The Live Series Podcast

In this feature mini-series, founders share their stories of going from zero to funded uncovering the ins and outs, the highs, the lows, and everything in between as a startup. In this first episode, host Jack Wilson welcomes James Della Valle, CTO & Founder of Boxxdocks. BoxxDocks is building a global network of data-driven logistics boxes, reducing costs and carbon emissions within the logis...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by Abdallah Musmar PhD, Director at PwC. Abdallah is passionate about good leadership skills and has a wealth of experience and covers a whole host of insights including: 💻 Why software engineering? 📆 Day to Day Life as a Technology Leader 🙏 Making Life Easier for Yourself 🎓 Getting a PhD 💪 Knowing How and When to Hire 👀 Th...

In this latest roundtable from The Live Series, Shaun Hughes hosts industry leaders: Silvia Kallgren, Director of Product Management at Tink Anna Hedlund, Engineering Manager at Elsa Science Tobias Bergquist, Head of Products at Fundler Ehtisham Arshad, Team Lead & Backend Developer at Boozt This brand-new roundtable sheds light on how you can create a best-in-class tech function with the expe...

In this latest roundtable from The Live Series, Sam Edward hosts industry leaders: Mike Sirius, CTO at Love Home Swap Edd Strickland, Engineering Expert at Launchpad BP Eoin McCarthy, CTO at Edyn This brand-new roundtable sheds light on common leadership mistakes made by emerging or newly appointed managers covering: 💻 Backgrounds of the Experts 👀 Previous Experience of Managers 🔍 Balancing Aut...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by Senior Engineering Manager at Affinidy Kamal Laungani. Kamal manages a remote-first, global team and shares his insight on the challenges, impact and differences of hiring, scaling, culture within tech team management. Covering: 💻 Why software engineering? ⌛ Different management styles & how to adapt them 💪 Getting the...

In this special episode of The Live Series, Consistent Consultant for the Nordics Miranda Marshall was joined by Robert Dichtl, CEO & Co-Founder of bei kleen hub. Covering: 💲 Generating funding and what you must think of before receiving 💪 Challenges faced in the environmental market 🚀 How do you grab the attention of your B2B and B2C customers 🙏 Celebrating the wins in a startup 🏳 Frustra...

In this latest episode of The Live Series, Aiden Blundell hosts a roundtable with industry leaders: Daniel Santana, Head of Engineering at VERSO GmbH Sanyam Arya, Head of Engineering at Weeve Marc Zahn, Head of Engineering at Loopline Systems Covering: Biggest lesson learned in your career so far What key skills should every developer learn? How employers identify a good candidate Cultural fit vs...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by COO of Waymap, Celso Zuccollo. Celso brings a wealth of passion and experience to this episode and shares his insight into the world of startups and how he managed the hiring and scaling of the teams over at Waymap. In this episode, the pair discuss: 👀 What's Waymap? 🚀 The journey of becoming the COO of Waymap ✔ How to s...

In this latest roundtable from The Live Series, Graeme King hosts industry leaders: Javad Amiri, Engineering Manager @ Delivery Hero Atul Gupta, Founder @ Asymtos Patrick Burden, Engineering Manager @ PPRO Amicus Recruitment connects global organizations with the best Python, Golang, Rust, Machine Learning & JavaScript professionals. Visit our Website, LinkedIn, Spotify, Twitter, Instagram, Fa...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by Co-Founder/CTO Benjamin Schneider. Benjamin brings a wealth of passion and experience to this episode and shares his insight into the many ways you can advocate mental health and work/life balance for yourself as a leader and for your tech team. In this episode, the pair discuss: 📆 Benjamin's experience so far 🚀 Getting...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by Smon Ince, CTO at Luno. Simon shares his insight into the world of a CTO including hiring, managing tech teams and working in cryptocurrency. In this episode, the pair discuss: 📆 Simon's career 🙏 How to approach managing culture within a team - large or small 💪 How to support your team members to grow within their roles...

Creating a Culture of Empowerment In this latest episode of The Live Series, William Cokayne hosts a roundtable with industry leaders: Jon Nilsson, Engineering Manager at Carla Houssam Yahiaoui, Engineering Manager at Fandom Lukas Zaruba, Engineering Manager at Klarna Amicus Recruitment connects global organizations with the best Python, Golang, Rust, Machine Learning & JavaScript professional...

