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Fractional by Swarm
by Swarm
🐝 Hear the stories of top best consultants in AI, Design, Software Engineering, and Product.www.swarm.workPeek into how the best technology consultants carve their own path, complete their side quests, and passions in life. Get actionable tips and strategies to improve your fractional lifestyle — we'll present you with the recipes, career paths, and new mental models to try out.
Episodes
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The 20% Truth: AI’s Real Impact on Developer Productivity | Simon Obstbaum (Stanford, Crunchyroll)
Everyone says AI will 10x your dev team. But what does the data actually say?In this episode of Fractional, Simon Obstbaum—Stanford researcher and former CTO of Crunchyroll—walks us through one of the most grounded conversations on developer productivity with AI you’ll hear.Simon’s team at…
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From Chatbots to Real AI Agents | Ragde Falcis (ChatGenie)
Everyone’s shipping copilots. Ragde Falcis built something else: a real agentic system—used daily by thousands of customers. In this episode of Fractional, we break down how ChatGenie: → Hit 90%+ accuracy without model fine-tuning → Uses multi-agent orchestration with reasoning and memory → Built...
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Using OKRs to Challenge Bad Leadership Decisions | Jeff Gothelf
"Most OKRs Are Just Tracking Failure"OKRs are supposed to drive success. But here’s what actually happens instead:1. Teams track effort, not results.2. Leaders set goals based on gut feeling.3. When things go wrong, strategy isn’t questioned—the team is."If your OKRs aren’t tied to behavior…
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AI Without Strategy is Just Hype—Wardley Maps Fix That | Simon Wardley
AI without strategy is just hype—Wardley Maps fix that. Governments, businesses, and enterprises follow AI trends without mapping the landscape, leaving them blind to risks and opportunities.That's why I sat down with Simon Wardley, the inventor of Wardley Maps, and one of the UK’s top 50 most...
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How a ProductHunt user became its CEO | Rajiv Ayyangar (ProductHunt)
Rajiv Ayyangar is the CEO at Product Hunt. He was previously co-founder / CEO of Tandem. He also studied bioengineering at Princeton and subsequently worked at Fairchild and Yahoo. In this episode of Fractional, we discuss the Product Hunt AI roadmap, what AI products are getting the top spot,...
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How Healthcare Leaders Can Implement AI Without Losing Trust | Evelyn Goh (NUS, Megrez)
"AI in healthcare isn’t just hard—it’s life or death." In this episode of Fractional by Swarm, we sit down with Evelyn C. Goh—PhD candidate at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and founder/CEO of Megrez—to explore the toughest challenges in healthcare AI. Evelyn is pioneering research on...
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Investing in AI | Tomithy Too (ST Telemedia)
Tomithy plays the role of seeker and investor at ST Telemedia - a VC/PE fund that invests in telcos, data centres, growth stage tech companies in AI, Cybersecurity and Cloud IT . He actively works with target and existing portfolio companies in terms of technical diligence, business strategy and...
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Designing a hybrid org model for CTOs | Anand Krishnan (IBM, thinkbridge, Sensorscall)
Anand Krishnan is the Founder and Managing Partner of thinkbridge, a digital technology and business consulting firm that specializes in helping clients build and deploy tech-forward business strategies that drive outsized value creation. He is also the co-founder of Sensorscall, a senior care...
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AI GTM and change management for enterprises | Bernard Leong (AWS, Dorje.ai)
Dr Bernard Leong is currently the founder and CEO of Dorje AI, an enterprise AI startup focusing on building the next generation business operating system that enables companies to be productive, efficient, and adaptive. He held regional business roles as the Head of Artificial Intelligence &...
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Playing the AI consulting game | Dominic Ligot (Cirrolytix, Data Ethics PH, Aedes.ai)
Dominic Ligot is a data analyst, researcher, software developer, entrepreneur and technologist. He’s the Founder of CirroLytix, a social impact AI company, and Data Ethics PH, an online community focused on social issues such as data privacy, data security, AI-driven discrimination and more. He...
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Creating clarity through listening | Indi Young (Time to Listen, Adaptive Path, UX Week)
Indi Young is a solution strategist who uses purpose-focused qualitative data science. She created her method over a 30-year span, and teaches that method in courses, coaching, workshops, books, talks, and through working with teams on research studies. She was one of the founders of Adaptive…
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Designing for a better world | Don Norman (Apple, Nielsen Norman Group, UC San Diego)
Don Norman was the founding Director of The Design Lab at the University of California, San Diego; is co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group; a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and former VP of Apple. His latest work expands the notion of being human centered to consider the impact...
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Deciding to go fractional | Rachel Gogel (Meta, Airbnb, GQ, NYTimes, Forbes 30U30)
Rachel Gogel (she/her) is a Parisian creative director, speaker, mentor, and educator. She runs her own consultancy as a fractional design executive. She’s led major brand initiatives at GQ, The New York Times, Meta, Godfrey Dadich, Airbnb, and Dropbox. As a solopreneur, Rachel has been launching...
