Modern CTO

Today we’re talking to Alysson Muotri, Professor at University of California, San Diego; and we discuss how Alysson is growing brains in a lab, and what’s on the cutting edge of modern autism and genetic research.All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! 

Today we’re talking to Melody Jackson, Professor at Georgia Tech; and we discuss how Melody is researching interaction between dogs and computers, her sensor vest for dogs that enhances communication between humans and dogs, and how this technology can improve the lives of people with disabilities. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!Check out more of Melody and FIDO at https://gvu.gatech.edu/research/projects/fido-facilitating-interactions-dogs-occupations

Today we’re talking to Bruce Crawford, CEO of Nona Desalination; and we discuss how Bruce is finding product-market fit for a revolutionary new technology, the technological challenges of turning saltwater into drinking water at scale, and leadership lessons from MIT’s MBA program.All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more of Bruce and Nona Desalination at https://www.nona-technologies.com/

Today we’re talking to Nicola Ferralis, Research Scientist and Program Manager at MIT; and we discuss how Nicola is working on ways to make carbon fiber out of fossil fuel byproducts, benefits of carbon fiber in constructing cars, planes and rockets, and the machine learning tech Nicola employs for big data analytics in his research.All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! 

Today we’re talking to Hillery Hunter, CTO of IBM Cloud; and we discuss why removing ego and emotions when asking leaders for their opinion is extremely important, Hillery’s career path from being an individual contributor to CTO at IBM, and the benefits of intimately knowing your strengths and weaknesses.All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more about Hillery and IBM at https://www.ibm.com/us-en?ar=1

Today we’re talking to Bart den Haak, author of Moving the Needle; and we discuss how to effectively implement OKRs to move your business forward, why solving a strategy execution problem starts with changing the behavior of individuals on your team, and how to optimize the speed of learning in your teams.All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more about Bart at https://www.movingtheneedle.com/

Today we’re talking to Albert Fox Cahn, Founder and Executive Director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P); and we discuss S.T.O.P.’s mission to push back against surveillance and avoid having a dystopian surveillance state in the future, evaluating the effectiveness of surveillance for stopping crimes vs. the invasion of privacy, and why it takes organizing on a local level to curtail state surveillance. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more about Albert and S.T.O.P at https://www.stopspying.org/post-act

Today we’re talking to Derek Lyons, Co-Founder and CTO of Actual; and we discuss how Actual helps large organizations meet their sustainability goals through an ESG platform, the work they’re doing to make the wool industry in New Zealand carbon neutral, and why environmental sustainability reporting doesn’t mean much without a solid plan.All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more of Derek and Actual at https://www.actualhq.com/

Today we’re talking to Emiliano Delucia, CTO of PLACE; and we discuss how PLACE provides the end-to-end tech stack for realtors to run their business, what it has been like scaling the business as demand has exploded in the housing market, and how Emiliano is constantly working to identify and raise up talented leaders in his organization. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!Check out more of Emiliano and PLACE at https://place.com/

Today we’re talking to Rob Zuber, CTO of CircleCI; and we discuss how to uplevel your software teams, why teaching and mentoring others is beneficial to your own skills, and how the best way to have quality software is to move quickly and deploy often.All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Check out more of Rob and CircleCI at https://circleci.com/