The Tech Trek
Episodes
Challenges and Skills Required in Developing Autonomous Vehicles
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Engin Anil, the VP of Software Engineering at Gatik, joins the podcast to discuss the complexities and challenges in the autonomous v...
Opportunities and Challenges in Productizing Your Data
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Phanii Pydimarri, Head of Strategic Planning and Partnerships at Healthcare Service Corporation, joins the podcast to discuss the top...
Understanding Impacts on Organizational Design
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand interviews Joel Dolisy, the CTO of WellSky. They discuss different aspects of organizational design regarding innovation...
Scaling a Single Focused Engineering Team
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kris Shinn, the VP of Engineering at Consensus, shares insights on scaling a single-focus engineering team to a broader or different ...
The Importance of Feedback Loops in Customer Success and Engineering
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, Amir Bormand interviews Cassie Brown, the VP of Engineering at Bitly. They discuss the importance of the relationship between...
Empowering Engineering Managers for Success
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand interviews Salil Joshi, the VP of Engineering at Viant Technology. They discuss the topic of new managers and how to hel...
Delivering Value through Technology Transformation
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand interviews Vinny Sharma, Managing Director at Ernst & Young, about delivery frameworks. They discuss the importance ...
Driving Business Value through Continuous Deployment
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir interviews Ryan Fox, VP of Engineering at Super, about their journey with developer internal tooling and CICD. Ryan talks about ...
Data Transformation as a Growth Driver
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carlos Peralta, the Director of Data Engineering and Cloud Platform at Moderna Therapeutics, joins Amir Bormand to discuss data trans...
The evolving role of data and becoming data-driven
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Randy Bean joins the podcast to discuss the evolving role of data and AI leadership. As an advisor to Fortune 1000 CEOs and a best-se...
Importance of managing migrations
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand interviews Emilio Schapira, VP of Engineering at Clear Street. They discuss the importance of innovation and migrating a...
The growth of engineering in data
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Hrishank Jhildiyal, the Head of Analytics at Rokt, discusses the impact and growth of engineering in data. He explains how data is be...
Productizing data to drive business value
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand speaks with Vikas Kumar, the Head of Data, AI, and ML at CNA Insurance. Vikas discusses the importance of a holistic app...
Measuring Customer Behavior in Growth Engineering
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand interviews Utkarsh Sengar, the Director of Engineering at Webflow, about growth engineering and measuring customer behav...
Getting the Best From Your Engineers
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, the VP of Engineering at Fond, Srividhya “Vidhya” Chandrasekaran, shares her insights on getting the best out of engineer...
Adapting Your Leadership Style
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nav's VP of Engineering, Gian Perrone, joins Amir Bormand to discuss organizational design and leadership styles. The discussion ...
Security, Privacy and AI
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand interviews Prabhath Karanth (PK), the Global Head of Security & Trust at Navan, an all-in-one travel and expense man...
Adapting Management Styles to a New Environment
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Trek, Amir Bormand interviews Andy Foglia, the Director of Engineering at JupiterOne, to discuss adjusting management styles a...
You Don't Need to Code to Lead
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Greene, Co-Founder and CTO of Regal.ai, shares her unconventional journey from financial services to leading engineering and product at a fast...
Data Governance for Data Offense
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the host interviews Peter Kapur, the Head of Data Governance and Data Quality at CarMax. They discuss the importance of data governan...
Exploring the SRE Function
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, Peter Teitelbaum, director of site reliability engineering at Peacock, discusses the SRE function and the business im...
Building AI Native Products
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand interviews Karan Uppal, EVP of Engineering at Evolution IQ, about building AI native products. They discuss the differen...
Improving performance through OKRs
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the host interviews Jordan Adler, Head of Product Engineering at OneSignal, a customer engagement platform. Jordan discusses how his ...
Inheriting an organization and it’s transformation
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand talks with Ashu Agte, the CTO at Artera, about dealing with an exit and its impact on organizational transformation and ...
Onboarding and building a BI Team
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the host interviews Chris Majka, staff VP of Business Intelligence at FM Global, a commercial property insurer. Chris shares insights...
Creating a Culture of Feedback
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, the host interviews Anna Chalon, Head of People at Runway, a content creation platform powered by machine learning. Th...
The Future of Attack Surface Management
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand interviews Aruneesh Salhotra, Nomura's global head of application security. They discuss the future of attack surfac...
