The Develomentor podcast is an interview-based show designed to help you find your path in technology. Each interview explores the career path and lessons learned of individuals who have built successful careers in technology across a range of roles, including software engineering, data science, engineering management and sales engineering. A monthly bonus episode features a panel discussing timely topics in technology, like compensation, freelancing, joining a startup and much more.
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Jody Mulkey - C-Level Exec at Shopzilla, GoodRx & Ticketmaster (edited)
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Prior to GoodRx, Jody Mulkey (@jodymulkey) was the Chief Product Officer at Aspiration. An accomplished technologist and inspirational engineering leader, Jody is known for building high-performance systems and teams. Prior to Aspiration, Jody spent 5 years as CTO of Ticketmaster leading the global product and technology transformation. Prior to Ti…
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Eric Bowman - Video Game Developer of THE SIMS (edited)
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Eric Bowman. Eric Bowman is SVP Engineering at TomTom, which he rejoined in 2019 to help shape TomTom’s engineering culture for an increasingly online future. Previously, Eric was Zalando’s first VP Engineering, where he drove Radical Agility and led the engineering team into the cloud an…
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Daniel Tunkelang - The Founding Story of Endeca (edited)
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Daniel Tunkelang is currently an independent consultant or, in his words, a 'high-class consultant' for technology companies. Previous to this, he was a data science and engineering executive who has built and led some of the strongest teams in the software industry. Daniel studied computer science and math at MIT and has a PhD in computer science …
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Caine Tighe - DuckDuckGo and Search Privacy (edited)
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Caine Tighe is the CTO and first employee of DuckDuckGo, the Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs. This private search engine is #4 in the U.S., Germany, Australia and dozens of other countries, answering over 9 billion queries in 2018. Prior to DuckDuckGo, …
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Chris Bouton - Serial Entrepreneur In Big Data, Deep Learning, and AI
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Today's guest is Dr. Chris Bouton. Dr Bouton is the CEO of Vyasa Analytics, applying novel deep learning (ie A.I.) approaches for life sciences and healthcare clients. "Deep learning algorithms are basically the reason that everyone is talking about AI right now." --Dr. Bouton As a kid, Chris Bouton loved sharks. Sharks turned into biology and biol…
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Camille Fournier - Engineering Manager at Startups & Corporations (edited)
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Camille joins us on Develomentor to talk about her path in technology. She offers incredible insight to anyone navigating the world of technology with an engineering background, especially those looking to manage and lead. Camille was on the fast track to becoming a booming success in technology - she graduated from a prestigious university with a …
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Kelsey Hightower - Tech Support to Dev Advocate to Keynote Speaker (edited)
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Kelsey Hightower has worn every hat possible throughout his career in tech, and enjoys leadership roles focused on making things happen and shipping software. He is a developer advocate and a strong open source advocate focused on building simple tools that make people smile. Kelsey is an expert in Kubernetes and has written a book about it called …
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Nick Caldwell - How to Shift Your Career from Engineering to Product
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In today’s episode of Develomentor, we have Nick Caldwell. Nick has held almost every technical role one can imagine: software engineer, engineering manager, general manager and VP of engineering. Nick is currently the Chief Product Officer at Looker, a business intelligence company. But prior to this, he worked at major companies from Microsoft to…
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Kyle Campbell – High School Dropout Turned Developer & Founder #129
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Kyle Campbell Kyle Campbell is a high school dropout. He is also the founder and CEO of CTO.ai, a platform that helps DevOps teams scale through streamlining developer productivity 10x. Previous to CTO.ai, Kyle founded Retsly, a company that helped developers access real-estate data, whic…
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Tabitha Sable – Hacker and Systems Security Engineer #128
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Tabitha Sable Tabitha Sable has been a hacker and cross-platform sysadmin since the turn of the century. As Systems Security Engineer at Datadog, she can usually be found teaching adversarial techniques to other engineers, sharing systems engineering viewpoints with security staff, bicycl…
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Kiara Bickers – Caterer Turned SysAdmin & Bitcoin Author #127
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Kiara Bickers Kiara is a writer and SysAdmin at the Bitcoin company Blockstream. Her gateway into tech and Bitcoin started as a slight obsession with Austrian economics. After first hearing about Bitcoin, she spent the next few years learning how to code with the aim of understanding it. …
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Jason Hughes – Rock Star Finds Career In Business Intelligence #126