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Becoming a software architect | John Paul Alcala (Amazon Web Services, GCash)
John Paul Alcala is a Fractional Solutions Architect and Chief Technology Officer who has managed over PHP 2 Billion of cloud budget in the Philippines. Recently, he was a Partner Solutions Architect for ASEAN at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Before that, he was an Associate Vice President, Head of...
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Take your own marketing advice | David Fallarme (Owner.com, HubSpot, Electronic Arts, On Deck)
David Fallarme is the VP of Marketing at Owner.com. At the time of recording, he was a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer and Marketing Advisor for Series A and B startups. He's built and led marketing teams at companies big and small, from public companies like HubSpot and Electronic Arts to...
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Building client trust as a consultant | Andrei Gonzales (Deloitte Digital, Salesforce, Fjord, BCG Digital Ventures, InVision)
Andrei Gonzales, is a multi-disciplinary design mentor, human-centered design evangelist, and current Senior Manager for Service and Experience Design for Deloitte Digital Canberra. He has 20 years of professional experience in the digital industry across design, consulting, and digital…
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Leading AI transformations | Joshua Arvin Lat (AWS Machine Learning Hero, Author, NuWorks Interactive Labs)
Joshua Arvin Lat is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of NuWorks Interactive Labs, Inc. He is also an AWS Machine Learning Hero and he has been an international speaker on machine learning, engineering, security, and management. He’s the author of three books — “Machine Learning with Amazon...
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Building AI products with business value | Tim Santos (Graphcore, EY, Teradata, Samsung)
Tim Santos is the Director of Product for AI Cloud Solutions at Graphcore, He leads the product strategy and vision for enabling developers, plus AI & ML software organisations to build and deploy cutting-edge AI models in production. Tim also leads the AI Hive on Swarm. With over 13 years of...
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How to multiply your income as a freelancer! (through patience and grit) | Grace Walker
Grace Walker is an independent web designer and Webflow developer building marketing sites that are visually stunning and technically sound. She has launched over 90 marketing sites in Webflow and has become a client favorite not only for her designs, but also her organization and project...
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Going solo as a Webflow designer and developer | Matthias Cordes
Matthias Cordes is a Web Designer and Webflow Developer. He runs his own freelance business and creates high converting websites for fast growing technology startups. Matthias had his first freelance “gig” as a designer after highschool and while traveling around Australia and Bali. After...
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Growth design for trusted leads, referrals, and relationships | Lex Roman (Super Easy Digital, Growthtrackers)
Lex Roman empowers early stage solopreneurs to find their clients without playing Google and Instagram’s games. A former Silicon Valley growth designer turned small biz growth marketer, Lex has been crafting winning conversion strategies for companies like Nissan, Macys, Gusto and The Black Tux...
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Managing chaos and global teams as a Fractional CTO | Sergio Pereira (Remote Work Academy, Bulk MRO)
Sergio Pereira has been a Software Engineer and CTO for 13 years. Sergio has built tech products for several fast growing startups, such as Bulk MRO, StudentFinance and Candidly. For the last 7 years, Sergio has managed fully remote teams, either full time or working as a Fractional CTO. He is…
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How to build in public fearlessly and have fun while doing it | Karthik Puvvada (Build in Public Fellowship)
Karthik Puvvada, often called 'KP', is the founder & CEO of Build In Public Fellowship. It's an online program and community to help founders and creators put themselves out there and build in public fearlessly. He also runs a SaaS startup “LeaderBird” which helps people be more consistent on...
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Why scratching your creative itch matters in becoming a multidisciplinary designer | Frances To
Frances To is an Independent Designer who specializes in creating bespoke websites, digital products, and interactive stories on Webflow. Since the start of Frances’s independent design practice, her work has been recognized by Awwwards, CSS Design Awards, Typewolf, and Buried Signals. We talk...
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Building trust and articulating design decisions for buy-in | Angela Salud Chua (Toffeenut Design Studio)
Angela Salud Chua is the founder of Toffeenut Design Studio, an independent collectives studio based in the Philippines. She has been designing products with tech leaders for over a decade, helping with ideation and strategy, and building award-winning products that scale. We talk about fostering...
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Creating intentionality, choice, and leverage in fractional work | Dan Mall (Design Systems University, Superfriendly)
Dan Mall is a husband, dad, teacher, creative director, designer, founder, and entrepreneur from Philly. He runs Design System University, where he creates, collects, and curates curriculum, content, and community to help enterprise teams design at scale. Previously, Dan ran design system...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
🐝 Hear the stories of top best consultants in AI, Design, Software Engineering, and Product.www.swarm.workPeek into how the best technology consultants carve their own path, complete their side quests, and passions in life. Get actionable tips and strategies to improve your fractional lifestyle — we'll present you with the recipes, career paths, and new mental models to try out.
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