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The Diary Of A CTO

Guy Bevington

Where successful CTO"s share their secrets.

technology entrepreneurship

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01:11:13

E49. Michael Moore

The Diary Of A CTO ·

2025/11/18

Michael Moore is CTO of Nmible, and a seasoned tech leader who has grown his career from a hands-on Software Engineer, through to Technical Lead, Engineering Manager and then to CTO.In this episode, we discussed Michael's approach to hiring talent and building culture as well as him sharing personal recent experiences in the job market as a candidate.A must listen episode!

50:05

E48. Miguel Marin Vermelho

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2025/11/14

Miguel Marin Vermelho is CTO at Flown. An innovative start-up building a platform to encourage deep work in a remote setting.In this episode, Miguel talks us through his career journey and his approach to managing his own productivity, mental health and energy levels to allow for deep work.If you ever procrastinate or struggle with concentration levels, this is the episode for you!

38:29

E47. David Stringer

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2025/11/11

David Stringer is the Director and Head of Technology & Innovation at Bidwells. After a long and accomplished career in the Royal Navy, David carved out a new path as a technology leader, assuming influential roles with Cushman & Wakefield, PWC and now Bidwells. In this episode, David shared with us the problem solving mindset he has crafted over the years that not only enables him to be an effective leader, but ensures he adds real world value to the business.

40:39

E46. James Carter - Developing Team Performance and...

The Diary Of A CTO ·

2025/10/19

In this episode, I sit down with James, a seasoned technology leader whose career spans roles as a software engineer, consultant, founder, lecturer, and more — with experience across both nimble startups and major corporates like BAML and Schlumberger. We dive into his journey, his work at Tau Ceti, helping build high-performing teams, and the key principles behind effective tech leadership. James also shares the challenges he’s faced, and his favourite piece of advice for anyone in tech.

54:49

E45. Stuart Wright - Be The Change You Want To See In...

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2025/10/13

Stuart Wright is CTO of SEGA Europe and top 100 CIO for 2025. In this episode, Stuart shares his highly entertaining career journey, his approach to fostering culture and his actions around striving for real equality and diversity in the workplace.

51:53

E44. Krishna Dubba - Spotting the Gap In The Market

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2025/09/22

Krishna Dubba, Cofounder and CTO of Covent.Covent is a start-up using AI to match together event organisers and sponsors.In this episode, Krishna shares his inspiring career within tech and data, across academia, research and applied ML and of course as an entrepreneur. He achieved his PhD in Machine Learning & AI and then has gone on to found a number of exciting data and AI focused business.

49:22

E43. Anna Keren - Pushing Past Limiting Beliefs and...

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2025/09/02

Anna Keren is the CTO & Co-founder at Falkin, an innovative start-up doing some super interesting work around fraud and real-time scam prevention.In this episode Anna shares her fascinating career story and talks us through how she pushed past a number of limiting beliefs to continue to grow and develop her career, before finally taking the plunge to found her start-up, Falkin.

39:51

E42. Ben Groves - Ensuring Value From A Data Platform

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2025/08/26

Ben is CTO of Bayezian, a leading Data Consultancy and Solutions Business. In this episode, Ben discuss his leadership style, his approach to Data & AI initiatives and how to ensure companies are actually deriving value from their data platforms.

53:16

E41. Alaa Abouzeid - Making The Difference Where It...

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2025/08/06

Alaa Abouzeid is VP of Software and Firmware Engineering for Reveal Media, a company building innovative body worn camera solutions for front line workers in a number of important critical cases.Alaa has been with the company for over 14 years and grown his career there into a position of tech leadership. In this episode, Alaa shares his approach to engineering leadership and more about the innovative work being done at Reveal Media.

39:54

E40. Ben Jarvis - How Do You Get Value From A Data...

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2025/07/22

Ben Jarvis is CTO of the Data & AI Practice at Telefónica Tech, a Data and Technology services Consultancy. In this episode, Ben shares his inspirational story of how he has worked his way up froma Data Analytics Consultant to CTO.We hear his thoughts on how important it is to stay technically involved as a CTO and how do you ensure you are getting value out of a data platform.