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Jason Hughes. Jason Hughes has spent over 10 years in the data and analytics space in roles ranging from BI developer to business analyst, business intelligence, and management. He’s worked in a variety of industries and for Fortune 200 companies as well as companies with under 200 employ…
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Andrei Lopatenko - Head of Search at Zillow & eBay #125
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Andrei Lopatenko. Andrei is Vice President of Engineering at Zillow Group. He is the head of search and discovery engines. This including search science, development, infrastructure, and operations. As part of this role, he heads Zillow Group’s conversational AI efforts, which consist of …
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Ali Spittel - Software Blogger With Over 1.5 Million Readers #124
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Ali Spittel Ali loves teaching people to code, and is currently doing so as a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS. She have been employed in the tech industry since 2014, holding multiple software engineering positions at startups, and a Distinguished Faculty and Faculty Lead role at General…
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Philip Noyed – Tech Creative Director & Multimedia Artist #123
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Philip Noyed. Philip Noyed is the tech creative director at Caring Bridge and a multimedia artist living in Minneapolis. Philip Noyed is an innovative multi-media artist living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His art work represents the quintessential contemporary art movement maki…
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Nick Burling - Aspiring Lawyer Turned Head Product Manager #122
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Nick Burling. Nick Burling, has steadily built a career in tech working in Product Management. He graduating Amherst College with a dual degree in French and History, a Master’s from Oxford University, also in history, and an MBA from Duke University. Throughout his career, Nick has held …
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David Wong - What is Applied Cryptography? #121
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is David Wong. David Wong is a security engineer working on the libra Blockchain at Facebook. He is an active contributor to internet standards like Transport Layer Security and to the applied cryptography research community. David is a recognized authority in the field of applied cryptograp…
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Peter McKee - Developer Relations Manager, Programming Mentor #120
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Peter Mckee. Peter McKee is the Head of Developer Relations and Advocacy at Docker and maintainer of the open source project Ronin.js. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA but currently residing in Austin, TX, Peter built his career developing full-stack applications for over 25 years. He has h…
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Luc Constantin - Former Drug Addict Becomes Programmer After 40
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Luc Constantin. Luc Constantin, our guest today, represents so much of what this show is about: there is a path for you in tech. Luc grew up in Romania, one of the poorest of the old Soviet Bloc countries. At 13 years old, Luc dropped out of school. By the time he was 18, he was addicted …
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Jennifer Byrne - Digital Transformation Expert, Ex. Microsoft CTO #118
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Jennifer Byrne. Jennifer is currently an independent advisor, speaker, and author. A lot of her work is centered around digital transformation. Previously, Jennifer was Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft US. She infused innovation practices into Microsoft’s technical field teams which …
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Amar Ghose - Sales & Marketing Digital Nomad #117
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Amar Ghose. Amar Ghose is a Software CEO, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu lover, marketing nerd and compulsive audiobook listener. He is also a full time digital nomad For the last 6 years Amar has been running ZenMaid, where he leads an awesome team who help thousands of Maid Services every day. As …
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Reiner Kraft - Master Inventor & CTO Turned Tech Coach #116
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Ruby Shrestha Reiner Kraft has more than 15+ years of experience leading high-impact technological organizations both large and small, and has spent 20 years in the Silicon Valley. (Master Inventor) During his 20 years in Silicon Valley, Reiner was one of the most prolific inventors in th…
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Ruby Shrestha – People Ops at Political Tech Startup #115
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Ruby Shrestha Ruby Shrestha is a People Ops Manager at tech co., a startup seeking to build technology to change the landscape of democracy in America. Prior to her journey into the startup world, she worked as an administrator at a summer camp in rural New Hampshire after earning her deg…
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Matthew Kelcey – Former Research Engineer at Google Brain #114
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Matthew Kelcey Mat works part time at ThoughtWorks where he is the Principal Consultant for Machine Learning in Australia. He divides the rest of his time between advisory / mentoring work for early stage companies as well as maintaining his small farm. Prior to ThoughtWorks, Mat was a se…
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Carolyn Stransky – Journalist and Coder via SPICED Bootcamp #113
