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Interview with Tanaka Mutakwa, VP of Engineering at Names & Faces

November 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

In this interview, with Tanaka Mutakwa, VP of Engineering at Names & Faces and organizer of Tech Leadership Meetup Cape Town, we discuss how to conduct culture interviews, the importance of check-ins (1:1s), plus many tips and lessons learned in transitioning to management.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: South Africa, VP

Interview with Rukmini Reddy, VP of Engineering at Abstract

January 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

In this interview (and podcast), with Rukmini Reddy, VP of Engineering at Abstract, we discuss motiving and aligning your team, working in a remote company, hiring, and tips for being organized.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: San Francisco, VP, WomenInTech

Interview with Vishal Saxena, VP Global SaaS Operations at Aktana

December 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

In this interview (and podcast), with Vishal Saxena, VP Global SaaS Operations at Aktana, we discuss handling organization change, the relationship between engineering and IT and Dev-ops, and advice for new managers.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: San Francisco, VP

Interview with Randy Raw, VP of Information Security at Veterans United Home Loans

October 29, 2019 Leave a Comment

Read or listen to my interview with interview with Randy Raw, VP of Information Security at Veterans United Home Loans. We discuss working w/ info security. lessons learned as a leader, recommend podcasts, and more!

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: VP

Interview with Eugene Bochkarev, VP of Engineering at Xero

October 8, 2019 Leave a Comment

Eugene Bochkarev

In this interview (also available as a podcast), I speak with Eugene Bochkarev, VP of Engineering at Xero who wants to make the whole community of engineers and managers better. We discuss advice for new managers, hiring strategies in the highly competitive SF Bay Area, and a lot of great learning and book recommendations.

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: San Francisco, VP

Interview with Juan Pablo Buritica Vice President of Engineering at Splice

June 16, 2019 Leave a Comment

  • What’s your background and how did you get into management?
  • What are the biggest challenges you face?
  • What are your thoughts on diversity?
  • What is your approach to hiring?
  • What’s your advice for managers who are just starting out?
  • What’s your workday like and how do you manage your time, emails, etc.?
  • What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success?

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: BestOfManagersClub, Latinx, New York City, VP

Interview with Robby Russell, VP Engineering, Partner at Planet Argon, LLC

January 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

Current role: VP of Engineering, Founder Partner at Planet Argon
Location: Portland, Oregon

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

It’s not conventional. In the second half of the 90s, I began dabbling with open source technologies. In particular, with Linux and Perl. During this time, I was also a high school dropout painting houses for three years.

The idea of working in tech didn’t appeal to me.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Portland, VP

Interview with Oliver Plattner, VP of Engineering at Codecademy

November 28, 2018 Leave a Comment

Location: New York
Current Role: Codecademy VP of Engineering

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I’ve been working in technology since I was 15 years old and initially started by working with computer networks and data centers. After graduating with a computer science degree, I took my technical skills to build out technical pre and post sales teams. It was early on in my career that I realized it was much more rewarding and empowering to set others up for success and see them achieve their goals as opposed to being an individual contributor.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: New York City, VP

Interview with Saminda Wijegunawardena, VP, Engineering @ Box

November 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Current Role: VP of Engineering

What is your background and how did you get into management?

My background in both management and engineering management is pretty unconventional. In college, I started out as a business major. After taking electives my first year, I took an accounting course in my second year and quickly realized that it was not for me. Ultimately, I took a bunch of science and philosophy of science courses that really reinvigorated me so I decided to go pre-med.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: BestOfManagersClub, San Francisco, VP

Interview with Lei Yang, VP of Engineering at Quora

October 8, 2018 Leave a Comment

Location: Mountain View, CA
Current role: VP of engineering at Quora

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I was born and raised in China. I got my Bachelors degree from Peking University and then came to the US for grad school. I started my first full time job at Google after I got my PhD. After seven years at Google, I joined Quora. In my professional life,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Mountain View, VP, WomenInTech

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