The Tech Trek

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...

Improve your engineering quality through documentation with Jordan Stone

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re very excited to welcome our special guest for today’s episode, Jordan Stone, the VP of Engineering at Paytient, a company on a mission to ma...

Raj Madan - How to build empowered teams

23 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Raj: Allowing teams to make decisions at the lowest possible level Empowerment is coupled with responsibility ...

Clarence Chio - Being a cofounder and an engineering leader at the same time

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Clarence: Moving from a lead IC role to a co-founder Leading through influence Giving up the building hat Re...

Clay Alvord - Organizing and managing the work to get done

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Clay: What does a full stack DevOps Developer do Managing SW engineers as a non-SW engineer Engaging your empl...

Ana Lebron - SRE is an engineering function with a strategic business focus

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Ana: The intersection of SRE/business Complex systems always fail Reliability is a feature of the system SLA...

Moitree Rahman - Building a cross-functional analytics team

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Moitree: Building an analytics team to support the company's digital transformation initiatives  The skill ...

Laku Adedoyin - Communicating the “why of engineering work”

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Laku: Aligning work to the broader company goals Engineers like to work on things that actually get used CTO s...

Cindy Chu - Growing your engineering team with diversity in mind

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Cindy: Starting as the only female engineering hire in a startup Bring up diversity hiring plans before you are ...

Alonzo Benavides - Growing an engineering team at a (crypto-focused) information services company

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Alonzo: Drivers for leaving a large public company for a startup Moving into the blockchain information space ...

Jeff Gabriel - Balancing research and coding in the research (machine learning) space

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Jeff: An idea can come from a one-off problem or a long-term strategic issue to tackle Relationship between rese...

Fabian Frank - Planning for and hiring the right mix of technical talent

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Fabian: Hiring the best talent vs a specific seniority level Hiring “scrappy” technologists Allowing your s...

Dehron Hite-Benson - Spirit vs letter of the law in Agile

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Dehron: Be an advocate for your engineers Typing methodology changes to values People want scrum to drive auto...

Jose Asuncion - Growing your team from startup stage to publicly-traded company

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Jose: Being promoted into a role too quickly Continuing education to grow and enhance leadership skills It's i...

Amin Lakhani - Should you elevate your best engineer to be a manager?

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Amin: Attributes of a strong engineer Technical excellence doesn’t always mean being the best coder Impactin...

Leon Fayer - Navigating engineering career and leadership growth

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Leon: Is moving into management the right next step for an employee Create opportunities for an employee to gain...

Neil Bhay - Evolving from smaller to larger engineering teams

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Neil: Stakeholder’s level of technical sophistication impacts the level of planning Importance of the relation...

Round Table 1 - Focusing on hiring while retaining your talent

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Topics we covered: Retaining Top Talent Understanding your employees before it's too late Safe Spaces Are more Engineering Managers better? H...

Felix Sargent - How to deal with “code smell” ie technical debt

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Felix: Technical debt is a warning sign Liability in the code is not the same as technical debt Dealing with “...

Jeff Smith - Understanding how the CTO role will evolve as the team scales and grows

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Highlights of my conversation with Jeff: Wanting to join a company to impact individual lives Adjusting to a HIPAA regulated industry Understandi...