CTO Insights Podcast
Episodes
Unpacking Continuous Delivery: Bryan Finster on Transforming Legacy Systems
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of CTO Insights, Katerina is joined by Bryan Finster, co-creator of Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery (CD), to discuss implementing C...
The Roadmap as a Financial Plan: How to Drive Profitability as a CTO—with Farah Chabchoub, CTO at Worklife
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of CTO Insights, Katerina is joined by Farah Chabchoub, CTO at Worklife, to discuss the strategies for transitioning from a growth-dri...
From 6-month Releases to Release Whenever—with Egil Osthus, CEO at Unleash
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Egil Osthus, CEO and co-founder of Unleash, joins Katerina to talk about how enterprise teams can move away from rigid, high-risk rel...
How DevEx and AI Shape Team Performance—with Laura Tacho, CTO at DX
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Laura Tacho joins Katerina to explore what really drives developer team performance. They dig into how to use self-reported and syste...
How Zapier Makes Learning the Key to Performance—with Mojtaba Hosseini, VP of Engineering at Zapier
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by: Adeva — Global network of top developers connecting businesses with world-class talent.In this episode of CTO Insights, Katerina ...
From 0 to 9-Figures ARR: Julien Lavigne du Cadet on Scaling Tech Without Losing Focus
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brought to you by Adeva — a global network of top developers connecting businesses with world-class talent.In this episode of CTO Insights, Katerina...
The CPTO Advantage: How Unified Leadership Accelerates Engineering Teams with Alex Kroman
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of CTO Insights, I had the pleasure of hosting Alex Kroman, Chief Product and Technology Officer at AssemblyAI, to explore the evolvin...
How to Build a High-Performing Neurodiverse Team with Georgina Shute
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of CTO Insights, I had the pleasure of hosting Georgina Shute, Founder of KindTwo, to discuss why diverse teams outperform homogeneous...
Prioritizing Communication to Scale Successfully with Allison McMillan
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of CTO Insights, host Katerina Trajchevska is joined by Allison McMillan, Fractional VP of Engineering and Leadership Consultant. Toge...
Tracking Developer Joy to Drive Team Performance - with Sven Peters from Atlassian
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I had the pleasure of hosting Sven Peters, Developer Advocate at Atlassian to discuss Developer Experience, a topic that increasingly catches the atte...
Creating a Culture of Flow to Boost Team Performance-with DHH, CTO at 37 Signals
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I had the pleasure of hosting David Heinemeier Hansson, co-owner and CTO at 37signals. Known for its commitment to work-life balance and focusing on o...
Intentional Team Organization to Enhance Performance with Manuel Pais, co-author of Team Topologies
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I had the pleasure of hosting Manuel Pais, co-author of Team Topologies - the book that reshaped how companies structure their teams for high performa...
The Real 10x Developer: Multiplying Impact by Empowering Others with Gregor Ojstersek
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I had the pleasure of hosting Gregor Ojstersek for a conversation on the less-emphasized aspects of high performance: great culture, good processes, a...
Mastering the CTO Role with Drew Falkman
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in for valuable insights into what it takes to succeed as a CTO with Drew Falkman, Principal at Moves the Needle, a product consulting company. D...
Programming is The Easy Part, with J. B. Rainsberger
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I had the pleasure of hosting J.B. Rainsberger, Business and Software Coach helping companies profit sooner from their software projects while empowe...
Enhancing Team Output by Cutting Meetings to a Minimum: Insights from GitLab
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I’m speaking with Natalia Tepluhina, Principal Engineer at GitLab, Vue.js core team member, and Google Developer Expert in Web Tech...
Increasing Team Velocity While Improving Quality: A Talk with Kent Beck
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I had the pleasure of hosting Kent Beck, one of the key people who shaped Software Engineering as we know it. Kent is the creator of Extreme Programmi...
Driving Success by Empowering Team Autonomy
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mite Mitreski is the CTO of Signicat, the leading provider of digital identity solutions in Europe. Before Signicat, Mite was an engineering director ...
Shipping Work That Matters
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Singer is the author of Shape Up, a framework that has changed the way modern leaders approach planning and managing software development. As par...
Thriving amidst hiring slowdowns by focusing on building high-performing teams.
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in for an insightful session with Anne-Laure Huin, VP of Engineering at Mollie and former Senior Engineering Manager at Uber. In this conversatio...
Ensuring high performance by promoting from within and establishing a culture of quality - with Kamil Dziublinski, CTO at Xapo Bank
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of CTO Insights, a podcast on engineering leadership that brings you insights from senior engineering leaders and experts...