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Carolyn Stransky Biography Carolyn Stransky (she/her) is a software developer and journalist based in Berlin, Germany. She’s currently working with the GraphQL Foundation as part of the Google Season of Docs program. Out of the office, she teaches at ReDI School of Digital Integration, fr…
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Marcello La Rocca – Data Visualization and Applied Research Engineer #112
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Marcello La Rocca. Marcello La Rocca is a research scientist and a full-stack engineer focused on optimization algorithms, genetic algorithms, machine learning and quantum computing. He has contributed to large-scale web applications at companies like Twitter and Microsoft, has undertaken…
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Mada Seghete - Deep Linking, Mobile Marketing #111
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Mada Seghete Biography Mada leads market development and culture initiatives at Branch and is also one of its co-founders. Branch specializes in deep linking for mobile applications. Mada was born and raised in Romania and she came came to the US to study Electrical and Computer Engineeri…
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Noah Labhart - Math, Music, and Tech Startups #110
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Noah Labhart. Noah Labhart is the CTO & Co-Founder of Veryable, and the Founder & CEO of Touchtap, a digital solutions studio. A tech veteran himself, Labhart is intimately familiar with the challenges, risks and rewards of introducing new tech into the world. Tune in to hear about how No…
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Evan Korth - Sports Agent Turned Computer Science Professor #109
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Evan Korth. Evan Korth has worn many hats as an active member of NYC’s academic and innovation communities since ’99 — computer science professor, developer, investor, advisor, founder, expert witness, researcher, board member, coach and mentor. Evan also advises Flybridge Capital and sit…
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Gianluca Mauro - Artificial Intelligence Coach & Author #108
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Gianluca Mauro. Gianluca Mauro is the founder and lead artificial intelligence coach of the AI Academy and the co-author of Zero to AI, a non-technical hype free guide to prospering in the AI era from Manning Publications. Gianluca’s roots lie in energy engineering from his University day…
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Develomentor Panel – Tech Hiring Tips From Employees and Managers
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Welcome to our second panel on Develomentor. Today's topic is tech hiring as an employee and as a manager. Today's guests are: Aline Lerner – Aline is the founder and CEO of Interviewing.io, a hiring platform aimed at making interviewing and finding a job in tech way less painful. You heard her first on the show in episode 44 where she shared her c…
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#107 Chris Samiullah - How to Use Project Based Learning to Learn Coding
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Chris Samiullah. From self taught developer to teaching 10,000+ developers, our guest today has turned a degree in English Literature from York and a Master’s of Science in International Business and Management into a 7+ year in tech as a developer. Over the course of his career, Chris Sa…
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Monica Lent - Tech and Travel Blogger, Software Engineer #106
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Monica Lent Monica Lent is an American software engineer and engineering manager living and working in Berlin, Germany. She started coding when she was 10 years old, and hasn’t stopped since then. In her 10+ year technical career (not including coding as a kid 😉), Monica has worked in a w…
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James Tucker - Theology Major Becomes Software Developer #105
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is James Tucker. James Tucker is a developer, husband, dog dad, and former aspiring pastor. Currently, he’s working at soona as a full stack engineer, building out a content creation platform primarily with Vue.js and Ruby on Rails. James is passionate about making things and teaching others…
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Hilliary Turnipseed - History Major Turned Tech Recruiter #104
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Hilliary Turnipseed. Hilliary Turnipseed is an experienced talent acquisition and management executive, specializing in early-stage startups, as well as the education technology, media production and advertising industries. Companies she has worked with include Discovery Communications, B…
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Raz Shuty - QA Engineer Turned Engineering Manager #103
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Raz Shuty. Raz Shuty has held titles like Director of Engineering, Head of Engineering, Founder and CTO throughout his career, but he didn’t start there. In fact, after getting his degree in computer science he took one of the routes I believe can make for the strongest of developers: he …
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Edidiong Asikpo – Developer Advocate, Tech in Nigeria #102
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Edidiong Asikpko. Edidiong Asikpo is a software engineer from Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. She is a passionate professional with multi-faceted skills and experience spanning across Software Engineering, Developer Relations, community building, technical writing, and Open Source contributions. Edid…
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Ann Lewis - Political Tech, CTO of MoveOn.org #101
