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The CTO Podcast — 234 episodes
The Software Factory: Why Document-Driven Development Is Reshaping How CTOs Build
LIQUID – How CTOs Harness Complexity to Unlock Flow
Steven Zgaljic, Jahnel Group, CTO: Harnessing AI for Health Insights
Zayna Rose, Image Strategist & Communications Consultant: Elevating Your Image as a Tech Leader
Lena Skliarova-Mordvinova, Good Face Project CTO and Co-Founder: Revolutionizing Personal Care with AI and Resilience in Challenging Times
Dr. Aadeel Akhtar, PSYONIC's Visionary: Transforming Lives Through Advanced Bionic Prosthetics and Entrepreneurial Innovation
Decoding AI: Expert Panel Insights for CTOs
Ryan Kari, CTO of MagCanica: Revolutionizing Motorsports with Torque Sensors and the Art of CTO Leadership
Kathy Keating, Fractional CTO | Interim CTO | Executive Coach | CTO Levels™: Mastering Growth; Operational Excellence and Leadership Insights
Aliza Carpio, Director of Product Management Data Platform at JLL Technologies: The Code of Collaboration and Navigating Open Source
Maria Flynn, Founder and CEO AmbioLogix: Make Opportunity Happen
Dave Adsit, VP of Engineering SamCart: Coding Roots to C-Suite Insights
Ksenia Palke, Head of AI at Airspace: AI in Time-Critical Shipments
Devastate the Competition via Robust Design with Adam Bahret
Going First: Leading with Purpose in an Overthinking World with Nell Derick Debevoise
Joel Beasley, Modern CTO: Mastering the Art of Podcasting
Alex Balazs, CTO Intuit: Generative AI, Vulnerability and Leadership
Exploring RF Communication, Encryption, and AI with Dell Kronewitter
Crafting Code and Conquering Fear: A Journey Through Middle-Earth and Conway's Law
From Code to Cattle: Parallels Between Technology and Farming with Jennifer Cwagenberg
The Realities of Fundraising with Sean Nam
Navigating the Rollercoaster: From Rapid Growth to Unwinding with Tracie Hlavka
From Pragmatism to Pivot Tables: Navigating Leadership, Philosophy, and Data Mastery with Matt Van Itallie
CTO Leadership: Navigating Startup Realities and Inspiring Teams with Krijn Van der Raadt
Leadership, Technology, and the “It Depends” Philosophy: Insights from Kevin Goldsmith
Just use Flutter - Stephan Schmidt // Amazing CTO
End of Stack Overflow -- Stephan Schmidt // Amazing CTO
Greenest Programming Languages -- Stephan Schmidt // Amazing CTO
The future of CTOs with AI -- Stephan Schmidt // Amazing CTO
Vision, Strategy An Alignment -- Stephan Schmidt // Amazing CTO
AI replaces programmers - Threads killing Twitter
Building Organizational Trust in AI -- Ksenia Palke // Airspace
How to Apply AI at Your Company -- Ksenia Palke // Airspace
Solo Projects // Reddit // Imaginary Problems // Estimation // GPT-4 Pitch Decks
How CTO's Should Rely on Automation Infrastructure -- Rob Hirschfeld // RackN
The Role of DevOps in Building Startups -- Rob Hirschfeld // RackN
Industry-Specific Applications of AI -- Sanjay Sehgal // MSys
Ethics & Human-AI Partnerships -- Sanjay Sehgal // MSys
Focusing on Revenue Goals with Cross Functional Teams -- Ole Dallerup // Dreamdata.io
Becoming a Tech Leader of a Fast-Growing Startup -- Ole Dallerup // Dreamdata.io
The Performance Boosting Power of Feedback -- Darva Satcher // GitLab Inc.
Unlocking the Power of the Skip Level Meetings -- Darva Satcher // GitLab Inc.
