Stories and lessons learned from high-tech people who work at NASA, Google, IBM, Rackspace, GE, Autodesk, Teradata and many many more. This is a podcast where the 'real tech people' share their experiences and lessons learned throughout their careers.
Join us as John Sadler describes the beneficial uses of Agilent Technologies. Agilent Technologies is a company that creates equipment and peripherals to help them measure the quality and purity of the items we depend on to live a modern life. John leads the only software program at the company, ensuring the user experience is smooth and accessible. As our conversation continues, we discuss the elements of leadership and how the company developed their belief system over time. From autonomy to making sure they hold true to the promises that are made, John shares the value of his credible leadership methods.
Alan Boucher is the Director of IT for Software Product and Development and Architecture at IDEXX. IDEXX serves its veterinary customers on two business platforms; diagnostics business and reference lab business. As we unravel how they serve their clients, we see just how complex their platform is, serving the needs of veterinarians, farmers, and other companion animals facilities. Running a department that deals with such technologies requires lots of organization. Listen to this episode to hear Alan share how his methods of portfolio management make management in his industry possible.
Here at Gistia, we live and breath our method. To show our confidence, we have rebranded Tech People so that methods are at the forefront of our conversations. We will continue to reach out to tech practitioners in a similar fashion but have now expanded our platform to include conversations with internal team members and previous guests. Tune in for more information on the exciting changes ahead!
Doug Wendel joins us to discuss ArcherDx, a pioneer developer of genetic and molecular laboratory technology. During this episode we hear a touching story of how the technology at ArcherDx helped doctors to make a medical suggestion, extending the life of a young girl with cancer. Though the technology has not created a cure, this revolutionary moment in science shows the possibilities of where medicine is headed. Join us as Doug shares the many challenges of and the skyrocketing need for the biotech industry to continue growing and developing technologies.
Blake Thomas didn’t always know he would end up in technology. In fact, he had gone into finance as a college student only to discover that what he loved most about his studies was his side job, working in a computer science lab. After college, Blake started working in the tech industry. Soon, he realized that what was missing from this work was liking the people he worked for. This led him to eSpark, a student centered learning platform designed with teachers in mind. A place where they believe technology should work alongside teachers. With a desire to be involved in teaching but avoid the pressure of teaching, he found his efforts compatible with the company and has since grown alongside them. Tune in to hear more about Blake’s philosophy on how listening and understanding your employees passions can help both them and your company reach its full potential.
Anna Quackenbush works alongside the company Illumina, who are at the forefront of aligning technology with the medical industry in what is being referred to as the medical revolution. Illumina specializes in creating integrated systems able to process genetic variation and biological functions through DNA sequencing. As the world evolves, people like Anna become very important to act as a liaison between creator and user, filling in the gaps so that things work the way they need to for the doctors using them. With her background in biomedical engineering and genomics, her role as a translator between scientist and end user of her company's product is crucial. As language in the field adapts to a place where doctors who have not studied technological advances are nearly left in the dark, Anna sees first hand the value of creating a bridge between people and the new language.
Through his personal experience as a former employee of Disney, Arun Jacob had the opportunity to see how valuable it is to grow an employee in an encouraging environment. He has taken these lessons with him into his own managing beliefs, as the current Vice President of Software Engineering at Zonar Systems, a company providing fleet management systems for their clients. He wholeheartedly believes in teaching his employees through mandating a structure, encouraging them to make tough calls, helping them to learn from their mistakes and ultimately become better decision makers. Tune in for more insight from an industry expert.
David Jennions, a reformed physicist, shares his career shift and current role as the head of engineering for a leading biotech company, Synthego. Synthego is a corporation dedicated to making digital biology a reality by doing what he calls, “Building the factory behind the product.” In this episode we will get into mind blowing modern technology such as CRISPR, a tool used to make the molecules that are sent out for gene editing. To understand more about what this means, tune into this episode as we discuss behind the scenes of how the health industry has the potential to move away from general healthcare solutions, and move into more personalized treatment.
Alex Tatiyants' love for programming began early on in highschool and has remained strong over the years. With rooted passion for his career, Alex set out to support the owners vision of the previous company he worked for, ultimately leaving together to launch a new vision and start the company Stanson Health. In this episode we will learn how Stanson Health has become a part of the online medical revolution. What makes Stanson a part of this movement? By creating technology that works alongside doctors, Stanson technology helps doctors to work around old data limitations on patients and allow doctors to make better decisions. Listen to this episode to hear more about Alex’s thoughts on how bringing medicine online is changing the medical field.
As the CTO of WellVia, Peyton Reaves advocates behind his company’s moto, that most medical reasons can be handled online. Listen further to discover how bringing doctors visits online is revolutionizing the healthcare industry by making simple needs accessible and gasp, convenient. Further, we discuss why more companies should implement technology into their business and make it work for them. In Peyton’s words, “Why not take advantage of the things technology can do for your company?”
