Modern CTO

Today we’re talking to Charles Beadnall, CTO of GoDaddy; and we discuss how Charles uses experimentation in his teams to further agile development, the challenges of running simultaneous experiments across many development teams, and how aligning your motivation with company needs is the key to success. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

Today we’re talking to Manish Sood, Founder, and CTO of Reltio; and we discuss how Reltio helps companies accelerate the value of their data, how cleaner data can have an immediate impact on the bottom line of your business, and why every company needs a solid cultural foundation to scale successfully. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more of Manish and Reltio at https://www.reltio.com/

Today we’re talking to Steven Beckwith, Professor of Astronomy at UC Berkeley; and we discuss Stephen’s work with the Hubble telescope, how astronomers get to look millions of years back in time, and how scientists are uncovering the secrets of how the universe began. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

Today we’re talking to Rob Smallwood, VP of Digital Modernization at GDIT; and we discuss how 5G technology is enabling incredible innovation at the edge in government, military, medical, and other applications, how to make remote collaboration feel closer to the real thing, and why being curious is one of the best traits you can have for your career. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more of Rob and GDIT at https://www.gdit.com/ Learn more about Lemon.io (mentioned in this episode) here https://l.lemon.io/moderncto, and check out our episode with Lemon's founder, Aleksandr Volodarsky here https://moderncto.io/aleksandr-volodarsky/

Today we’re talking to Stephane Doyen, Founder and Chief Data Scientist at Omniscient; and we discuss how advanced personalized brain mapping technology is changing the game in neuroscience, how Omniscient is leveraging AI to create these maps, and the impact these detailed brain maps are having on patients, doctors, and researchers. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more of Stephane and Omniscient at https://www.o8t.com/

Today we’re talking to Nick Opie, CTO of Synchron; and we discuss how Synchron is developing a brain computer interface that can help treat various neurological diseases, the Brain.io operating system that powers the interface, and how brain computer interfaces may change the world. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more of Nick and Synchron at https://synchron.com/

Today we’re talking to Brendan Wovchko, CTO of Ramsey Solutions; and we discuss how to have hard conversations in the workplace, the philosophy of Brendan’s “emotional firing,” and the advantage of having a nonexistent credit score. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more of Brendan and Ramsey Solutions at https://www.ramseysolutions.com/ The most difficult part of preparing for an uncomfortable conversation is choosing the right words to describe the problem. Look over this PDF. It should help you identify the problems at hand and give you the right words to express them – Planning an uncomfortable conversation.

Today we’re talking to Jesse Dowdle, CTO and Head of Product at Motivosity; and we discuss how Motivosity is creating a watercooler for positive energy at work, tools for improving the quality of your 1on1’s, and how to leverage the power of gratitude to make a self-sustaining company culture. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Motivosity at https://www.motivosity.com/

Today we’re talking to Jason Sosa, innovation consultant and transhumanist speaker; and we discuss how younger generations’ embracing technology will impact society, ethical concerns surrounding genetic modification and cyborgs, and why understanding consciousness may be the next frontier. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Jason and Blackbox at https://BlackboxAI.com/

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://fellow.app/supermanagers/

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 CTO Podcast! Check out more of Rebecca and Allstream at https://allstream.com/

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 Wager, at http://www.zoltanistvan.com

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 Podcast! Check out the Business of Tech Podcast at https://www.mspradio.com/show/business-of-tech/

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 more and grow your engineering team at https://revelo.com/moderncto

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 Podcast! Learn more about Propio at https://propio-ls.com

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’re ready. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about TechSmith, Snagit, and Camtasia at https://www.techsmith.com

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 right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! To learn more about HighGear, check them out at https://www.highgear.com

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 right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Oceanix and their floating cities at https://oceanixcity.com

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.ramseysolutions.com/ken-coleman

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 Modern CTO Podcast! Check out the Tech Leader Talk Podcast now at https://stevesponseller.com/blog-page/

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 CTO Podcast! Learn more about Aleksandr's company, and see if they can help you find fantastic remote devs: https://lemon.io If you'd like to donate to the Ukrainian war effort, consider this organization recommended by Aleksandr: https://www.comebackalive.in.ua

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 it: check out our previous episodes with VMware's CTO Kit Colbert and Chief Technologist of VMware HCI Duncan Epping

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 more about Michael Levin and his research at http://drmichaellevin.org

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, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Cana and their molecular beverage printer at https://www.cana.com

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, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Apadana Solar Technologies at https://www.apadanasolartech.com In case you missed it: check out our episode with Brett Cooksey, the CIO of Sunrise Banks (mentioned in this episode)

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 Modern CTO Podcast! If you want to to talk to Adam Bahret about creating custom reliability solutions, learn more at http://www.apexridge.com/ Check out Adam Bahret's podcast, The Reliability Leader: https://apexridge.com/podcasts/ In case you missed it, check out the first episode we did with Adam Bahret at https://moderncto.io/adam-bahret/

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 Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Azul here: https://www.azul.com

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, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about GRIN here: https://grin.co

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 the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about the World Nuclear Association at https://world-nuclear.org

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 and other super bright people are working hard to get the world to net zero carbon emissions.