Work on Your Reputation Inside and Outside Your Company! -- Kevin Goldsmith // DistroKid
Grooming Engineering Managers -- Dalia Havens // Replicated
Architecture to Manage Data Costs & Complexity -- Adrian Estala // Starburst
The Evolution of the CDO Role -- Adrian Estala // Starburst
Coaching Your Engineers vs. Giving Them Feedback -- Etienne de Bruin // 7CTOs
The Power of Stillness for the CTO -- Brittany Cotton // 7CTOs
How to Stop Juggling & Start Shipping Product -- Surya Oruganti // Argonaut
No DevOps? No Problem -- Surya Oruganti // Argonaut
Struggles in Buy-vs-Build Land -- Blake Messer // Cratejoy
How to use ChatGPT to write code -- Blake Messer // Cratejoy
Contribution Analysis for Your Dev Team -- Hezheng Yin // Merico
Managing International Engineering Teams -- Hezheng Yin // Merico
Impact of AI on a Digital Company's Carbon Footprint -- Richard Whitehead // Moogsoft Inc.
Application of AI Techniques to IT Ops -- Richard Whitehead // Moogsoft Inc.
Optimize Development with Automation -- Calvin Hendryx-Parker // Six Feet Up
Build Resilient Systems -- Calvin Hendryx-Parker // Six Feet Up
Solidifying Software Development Foundations -- Calvin Hendryx-Parker // Six Feet Up
IOT For The Hot Tub Part 2 -- Jonathan LaCour // Mission
Designing IOT For The Hot Tub -- Jonathan LaCour // Mission
Invest In Serverless -- Jonathan LaCour // Mission
What Is Kubernetes? -- Jonathan LaCour // Mission
CTO'ing Mission Through Pandemic Lockdowns -- Jonathan LaCour // Mission
On Degeneracy -- Aaron Longwell // Serverless
Building the Legal Software System in Afghanistan -- Aaron Longwell // Serverless
When Simple Concepts Unravel In The C-Suite -- Aaron Longwell // Serverless
Doing Work As A Means Of Discovery -- Aaron Longwell // Serverless
Left Brain Right Brain -- Aaron Longwell // Serverless
Tips on nurturing your network -- Sri Shivananda // PayPal
Building influence within your organization -- Sri Shivananda // PayPal
Why fast communication is key -- Sri Shivananda // PayPal
Publishing 'CTO Excellence in 100 Days' book -- Benjamin Shapiro // I Hear Everything
Why CTOs care about podcasts -- Benjamin Shapiro // I Hear Everything
Etienne on the ABCs of Getting Back on the Same Page
Investing in People: A Look into Fleetio's Software Development Strategy with Jorge Valdivia
How to Replace Yourself and Buy Time with Dan Martell
[Replay] Build Your Own CTO Peer Group So That You Can Succeed with Brittany Cotton
Myths of CTO Leadership with Mark Hunter
[Replay] Doing Curiosity vs. Being Curiosity
[Replay] Curiosity and the Unknown
[Replay] When Curiosity Leads to Questions, But Not All Questions Represent Curiosity
[Replay] Curiosity vs. Being Curious
The Role of A CTO is Complicated
[Replay] Aaron Longwell in the CTO Studio
[Replay] How to Find The Best Employees in Tech Today, with Casey Kleindienst
Sleep Tightly Through Your DevOps Woes with Phil Borlin and Ken Cone
[Replay] The Importance of Psychology as a CTO with Dr. Dan Stoneman
Trunk-Based Development And Feature Flags With EJ & TJ
Change is Evolutionary with Dave Mangot
Getting Involved with Open Source Communities with Jesse White
Feature Flags with Split.io CTO Patricio Echague
The CTO & Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Kathy Keating, Aaron Pina and Erik Enge
A Conversation With PayPal CTO, Sri Shivananda
Extracting Value From Your Network with Erin Fusaro, Wayne Haber and Brent Thumlert
How to Make the Horizon Model Better with Visibility Planning with Brant Cooper