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Ann Lewis. Ann Lewis is the CTO of MoveOn.org. She is a technical leader, architect, and active coder with 15+ years of experience in software engineering and software management, with a focus on distributed systems and scalability. In her work at MoveOn, she in-housed tech and hired a te…
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Kent C. Dodds – Software Quality Instructor and World Renowned Speaker #100
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Kent C. Dodds! Kent C. Dodds is a world renowned speaker, teacher, and trainer and he’s actively involved in the open source community as a maintainer and contributor of hundreds of popular npm packages. Kent is the creator of TestingJavaScript.com and he’s an instructor on egghead.io and…
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Compensation in Tech - Develomentor Career Panel
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Welcome to our very first panel on Develomentor. Today's topic is compensation in tech. Today's guests are: Jacqueline Nolis – Jacqueline joins us from Seattle Washington. She was a guest on the show in episode 76, has built a 10+ year career in data science and analytics and is the co-author of “Build Your Career in Data Science”. Gary Flake – Gar…
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Ala Shiban – Machine Learning Engineer Turned Product Manager #99 (highlights)
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Ala Shaban. Ala Shiban is currently the Director of Product at Tube Science. He started his career as a machine learning engineer and pivoted to product manager after a few years. Ala got a bachelor’s and master’s of computer science from the University of Haifa and has held down a variet…
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Ala Shiban – Machine Learning Engineer Turned Product Manager #99
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Ala Shaban. Ala Shiban is currently the Director of Product at Tube Science. He started his career as a machine learning engineer and pivoted to product manager after a few years. Ala got a bachelor’s and master’s of computer science from the University of Haifa and has held down a variet…
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Dinesh Shenoy – Data Scientist & Former Lawyer With Astro-Physics PhD #98
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Dinesh Shenoy! From graduating college with a double major in history and physics to changing oil at Jiffy Lube while he figured out what’s next to 7 years as an attorney for Aronson and Associates, Dinesh Shenoy has taken, in his own words “an unusual career path” to becoming a data scie…
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Mikolaj Pawlikowski – Chaos Engineer, Crash Testing Your Applications #97
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Mikolaj Pawlikowski! Mikolaj Pawlikowski has been a chaos engineer for about four years. He began with a large distributed Kubernetes-based microservices platform at Bloomberg. Mikolaj is the creator of the Kubernetes Chaos Engineering tool PowerfulSeal, and the networking visibility tool…
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Kamil Sindi – Financial Analyst Turned CTO #96
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Kamil Sindi. Biography Kamil Sindi started his young professional career as a financial analyst before getting into tech. Currently, Kamil oversees engineering, data science and design at JW Player, the world’s largest independent video platform. Prior to being promoted to CTO, Kamil serv…
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Ryan Latta – Agile Coach and Freelance Consultant #95
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Ryan Latta. Ryan Latta is an agile coach and independent software consultant. He has held tech roles including software engineer, CTO and scrum master. But there is more to the story, as this NC State Computer Science graduate actually started his career as an English teacher before launc…
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Taylor Poindexter - Sr. Back End Engineer, Cofounder of Black Code Collective #94
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Taylor Poindexter. Taylor Poindexter is the co-founder of Black Code Collective, an organization that strives to provide a safe space for Black Engineers to collaborate and grow their skills. In addition to this, she is a Senior Back End Engineer for a startup called tech co. A company th…
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Pardis Noorzad - Head of Data Science at Healthcare Tech #93
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Pardis Noorzad. Pardis is Head of Data Science at Carbon Health, a technology-enabled healthcare provider designed to make world-class primary and urgent care accessible to all. Her team’s mission is to improve health outcomes and increase operational efficiency. Previously she led Connec…
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Andrew Montalenti - From Morgan Stanley to Founding Parse.ly #92
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Andrew Montalenti Andrew is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Parse.ly. Andrew was Parse.ly’s founding CTO, and he led the company through its early R&D, fundraising, and initial scale-up growth/hiring periods. He now leads the company’s product strategy and vision as CPO.…
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Sean Melody – Senior Architect and Chief Technologist #91
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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is Sean Melody Sean Melody has held a variety of roles across a several companies since he started his career almost 20 years ago. He’s been an engineer, architect, team lead, dev manager, CTO, and now works for a small company as a Chief Technologist where he focuses on bringing new product…
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