alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders
#119 - Navigating Ambiguity and AI's Impact on Engineering feat. Ivan Kusalic // CTO @ Enpal
04 Apr 2025
In this episode, Tobi talks with Ivan Kusalic, CTO of Enpal, who leads a team of 250 engineers at one of Germany's leading solar energy companies. Ivan shares insights from his extensive technical leadership journey and his recent return to coding after seven years due to his excitement about AI. Ivan discusses how he navigates complexity and ambiguity in the renewable energy sector, where Enpal builds systems to help households manage solar panels, batteries, EV chargers, and heat pumps as integrated energy solutions. He explains the challenges of coordinating with Germany's fragmented energy grid infrastructure and how Enpal's Virtual Power Plant stabilizes the grid by coordinating household energy consumption in real-time. Discover: - π§ How Ivan uses intuition as a leadership tool while managing complex technical organizations - π The technical challenges of building integrated renewable energy systems for households - β‘ How Enpal's Virtual Power Plant (VPP) helps stabilize the energy grid through coordinated home energy management - π± Ivan's personal productivity system and thought management techniques - π€ Insights on AI's impact on engineering productivity and the future of coding - π Practical tips for managing complexity and making decisions in ambiguous environments
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