How to Impress a Hiring Manager as a Software Engineer In this latest episode of The Live Series, Jamie Crowley hosts a roundtable with industry leaders: Erum A. - Chapter Lead @ Danske Bank Pavel Kučera - Engineering Manager @ TwentyThree Nicklas Nyegaard - Tech Lead @ Freetrailer Group A/S Apostolos Georgakis, PhD - VP Engineering @ Warner Bros. Discovery Amicus Recruitment connects global organ...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by Engineering Manager at Bunch, Artem Ishchenko. Artem brings a wealth of experience to this episode and shares his insight into the many ways you can make the most of your time while interviewing a large quantity of candidates, make the process easier for them and how to get the best out of each interview without diluting the m...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by CTO / Co-Founder at Spoke.ai Max Brenssell. Max brings a wealth of passion and experience to this episode and shares his insight into the many ways you can strengthen your team quickly by making your hiring process leaner and more effective in landing top talent ahead of your competitors. He also covers how to ensure you hit y...

Co-Founder of Amicus Shaun Connor hosts CEO of My Digital John Whelan to discuss the benefit of hindsight when it comes to founding a SaaS business including: 💰 Funding - what’s it been like to generate funding and what you have to generate before you think of receiving 💪 Some of the challenges found when starting a software business, how it compares to other startups outside of software 🔥 How...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by Software Engineer / Co-Founder Leah Cohen. Are you trying to hire more women on your tech team but can't seem to attract the right people? Leah brings a wealth of passion and experience to this episode and shares her insight into the various ways you can strengthen the inclusion on your team make sure the women on your tea...

In this latest episode of The Live Series, Jamie Crowley hosts a roundtable with industry leaders: Daniel Lazarovici Engineering Manager, Firmnav Søren Bjørnbo Engel Director of Engineering, Linkfire David Božjak Director of Engineering, Øresundsbron Steffen D. Sommer CTO, Monstarlab Amicus Recruitment connects global organizations with the best Python, Golang, Rust, Machine Learning & JavaScr...

​Episode 31 | Victor Moreno on How To Create A Fully Inclusive Tech Team. In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by award-winning inclusivity advocate Victor Moreno, Head of Engineering at the inclusive dating app, HER. Victor brings a wealth of award-winning passion and experience to this episode and shares his insight into the various ways you can strengthen the inc...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by Andrei Nita, Director of Engineering at HyperionDev. Andrei brings a wealth of experience to this episode and shares his insight into many ways you can better diversify your tech team as well as retain diverse talent. In this episode, the pair discuss: 🤯 Describe your experience in building tech teams 🤝 In which key situatio...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by Youssef Tharwat, Head of Engineering at Papershift Youssef brings a wealth of experience to this episode and shares his insight into various hiring processes, how to hire right, structuring your team and being aware of and changing hiring process pitfalls to boost your tech career.  In this episode, the pair discuss:&nbsp...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by Vas Fasoulas, CTO at Sliide. Vas brings a wealth of experience to this episode and shares his insight into various hiring processes, how to find red flags in candidates and how to progress your career in tech. In this episode, the pair discuss: 🤯 Tech tests: Beneficial or a waste of time? 🤝 How involved you should be in an i...

How to successfully interview & hire an experienced developer In this latest episode of The Live Series, Jamie Crowley hosts a roundtable with industry leaders: Peter Bernhardsson – Engineering Manager @ Avanza Bank - https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-ber... Martin Hobert – Senior Engineering Manager @ Lego Group - https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-ho... Rafael Youakeem – Head of Frontend @ H...

Inspiring Women in to Tech Leadership In this latest episode of The Live Series, Shaun Connor hosts a roundtable with industry leaders: Priyanka Sogani - Director of Engineering @ Babylon Matilde Stefanini - Head of Engineering @ SLashID Min Ong - Engineering Manager @ We Transfer Lisa Li - Head of Engineering @ AND Digital Amicus Recruitment connects global organisations with the best Python, Gol...

In the latest episode of The Live Series Podcast, Heather was joined by Sabeen Syed, VP of Engineering at Ockam.   Sabeen brings a wealth of experience to this episode and shares her insight into perfecting communication between a widely remote team as well as ensuring your team trust each other and you.   In this episode, the pair discuss:   📢 Implementing central communication&nb...