Today we’re talking to Sri Shivananda, CTO of Paypal. This episode was recorded as a part of the 2022 Virtual ELC Summit; and we discuss skillsets, toolsets, and mindsets in the context of leadership, and how to develop a strong pipeline of leaders in your organization. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about the ELC Summit here! https://sfelc.com

Today we’re talking to Alexander Bard, Philosopher and Author; and we discuss how consumer attention has become society’s new currency, why the moderators of any social network need to be highly qualified and highly paid, and why it’s important to constantly expose yourself to different views and challenge your beliefs. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

Today we have Part 2 of Joel’s conversation with David McCall, Host of the QTS Experience Podcast & VP of Innovation at QTS Data Centers; and we discuss the present and future of AI, and the good and bad possibilities for a society completely run on personal data. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out the QTS Experience Podcast on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Zh-1wE8VHD3X8GLw7ZOUQ

Today we have Part 1 of Joel’s conversation with David McCall, Host of the QTS Experience Podcast & VP of Innovation at QTS Data Centers; and we discuss what it means to have a free and open internet, and how we can think about censorship, guardrails, and risk online. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out the QTS Experience Podcast on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Zh-1wE8VHD3X8GLw7ZOUQ

Today we’re talking to Mark Rees, CTO of Xero; and we discuss what it’s been scaling a fast-growing tech company in New Zealand, how Xero differentiates itself with its culture to attract top talent, and why it’s imperative to keep tight feedback loops with your customers, developers, and leadership. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Xero at https://www.xero.com/

Today we’re talking to Keith Townsend, Principal and Co-Founder of the CTO Advisor, and we discuss how Keith has taken on infrastructure modernization projects so he can experience the pain involved and better teach about it, why it is critical to be mindful of technical debt you are taking on, and how the infrastructure team can best support developers at a company. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Keith's work with The CTO Advisor at https://thectoadvisor.com

Today we’re talking to Glenn Hopper, CFO at Sandline, and author of Deep Finance; and we discuss how the economy will be affected as robotic process automation becomes more robust, action we can take today to ease the pain of automation taking jobs, and how CFOs can work more collaboratively with CTOs. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out Glenn's book Deep Finance now!

Today we’re talking to Ali Ghafour, Martial artist & Founder of 20/20 Armor and the Toronto CTO Meetup Group; and we discuss how developing strong discipline is key to success, how 20/20 Armor is bringing precision and data analytics to martial arts competitions, and tips for getting the most out of your R&D investments. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out 20/20 Armor at https://2020armor.com

Today we're talking to Yasir Drabu, Founder of Taazaa; and we discuss challenges of hiring outside of a major tech hub, Taazaa's custom software development, and how Yasir's company has incubated multiple successful startups. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Taazaa at https://taazaa.com

Today we’re talking to Jeff Smith, VP and GM of Autonomous & Undersea Systems at Saab; and we discuss how Jeff has built a career in underwater robots, engineering challenges of building machines for use underwater, and Saab’s various unmanned underwater underwater vehicles used in defense, exploration, and more. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out Saab's undersea systems at https://www.saab.com/products/security/underwater-systems

Today we’re talking to John Sudduth, CIO of the MWRD of Greater Chicago; and we discuss what it’s like running the IT function at the largest water treatment facility in the world, their approach to cybersecurity as attacks on critical infrastructure have become more common, and how working with Rimini Street has freed up John’s IT team to spend more time on IT-related tasks. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Rimini Street at https://www.riministreet.com Learn more about the MWRD Chicago at https://mwrd.org

Today we’re talking to Amiram Shachar, Founder of Spot.io, and GM of Spot by NetApp; and we discuss how a CEO’s job is always changing, how to transfer culture to new hires, and how to embrace failure as a critical part of success. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn how Spot can automate & optimize your cloud compute usage at https://spot.io

Today we’re talking to Paul Ashe, Founder and President of Securance Consulting; and we discuss why it’s important to invest in training your end users on security to guard against phishing attacks, and why it can be problematic to have a company’s technology function report directly to the finance function. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Learn more about Securance Consulting at https://www.securanceconsulting.com

Today we’re talking to Eric Weiss, Executive Coach and Founder of Full Cycle Executive Coaching; and we discuss Eric’s CTO Maturity Model - a guide for where you’re at in your career as a CTO, and how to stay close to your customers to make sure you’re building the right things. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Get in touch with Eric and see if you're a good fir for his coaching at https://www.fullcycleproduct.com/coaching

Today we’re talking to Marc Maiffret, CTO of BeyondTrust; and we discuss how Marc’s career in cybersecurity started after getting raided by the FBI, Marc’s co-discovery of the infamous Microsoft vulnerability Code Red, and how the culture of a company has to change fundamentally in order to make meaningful changes to security. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out BeyondTrust at https://www.beyondtrust.com

Today we’re talking to John Lennox, author of the book 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity; and we discuss how artificial intelligence is impacting society today and in the future, why it’s extremely important and difficult to define strong ethical lines in the creation of AI, and how John weaves his Christian beliefs into thinking about the future of science & technology. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out John's book, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity