Geeks Who Lead Podcast
Hear the inside stories of the "geeks who lead at scale" - Directors, VPs and CTOs running software engineering orgs at larger companies with 100+ engineers, and interviews with domain experts who can help those leaders to manage their engineering orgs more effectively.
I'm your host - Peter Bell, I've been helping senior engineering leaders to connect with and learn from their peers since 2010!
This podcast is designed for engineering leaders who want to learn the latest good practices from their peers who are way too busy operating to write an article or publish a book!
Running a software engineering org at scale is hard! You need to manage stakeholder expectations, attract and retain top talent, align and structure your org effectively and keep up with the latest processes and tooling. And that's before we even try to make sense of the potential impact of LLMs and GenAI on managing technical teams.
Our podcast and weekly newsletter provide you with access to hard-won wisdom from top engineering leaders and relevant domain experts. Learn more at https://geekswholead.com/
Episodes
204 episodes
Building a truly global engineering team with Rebecca Parsons, CTO @ ThoughtWorks
In this episode of CTO Connection, host Peter Bell sits down with Rebecca Parsons, CTO of
Creative Product Delivery at Scale with Colin Bodell, CTO @ Groupon
In this episode of CTO Connection, host Peter Bell sits down with Colin Bodell, Chief Technology Officer of
Scaling Leadership in a Growing Tech Organization with Nick Caldwell, Chief Product Officer @ Looker
In this episode of CTO Connection, host Peter Bell sits down with Nick Caldwell, Chief Product Officer of Looker, to discus...
Welcome to the CTO Connection Podcast!
Welcome to the CTO Connection Podcast!StartupCTO.io was an amazing podcast, but Kevin and Miles got busy with their many other projects, so they decided to pass it along to myself.I’m ...
Gitcoin — Grow Open Source w. Kevin Owocki / Changelog
Today we are posting an interview for The Changelog that StartupCTO.io host Kevin Owocki recently did. From The Changelog:We’re joined ...
Optimize Your Learning Velocity w. Scott Carleton, Andela
[from the archives] Our guest today is Scott Carleton.Scott has a passion for building communities and empowering self-growth through education. Scott is currently the VP of Techno...
Blockchain is like Sriracha. It’s delicious on everything — Clay Collins & Nick Gauthier of Nomics.com
Clay Collins & Nick Gauthier are founders of Nomics will be “Yahoo Finance for Crypto” and the internet’s home page for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies.Nick Gauthier has been develo...
Hire for Vigilance & Excellent Practical Judgement — Quin Hoxie w. Swiftype
This episode is co-hosted by Jacob Ablowitz. We are honored today to be interviewing Quin Hoxie, founder and CTO of
Sustaining Open Source w. Eric Berry, CodeSponsor.io
Today, we are honored to have Eric Berry, founder of CodeSponsor.ioCode Sponsor is a matchmaking platform for software developers and open source proj...
Blockchain Nerdery w. Matt Walters & Rhys Lindmark
We are joined this week by Matt Walters (Blockchain Engineer at Consensys, former Techstars CTO), and Rhys Lindmark (Independent Blockchain Engineer)...
The primacy of the network & Web 3.0 — Vince Horn & Ryan Oelke of CryptoMind
Today's episode is a cross-post from Vincent Horn’s new podcast, Crypto-Mind. With permission, I’ve reposted it from Crypto-Mind podcast. Thi...
The Ethereum Ecosystem w. Raine Revere, Lead Architect at Prism
Raine Revere is the Lead Architect at Prism — The world’s first trustless portfolio market platform.Join Raine and special guest co-host
Ch-ch-changes (Announcements)
Miles & Kevin announce some changes to the podcast:Miles will be winding down his involvement in the podcast.The show will be once a month (instead of once a week).We’ll ramp up our ‘Emerging Tech’ series, focu...
People First Organizations w. Dave Zwieback
[from the archives] Our guest today is Dave Zwieback, the author of Beyond Blame: Learning from Failure and Success and an engineering leader in ...
Bootstrapped Developers
So you can build it… but, do you know what to do once it’s built? How to monetize it? How do you make enough money to live off of while your company takes off? In this episode, learn about how to go beyond your raw skills of building anything y...
How to CTO w. Kathy Keating
Our Boulder Startup Week episode streak continues. Today, we’ve got Kathy Keating, CTO of Apostrophe on the show.Kathy has helped build several successful technology startups, founded her own technology consulting business, guided produc...
How to CTO w. Ed Johnson
Our Boulder Startup Week episode streak continues. Today, we’ve got Ed Johnson, CTO of Goally on the show.Ed and his co-founders at Goally are on a mission to help parents build their children’s independence and self-confidence while giv...
How to CTO w. Nick Cheever
Our Boulder Startup Week episode streak continues. Today, we’ve got Nick Cheever, VP of Technology at 10-4 on the show.Nick has over 15 years of experience in product development, particularly in a technical leadership role. He has been ...
Boulder Startup Week 2017 Dev War Stories
Hi and welcome to a very special Boulder Startup Week episode.This week we’ve got some stories from a session entitled “Dev War Stories”. If you’re a longtime listener, you know that this is one of our favorite questions to ask inte...
How to CTO with Andy Pai, Full Contact
This week’s guest is Andy Pai, VP Engineering at FullContact. FullContact is the most powerful, fully-connected contact management platform for professionals and enterprises who need to master their contacts and be awesome with people. As VP of...
AI, Automation, Jobs & The Economy w. Jeff Rose of ThinkTopic
Jeff Rose presenting in a very special Boulder Startup Week 2017 talk. Artificial intelligence is undergoing a renaissance, with the number of relevant research papers, startups, applicati...
Programmable Money w. Piper Merriam
Cryptocurrencies have the potential to be TCP/IP of money. What does the future look like if they do to money, what the internet did for information? Learn about Ethereum, one of the top cryptocurrencies of 2017. Piper Merriam, Ethereum develo...
Crypto and the Law with EFA Colorado
EFA Colorado presenting in a very special Boulder Startup Week 2017 talk. What is Cryptography, and why does it matter? What is the history of cryptography, and where is it going in the futu...