59:05

E39. Dedy Kredo - Building Quality Software in the...

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2025/07/14

Dedy Kredo is the Founder and Chief Product Officer at Qodo, an agentic AI platform designed to help developers build high-quality software at scale.Before launching Qodo, Dedy held senior roles across product, data, and technology in both early-stage startups and global enterprises like VMware. In this episode, he shares his journey from curious coder to startup founder, offering insight into the evolving role of developers, building aligned teams, and what it takes to lead in the fast-moving world

44:35

E38. Daren Rudd - Creating The Competitive Advantage...

The Diary Of A CTO ·

2025/07/07

Daren Rudd is the Vice President of Consulting for CGI, leading the insurance business and technology division. He has a long standing career in consulting and insurance, having taken leadership roles at Cognizant, Brit Insurance and Hiscox.In this episode, we take a walk through his career and discuss how to create a competitive advantage in the Consulting world.

01:01:20

E37. Andy Parsons - Discussing the Financial Services...

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2025/06/23

Andy is a CTO who has assumed a wealth of C-suite and technology leadership positions largely within the financial services sector, having played key roles for companies like Citi, Admiral, HSBC, Mastercard to name a few.In this episode, Andy talks to us about how he sees the Financial Services world evolving in light of recent technology advancements.

46:08

E36. Jonathan Fletcher - Career Reflections Of The...

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2025/06/17

Jon has had an extremely impressive career as a CTO,carving a reputation out for himself particularly within the insurance sector having been CTO of companies like Hiscox and most recently CFC Underwriting.In this episode, Jon and I reflect on his career journey and discuss the key lessons learned along the way.

54:41

E35. Azam Beyk - Building Your Business Based on Values

The Diary Of A CTO ·

2025/05/19

Azam is a leading technologist and entrepreneur, with experience across research and applied technology.He has worked for many different types of organisations, but withparticular emphasis on the Telecoms sector, having done great things at companies like Vodafone and Comarch. Azam talks us through his unique and inspiring career journey to date and discusses his role as Co-founder of Niioma, a start-up fostering a very innovative approach to building marketplaces.

01:00:28

E34. Joe Thompson - Championing Digital Inclusion

The Diary Of A CTO ·

2025/05/13

Joe is the CTO of Hedgehog Lab, a software services consultancy. In this episode, Joe shares with us his career journey working within influential Product and Tech Leadership positions at companies like Expedia, Xoomworks and then Accenture. He also talks about his views and approach to ensuring digital inclusion and sustainability in tech.

49:34

E33. - Frank Gibson - Perfecting The Craft Of The...

The Diary Of A CTO ·

2025/03/31

Frank Gibson is a highly experienced and respected CTO, who has carved out a very successful career path in the interim leadership space. He has fulfilled interim CTO roles for brands such as The Economist, Kantar and now more recently with Timeout.In this episode, Frank shares his career story, we discuss the nature of the interim role and the expectations and challenges that come along with it.

01:04:53

E32. Russell Ward - Leading With Authenticity

The Diary Of A CTO ·

2025/03/24

Russell is a highly experienced technology leader, who has recently moved into the role of CTO for Leapfrog Technology. In this episode, Russell shares his career story, we discuss his mindset around career progression and how he has approached the first few months as a CTO for a global Software Services business.A genuinely great episode!

47:27

E31. Chris Pugliese - Tax shouldn't have to be taxing

The Diary Of A CTO ·

2025/03/10

Chris currently the CTO of Pie, an innovative tax app, streamlining the process of how people do their taxes. Prior to this, Chris has enjoyed an accomplished career as a software engineer and tech leader in many other interesting companies in many different countries.Chris shares his career story and lessons learned along the way.

01:04:16

E30. Sam Hill - Enjoying a stay at Cat Camp

The Diary Of A CTO ·

2025/03/05

I had the pleasure recently of being joined by Sam Hill, a highly experienced CTO who has successfully built and exited a business as an entrepreneur and then moved on to influential technology leadership roles for organisations such as Tesco, BBC and M&S.Sam shares his career journey with us and his unique style to leadership. A must listen episode!

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