Scaling Best Practices for Early Stage Startups
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amir Bormand interviews James Turnbull, SVP of Engineering at Sotheby's, about organizational design. James shares his experience...
Observability Best Practices
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, Amir interviews Matt Drozdz, the Engineering Manager of Observability at Okta. They discuss best practices for observa...
Exploring Leadership Growth
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, Amir talks to Vlad Eidelman. Vlad is the CTO of Fiscal Note and joins this podcast to discuss his journey toward becom...
Balancing Quality and Speed in Delivery Value
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Tech Trek, Amir asks Suresh Teckchandani, the VP of Product and Engineering at Ancestry, how to balance the need for speed with qua...
Tailoring Cybersecurity Strategies for Startups and Enterprise Companies
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Tech Trek, Lisa Hall, Chief Information Security Officer, talks about her experiences building a security program at the genetic te...
Understanding the Cloud Cost Puzzle - FinOps
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Trek, the host interviews AJ Wasserman, Portfolio Product Owner of Cloud FinOps & Tech Data Insights at Liberty Mutual Ins...
Dealing with Cloud at Scale
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Tech Trek, Shiva Parinandi, SVP of Cloud Infrastructure and Advancement at Paramount+, joins as a guest to discuss the challeng...
Following Your Passion and Building a Business
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Tech Trek, Amir interviews Charlie Greene, the co-founder, and CEO of Rimento. This mobile app allows users to collect and enrich t...
Upskilling your team for better execution, efficiency and performance
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Tech Trek features Susan Dikramanjan, a member of the IT leadership team at John Hancock, a Manulife company, who shares her insights ...
How Do You Know When You're Ready to Start a Company?
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you know when you’re ready to start a company, especially with few resources or capital? Ken Babcock, Co-Founder and CEO of Tango, offers his...
Why is Data-Driven Leadership Important?
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allan Cutler, Director of Engineering at Endpoint, discusses why data-driven leadership is important on this episode of The Tech Trek. Allan also shar...
Simplifying Shared Services
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of The Tech Trek features Harish Parwani, the VP of Platform Engineering at CarGurus. Host Amir Bormand and Harish discuss the intricacie...
Get Your Head Into Cloud Transformation
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Partha Chakraborty, security executive at Humana, joins host Amir Bormand in episode #230 of The Tech Trek. He and Amir explore the critical factors c...
Promoting Internally Versus Hiring Externally
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Tech Trek, host Amir Bormand interviews Roman Kleiner, the VP of Engineering at Egnyte. How and when do you decide to hire exte...
Building A Cloud Security Team
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Villa, Practice Director of Cloud Security at GuidePoint, meets with host Amir Bormand in this episode of The Tech Trek. Jonathan shares his ...
Migrating to the Cloud with Microsoft Azure
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of The Tech Trek features Vinod Ralhan, Director of Engineering at SurePrep. Vinod has immense experience managing projects and working w...
Fear of Failure Leads to Failure
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Amir Bormand speaks with Leadership Coach Taha Hussain in Episode 226 of The Tech Trek. Taha started his career as a software engineer who made h...
Transitioning From Large Companies to Startups
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Amir Bormand speaks with Indy Khare, the Head of Engineering at Convex. Indy previously worked with Google to reach 1 billion users for Google Ph...
How to Build A Culture of Accountability
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Amir Bormand sits down with Paul Kocan in this episode of The Tech Trek. Paul is the Senior Director of Infrastructure Services at CCC Intelligen...
Fast and Functional Teams
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible for a team to think and act quickly without sacrificing quality? This episode of The Tech Trek delves into this ever-divisive topic. Ho...
Open Standards Meet Industry-Wide Needs
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of The Tech Trek, host Amir Bormand talks with Atul Tulshibagwale, the Chief Technology Officer at SGNL. Amir and Atul discuss Op...
Improving D&I in Virtual Workplaces
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Amir Bormand interviews Dr. Lauran Star on this episode of The Tech Trek. Dr. Star is a Workplace Inclusion, Diversity & Equity Psychologist....
Where Have All The Cyber Security Pros Gone?
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Rothke, Senior Information Security Manager at Tapad, is the featured guest on this episode of The Tech Trek. Host Amir Bormand asks Ben to share ...
Connecting Cloud Security and Developer Experience
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Tech Trek, host Amir Bormand speaks with Asish Soudhamma. Asish is the Vice President of Platform Engineering at PIMCO. He and ...
