Tech Teams Today
Episodes
SVP at Solera | How AI Is Reshaping Engineering Orgs
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alicia Davis is the SVP of Engineering and Development Operations at Solera — a global enterprise operating at scale in vehicle lifecycle management...
How a Healthcare Nonprofit Is Getting AI Right | Tara Eckert, AVP Kennedy Krieger Institute
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to lead a 30-person digital transformation team inside one of America's most respected pediatric health nonprofits — and do it...
CTO at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: Why Your Fastest Coder Isn't Your Best Engineer
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a CTO brings Silicon Valley-level engineering leadership to one of America's most iconic nonprofits? Travis Gibson, CTO at Big Broth...
CTO at Synpulse: The Engineering Culture Principle Nobody Talks About
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most engineering leaders talk about AI changing how we build software. Jieke Pan, CTO at Synpulse, is more concerned about what we’re losing in the ...
CTO at Revenue.io | Hiring, Fraud, Remote Teams & Developer Velocity
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when AI changes not only how engineers work — but how they’re hired, evaluated, and led?In this episode, Derek Knudsen, Chief Deliver...
VP Eng at Gong | Hiring A Players in the Age of AI
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you join a 10-person startup and stay long enough to see it grow into hundreds of engineers, you don’t just watch the change — you help shape...
VP Engineering at WOW! Shares Playbook: Leading through M&A, Culture Clashes, & Deadlines
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When a company doubles overnight, leadership gets real.Ryan Mitchell, VP of Engineering at WOW! Internet, TV & Phone, shares the playbook for lead...
CTO of Trusted Housesitters | Remote-First Scaling, Product-Centric Hiring & AI Guardrails
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you scale a remote-first marketplace while AI reshapes every role on the team?In this episode, Will Ogden (CTO, TrustedHousesitters) breaks dow...
CTO of Healthcare IT Leaders: Reliability beats Cutting Edge
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reliability Beats “Cutting Edge” — Scaling Healthcare Engineering w/ Paul Cannon, CTO @ Healthcare IT LeadersWhat does engineering leadership lo...
CTO of Intercom: I bet the company on AI, and won
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Be sure to check out Fin, Intercom's AI agent for all of your customer service at fin.aiWhat happens when a product-led growth pioneer bets everyt...
VP of Engineering at Checkatrade: How AI is Changing Engineering Leadership
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tech Teams Today: Rethinking Engineering Leadership in the AI Era w/ Susan Reilly (VP Eng, Checkatrade)AI isn't an arms race - it's a tool bel...
The Coming End of the “10x Coder”
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is upending traditional hierarchies in engineering teams. In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we sit down with Robert Egglestone, SVP of Engineeri...
Zendesk SVP of Engineering on Building High-Trust Teams in the Age of AI
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, host Matthieu McClintock welcomes Nan Guo, SVP of Engineering at Zendesk, for a wide-ranging discussion on buildi...
Burnout, Broken Hiring, and AI Hype: What Engineering Leaders Need to Hear
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ivan Herndon, VP of Engineering at Branch, joins Tech Teams Today to share a raw and insightful look at what’s broken in engineering leadership and ...
Contrarian CTO Lessons on Hiring, Scaling, and the Future of Engineering Leadership
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From challenging the value of junior dev roles to redefining what hiring really means, Gene Linetsky (CTO of Embroker) brings a contrarian perspective...
So You Want To Be An Engineering Leader?
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a great engineering leader in 2025? And are you sure you actually want the job?In this episode of Tech Teams Today, host Matt McClintock ch...
From Google to Bolt’s 10x Hypergrowth to Startup CTO
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kazuki Nishiura’s engineering journey has spanned the polished halls of Google, the breakneck scaling of Bolt, and the unpredictable world of startu...
How to Scale Calm, High-Trust Engineering Teams in 2025
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scaling a tech team isn’t just about hiring fast — it’s about building trust, clarity, and calm leadership as you grow.In this episode of Tech T...
Scaling AI and Building Trust in High-Performing Engineering Teams
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we’re joined by John Van Vranken, CTO at Mobile Pricecard, for a deep dive into building AI systems that scale—...
From Scale AI to Startup: How AI Is Reshaping Teams, Infra, and Leadership
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, host Matthieu McClintock sits down with Hongbo Tian and James O’Brien, co-founders of Ducky.ai, to explore what...
Leading Engineering Teams in 2025: Infra, LLMs, and the New Full Stack
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yassine Açoine, Co-Founder and CTO of North.cloud, joins Tech Teams Today to explore the intersection of AI, DevOps, and engineering leadership in 20...
Simplicity at Scale: Lessons from a Dual Product + Engineering Leader
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when one person owns both product and engineering?In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we talk to Prabhu Inbarajan, Chief Product and Tec...
How Tubi Scaled to 15M+ Super Bowl Streams Without Going Down
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we’re joined by Arun Shankar, Director of Engineering at Tubi, to talk about what it takes to lead engineering ...
From SVP of Eng to CTO: Lessons in Leading Through a Merger
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, Lloyd Hsu (CTO at Roofstock) shares practical lessons from leading engineering, data, and IT through a major post...
Shipping Through the Storm: AI, M&A, and Product Velocity
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it actually take to lead a product org through AI disruption, acquisitions, and scale?In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we sit down with ...
