Colleen Tartow, a seasoned Field CTO, Jim Liu, an accomplished engineering leader, and Divya Alavarthi, a skilled engineering and business strategist, dive into transformative leadership practices. They discuss mastering the hiring process with structured interviews and clear candidate evaluations. The power of storytelling is highlighted for fostering connections and enhancing communication in engineering. The trio also explores the benefits of community support and mentorship, emphasizing how viewing challenges through an engineering lens can lead to effective solutions.

Colleen Tartow shares insights on conducting AI programs, emphasizing clarity in vision and business goals. The episode covers challenges in AI implementation, importance of quality data, operational shifts, and transformative potential of AI in various fields. Strategies for integrating AI systems, simplifying data pipelines, and focusing on customer benefits are also discussed.

Colleen Tartow, Field CTO & Head of Strategy @ VAST Data, shares insights on building data engineering teams from scratch and beyond. Topics include effective communication & collaboration, implications of AI technology, integrating cross-functional partners, and building the hiring process for data eng functions.