Make Progress With Your Software Development Process
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Amir Bormand speaks with Jack Kora in this episode of The Tech Trek. Jack is the Vice President of Engineering at dscout. He and Amir talk about ...
Understanding The Ins and Outs of Information Security
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of The Tech Trek explores the field of Information Security. Host Amir Bormand sits down with Rohit Parchuri, the Chief Information Secur...
Is Digital Health the Future of Healthcare?
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Amir Bormand meets with Sunil Mallya in this episode of The Tech Trek. Sunil is the Vice President of Engineering at OncoHealth and he has many y...
Improving Cloud Efficiency With International Teams
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Amir Bormand meets with Eric Labourdette, a seasoned Cloud Services Consultant in this episode of The Tech Trek. Amir and Eric dissect the Cloud ...
Here’s How DevOps Teams Can Refine SDLC Processes
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Tech Trek, host Amir Bormand meets with Kelsey Steinbeck, the Director of Software Engineering DevOps at Indigo. Amir and Kelse...
Here’s How Data Experts Can Impact Cybersecurity
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Amir Bormand meets with Vivek Menon in this episode of The Tech Trek. Vivek is the Head of Cybersecurity & Compliance at Digital Turbine who ...
How To Think Like A Startup As Your Team Grows
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Tech Trek, host Amir Bormand speaks with Tony Dong, the Senior Director of Engineering at Rippling. Tony is a major advocate fo...
Engineering Leadership Changes You - And Changes With You
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Tech Trek, host Amir Bormand speaks with Amit Gulati, the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Angi. Amit reflects on his 20...
Leaders Need Two Things: Time to Learn and Time To Fail
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Tech Trek, our host Amir Bormand speaks with Lee Eason, the Director of Digital Branch Experience at Edward Jones. Amir and Lee...
Phases of Growth in Engineering Management
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Tech Trek, Amir Bormand speaks with Shruthi Murthy, the Executive Vice President of Engineering at Modern Treasury. Amir and Sh...
Leadership’s core function is facilitation
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Hadi Radwan, Co-founder at Asteya, talks about leadership and the core function of facilitation! Key takeaways: Executing the strat...
Tech debt - SW is short lived anyways, why over engineer
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ozan Bilgen, Co-founder and CEO at base64.ai, talks about technical debt and why you should avoid over-engineering! Key takeaways: ...
Data Transformation at a Large Public Company
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rob Phillips talks about making an impact through data transformation at a large public company. Key takeaways: Becoming a more dat...
Hiring for a niche skill set
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Shweta Saraf, Head Of Engineering, Edge Infrastructure Services Engineering at Equinix, talks about how she handles hiring for a nich...
Planning across the engineering org
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mark Isham, VP of Engineering at FullStory, talks about how he handles planning across the engineering organization. Key takeaways: ...
Software Engineering Team Performance Metrics and Report
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan Kador, VP of Engineering at Clockwise, walks us through how and where engineering teams spend (and "waste") their time! Meeting...
For better adoption, build security into your engineer's workflow
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Zeeshan Khadim, Head of Security at Panther Labs, discusses how to improve security adoption by building security into an engineer's ...
Managing in a fast growing environment
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Selim Onal, the Director of Engineering at Ladder Life, talks about managing in a fast-growing environment. Challenges involved in ...
Building a high-performing engineering culture
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Claude Jones, an engineering leader, talks about how to build a high-performing team. At the time of this recording, Claude was the S...
Establishing a Data Governance Strategy
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mike Bennett, Head of Data Governance at Bayer Crop Science, discusses starting and growing a data governance strategy. Key takeaways...
Data Protection and Privacy Strategy
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Omar Turner, Managing Director of Cloud Security at Microsoft, discusses data privacy and protection. Key takeaways: Data protectio...
Strategies for frontline managers
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Eddie Flaisler, Head of Products Engineering at Lob, talks about managerial strategies for frontline managers. What frontline manag...
Your engineering team’s mental health
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kevin Dotzenrod, VP of Engineering at Total Expert, talks about the mental health of your team’s individual contributors. Dealing...
Solving congestion problems
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Balaji Prabhakar, co-founder of Clockwork and Professor of Computer Science at Stanford, discusses congestion problems in data center...
Impacts on engineering team productivity
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Karim Fanous, VP Engineering @ strongDM, talks about the impacts on an engineering team's productivity. Key Takeaways: Impacts on p...
