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alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders

Tobias Schlottke - alphalist CTO Podcast

This podcast features interviews of CTOs and other technical leadership figures and topics range from technology (AI, blockchain, cyber, DevOps, Web Architecture, etc.) to management (e.g. scaling, structuring teams, mentoring, technical recruiting, product etc.). Guests from leading tech companies share their best practices and knowledge. The goal is to support other CTOs on their journey through tech and engineering, inspire and allow a sneak-peek into other successful companies to understand

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48:12

#129 - $32B Lessons: Building CTO Teams, Rapid...

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2025/09/18

What does it take to build a company worth $32 billion? Solal Raveh, CTO Product Infrastructure at Wiz, shares hard-won lessons from scaling technical teams during one of the fastest-growing security companies in history. Learn how Wiz evolved their CTO office from traditional team building to rapid innovation incubation, why geographic team cloning failed spectacularly, and how staying customer-connected drives product decisions. Discover the three-fold mission of modern CTO roles, the shift from

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55:33

#128 - From Tickets to Problems: Klaus Breyer // Head...

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2025/09/04

You know how agile transformations always promise better collaboration but somehow teams end up chasing tickets like a factory assembly line? Klaus Breyer from Edding has some thoughts on why this keeps happening—and what actually works instead.Klaus's path to leading product and technology at Germany's most famous pen company wasn't exactly traditional. Before Edding, he spent years managing 40-person World of Warcraft raids (yes, really) and running startups. Now he's applying those lessons to

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60:30

#127 - Kelsey Hightower's Unfiltered Truths: 25 Years...

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2025/08/07

What happens when a distinguished engineer who shaped the cloud-native landscape decides to retire at 42? Kelsey Hightower, a pivotal figure in the Kubernetes community and former Google engineer, shares brutally honest insights from his 25-year journey. This isn't a conversation about the next hype cycle; it's a masterclass in the timeless principles of infrastructure, maintenance, and technical strategy.From the fallacy of technology replacement to the hard business realities that should drive

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65:48

#126 - AI Transformation at Scale: Practical Adoption...

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2025/07/24

How do you drive meaningful AI transformation across 150 software engineers without mandates or force? Peter Gostev, Head of AI at Moonpig, reveals the technical strategies and organizational approaches behind scaling AI adoption from 130 to 400+ users while navigating the gap between industry hype and implementation reality.From managing complex integration challenges where 80% of AI projects involve traditional software engineering to implementing three-pillar strategies (tool adoption,

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63:15

#125 - Two CTO Dinosaurs vs. Today's Tech Hype with...

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2025/07/10

What happens when two experienced CTOs sit down to debunk the latest tech trends? Raz Schweiger-Shuty, CTO at auxmoney, joins Tobi for an unfiltered discussion about the hypes, myths, and wastes of resources that plague modern tech companies.After taking over a 17-year-old fintech platform with no prior CTO, Raz made controversial decisions that flew in the face of conventional wisdom: stopping a microservices migration, questioning Kubernetes adoption, and focusing on measurable business value

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63:56

#124 - The Path to AGI: Inside poolside’s AI Model...

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2025/06/27

How do you build a foundation model that can write code at a human level? Eiso Kant (CTO & co-founder, Poolside) reveals the technical architecture, distributed team strategies, and reinforcement learning breakthroughs powering one of Europe’s most ambitious AI startups. Learn how Poolside operates 10,000+ H200s, runs the world’s largest code execution RL environment, and why CTOs must rethink engineering orgs for an agent-driven future.

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63:07

#123 - From Nokia to AI-IoT: Engineering the Physical...

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2025/06/12

The physical world is becoming digital—and it requires fundamentally different technical architecture than traditional IT systems. Bernd Groß leads technical leaders through the evolution from enterprise software to industrial IoT, where real-time data from 30,000 wind turbines and millisecond-level decision-making define system requirements.As co-founder and CEO of Cumulocity, Bernd has navigated one of tech's most complex domains: connecting industrial hardware through standardized platforms

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61:14

#122 - Grid Control in Milliseconds: Engineering...

alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders ·

2025/05/16

Behind the renewable energy revolution lies complex technical infrastructure that CTOs across industries can learn from. Barbara Wittenberg leads a 250-person tech team at 1KOMMA5° that manages real-time data from 40,000+ connected energy assets while coordinating post-merger integration across 80+ companies in 7 countries.This episode unveils the technical architecture powering virtual power plants, where millisecond-level responsiveness can prevent grid failures and optimize energy usage

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61:03

#121 - Canva's Playbook: Scaling Teams, Tech, and AI...

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2025/05/01

In this episode, Tobi chats with Adam Schuck, Senior Engineering Director at Canva, a company that has scaled to over 5,000 employees, 2,000+ engineers, and 230 million MAUs while remaining profitable. Adam shares his journey through startups (including acquisitions by Twitter and Canva) and large tech companies like Google, leading to his current role managing 220 engineers at Canva.They dive deep into the challenges and strategies behind Canva's hypergrowth, including: 📈 Scaling engineering

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73:51

#120 - AI's Singularity & Commoditization: Navigating...

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2025/04/17

In this episode, Tobi talks with Georg Zoeller, Co-Founder of the Centre for AI Leadership and mercenaries.ai, about the turbulent landscape of AI. Georg, with his background at Meta and deep expertise in AI strategy, cuts through the hype surrounding AI's capabilities and economic impact.They discuss the 'singularity' we're already in, driven by rapid, open-source AI development, and why this makes future predictions impossible. Georg argues that software engineering is being commoditized due

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56:31

#119 - Navigating Ambiguity and AI's Impact on...

