The Forward Slash Podcast

Yum! Brands UX Manager Erica Price joins Aaron and James today. They talk about using empathy with users, brand managers, and subject matter experts to make sure everyone feels heard. They also discuss user-forward design, UX testing, and and how AI can support all of this work.

James and Aaron welcome Matt Coatney, a seasoned technology executive and AI expert, to explore the evolving role of artificial intelligence in business. They discuss the critical data foundations companies need to prepare for AI/ML, the “jagged frontier” of generative AI and its strengths and weaknesses, and real-world examples of how AI/ML adds value for businesses.

Ocean Eiler joins the team to talk about core philosophy: Everything is design. In this wide ranging discussion, Ocean, James, and Aaron talk about the importance of the DIY spirt in design and development, having empathy for your users, and so much more. Our guest turns the tables on the hosts as he brings some lightening round questions of his own. Ocean is currently the Associate Director of De...

Callibrity's AI Practice Lead joins the podcast to talk about the past, present, and future of generative AI. Recorded live September 2024 at Callibrity's Annual Team Summit.

James and Aaron are joined this episode by David Imhoff. David is the Director of DevSecOps and Product Security at Kroger. They dive deep into application security, and how to champion security within your organization. 

Erik Przekop joins James and Aaron today to talk about different personal productivity methods, team dynamics, and what it means to be a consultant versus just filling a role. They dive deep into practical productivity tips, and team safety. 

James and Aaron are joined by Adam Barrett to discuss software rewrites and web front end development. After almost 2 decades of web development, and over a decade of consulting at companies from large enterprises to tiny startups, Adam has learned a thing or two about the business of the web.

John Kimball joins the podcast to talk with the team about Dev Ops, Agile, and mistakes companies make when adopting Agile. 

In this episode James Carman and Aaron Chesny discuss AI and how it will change how coders will work and learn in the future. 

This episode James and Arron are joined by Assistant CIO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati to talk about how to discover your own talents, and how to see them in others. 

Today James and Aaron are joined by test automation expert Jonathan Thompson who talks about how companies can make deployment pipelines stronger with test automation. 

James and Aaron are joined by Callibrity developer Daniel Silva to talk what he does to continually grow as a person, and as a software developer. 

Callibrity's own Product Practice lead Ryan Wilson joins Aaron and James to discuss product thinking in a consulting firm

We discuss legacy systems development with Dillon Courts

In this episode, we sit down with Mark Wehby, CEO of Callibrity. Mark shares some insights with us about his 25+ year career and what it's like to be a technology consulting company founder.

In this episode we introduce the hosts and the podcast itself.

We sit down with Josh Marotti to hear some tales from the trenches from his 25+ year career.