In Bill Salak’s words, “Promoting career growth should not be an afterthought.” On today’s episode Bill Salak shares the philosophy behind his approach to company architecture. As we get deeper into structural methods, Bill offers insight behind his controversial opinion on agile project management. Listen further as we get into the details of Bills method and how encouraging his team members to learn from interactions with one another helps to run a successful company.
As the Director of Engineering at Tetracore, David Almassian sheds light on how the team process is crucial to creating a final product which requires both hardware and software development. We will get in to the details of how the methods of developing each differ and overlap within Tetracore, as well as how they compare to industry standards.
TP 040: Mike Simpson with IgnitionOne: How Architecture Has Helped to Be a Better Engineer by Method Matters
TP039 - Robert Stewart with Castlight: Process and Politics of a Company Merger by Method Matters
TP038: Mike Jackson with Pearson: Turning Textbooks Into Technology by Method Matters
Claire Hough came in to the tech world right out of college, and is now the Head of Software Engineering for Udemy, a learning platform that brings teachers and students together. In the work place she has witnessed a huge decline of women engineers, but shares it was not always this way. Listen further to discover Claire’s advice on how implementing diversity in the work place is an essential part of her success, and the success of the future.
TP 036: How Radio Hosting Led to Software Engineering by Method Matters
TP 035: Jeremiah Ivan with Merrill Corp: How Using A Tech Road Map Helps To Accomplish Goals by Method Matters
TP034: Bob Dorris with Schenck: Helping Clients Make Changes to Manage Profit Growth by Method Matters
TP033: Fernando Chivarguer with The Bay Club Company: Using Technology In a Non-Technical Business by Method Matters
TP032: Thomas Price with The Standard: Inside the Technical Stack of an Insurance Company by Method Matters
TP 031: Mathias Burton with ProQuest: Design Process When it Comes to Building Software Projects by Method Matters
TP 030: Alan Ferrenberg with Miami University: Challenges in Building University Software by Method Matters
TP029: Andrew Maxwell with GoPro: Front-end Development at GoPro by Method Matters
TP 028: Murphy Randle with Day One: Front-End Business Decision-Making Process by Method Matters
TP 027: Falko Buttler and Daniel Dietzel with Jiff: Angular vs React for Enterprise Products by Method Matters
TP 026: Kirk Graves with 1800 Contacts: Adopting Angular for Non-Front-End Developers by Method Matters
TP 025: Alex Castillo with Netflix: Relocating Across the Country for a Dream Job by Method Matters
TP 024: Gleb Bahmutov with Kensho Technologies: Modern JavaScript Application Deployment Tools by Method Matters
TP 023: Minette Norman with Autodesk: Mastering Innovation and Execution at Autodesk by Method Matters
TP 022: Srinagesh Vitthanala with Financial Engines: Prioritizing inside the Engineering Org by Method Matters
Hello, everybody. Today we have Josh Crowther on the show. Josh is a senior engineer who works at Family Search, which is a company that allows you to research your family history and overall genealogy. Today we're going to be chatting about the evolution of how web applications are built, and how he's leveraging a component-based architecture over at Family Search. Without further ado, let's give Josh a warm welcome.
Hello Tech People. Today we have Sean Larkin from Mutual of Omaha on the show. Sean is a Senior Software Engineer on the day, and part of the Webpack Core Team and Angular-CLI Team. Today’s show is all about webpack.
Today we have Gary Trinklein on the show. Gary is a product development architect at BMC Software, specifically within the BMC Z Solutions team. He’s here to share with us some of the context about what it is to work with AngularJS helping modernize legacy systems and also the unique set of challenges and wins he’s had through the process. Let’s welcome Gary.
Today, we have TJ Vantoll from Telerik on the show. We’re going to continue to talk about the role of the developer advocate and some of the experiences he’s had at Telerik as a developer advocate and some of the important points of being a developer advocate.
Welcome to another episode of Tech People. Today we have Carl Smith from the Bureau of Digital on the show. I think this is going to be a very interesting show. We're going to talk with Carl about communities, community building, and some of the challenges that present themselves as your building a community and such.
Today I’m honored to have Jeff Whelpley on the show. Jeff is the CTO at GetHuman, and a regular contributor to the Angular Open Source community through his video podcast AngularAir and the Angular Universal project. In this episode Jeff guides us on how we can all contribute to the open source community
Hello Tech People, today, I’m honored to have James McClellan on the show. James is part of the technology leadership ecosystem at NASA as a Technology Infusion Manager. Today we discuss what NASA is, his role and the roles of the different CTOs at NASA, security concerns, the Internet of Things, evolving processes and methodologies at NASA and the influence that NASA hopes to have over future generations of scientists, engineering and developers. We are extremely pleased to have James with us this week.
Hello Tech People. Today I’m joined by Jen Looper. Jen is a Developer Advocate at Telerik. Telerik by Progress writes tools to make developers lives easier. We are honored and please to have Jen with us today.
