Ep 11 - Rob Reesor: Insights, Tips, Tricks and Wisdom from a Tech Veteran

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: It all started with stumbling into a computer science course at the University of Oregon and culminated in a decades-long tech career filled with success. Rob Reesor reflects on his journey from pioneering early e-commerce to advancing AI, shares a ton of wisdom on how to lead a team and deliver promise to customers, and looks forward to sharing his expertise in new and exciting ways. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Rob Reesor is a newly semi-retired CTO and VPE with nearly four decades of startup and PE-backed software development and leadership experience. Rob has both BSCS and MSCS degrees and has held software developer, architect, leader, director, VP, SVP, and CTO roles in both Silicon Valley and Austin Texas. Rob retired in 2022 after fourteen years at Planview, Inc., then after five weeks of retirement, took on the CTO role at fintech firm Cforia. After a successful sale of the company, Rob is semi-retired and available for fractional software executive leadership roles building/enhancing a team, their processes, their technology, and/or their scalability. Rob can be contacted through his LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-reesor-908188/ What is THE SKYLOUNGE? Tales from the SkyLounge is a podcast where we take you on a journey through the world of business, consulting, and venture investing. In each episode, we gather in our virtual sky lounge, high above the hustle and bustle of the everyday world, to hear stories from the people who are shaping the future of these industries. From entrepreneurs who are disrupting the status quo, consultants who are helping companies solve their biggest challenges, and investors who are making bets on the next big thing. ABOUT OUR HOST: Todd Merrill is an experienced software executive who typically assists clients as a fractional or interim CTO and CiSO as a partner at TechCXO. He has served in a series of companies as a C-Level executive focused on leveraging the Cloud to bring SaaS offerings to market. As an entrepreneur, turn-around expert, technology and product leader, and mentor, Todd has held full corporate P&L and product development responsibilities and directed diverse international teams of Engineering Managers, Mobile Architects, Developers, Dev Ops, QA, and Customer Success professionals. Subscribe and turn on notifications to listen to new episodes as they launch! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfeCS-Varb4gu2uCwyRTXWWEdP676Huh6 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jz6ubcaUZ20Xh8TXhwzEN Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tales-from-the-sky-lounge/id1730134658 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/4ba289a5-0d33-4589-95c7-83416731a864/tales-from-the-sky-lounge Follow Tales From The SkyLounge on Social Media X/Twitter: @TFTSkyLounge TikTok: tiktok.com/tftskylounge Instagram: @tftskylounge Learn more about TechCXO: https://www.techcxo.com/ Production/Design: James Liebman Music: Soundstripe/Cody Martin-Sunrise