The Value of CPTO in Scale-Ups w/ Dimitra Retsina | Enginears Podcast

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!00:00 - Enginears Intro.01:35 - Who is Nick?06:30 - Who are Freestar and what do they do?12:07 - What product and engineering challenges do you face and what does a day at Freestar look like?18:07 - What automation features are used at Freestar?20:36 - What technologies and tools do you use at Freestar and why?23:58 - What are the challenges and powers of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)?29:32 - As a leader how do you acknowledge and resolve conflict?32:59 - Where is Freestar going next year as well as AdTech in general?38:46 - What are the top 3 characteristics a software engineer needs to be successful?46:55 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYrAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.uk Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!00:00 - Enginears Intro.01:25 - Who is Tyler and what is his background?06:35 - What do Catawiki do?12:45 - How tough is objective 1 to reach for a CTO?15:49 - What changes has Tyler brought to Catawiki and what impact has it had on the teams?28:53 - How does team communication work at Catawiki?31:42 - Does your approach change within different guilds or teams?34:48 - What are the differences in team structures between European and US Engineering?38:37 - Have you noticed any differences between how companies in the US are built compared to Europe?42:37 - Do you notice any differences in foundational software engineering between Europe and USA?44:10 - What are Catawiki’s plans for this year?48:19 - Enginears Outro.https://catawiki.careers/vacanciesTwitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYrAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!00:00 - Enginears Intro.01:10 - Intro in Azeem & Attune.04:05 - Commercial mindset software engineers are adopting - why?06:15 - How customers interact with Attune?09:10 - Is Attune industry-wide?09:57 - What challenges are Attune tackling and solving?13:27 - How Machine Learning Models & AI have impacted Attune?15:35 - What is a Software Wrapper?16:27 - What was the turning point in Attune that helped utilise AI?19:15 - How Attune index on developer productivity?24:25 - How hiring & company culture alters productivity.25:50 - Attune's value of 'Failure is Tuition'.26:38 - What is Attune's backdrop story and relationship with Coalition?32:04 - What is Attune's plan for 2024?34:06 - What does Azeem think are the top 3 characteristics a software engineer requires in this current climate to thrive?37:45 - Learning and developing communication skills through different mediums.39:01 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYrAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!00:00 - Enginears Intro.01:27 - Intro to Fred.02:50 - When did the transition from Data Science to Software Engineering happen?04:40 - Who are Kraken?07:21 - What has the growth been like at Kraken and how are the engineering standards maintained?09:29 - What are conventions and what do they look like at Kraken?13:04 - How is developer ownership and autonomy related?15:44 - What are the engineering challenges at Kraken?18:15 - What challenges have Kraken faced during migration and scaling?19:32 - What was the reason for building the operating model?20:32 - What does scaling mean for Kraken?24:11 - What are Kraken’s plans for 2024?25:12 - What skillsets and characteristics are hired in to the team at Kraken and why?28:35 - Enginears Outro.Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYrAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!00:00 - Enginears Intro.00:33 - Background into Dimitra.03:37 - Where has the CPTO role emerged from?05:51 - How can the structure of an organisation change with the introduction of a CPTO?08:13 - How does implementing “Winning by design” benefit the organisation?10:32 - Where is the role of a CPTO most prevalent?12:31 - How does having a CPTO change the role and mindset of a software engineer?13:34 - How do you approach this role when entering a new business?15:31 - How does upskilling your engineers through a CPTO positively impact users and customers?18:27 - Why aren’t organisations adopting organisational change by introducing a CPTO?21:41 - Where does product sit within an organisation?23:01 - What are some golden nuggets for people to achieve a C-Level role?25:12 - How did Dimitra learn financial modelling?31:29 - Outro.For anyone that wishes to contact Dimitra or learn more about Dimitra:http://www.dimitraretsina.comhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/retsinaBook on basic finance: "Financial intelligence: A Manager's guide to Knowing what the Numbers Really Mean"Sales Methodology to achieve organisation alignment and partnership & guide Product efforts contributing to customer journey: https://winningbydesign.com/Decision Trees/Impact Maps/Opportunity-Solution Trees:Teresa Torres Advocator - https://www.producttalk.org/2023/12/opportunity-solution-trees/Product Trio for Decision to Build = Engineering + Product + Design Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYrAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!00:00 - Intro to Enginears.01:16 - Intro to Thoughtful.02:44 - Who is Jesal?06:48 - What is the difference between a bespoke platform compared to an all-in-one platform product?08:57 - What challenges do Thoughtful face in the HealthTech industry?11:45 - Why is developer experience so important and what are important factors to consider when building a great developer experience?13:57 - What impact has Thoughtful had on healthcare providers?17:15 - Do teams change depending on the task at hand? 18:15 - What is the long-term plan for Thoughtful?23:39 - What Is Thoughtful's biggest technology challenge currently?25:50 - What does growth look like Thoughtful in 2024?26:40 - Where can people go to learn more?27:18 - What skills are Thoughtful looking for in their engineers?28:26 - Outro.https://www.thoughtful.ai/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesal/Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYrAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!00:00 - Enginears intro.01:16 - Introducing Soren and his past career.03:20 - What can users expect from Crosshatch?06:25 - What is hyper personalisation?10:20 - What is meant by the rise in data portability?14:10 - How do you think changes in data privacy law will impact Crosshatch?16:42 - What is the death of the cookie and fingerprinting?20:00 - Where is the shift in data privacy coming from?22:55 - What is the business outlook in 2024 for Crosshatch?24:51 - What are your hiring plans?Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYrAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!00:00 - Intro to Enginears.01:15 - Who is Ben and who are Plumery? What are they building?04:46 - What does developer experience mean to Plumery and why?06:10 - What impact does good developer experience have on engineering and product teams?09:35 - What are your thoughts around measuring productivity and metrics?11:09 - What are DORA metrics? Metrics or any other metrics that you use?12:33 - How can a company be intentional with their metrics?13:55 - Explain managers vs makers?16:30 - What are your previous learnings about developer experience at your past companies?21:48 - What do you think are the biggest digital challenges both today and tomorrow for banks?26:41 - What do you think makes a good developer experience?27:56 - What can people expect from Plumery in 2024?30:10 - Where are you going to build out the business and who are the people that you need?Twitter: http://bit.ly/36cTJYrAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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00:00 - Intro.01:33 - Who is Maxime and what have your roles been at Criteo?05:19 - What does Criteo do and what makes its platform compelling?07:01 - Why do you think data is so important to Criteo?08:28 - How much data are you ingesting and what are the challenges around processing it?10:33 - How is ML and AI related to the data Criteo is ingesting from customers?16:18 - What are the challenges you face and considerations you take when building a scalable data platform?21:31 - What are the trade-offs when you build on-premise compared to cloud?24:00 - What does platform engineering look like on-premise?27:04 - How have you organised your platform teams and what are the key disciplines within them?29:23 - What do you think are the three characteristics that you need to have as an engineer to thrive?33:51 - Outro.Prefer to watch your podcasts?Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EnginearsioOther Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginearsEdited by: hunterdigital.co.ukHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.