

#11 - Owen Evans, "Enable a space where great work can happen"
In this episode, we chat with Owen Evans.
Owen is the Senior Vice President Of Technology (CTO) of Timely.
He talks about his many attempts in startups and his growth as a leader of engineering teams.
Owen has been a software developer and technologist since being introduced to the early stages of the internet in the early 90s.
Since then he's gone on to help found a number of startups, including Xero, Hoist, 8i, Zapier, and JRNY, not all of them successful.
He's passionate about good people leadership in the technical space and has worked with a number of technical executives as a coach to try and improve management and strategic thinking across the board.
He's passionate about startups and the people that make them, as well as enabling great remote decision-making.
Owen was brought into Timely to take over from the founding CTO during their acquisition by EverCommerce and currently holds the SVP of Technology role for their Wellness group. In his lack of spare time, he likes to brew beer, play golf, shoot arrows, and generally spend time with his family, his wife and two daughters, in Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
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