Confessions of an AWS DeepRacer Champion and Engineering Leader
What does it really take to lead engineering teams in the age of AI? In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we sit down with Ross Williams (Director of Application Engineering at Aqfer) to unpack how engineering leadership is evolving and why the traditional full stack role may be gone for good. The episode explore AI-driven dev tools, remote team dynamics, hiring challenges, and why aspiring leaders should pause before chasing a promotion.
From Google to Bolt’s 10x Hypergrowth to Startup CTO
Kazuki Nishiura has seen it all from working on Google Pay, to scaling Bolt’s engineering team 10x during hypergrowth, to leading as CTO of a fast-growing AI-driven fraud and compliance platform at Sardine.ai.
How to Scale Calm, High-Trust Engineering Teams in 2025
What does it take to scale an engineering org without burning people out or losing clarity? In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we’re joined by Logan Connors, VP of Technology and CISO at Healthyr. He shares hard-earned lessons from building global teams across SaaS, healthcare, finance, and venture capital — with a focus on calm leadership, product-driven security, and what AI is changing about the way we hire and build.
Scaling AI and Building Trust in High-Performing Engineering Teams
How do you build AI systems people actually trust—especially in high-stakes industries like healthcare and finance? In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we sit down with John Van Vranken, CTO at Mobile Pricecard, to unpack lessons from his work across machine learning infrastructure, monolith-to-microservice migrations, and scaling distributed engineering teams.
From Scale AI to Startup: How AI-Native Teams Are Built
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, host Matthieu McClintock sits down with Hongbo Tian and James O’Brien, co-founders of Ducky.ai, to explore what it really means to build and lead an AI-native startup in 2025. Hong brings deep experience from Scale AI, while James draws from years as a founder and operator across early-stage startups. Together, they share practical insights and contrarian takes on team structure, hiring, product development, and the new mental models required to ship AI products at scale.
How LLMs Are Reshaping DevOps, Infra, and Engineering Teams
In this episode of Tech Teams Today, we’re joined by Yassine Açoine, Co-founder and CTO of North.cloud, to talk about how LLMs are transforming infra deployment, the importance of flexibility in engineering leadership, and how AI is impacting the role of solutions architects. We also explore how team structures are evolving, what makes a great engineering leader in 2025, and why autonomy is becoming a critical part of modern engineering orgs.
