A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

About Sean Sean Falconer  has a lofty goal: to make the digital economy safer. And he’s doing so one API at a time. A former competitive programmer, entrepreneur, and expert storyteller, his many accomplishments include designing the software used to create ICD-11 at the World Health Organization, founding Proven.com, and leading developer relations teams at Google. When he’s not inter...

About Lisa Lisa Nestor, a seasoned strategist in the financial services industry, is the Chief of Strategy at Airtm, an innovative online platform that provides financial services to people around the world. With her guidance, Airtm has facilitated over 26M transactions and helped hundreds of thousands of individuals access financial markets. Passionate about building solutions that empower indivi...

About Nick Nick is the Founder and CTO of Dagster Labs, the company behind Dagster, a popular open-source data orchestration platform. Before Dagster Labs, he was a Principal Engineer and Director at Facebook from 2009 to 2017, where he founded the Product Infrastructure team and co-created GraphQL. After cutting his teeth at Facebook, he pursued his passion for working on engineer pain points aft...

About Debbie Debbie Levitt, MBA, is the CXO of Delta CX, and since the mid-1990s has been a CX and UX consultant focused on strategy, research, training, and Human-Centered Design/User-Centered Design. She’s a change agent and business design consultant focused on helping companies of all sizes transform towards customer-centricity while using principles of Agile and Lean. She has worked in variou...

About Tom Tom Bairstow is a Creative Director, Designer & Founder of NorthHouse, a multi-award-winning creative studio focused on video & digital design for music, brands and live shows. NorthHouse are globally recognized as a leading studio within the music and live events industry, working with the likes of Coldplay, Beyoncé, Adele, Katy Perry, Shawn Mendes, Lewis Capaldi, Ferrari, GQ, B...

About Jon Jon Perl is the co-founder and CEO of  QA Wolf , a startup building the QA solution every engineering leader wishes for. Prior to QA Wolf, Perl led engineering teams in the healthcare and home services space, where he learned firsthand how difficult automated regression testing can be — and how critical it is for teams to have. His interest in software engineering comes from an overarchi...

About Kasheef As a first-generation American born to parents of Caribbean descent, Kasheef attributes the alignment of his career and purpose to interventions and exposure to educational resources far outside of the community that raised him. With such a dichotomy between the two worlds he grew to know, an unshakeable commitment to be on the frontline of change was born. As the National Director o...

About Jim With over two decades of immersive experience in executive development, corporate leadership and human performance, Jim Bishop stands as a beacon of transformative leadership through his business, Conjunction Leadership . Jim’s journey has taken him across the globe, coaching executives, diverse teams and orchestrating the modernization of leadership systems for transforming busine...

About Robert Robert Plotkin is a leading expert in leveraging Al to maximize creativity and innovation. His book, The Genie in the Machine , was the first (and still the only) work to address the impact of generative Al on innovation and the patent system. Recognized as a thought leader in human-Al collaboration, Robert empowers individuals with the essential skills they need to harness Al to supe...

About Oscar After a decade and a half in the technology arena, Oscar Santolalla embarked on a mission to help people in technology companies present better, inspire others, and sell more. He is author of  “Rock the Tech Stage” (Apress, 2020)  and  “Create and Deliver a Killer Product Demo” (Apress, 2018) . Oscar helps professionals in the technology industry rediscover the...

About Jon Jon studied Human Sciences at Oxford University, then stepped sideways into business where he worked in information systems as an applications architect, becoming European IT Director for a market-leading multinational.    This career continued with consultant program leadership roles in major UK companies such as British Airways, BAA, Vodafone and O2.   In parallel he continued to study...

About Marga Marga Hoek  is a three-time CEO, Chair, and Board Member. Due to her visionary, purpose-driven leadership, Hoek has gained recognition over the years as a global thought leader on sustainable business and capital. She is a multi-golden-awarded bestselling author of the trailblazing titles  New Economy Business  (2014) and  The Trillion Dollar Shift   (2018).  Fortune  praised  The Tril...

