Modern CTO

Today we’re talking to Aydin Mirzaee, Co-Founder of Fellow.app and Host of the Supermanagers Podcast; and we discuss the importance of having strong discipline in your career, how to talk about failure with your team, and why providing a path of growth is one of the greatest motivators. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Aydin and Super Managers at https...

Today we’re talking to Rebecca Lynch, VP Product at Allstream; and we discuss how to keep a tight feedback loop with your employees to keep them happy and avoid burnout, how Allstream is helping their clients seamlessly transition away from older telecom infrastructure, and how to create a fantastic customer experience through strong communication.  All of this right here, right now, on the Modern...

Today we’re talking to Dave Subar, Founder and Interim CTO/CPO at Interna; and we discuss how Dave helped coach Disney on launching Disney+, how to align your actions with long-term goals in mind, and how to roll with the punches and stay nimble to find success.  All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Interna at https://www.interna.com/

Today we’re talking to Zoltan Istvan, author of the book The Transhumanist Wager; and we discuss Zoltan’s goal of overcoming death with science, how people are merging themselves with technology to gain new abilities, and Zoltan’s previous presidential campaign for the Transhumanist Party.  All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!  Learn more about Zoltan and The Transhumanist...

Today we’re talking to Dave Sobel, host of the Business of Tech Podcast; and we discuss how there’s rarely only one right way to do something, benefits of bootstrapping your business and having strong fundamentals, and why it requires a whole lot more than just laptops and webcams to enable true “work from anywhere” in your organization.  All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcas...

Today we’re talking to Levi Nunnink, CTO of Morning Metrics; and we discuss how to approach selling your company as an entrepreneur, how to keep your head on straight when raising venture capital, and how to think about prioritizing your personal and professional goals. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!  Learn more about Morning Metrics at https://morning.so

Today we’re talking to Lucas Mendes, Co-Founder of Revelo; and we discuss how the normalization of remote work is enabling companies to recruit tech talent from around the globe, how Revelo connects companies with pre-vetted developers in Latin America, and how Revelo uses their own service to hire great engineers internally.  All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!  Learn mo...

Today’s episode is a collaboration between Modern CTO and the CodeNewbie Podcast. Tune in to hear Joel’s journey from developer, to CTO, to Podcast Host – right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! 

Today we’re talking to Brian Singer, CIO/CTO at Propio; and we discuss the importance of having language translation and interpretation services readily available in healthcare and legal environments, how Propio offers on-demand interpreters in hundreds of languages, and how better collaboration and more transparency will empower your employees. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO...

Today we’re talking to Daniel Foster, Director of Strategy at TechSmith; and we discuss how using recorded video as a means of communication is becoming the new norm for hybrid work environments, advantages of recorded videos and annotated screen captures for asynchronous training, and why you should do away with perfectionism, and start sharing ideas with your colleagues before you feel like they...

Today we’re talking to Vaughn Thurman, Founder and Chief Evangelist at HighGear; and we discuss the difference between low-code development, no-code development, and no-code configurable software, how to get the lowest time to value out of a no-code solution, and why no-code configurable software is often better equipped to empower non engineers than no-code development solutions. All of this righ...

Today we’re talking to Matteo Pietrobelli, Chief Systems Engineer at Oceanix; and we discuss how and why Oceanix is building floating cities next to coastal metropolitan areas, how Matteo’s experience working on Hyperloop and 3D printing structures has prepared him for this, and how Oceanix is making sure these floating cities will be friendly to the environment and accessible to all.  All of this...

Today we’re talking to Ken Coleman, America’s Career Coach and author of the book Paycheck to Purpose; and we discuss how to retain talent in today’s competitive labor market, how to achieve your goals for the right reasons, and how to tell the difference between a dream and mirage. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more of Ken's content at https://www.ramseys...

Today we have a special episode with Steve Sponseller, host of the Tech Leader Talk Podcast interviewing Joel Beasley. Tune in to hear about how Joel learned to code while recovering from a car accident, top lessons Joel has learned from interviewing hundreds of executives, and how the Modern CTO team has started producing podcasts for other companies.  All of this right here, right now, on the Mo...

Today we’re talking to Aleksandr Volodarsky, Founder and CEO of Lemon.io, a Ukrainian remote staffing company for engineers; and we discuss what it has been like leading his company while relocating from a warzone, steps Aleksandr and his company have taken to make sure their employees are safe, and how you can support the war effort in Ukraine.  All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CT...

Today we’re talking to Amanda Blevins, VP and CTO of VMware Americas; and we discuss how to design your career path around what makes you happy, how to encourage everyone at your company to innovate and pursue new ideas, and how people may not remember what you do, but they’ll always remember how you made them feel. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!  In case you missed...

Today we’re talking to Michael Levin, Professor of Biology at Tufts University; and we discuss how Michael has learned to create reproducing robots from frog cells, what we can make these robots do and what they’re already capable of, and how Michael’s studies of cellular cognition are being applied to regenerating lost limbs. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!  Learn mo...

Today we’re talking to Peter Rahfeld, CSO of ABOzymes; and we discuss how Peter’s company hopes to make blood types obsolete by being able to change any blood to Type O. Learn about the science and the business behind this breakthrough right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!  Learn more at https://www.abozymes.com

Today we’re talking to Matt Mahar, the CEO of Cana; and we discuss how Cana has built a molecular beverage printer capable of dispensing any drink imaginable on demand, how decentralizing beverage manufacturing will have a significant and immediate impact on the environment, and what the future could look like with most foods and drinks able to be printed in your home.  All of this right here, rig...

Today we’re talking to Ahmad Kian, Co-Founder of Apadana and CEO of Apadana Solar Technologies; and we discuss how having a strong local financial partner has been integral to the growth of his business, the present and future of solar technology in the United States, and how we can reverse the harm humans have done to the environment to keep a planet where we can thrive. All of this right here, r...

Today we’re talking to Adam Bahret, an expert reliability engineering consultant, and owner of Apex Ridge Reliability; and we discuss how the CTO is often alone as the bridge between the technology and business sides of an organization, the value of being able to make great infographics, and the importance of getting constant feedback from your team.  All of this right here, right now, on the Mode...

Today we’re talking to Scott Sellers, Co-Founder and CEO of Azul; and we discuss how there is currently a trillion dollars of market cap being weighed down by cloud costs, different tactics for mitigating cloud costs, and how Azul’s extremely efficient Java runtime can help you reduce the number of instances your company needs to run an application.  All of this right here, right now, on the Moder...

Today we’re talking to Ali Fazel, VP of Marketing at GRIN; and we discuss how companies can be leveraging influencer & creator marketing as a channel, why influencer marketing will have more longevity than traditional interruptive advertising, and how to put science and numbers behind working with creators the same way you would with traditional digital marketing channels.  All of this right here,...

Today we’re talking to Jonathan Cobb, Senior Communications Manager at the World Nuclear Association; and we discuss different uses for nuclear science including energy, medicine, and heat, the challenges of getting nuclear energy to compete economically with fossil fuel and renewables, and how we can get the world to net zero emissions in the next 25 years.  All of this right here, right now, on...

Today we’re talking to Todd Allen, Professor of Nuclear Engineering at University of Michigan; and we discuss the state of nuclear energy in the world today, barriers to investing more in nuclear energy, and what it would take to have a personal nuclear reactor in your home. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!  Check out UMich's Fastest Path to Zero Initiative, where Todd...