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2025/04/04

In this episode, Tobi talks with Ivan Kusalic, CTO of Enpal, who leads a team of 250 engineers at one of Germany's leading solar energy companies. Ivan shares insights from his extensive technical leadership journey and his recent return to coding after seven years due to his excitement about AI.Ivan discusses how he navigates complexity and ambiguity in the renewable energy sector, where Enpal builds systems to help households manage solar panels, batteries, EV chargers, and heat pumps as

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62:51

#118 - Radical Engineering Culture and High Bar...

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2025/03/10

Discover insights into building a high-performance engineering organization with Stefan Richter, founder of Freiheit.com Technologies. With 25 years of experience delivering successful software projects for Europe's top companies, Stefan shares his philosophy of radical engineering culture and maintaining an exceptionally high bar in recruiting. This episode dives deep into how Freiheit has achieved their "Never Late, Never Failed" mission through disciplined processes, carefully selected talent,

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68:42

#117 - Navigating AI Trends with Dat Tran // Partner...

alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders ·

2025/02/07

AI is moving faster than ever, and staying ahead of the curve is a challenge for every tech leader. In this episode, Dat Tran joins Tobi to break down what’s happening in the AI space, from cutting-edge model releases to AI-powered productivity tools and the global race for AI dominance. Dat has spent years leading AI teams at Idealo and Axel Springer, co-founding AI-driven startups, and now helps companies make sense of AI without the fluff.Together, they explore the latest AI trends, the reality

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63:04

#116 - Exploring Platform Engineering feat. Camille...

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2025/01/22

How do you create an effective platform team and optimize DevOps? Tobi interviews Camille Fournier about her career, technical insights, and best practices in platform engineering. Camille shares her journey from building her own computers and installing Linux in high school to becoming Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase and authoring influential books for engineers 📚.👩‍💻 Camille's early fascination with computers and engineering, including building her own systems and installing Linux 📚

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62:08

115 - Exploring Growth and Compliance feat. Dennis...

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2025/01/09

Ever wondered how regulated companies like stock exchanges handle tech growth? Dennis Winter (CTO @ Börse Stuttgart) shares how to build engineering organizations in regulated environments. With experience from embedded systems to leading tech at SolarisBank and Börse Stuttgart, he dives deep into scaling teams while maintaining security and compliance standards 🏦🏗️ Early-stage tech decisions and building engineering culture 🔄 Evolving team structures and processes as you scale beyond 50

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41:06

#114 - Building an SDK feat. Dr. Daniel Hauschildt //...

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2024/12/19

Get insight into the SDK business (and learn about cross-platform performance and developer marketing) with Dr. Daniel Hauschildt (MD & CPTO at IMG.LY). As a client-side offering (no servers!), IMG.LY needs to take extra steps to ensure reliability on all devices 📱, platforms 💻 and browsers 🌐. From crafting developer-friendly documentation to optimizing performance on every device and platform imaginable, Daniel shares hard-earned insights from the SDK business.👨‍💻What makes an SDK truly

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50:10

#113 - Faster Incident Response feat. Tim Armandpour...

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2024/12/05

Plan and PRACTICE for better incident response with insights from Tim Armandpour, CTO of PagerDuty. Learn the secrets to resilience from the team that mitigated the impact of a major outage—handling a 250% traffic surge while delivering on their SLA.Listen to find out: - 🛠️ Why planning AND practice are both critical for incident response. - 🚧 How to practice for incident response (e.g Failure Fridays with Chaos Engineering) - 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Ownership: Why tech AND business teams must join

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49:10

#112 - Cross Functional Team Members feat. Daniel...

alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders ·

2024/11/21

Find out about cross-functional team members with Daniel Bartholomae, CTO at optilyz (direct mail SaaS). At optilyz, team members wear multiple hats—whatever hats they need to own the product lifecycle. From product management and design to development and customer engagement, this model eliminates silos and drives efficiency. Daniel breaks down how this innovative approach works, the tools and processes that make it possible, and why it’s a perfect fit for small B2B SaaS companies.Listen to find

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56:20

#111 - Organising for Impact feat. Eric Bowman // CTO...

alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders ·

2024/11/07

How do we actually organize people to consistently deliver value and enjoy the process? This, Eric Bowman (CTO @ King) says, is the core challenge facing any CTO. In this thought-provoking episode, Eric shares insights from his remarkable career in gaming (The Sims, King), e-commerce (Zalando), and navigation technology (TomTom), offering a unique perspective on building high-performing teams and effective tech organizations.Listen in to explore: 🔄 Outcome AND Outputs → Impact (ala Kent Beck’s

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53:29

#110 - Developer Efficiency feat. Rebecca Murphey //...

alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders ·

2024/10/24

Become a more effective team in this CTO podcast featuring Rebecca Murphey, Field CTO of Swarmia and co-author of Build. From her years of experience working in the developer productivity organizations at Stripe and Indeed and now at Swarmia, Rebecca knows this conversation isn’t just about developer metrics and productivity - it’s about the broader picture 🖼️. How do we align🧭 our engineering work with with business outcomes💸, developer experience 😀AND developer productivity⚡. And just as

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