What Evolutionary Biology Can Tell Us About Software Development - Part 2
What Evolutionary Biology Can Tell Us About Software Development - Part 1
Work on your reputation inside and outside your company! with Kevin Goldsmith and Claudius Mbemba
Grooming Engineering Managers with Dalia Havens, VPE at Replicated
Shopify's Technical Advisor To The CEO, Duncan Davidson
How To Do Skip Level Meetings with Nathan Broslawsky and Scott Graves
A CTO Implements DEI Early On: A Discussion With Joan Pepin
What metrics do you use? A Discussion With Dave Mangot and Erik Enge
Be The Best Damn Fractional CTO You Can Be
Integrating New Hires Into Your Engineering Culture with Erin Fusaro and Tracie Hlavka
Designing a Great Hiring Process to Attract Engineers
Deconstructing The Hiring Problem with Eric Lackore and David Lormor
4 Things The Security Team Wants From Their CTO with Naomi Buckwalter
QA with Lu Saenz and Pat Cullen
Coaching Your Engineers vs. Giving Them Feedback with Etienne de Bruin
Psychological Safety For Your Engineering Team with Kimeshan Naidoo, CTO Unibuddy
Help The C-Suite Understand Your CTO Role with Nishant Mathew and Jim Catts
Emotional Literacy Tools For The CTO, with Patty Leeper facilitating a 7CTOs Forum
CTO Strategies For Engineering Bonuses And Profit Sharing, with Agustin Lebron and 7CTOs
How The CTO Goes About Meeting Their Team's Needs, with Scott Graves and Chris Peterson
CTOs Building Web3 Startups Using Blockchains and NFTs
Are Your Needs Being Met In The C-Suite?
CTO Upgrades To OKRs by using GEMs and Sentinels
Engineering Staffing Strategies
The Power of Stillness for the CTO
New Ideas About The Future of Work
Engineering Compensation Challenges
What Does Smart Contract Code For A DAO Look Like?
CTO Relationships with Project Managers
CTO Panel On DAO and Wallet Volatility
CTO Introduction To DAO
CTO And Data Ownership in Web3
Build Your Own CTO Peer Group So That You Can Succeed
CTO Discussion On Web3 Complexity
CTO Under Fire Playbook
CTO Timing For web3
CTO Antidote to Decision Fatigue
CTO Introduction to Web3
How to Deal with Employees that Don’t Show Willingness to Participate in Relationships
Defining the CTOs Role in Relationships and Company Culture
Doing Curiosity vs. Being Curiosity
Curiosity and the Unknown
When Curiosity Leads to Questions, But Not All Questions Represent Curiosity
Curiosity Vs. Being Curious
Creating A Agile And Innovative Infrastructure
Evidence As A Way To Deal With Ideas And Uncertainty
Communication Flow for Handling Inventions
Time Horizons And How We Address Needs
The Role of the CTO has shifted beyond just Technology
The two most important risk factors in customer and employment agreements
When, Why & How to start the Compliance Process
3rd Party & Bad Actor Risk Assessment
Navigating Compliance Risk as CTO from a startup idea in a garage to $1B+ unicorn
Protecting Your IP in Customer Agreements Part 2
Cyber Insurance, Compliance and Cyber Security
Cyber Insurance, Compliance and Cyber Security
Intellectual Property
Gitlab Transparency
Must Have and Nice To Have Patents
Intellectual Property and Patenting Process
On Degeneracy
Building the Legal Software System in Afghanistan
When Simple Concepts Unravel In The C-Suite
Doing Work As A Means Of Discovery
Left Brain Right Brain
IOT For The Hot Tub Part 2
Designing IOT For The Hot Tub
Invest In Serverless
What Is Kubernetes?
What is it that CTOs need to know about Infrastructure trends?
