, 2020 20:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThanks to the pandemic, many people are getting their first taste of working remotely. But for Gustavo Niemeyer of Canonical, having a globally distributed team is just a way of life. On this week’s episode of CTO Connection, he discusses the pros, cons, and considerations for companies consider...
Why Building for Flexibility is the New Paradigm with Julien Lemoine
CTO Connection Podcast - September 17, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsSites like Squarespace and Shopify have simplified the design and engineering process for people who either don’t have the technical skills or the resources to hire a team of engineers. However, there is no one-size-fits-all approach for the tools a business will need. Julien Lemoine is the co-f...
Building Robust Commerce Platforms with Justin Dean
CTO Connection Podcast - September 10, 2020 20:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWhen Justin Dean was placed as a network engineer in the Marine Corps, he had no idea that this would lead to a career helping legacy and emerging businesses shape what is possible in network engineering. Justin is currently the CTO and CIO of Weedmaps, a website that helps customers find local ...
Effective Mentorship in Early Stage Startups with Rob De Feo
CTO Connection Podcast - September 03, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsRob De Feo has spoken to more than 500 startups over the last few years in his role as a startup advocate. These experiences have given him insider knowledge on the patterns leaders in startups face as well as best practices that have helped businesses reach scale. This week on CTO Connection, ...
Attracting Great Talent with Ashish Aggarwal
CTO Connection Podcast - August 27, 2020 20:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIf you’re a startup or any company that doesn’t have vast name recognition, attracting top talent can be a key concern. Ashish Aggarwal cut his teeth at Microsoft, Amazon, and Postmates so when the time came to start his own company, Productiv, he knew how to get the right people for the job. A...
Why Customer Centricity is Key to Company Culture with Raj Sethuraman
CTO Connection Podcast - August 20, 2020 20:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAccording to Raj Sethuraman, good technology cannot be a successful technology unless it solves customer problems and drives great business outcomes. Raj is currently CTO at Wolters Kluwer and got his start at Intuit. The common thread throughout his career has been establishing customer-centric...
Growing Individuals on Your Team with Greg Thomas
CTO Connection Podcast - August 13, 2020 20:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsGreg Thomas is the author of the book, Code Your Way Up. Over the course of his 20 years in software development, he found that there was a void when it comes to developing individuals on a team into leadership and management roles. Greg joined Peter to talk about some of the most important pri...
Improving Communication between CEOs and CTOs with David Subar
CTO Connection Podcast - August 06, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIn any industry, communication is a key factor in a team’s success. For CTOs navigating complex problems, effective communication between all stakeholders is paramount. David Subar is both a Chief Product Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Interna Consulting. He joined Peter to discuss comm...
Building a Team of 10x Engineers with Fleming Shi
CTO Connection Podcast - July 30, 2020 20:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsFleming Shi has been with Barracuda Networks for more than 15 years. In that time, there has been a profound shift and evolution in the tools and security systems that power his engineering team. He joined Peter for this week’s edition of CTO Connection to discuss his journey to CTO as well as t...
How to Build a Data Science Team with Jon Morra
CTO Connection Podcast - July 23, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsData science has increasingly become an integral part of the technical makeup of organizations. However, most CTOs don’t have experience building a data science component from scratch. Jon Morra got his start in data science at eHarmony when most technical teams did not have any researchers. He ...
What Does a VP of Engineering Do With Alexandra Paredes
CTO Connection Podcast - July 16, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsVP of Engineering is an expansive position. But what is it really like on the granular level? Alexandra Paredes is the VP of Engineering at Code Climate and joined Peter to discuss how she approaches the hiring process, keeps her team on track, and navigates metrics such as cycle time and code r...
Tackling Burnout as a CTO with Andy Skipper
CTO Connection Podcast - July 09, 2020 20:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWorking nonstop without delegating is not a sustainable way to live or work. Such habits often lead to burnout. CTOs in particular struggle with this problem. Many are young, inexperienced, or desirous of being part of a shippable product to relinquish control. Andy Skipper was once such a CTO h...
Managing Technical Debt with James Smith
CTO Connection Podcast - July 02, 2020 18:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAccording to James Smith, CEO of Bugsnag, caring about customer experience is what makes for a better software developer. This is especially important when managing technical debt. Today on CTO Connection, James shares his experience and discusses his approach toward technical debt from both the...
How to Enact Change Within a Company with Andrew Fawcett
CTO Connection Podcast - June 25, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsLet’s say you join a new organization. How would you spend your first hundred days if you were to figure out how to enact change and implement your own priorities? Our guest this week on CTO Connection is Andrew Fawcett, CTO of Avantica. Andrew has worked with companies of all sizes and has seen...
Using Engineering Metrics in a Healthy Way with Dalia Havens
CTO Connection Podcast - June 18, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWe all want our companies to succeed so it’s easy to get fixated on numbers that we believe will help us judge our efforts. However, according to Dalia Havens of Netlify, metrics need to be optimized to give you a full picture of company or project health. Today, Dalia talks to Peter about usin...
A Playbook for Starting a Startup with Bob Friday
CTO Connection Podcast - June 11, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWhen we think of startups we think of charismatic entrepreneurs plugging away on their passions. But what does it really take to form a startup? Our guest this week on CTO Connection is Bob Friday, CTO of Mist, a Juniper Company. Bob is a veteran who has been through the startup process many ti...
From Private Company to IPO: Managing through Transformation with Rachana Kumar
CTO Connection Podcast - May 28, 2020 20:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWhen companies transition from private to IPO, there are bound to be challenges and learning curves. Rachana Kumar has worked in five countries, two of her positions were in the non-profit sector. These experiences helped her roll with the punches as her current employer, Etsy, has undergone a m...
Continuous Learning in Engineering with Kwame Thomison
CTO Connection Podcast - May 21, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsLearning doesn’t end once you’ve earned your degree. Developers and engineers must stay up to date with their skills and emerging technologies. But most of the time, employees are expected to take on this additional learning on their own. Our guest this week on CTO Connection is Kwame Thomison,...
Remote Programming During a Pandemic with Kaj van de Loo
CTO Connection Podcast - May 14, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWhen 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 pand...
Multiplayer Design and the Future of Work with Kunal Anand
CTO Connection Podcast - May 07, 2020 20:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsKunal 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 whic...
How to Hire 100 Engineers in a Year with Cat Miller
CTO Connection Podcast - April 30, 2020 20:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsHypergrowth 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. Recogni...
10 Mantras for Productive Meetings with Douglas Ferguson
CTO Connection Podcast - April 23, 2020 20:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsNow 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 inef...
Moving to a Cloud Native Architecture with Tolga Tarhan
CTO Connection Podcast - April 16, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsTolga 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. ...
Chaos Engineering with Kolton Andrus
CTO Connection Podcast - April 09, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThere 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 Connectio...
How to Interview Candidates Remotely with Shannon Hogue
CTO Connection Podcast - April 02, 2020 20:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsOver 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 Engin...
Building and Managing Fully Remote Teams with David Blair
CTO Connection Podcast - March 26, 2020 20:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsBefore 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 o...
Making Better Decisions with Denise Iglesias
CTO Connection Podcast - March 19, 2020 22:21 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWhen 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 f...
Creating a Successful Labs Program with RC Johnson
CTO Connection Podcast - March 12, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIncubator 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 succe...
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