Tips to help Founders find a coach
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Beth Scheer, Talent Partner at Homebrew, talks about the drivers for hiring a coach and what to look out for while going through the ...
How to Structure Your Engineering Team to Scale
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jeremy Eastwood, the Head of Engineering at DroneDeploy, talks about velocity and adding processes as your team grows. Key Takeaways:...
The relationship between data and engineering teams
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Che Sharma, Founder & CEO of Eppo, talks about the relationship between data and engineering teams and how both teams can origina...
Empathy-driven process development
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ty Sbano, an Information Security executive with over 17 years of experience heavily focused on empowering end users securely, talks ...
Scaling up your hiring, retention, and management.
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In technology, scaling your team is not an easy thing to do! In this episode, Doron Segal, the Co-Founder & CTO at Per Diem, talks about his...
Challenges in hiring for an analytics team
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the show, I speak to Yanyan Wu, the Vice President of Data and Analytics at Verisk. Yanyan shares her strategies, from structuring to scaling an an...
Effectively Onboarding New Engineers
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ishmael Samuel, the co-founder and CTO at Paragon, discusses how to effectively onboard new hires. He goes over what should be includ...
Establishing and growing a security plan
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I have on Nate Lee, the Chief Information Security Officer at Tradeshift, a B2B SaaS platform specializing in digitizing supply chain...
Driving success through experimentation
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Luis Bruder, the Director of Data Science, Machine Learning, and Advanced Analytics at Foot Locker, talks about managing experiments ...
Applying An Engineering Perspective to the Sales Process
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kanat Bektemirov, the CTO at Supplypike, let’s talk about his involvement in sales during the early days and leveraging his engineering expertise to...
How the ML Product Got Built with Jesus Martinez
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus Martinez, Senior Engineering Manager of Machine Learning at Planet, walks us through how the ML product was built at Planet. He also talks...
Maturing and scaling an analytics team with Ty Lunsford
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Tech Trek, we have Ty Lunsford, Senior Manager at Instacart. Ty discusses the process of maturing analytics org. He provides a ...
Ransomware: prevention, preparation and response with Dean Sapp
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Dean Sapp, the Vice President of Information Security, Risk, and Compliance, from Filevine. He discusses prevention tact...
Refactoring Your Data Team For Success with Oliver Bandte
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you are a startup, a small, or a large company, you can have different models in your organization. On today’s episode, we have our special ...
Moving into a management role with Bren Briggs
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the show, I have on with me Bren Briggs, the VP of DevSecOps at Hypergiant. Bren talks about some of the realities of moving into a role in managem...
Building Business-Focused Machine Learning Teams with Yash Desai
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today Yash Desai is on the show, the Head of B2B Machine Learning @ Wayfair. He’ll be diving into how he manages a team that stretches across multip...
Nurturing Engineering Skills and Talents with Rajeev Nanda
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nurturing engineering talent is an art, not science. My guest, Rajeev Nanda, the Director of Engineering Operations at Unlearn.ai. dives in to talk ab...
Empowering DevOps teams with Quentin Hartman
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s show, we have our guest, Quentin Hartman, VP of Infrastructure and DevOps Engineering, at Velocity Global, LLC. We cover a lot of DevOps ...
Building high performing engineering focused GRC functions with Terry O'Daniel
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest is Terry O'Daniel, the Director of Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance at Instacart. Terry talks about building high-performing engine...
The Business Value of Identity and Access Management with Grant Reveal
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Grant Reveal, the Director of Identity and Access Management at Micron Technology, talks about how we can demonstrate the business va...
Scaling Within The Biomedical Industry with Matthew Clemente
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Matthew Clemente talks about the product and engineering scaling challenges working in the biomedical industry. Key Takeaways: ...
Building Data Governance Strategy with Solomon Madadha
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What Is Data Governance and why does it matter? On the show, we have Solomon Madadha, the SVP of Data Analytics & Governance Wealth Management at ...
Predictability vs Forecasting Empowers Decision Making with Philip Gollucci
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Philip Gollucci. Philip is an Executive Engineering Leader, a servant leader focused on building high-performing teams. Listen to t...
Empowering Autonomous Teams with Cory Thomas
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Cory Thomas, is a VP of Engineering at Secureframe. A highly effective Leader with the ability to engage and inspire Software D...