Hello Tech People. Today I’m joined by Johanna Rothman. Johanna is known as the “Pragmatic Manager” and is an expert in everything management. She has written numerous books on the subject, consults and shares her wealth of knowledge at many very high profile events. In my time with Johanna we discuss what product management is and how it differs from product development, the responsibilities of a product owner, differences between a product owner and product manager as well as the differences between a product roadmap and a project portfolio. We are blessed to have someone as knowledgeable as Johanna on our show this week.
Hello Tech People. Today I’m joined by Martin Snyder. Martin is the CTO of Wingspan and he’s got over 20 years of experience leading software teams. Wingspan develops document management applications for regulated industries. In my time with Martin we discuss his background, what is a ‘Hostile Environment’, how do we change hostile mentality, waterfall vs agile methodologies and many other topics centering around ‘Hostile Environments’. We are extremely pleased to have Martin on our show this week.
Hello Tech People. Today I’m joined by Jeremy Wilken. Jeremy is the author of the current best-selling book about Ionic, Ionic in Action. At the moment he is also writing a new book about Angular 2 called Angular 2 in Action. While he’s writing these great books he is also a Senior Software Engineer at Teradata. Teradata is a leader in end-to-end solutions and services in data warehousing, big data and analytics. In my time with Doc we discuss his background, Javascript within an enterprise product team, AngularJS, Ionic, methodologies within an enterprise product team and the future of Javascript. We are honored to have Jeremy on our show this week.
Hello Tech People. Today I’m joined by Doc Norton. Doc Norton is the CEO of CTO2 and is an authority in the technical space. CTO2 utilizes systems thinking, organizational psychology, and complexity theory to help you transform your entire organization. From recruiting and talent development, to engineering and product development, to sales and marketing. In my time with Doc we discuss his background, Organizational Agility, what a proper engineering team looks like, hiring, Doc’s theory of “Jungle gyms and not ladders, organizational structure, one-on-one meetings and the “Shock and Awe technique”. We are honored to have such an interesting person on our show this week.
Hello Tech People. Today I’m happy to have with me Matt Lavoie. Matt Lavoie is the Senior UX Designer at PowerDMS and an expert in UX design. PowerDMS specializes in policy and procedure management, training management and accreditation management software. We discuss introducing UX to the design process, Matt’s day to day activities, Waterfall vs Agile, design sprint types and how to choose the right sprint for your project.
Hello Tech People. Today I’m joined by Kyle Ledbetter from Teradata. Kyle is a Senior UX Designer and a Senior Level Front-end Developer at Teradata. Teradata is a global leader in data warehousing, big data analytics and data driven marketing. We discuss innovation in the enterprise, building enterprise apps with Angular Material and reasons to use Angular Material. I’m honored to be able to speak to a leader in the UX world.
Today we have the distinct honor to speak with Matt Etre. Matt is the lead engineer and a founding member of Tablelist. Tablelist is a platform that provides instant access to VIP bottle service, private tables and exclusive events in a growing number of cities across the country. We speak to Matt about how Tablelist has changed from an app for users to book bottle service at nightclubs to where it is now, more of a nightlife platform and how he’s helped Tablelist along the way.
Hello tech people. Today I have the pleasure to speak to Laura Klein. Laura is the author of the book UX for Lean Startups, she runs the podcast Users Know, has spoken at numerous conferences, runs workshops and is just an awesome lady. We discuss Laura’s start in the industry, what a product is, creating better products, qualitative vs quantitative and product validation I’m honored to be able to have her on the show today.
Hello, today I’m joined by Falko Buttler from Jiff. Falko is the Senior Director of Engineering at Jiff, an enterprise health benefits platform that helps companies reduce healthcare costs by promoting healthy behaviors in their employees, making them move more, and be more healthy in general. Companies want to grow, but there are certain stumbling blocks that comes with growth. We discuss how he has been able to navigate through these stumbling blocks at Jiff.
In this episode we talk to one of the world’s top project managers, and discuss what makes people in this role so important for technical organizations. We talk in depth about the importance of communication, some of the most important processes and Tools a digital project manager needs to be aware of. We also discuss multiple project management methodologies and a very interesting take on standardizing the PM role.
On today’s show we have the pleasure to speak with Product Management wizard Jason Amunwa. Jason is the Director of Products at Digital Telepathy, a UX Design agency. Today we discuss the Digital Telepathy portfolio with Jason as well as how he has helped create those products while at DT. We also discuss the different methodologies that he has used in his work career, blog engagement, content and email marketing.
Today we have one of the foremost experts on UX, Josh Seiden. Josh is a user experience and interaction designer as well as a coauthor of the Lean UX Book. Josh is currently a principal at Neo, a digital product innovation studio based in New York City. We discuss how he got into his role of UX and Interaction Designer, waterfall vs lean methodology, engaging with consulting firms, turning down clients and something called the “Decision Meeting”.
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