About Ryan Ryan Glasgow is the founder and CEO of Sprig. Sprig is the leading product experience insights platform and works with high-growth companies including Figma, Notion, Loom, and Dropbox. Prior to starting the company, Ryan was Product Manager and early team member at five different companies that he helped scale from startup to successful exit, including Weebly, which was acquired by Squa...

About Ahmed Ahmed is an experienced engineering leader, having led teams at Microsoft, Amazon and Google. He is currently leading Cloud teams at Google. In addition to his day job, Ahmed also helps engineering managers become effective leaders through his coaching. Today We Talked About Ahmed’s background Leadership in general Re-occurring problems for new leaders Feedback loops Dealing with...

About Bartosz An entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience, coach, mentor, and public speaker. The founder of G2A.COM, the largest and most dynamically developing global marketplace with vouchers for digital products such as games, gift cards, subscriptions, or software. The marketplace already has had over 25 million users from 180 countries around the world. A winner of the Forbes magazine&#...

About Brian “Tap” Taptich Tap is a seasoned leader with 25+ years of experience leading strategy, technology, business, marketing, and corporate development at worldwide technology companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100. He is passionate about developing and leading cross-functional teams to achieve bold goals on a global scale. Currently, Tap is VP of Strategic Initiatives. I...

About Kyle Kyle Kiser is Chief Executive Officer at Arrive Health, the leader in delivering real-time cost and coverage data to decision-making workflows. In this role, he focuses on helping providers and care teams improve patient access, affordability, and outcomes while reducing administrative burden. By partnering with health systems, health plans, IT vendors, and pharmacy benefit managers, Ar...

About D.J. D.J. Eshelman has more than 25 years of overall IT experience, but it was in 2004 when he found Citrix Systems that his career became truly focused. While this still requires skillsets beyond the delivery, Citrix technologies have been the central point of focus ever since. He is the author of two books released in 2020, “Be a Citrix Hero” and “Just Do THIS: A Simpler Way to Succeed in...

About Phil Most people can’t say that they were already a successful entrepreneur at the age of 18. But then again, Phil Alves isn’t most people. After teaching himself how to code in high school, he started writing blogs about building software for direct marketing, unknowingly becoming an SEO powerhouse in the space — and it wasn’t long until one of his posts landed at #1 on Google. Capitalizing...

About Rob Rob Kalwarowsky was at the top of his game. Known to colleagues only as Reliable Rob, his MIT Mechanical Engineering degree and dedication to the heavy industry space gave him the unique insight that saved his organization millions of dollars. But then, the twist. Upper management? They didn’t care. At all. The huge disconnect spurred Rob to shift gears – from heavy industry to heavy res...

About Jeffrey Jeffrey is a nationally recognized thought leader and award winning author on the next evolution of leadership: Conscious Leadership. His recently published book: “Developing the Conscious Leadership Mindset for the 21st Century” won a total of four national and international Stevie Awards® and is an Amazon best seller in the Occupational and Organizational Psychology category. He al...

About Zain With a strong background in fintech and climatetech, Zain has honed his expertise in credit card infrastructure and carbon offsets. Having worked at prominent companies in these fields, Zain has gained invaluable experience and insights. Given his time studying under Geoffrey Hinton, Zain has deep knowledge in neural networks, deep learning, and other advanced AI techniques. As the form...

About Jim Jim Saliba is a certified coach, public speaker, and seasoned leader with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry. Starting as a software engineer, he rose through the ranks to become the VP of a $4 billion tech company. As the author of the book “The Six-Step Leadership Challenge,” Jim shares his expertise and insights on empowering leaders to overcome fears and self-...

About Matt Matt Frizzell is the Director of Engineering at  Customer.io . With over 20 years of experience as a full-stack engineer, he has led diverse teams across industries such as security, advertising, healthcare, and SaaS. Matt is known for his servant leadership style, emphasizing team building and inclusivity. Based near Boston, Massachusetts, he enjoys playing pick-up basketball, mentorin...

About Govind Govind Balu is a visionary entrepreneur and experienced executive with a strong background in data and AI to drive business growth across different industries. As the Founder and CEO of QuaXigma, he spearheads the company’s vision to transform organizations into data-driven enterprises. With an extensive career spanning senior leadership positions at companies such as Allstate, CVS, W...