The CTO Podcast

Duncan and I talk about what the role is of a Technical Advisor to the CEO. We also get into the hiring challenge, how to stay collaborative at such a large scale and we also touch on the immigrant story. Check out https://7ctos.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode. If you would...

As we add layers of management, we as leaders should try keep our fingers on the pulse of how people down in the organization are feeling. We make extra effort to learn about their relationship with leadership change. A “skip level” meeting is an essential tool for the technology executive to learn more about how people are doing one level below your direct reports. Check out 7CTOs.com See Privacy...

Joan Pepin is the co-founder and CEO of ZeroWall. She shared her story of coming out as transgender while also being at the forefront of information security and engineering. Check out https://www.zerowall.ai/Check out https://7ctos.com/podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode....

Erik Enge is the Head of Engineering at Postmark, recently acquired by ActiveCampaign and Dave Mangot is the Founder and Principal at Mangoteque. We discussed our favorite book Accelerate and how to apply it to our organizations. Check out https://www.mangoteque.com/Check out https://postmarkapp.com/Check out https://7ctos.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

You should be as uncomfortable with a fractional CTO running your tech as you would be with a fractional CEO running your business. Etienne talks about how to be a great Fractional CTO. https://7ctos.com/podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...

We had a great chat with Erin, VPE of Chipper Cash and Tracie, CTO at FlyHomes about the challenges we face when onboarding new hires. Check out more at https://cto.studio/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t...

Paul and Agustin from CertifiedHiring.com join us in the CTO Studio to talk about what it takes to design a great hiring process for engineers. Check out more at 7ctos.com/podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get a...

Eric is the VP of Technology & Platform Development at Sweet Onion Media Group. David Lormor is the Co-Founder & CTO of Wyndy and together we deconstruct the global hiring problem many companies are facing right now. Check out 7ctos.com/podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode....

Naomi Buckwalter visits the CTO Studio with a quick perspective on what the security team needs from their CTO. Naomi is a CISO and founder of Cybersecurity Gatebreakers Foundation. Check out 7ctos.com/podcast and join our Slack community. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode. If yo...

Lu Saenz, CTO at Flock Freight and Pat Cullen, VP Engineering at Carrot talk about the progression of QA inside our engineering organizations and how to fight off the temptation to create a separate QA department. Lu Saenz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lu-saenz-startups-cleantech/Pat Cullen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pat-cullen-b3295b29/Join our Slack community at https://7ctos.com/podcast See Pr...

Etienne spends a bit of one on one time with you talking about the differences between coaching our people vs. giving them feedback. Check out https://7ctos.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi...

Kimeshan Naidoo recently gave a chat in the CTO Studio about how he built Psychological Safety for his engineering teams. He is the CTO and co-founder of Unibuddy. Check out 7ctos.com/podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscrib...

How hard can it be to work with the C-Suite when you're a CTO?Check out https://7ctos.com/podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.ctopod.com

Patty Leeper, formerly with NeXT Computer and now Executive Coach talks a group of CTOs through recognizing emotions in ourselves and in others. Patty is also a Facilitator at 7CTOs and can be contacted at patty@7ctos.com .Check out https://pattyleeper.comCheck out https://7ctos.com/podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#d...

We have a great conversation lead by Agustin Lebron from CertifiedHiring.com discussing the perils of short sighted bonus plans. But also more importantly, how to make our engineers feel like they are participating in the company success. You can help us by leaving us a rating and review! Check out: 7ctos.com  Check out: certifiedhiring.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...

We have a chat with 3 CTOs in the room on being aware of their team's needs. And how to meet them. We also talk about our own ability to be vulnerable for our teams. Thank you Scott Graves from Scale Tech and Chris Peterson from Scientist.com for joining us. Check out https://cto.studio for all our episodes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://a...

We learn from Scott Hoffberg Wilson and Ben Howard, both CTOs building their startups based on blockchain and NFT technologies. We learn about how Nori.com is using NFTs to build a marketplace for carbon removal credits. We also learn how KinectAir wants to use NFTs to share rewards points between airline mileage programs. We also do a deep dive with Michael Bastos on using NFTs for building commu...

As Brittany Cotton, Head of Coaching at 7CTOs explains, whether you are a CTO, engineer, plant or dog, we all have needs. Key here is to understand that you do have needs and are they being met. We talk about Maslow, Needs vs. Wants and ultimately what is at impact when a CTO is acting from a place of unfulfilled needs. Check out 7CTOs.com for more information on our peer groups. See Privacy Polic...

It's not easy keeping the company aligned on technology initiatives. Kathy Keating and Subbu Rama are in the CTO Studio with Etienne talking about the challenges around executing OKRs and the alternatives that can help us keep the C-Suites informed of our progress. Come visit us in Slack by going to https://cto.studio See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...

We invited a group of CTOs to chat about staffing strategies for engineering teams that we should consider. Many of them aren't new but we talk about how to apply them in today's (hostile) hiring climate. Learn more about us at 7ctos.com/podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode....

We had a discussion about how the role of CTO is actually fundamentally changing where we have to consider the fact that the tools we're using processes we have in place are actually not in service anymore to this globalized workforce. One of the things, I think why we're here in the workforce is that. Everything we did the last two years has been reactionary. Etienne de Bruin and Brittany Cotton...

How are you doing you as CTO have responded well to the pandemic. You've got your workforce remote right now, you're dealing with the globalization of the workforce. How are you viewing the future of work? How are you adjusting? What are you saying to your C suite? How are you approaching your people in a way that is innovative, unique? And appropriate for the times. Scott Graves, Paul Johnson Fra...

Agustin Lebron leads a group think tank with several CTOs on the compensation challenges CTOs are facing in the current hiring climate. Join the CTO Studio Slack community: 7ctos.com/podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribe...

A few CTOs walk through a Smart Contract coded in Solidity. This Smart Contract is for a DAO and Michael Bastos walks us through the basic concepts. For more information on us check out 7ctos.com/podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with ot...

We talk to Matt Ferguson and Kathy Keating about Project Management. We talk about what the role of Project Managers are and how it differs from Program Management. We also talk about estimation skills and the definition of good project management. Check out https://7ctos.com/podcast for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...