Tech Captains

We're excited to host Chris Evans, the co-founder and chief product officer of incident.io. This groundbreaking company has raised $30 million to enhance incident response in tech teams. In this insightful conversation, Chris discusses his journey from Monzo Bank to incident.io's creation, where he leveraged firsthand experience to develop a practical tool.  His book recommendation offer...

Today, we have a special guest, Sophie Davies-Patrick, current CTO at MPB and an industry veteran with experience at American Express and Yahoo during its golden era. Sophie's journey from studying anthropology to tech leadership is both unconventional and insightful. She discusses the concept of "T-shaped" developers, promoting a breadth of skills while maintaining specialization....

Join us as we delve into the world of Chandru, a seasoned tech expert with an impressive career spanning across renowned companies like Vodafone, Cisco, and Toshiba. Discover how his passion for technology led him to create Alkimi Exchange, the world's first decentralized ad exchange. Learn how Alkimi Exchange aims to revolutionize the advertising industry, ensuring transparency and fairness...

Join us in this new Tech Captains episode as we welcome Chad Sanderson, a seasoned product manager with an impressive background in companies like Oracle, Subway, and Microsoft. He manages a Slack community of nearly 7,000 data enthusiasts and has a strong LinkedIn following. Chad's journey started with a journalism degree, and he shares how he transitioned into data analytics and eventually...

In this episode of TechCaptains, guest Yael Oshri-Ballah, VP of R&D at Karma, shares her career journey and the role of a VP of R&D.  She discusses transitioning from the army to startups and highlights the AI-powered features of Karma, a personal shopping assistant. The conversation touches on clean coding practices and the tech ecosystem in Israel, with Yael's recommendation for rea...

Join TechCaptains as we interview Aviv Ben-Yosef, a seasoned tech consultant and executive advisor. Discover Aviv's journey from coding to fractional CTO and executives advisor, and learn how he helps teams thrive. Gain valuable insights on the power of one-on-one meetings, feedback, and building a strong connection to your company's product. Don't miss Aviv's expert advice and...

In this  episode of Tech Captains, we interview Thiago de Faria, an experienced architect manager and data science expert. Thiago shares his fascinating career journey, from studying theoretical math to delving into statistical learning and software engineering. He highlights the importance of data and the misconception that AI is a silver bullet solution. The discussion covers topics like the rol...

Our guest today is Martin Brunthaler, the accomplished CTO and co-founder of Adverity, a renowned data company. Martin will take us on a captivating journey as he shares the inspiring story behind Adverity's remarkable achievements. From humble beginnings to becoming a driving force in the industry, Martin's insights and experiences will leave you inspired and eager to learn more about t...

In the latest episode of Tech Captains, Matthew, the CTO of Tallarium, joins the discussion. With a background in finance and a bachelor's degree in computing, Matthew shares his fascinating journey of creating an operating system as a personal project. He talks about the challenges he faced, the languages he used, and the satisfaction of each milestone achieved. He explains how they transfor...

Richard Rosenberg is CTO at SpendDesk and previously at the Financial Times and Hotels.com. He talks about his 25 years of experience in the tech industry and his background in software engineering. While at Sky, his team was the first to create a subscription live TV product on an iPhone, which was showcased at WWDC. In this podcast, he discusses Spendesk's tech stack and how it  evolved to...

Jan Hollez, CTO and co-founder at Deliverect, covers topics related to the use of cloud computing in business, such as the importance of credits and the potential risk of dependency on cloud-based partners. The conversation also explores the possibility of moving back to co-located servers and the benefits of using the cloud for quick scalability. The importance of being scrappy and finding a bala...

Amen Reghimi, CTO at Perx Technologies, discusses a project involving QA, improving code, scalability, and migrating an application from Google Cloud to AWS. He also recommends a book by Marty Kagan called "Empowered," which focuses on factors that contribute to the success of top tech product companies and emphasizes the importance of creating an environment where everyone's greatn...

In this episode, Gareth and Ron speak with Michael Nagel, who is CTO at J&C Bachmann in the South-West of Germany. He explains how he studied while working, and how it got him where he is today. ➜ Hosted by Ron Danenberg and Gareth Thomas.

Mohamed Labouardy is an interesting character: he lived in several countries, worked in a number of industries, wrote several books around DevOps, contributes to Open Source, and recently founded TailWarden. ➜ Hosted by Ron Danenberg and Gareth Thomas.

Colin has had an unusually long tenure in his current role: 17 years! He helped build Scott Logic as the successful software agency it is today, with more than 400 team members. Colin is also a big Open Source advocate. ➜ Hosted by Ron Danenberg and Gareth Thomas.

For this first episode, Ron and Gareth are lucky to welcome Robert Chandler. He is a University of Cambridge graduate, who spent a few years working in AI, before co-founding HeyDaily in early 2022. ➜ Hosted by Ron Danenberg and Gareth Thomas.