CTO'ing Mission through Pandemic Lockdowns
CI/CD Pipelines Have Become Complicated
Ep.113 IOT, Micro Services And Data Visualization
Ep.112 A Dragonfly Leads To a Conversation About Ecosystems
Ep.111 How To Build Your Own Backyard Pond
Ep.110 Why We Ran Out Of Toilet paper During Covid
Ep.109 Managing Expectations Part 2
Ep.108 Managing Expectations Part 1
Ep.107 Truth As A Management Style
Ep.106 It's Hard To Be The Naysayer As CTO
Ep.105 Time As A Metric
Ep.104 Systems Theory: Why Projects Don't Deliver
Ep.103 Surviving The Start Up Graveyard By Building A Nimble Company
Ep.102 Being CTO Of A Market Leader
Ep.101 Wrestling with the Changing Rules of The App Stores as CTO
Ep.100 The Conflicted CTO
Ep.99 Technology Playbook Part 4
Ep.98 Tech Playbook Part 3
Ep.97 Tech Playbook Part 2
Ep.96 Tech Playbook #1
Ep.95 VP of Engineering
Ep.94 Emotional Intelligence
Ep.93 Sprint Reviews
Ep.92 Consulting To CTO
Ep.91 The Immigrants Complex View of Self
Ep.90 The 7 Deadly Sins Of Infrastructure As Code Part 3
Ep.89 The 7 Deadly Sins Of Infrastructure As Code
Ep.88 The Seven Deadly Sins Of Infrastructure As Code
Ep.87 Agilestacks
Ep.86 Black Boxes
Ep.85 Security Penetration
Ep.84 Network Layers
Ep.83 The Blockchain Bandit
Ep.82 The Imposter Syndrome
Ep.81 Why Is Your Backlighting So Awesome
Ep.80 Requirements of Writing A Book
Ep.79 The Opportunity Relationship Square
Ep.78 How to choose what Boards you want to be a part of
Ep.77 When Hiring a Product Manager is better than hiring a CTO
Ep.76 The Basics Of Trading
Ep.75 Machine Learning
Ep.74 The Fermi Paradox
Ep.73 GPT-3 to Open AI
Ep. 72 The Case For Infrastructure As Code Part 3
Ep.71 The Case For Infrastructure As Code Part 2
Ep. 70 The Case For Infrastructure As Code Part 1
Ep. 69 Short Term Crisis Management or a Longer Term Thing
Ep. 68 The CTO's Challenge Of Picking The Right Tools For The Job
The Gig Economy & Product Roadmaps with Vidya Dinamani, Eric Lawler and Kamel Boulos
The Key to Company Culture, with Vidya Dinamani, Benji Koltai and Jerome Bonhomme
Growing and Scaling Your Tech Company with Michael Singer and friends
The Ins and Outs of the Car Finance Industry, with Robert Swisher, Brant Cooper and Sonia Steinway
Creating Culture and Productivity with Your Team, with Robert Swisher, Brant Cooper and Michael Young
The Present and Future of Data Science, with Christoper Keown, Robert Swisher and Alex Balazs
PR and Positive Publicity in Tech with Brian Jones, Alan Leard and Alex Balazs
Two CTOs, one Chief Architect & Dr. Debbie Chen from Hydrostasis
Community Building with CTOs, with Dr. Tony Karrer
Innovating as a CTO in Online Advertising with Oded Cohen
Disrupting The Healthcare Market with CTO Unmesh Srivastava
From Engineer and Developer to CTO with Jesus Lizama
The Formula For Evaluating Start-Ups with Sergey Sundukovskiy
Why It’s Okay Not to Finish with Evan Phoenix
The World of Cloud Services with Jonathan LaCour
How CTOs Can Best Utilize Recruiters with Kimberly Owen
The Psychology of People in Tech, with Joanie Connell
Optimism and Longevity as a CTO in a Healthcare Tech, with Larry Heminger
Hybrid CTO of Hardware and Software with Ahn Nguyen
Being CTO in the Health Insurance Industry with Alan Leard