Venturi's Voice: Technology | Leadership | Staffing | Career | Innovation

Ben Fry is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Expert Thinking. Expert Thinking design, build, and support powerful, dynamic, and cost-optimised Azure and AWS cloud solutions. During this episode, the two Ben's sit down to discuss Ben's career history and development in the industry, his leadership style and the culture he fosters at Expert Thinking.

Safa is CEO @ Autocab, an Uber company. Autocab is a Leading SaaS provider of taxi and transport dispach technology acquired by UBER in 2021. Creator of iGo ground transportation marketplace connecting demand generators and operators with millions of jobs exchanged. Ben sits down with Safa to discuss the story behind Autocab, and having recently been acquired by Uber, what that means for the business and its culture. They also spoke about Safa's leadership style and how that has developed over the years. Thanks to Safa and Autocab for hosting us in their beautiful offices in Manchester!

Aymeric is CTO @ Qonto Aymeric has built multiple innovative services with a strong focus on customer experience, innovation, quality and reliability. He loves fast-moving projects and entrepreneurial cultures. Qonto is the leading European business finance solution. It simplifies everything from everyday banking and financing, to bookkeeping and spend management. Qonto energizes SMEs and freelancers so that they can achieve more. During this podcast, Ben sits down with Aymeric to discuss the way the organisation is structured, how Aymeric leads teams of teams, and the different methods of working outside of scrum & Agile.

Shaun Anderson is a Field CTO at NearForm Shaun is the inventor of the Swift Method, a DDD based process for quickly understanding behavior of very complex software systems. He is also the creator of software tools that analyze existing systems, provide analytics and recommendations for modernization strategies. NearForm offers a new kind of partnership combining the development of both products and skills to accelerate digital delivery.  During this episode, Ben sits down with Shaun to discuss what modernization in tech means.

Richard is Group Chief Technology Officer at Haymarket Media Group. During this podcast, Ben sits down with Richard to discuss his incredible career in tech, some of his biggest learnings on this journey, and the importance of being a pragmatic technologist.

Lana is Technology Director, Data & AI @ TPXimpact. TPXimpact delivers impactful, sustainable, digital transformation that enriches how individuals and society experience the world. During this episode, Ben sits down with Lana to discuss how to encourage and inspire the next generation into pursuing a career in technology.

Anna Ratala is CEO & Co-Founder @ Zvook. Zvook helps brands find the most relevant podcasts and book host-read ads in just a few clicks. Anna joined Ben in New York to discuss the ever-expanding world of podcasting, Anna's incredible career journey, and the catalyst to start the business.

Moritz Waldstein-Wartenberg is CEO @ Mitte. Mitte® improves life with better water. They replace bottled water and enable users worldwide to turn tap water into individualized, better water with revolutionary connected home appliances. During this episode, Ben sits down with Moritz to discuss how the business was started, the challenges of bringing a physical product to market, and the exciting future of the business.

Daniel Bartholomae is a Berlin-based founder, manager, and developer. After writing his first program at the age of six, he built his interest in technology, data, and self-management. Daniel is currently CTO @ optilyz. He is building the product and engineering team by improving product focus, setting up cross-functional teams and enhancing software craft. Optilyz is Europe’s leading direct mail automation & programmatic print software.  During this episode, Ben sits down with Daniel to discuss the modern role of a developer, to solve user problems, and using code as a tool to achieve this. The role of "Product Developer" follows from this idea. But what if we follow this idea and setup the full Product and Engineering organization around this goal?

Seth Weinheimer is technical co-founder @ Listo Global Listo is on a mission to lift people everywhere by empowering organizations to find, hire and pay global talent with a world-class team and technology platform. Seth believes in a high trust and autonomous work environment, so during this episode, Ben sits down with Seth to discuss the benefits of this way of working and the mentality shift that goes with asynchronous work.