An interview series from The Software House

CTO vs Status Quo

CTOs can be champions of change at their organization. The question is “how”. Learn the rules other Technology Managers use from their trials and errors. That will improve your game.

Marek Gajda

CTO at The Software House

Project goals

To reveal how other CTOs secure Product, Engineering, and the Board’s support by making thoughtful decisions.

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"You should know that the current generation of AI for BI is a quantum leap [...]." "You should know that the current generation of AI for BI is a quantum leap [...]." "[...] only add complexity if it directly benefits end customers today." "[...] only add complexity if it directly benefits end customers today." "I think integrating AI into software people already use is the most powerful approach.” "I think integrating AI into software people already use is the most powerful approach.” "If you want to use AI commercially, you need to figure out the what, how, and when of your data." "If you want to use AI commercially, you need to figure out the what, how, and when of your data." "AI is only as good as the information you feed it." "AI is only as good as the information you feed it." "I'm a big proponent of not overworking your architecture at the beginning" "I'm a big proponent of not overworking your architecture at the beginning"

Avi Perez, CTO & Co-founder at Pyramid Analytics

Mujib Azizi, CTO at Fixico

Jeroen Bobbeldijk, CTO at Klippa

Matija Cukac, CPO at Relay42

Alex de Groot, VP of Engineering at Trengo

Mark Yudin, VP of Engineering at Insify

Quotes

Some insights you can discover

“We got rid of the backlog and adopted what I call a lean roadmap. We have a list of problems, and we don’t have any features on it.”

“We got rid of the backlog and adopted what I call a lean roadmap. We have a list of problems, and we don’t have any features on it.”

“We got rid of the backlog and adopted what I call a lean roadmap. We have a list of problems, and we don’t have any features on it.”

Mika Peuralahti

CTO at Smartum

“Instead of collecting hard requirements, you create (…) a rough outline of what you want to achieve. How you achieve that is up to you. Then you have six weeks to deliver the goods. If you run out of time, you downsize the scope.”

“Instead of collecting hard requirements, you create (…) a rough outline of what you want to achieve. How you achieve that is up to you. Then you have six weeks to deliver the goods. If you run out of time, you downsize the scope.”

“Instead of collecting hard requirements, you create (…) a rough outline of what you want to achieve. How you achieve that is up to you. Then you have six weeks to deliver the goods. If you run out of time, you downsize the scope.”

Ludwig Magnusson

CTO at Mediatool

“I want to be sure that if a bus hits me, everything will be fine at the company. (…) My team has all the necessary knowledge, login access, and learning materials to keep work going.”

“I want to be sure that if a bus hits me, everything will be fine at the company. (…) My team has all the necessary knowledge, login access, and learning materials to keep work going.”

“I want to be sure that if a bus hits me, everything will be fine at the company. (…) My team has all the necessary knowledge, login access, and learning materials to keep work going.”

Majid Garmaroudi

CTO at Northfork

Insights

C-level insights that wow readers

Product-oriented teams Productive development

"You should know that the current generation of AI for BI is a quantum leap [...]."

Avi Perez, CTO & Co-founder at Pyramid Analytics

Development productivity Software architecture

We should treat security and privacy as vitamins rather than painkillers

Madhava Venkatesh, co-founder & CTO at TrusTrace

Product-oriented teams Productive development

"[...] only add complexity if it directly benefits end customers today."

Mujib Azizi, CTO at Fixico

Development productivity Software architecture

I’m a big fan of domain-driven design and having a shared vocabulary

Björn Helgeson, VP of Engineering at Mindler

CTO's career CTO's role

The overlap between technology and product in a highly technical company

Peter Sunna, VP of Product at Kognic

Product-oriented teams Productive development

"I think integrating AI into software people already use is the most powerful approach.”

Jeroen Bobbeldijk, CTO at Klippa

Product-oriented teams Productive development

"If you want to use AI commercially, you need to figure out the what, how, and when of your data."

Matija Cukac, CPO at Relay42

Product-oriented teams Productive development

"AI is only as good as the information you feed it."

Alex de Groot, VP of Engineering at Trengo

Product-oriented teams Productive development

"I'm a big proponent of not overworking your architecture at the beginning"

Mark Yudin, VP of Engineering at Insify

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