Modern CTO

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Modern CTO is the #1 place where technology leaders and CTOs hang out. We live to bring tech leaders value. Listen in on our fun, intelligent and engaging podcast. We hang out with interesting and popular CTOs in Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics + Many more industries. All of this, right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast. What do you think of the show? Let us know here!

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October 26, 202646 min

Turning Constant Turnover Into a Strength with Sean Phelps of College Works

What if preparing your people to move on is the secret to attracting great talent in the first place? Today, we're talking to Sean Phelps, President of College Works. We explore how to run a business where most of the team turns over every year, why hiring on objective criteria can beat going with your gut, how a regular shadowing habit keeps even seasoned leaders sharp, and what a college degree is worth in the age of AI. https://collegeworks.com/

October 22, 202641 min

Beyond Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: Your Post-Quantum Game Plan, with Konstantinos Karagiannis

What if the quantum threat everyone is preparing for isn't the one that will actually arrive first? Today, we're talking to Konstantinos Karagiannis, Senior Director of Quantum Computing Services at Protiviti. We explore why "harvest now, forge later" deserves a place next to "harvest now, decrypt later," how falling qubit estimates are sharpening the Q Day timeline and what that means for Bitcoin and Ethereum, and how leaders can build crypto-agility and lead by building while there's still time to act. If you want to hear more from Konstantinos, check out his show, The Post Quantum World Podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-post-quantum-world/id1564148665

October 19, 202641 min

Taming Shadow AI: A CTO’s Guide with Andrius Buinovskis, VP of Product Strategy at NordLayer

What if the biggest AI risk in your company is the tool your team quietly adopted last week? Today, we're talking to Andrius Buinovskis, VP Product Strategy at NordLayer. We explore how shadow IT evolved into shadow AI as work moved into the browser, why the instinct to ban is giving way to securing use instead, what separates human AI from non-human AI, and how CTOs can start protecting data without slowing adoption. Modern CTO listeners can use code MODERNCTO10 for an extra 10% off at nordlayer.com/browser/moderncto. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

October 15, 202616 min

Tech Titans: Lessons From Shipping Felix AI to Market with Mario Ciabarra, CEO of Quantum Metric

Today, we're talking to Mario Ciabarra, founder and CEO of Quantum Metric. We discuss why a generative AI demo that works in an afternoon proves almost nothing, how testing ten ideas against real customers beats betting on one big strategy, and why building a multibillion dollar company comes down to loving the daily grind more than anyone expects. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

October 12, 20261 hr 4 min

Theoretical Computer Scientist: AI Just Changed Math Forever, with Scott Aaronson

What’s left for humans to do once AI is better at solving problems than we are? Today, we’re talking to Scott Aaronson, a theoretical computer scientist at UT Austin who has spent his career on quantum computing theory. We explore how AI is changing the way we do math and teach students, what it takes to keep increasingly capable systems aligned with human goals, and why one of computer science’s most famous puzzles, P versus NP, matters to everyday programmers. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

October 8, 202658 min

Reliability Without the Guesswork: Foresight AI with Kolton Andrus, CEO of Gremlin

The best reliability work is the kind nobody notices, and that's exactly why it deserves more credit. Today, we're talking to Kolton Andrus, founder and CEO of Gremlin. We discuss why the engineers who prevent fires deserve as much recognition as the ones who fight them, how testing failure on purpose turned a dreaded holiday on-call into a quiet one, and why teams that pair AI speed with real-world testing can build software that holds up. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Want to know more about Gremlin? Check their Website https://www.gremlin.com/

October 5, 202654 min

Scaling AI Efficiency at LinkedIn with Erran Berger, CTO of Engineering

Most companies at scale can't tell you what a single feature actually costs to run, but Erran Berger, CTO of Engineering at LinkedIn, can. We discuss why that blind spot is more common than you'd think, why treating AI transformation as bad for employees is a false premise, and how LinkedIn reorganized its teams into small, cross-functional pods now that AI lets one person do the work of several.

October 1, 202618 min

Tech Titans: Agents Built Around People with Mohak Shroff, former SVP of Engineering at LinkedIn

Today, we're talking to Mohak Shroff, former SVP of Engineering at LinkedIn. We discuss why the smartest use of AI agents is giving professionals more agency rather than replacing them, how delegating to an agent should look a lot like onboarding a new hire, and what it takes to build the thing that was impossible before instead of making the familiar 20% better. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

September 28, 202617 min

Tech Titans: How Can a Chatbot Steal a Model's Secrets? with Steve Orrin, Federal CTO at Intel

Everyone's arguing about whether AI will replace 90% of your job. Steve Orrin, federal CTO at Intel, says that's the wrong number to even be worried about. We discuss how a $25 million deepfake of a bank's own CFO exposed a whole new category of cyberattack, why sprinkling "AI pixie dust" on a problem doesn't actually solve anything, and why, thirty years into being a CTO, his best advice still comes down to surrounding yourself with people smarter than you. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

September 24, 202651 min

Why High-Achieving Engineers Still Feel Something's Missing with Ben Fox, Career Coach for Engineers

Today, we're talking to Ben Fox, founder of Ben Fox Coaching. We discuss why financial independence alone rarely convinces a burnt-out engineering leader to actually quit, how leaving a toxic job works the same way as leaving a toxic relationship, and why senior engineers reduced to babysitting language models are quietly heading for the exits. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

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