From Self-Taught Dev to VP of Engineering at SugarCRM
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Gonzalez didn’t follow a traditional path—he taught himself to code, said yes to high-risk projects, and kept learning fast. Today, he’s ...
Engineering Leadership Lessons from Slack, LinkedIn, Salesforce—and Beyond
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do top engineering leaders navigate hypergrowth, cultural change, and the rise of AI?In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we talk with Jim Meyer, ...
Product Leadership in the Age of AI: Strategy, GTM, and Team Culture
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, Mauricio Cardenas—Director of Technology at Orchest Automation—joins host Lucas Mendes to share hard-earned l...
The Power of Automation in Engineering Leadership with Jordan Nemrow, CTO of Woflow
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we sat down with Jordan Nemrow, Co-Founder and CTO of Woflow, to explore how a single Facebook post led to a Chro...
From Wall Street to HealthTech: A CTO's Journey & The AI Revolution
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Lucas Mendes, CEO of Revelo, as he interviews Kevin Roche, Co-Founder and CTO of Wellthy, on Tech Teams Today. In this insightful episode, Kevin ...
AI, Hiring & Scaling: An Engineering Leader's Take on 2025
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, host Lucas Mendes, CEO of Revelo, sits down with Joshua Krohn, SVP of Engineering at Flash Parking. Joshua shares...
From Data Scientist to CTO: Engineering Leadership Insights from Ferdinand Hingerl
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Lucas Mendes, CEO and Founder of Revelo, as he sits down with Ferdinand Hingerl, CTO of Ambyint, to discuss his transition from data scientist to...
From Coder to Engineering Leader: How to Scale Your Career Without Job-Hopping
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you measuring the right things in your engineering team? Or are your metrics setting you up for failure?In this episode of Tech Teams Today, Revel...
From U.S. Army Helicopter Pilot to Tech Founder: Charlie Hill's Unique Journey
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, Lucas Mendes, CEO of Revelo, sits down with Charlie Hill, the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Harbor. Cha...
AI, Tech Hiring & Eng Leadership Secrets from Rad AI’s VP of Engineering
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is Big Tech actually faster than startups? Is AI making engineering managers obsolete? Ken Kao (VP of Engineering at Rad AI, ex-Meta, Airbnb, and Pala...
Managing Engineering Teams, AI’s Impact, and Key Startup Lessons
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, host Lucas Mendes, CEO of Revelo, dives deep into the realities of tech leadership, AI, and startup challenges. O...
From Brazil to Disney & ViacomCBS: AI, Remote Work & Software Engineering Insights
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bruno Leite, Senior Software Engineer at ViacomCBS, shares his fascinating career journey from Brazil to the United States, working a...
Microsoft, Tesla & Dropbox: Lessons from Xsolla's CTO
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we dive deep into the career journey of an engineering leader who has worked at tech giants like Microsoft, Tesla, and Dropbox, and is curr...
Insights from Dropbox’s Julian Ramirez on AI, Remote Work, and Engineering Leadership:
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we delve into the career journey of Julian Ramirez, Senior Engineering Manager at Dropbox. Julian shares his experiences from starting as a...
Sakshi Garg, Head of Engineering at Hydrolix
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is Coding Dead? Navigating Tech Careers and Remote Leadership with Sakshi Garg In this episode, we dive into the evolving landscape of tech careers, d...
Brian Reale, Founder at ProcessMaker
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bootstrapping to $45M: Brian Reale’s Entrepreneurial Journey Join Brian Reale, founder of ProcessMaker, as he takes us through his entrepreneurial j...
Ludo Antonov, Co-Founder at SuperMe
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Navigating Tech Giants: Ludo Antonov on Leading Engineering Teams from Hulu and Lyft to Pinterest and Whatnot Join us in this insightful episode featu...
Anant Gupta, SVP of Engineering & Data Science at Included Health
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leading Tech Teams from Uber to Included Health: Insights with Anant In this episode, we explore Anant's career journey from scaling engineering teams...
Raif Rahal, Partner at World Supply International
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Expanding Your Workforce: Strategies for International Hiring Success In this episode, Raif Rahal shares his journey from Brazil to the United States ...
Chris Coffey, CTO at CollegeVine
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Optimizing Engineering at CollegeVine: Speed, AI, and Remote Teams Join Chris from CollegeVine as he discusses innovative strategies for enhancing eng...
Yongsheng Wu, VP Engineering at Granica.ai
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Building Reliable Data Pipelines for Effective AI: Insights from Yongsheng Wu In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we dive into the vital importance o...
Pedro Tabio, Co-Founder & CTO of Vibrant
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Building High-Performing Engineering Teams with Pedro Tabio, CTO and Co-Founder In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we sit down with Pedro Tabio, CTO...
Sunny Rochiramani, VP Engineering at Descript
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sunny Rochiramani’s Insights on Leading Engineering Teams, Hiring Talent, and the AI Revolution Join us for a fascinating chat with Sunny Rochirama...
Kasey McCurdy, VP Engineering at Gloo
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Design to Engineer Leadership: Insights from Kasey McCurdy In this episode, Kasey McCurdy, Head of Engineering at Gloo, shares his journey from ...