In Action with Wendy

Wendy Closson

Host Wendy Closson interviews technologists, founders, and coaches on novel ways to find success.

  1. 2017/03/28

    Negotiation 101: Finding the Win-Win and Getting Your Worth with Erick Herring and David Subar

    Erick and David are West Coast CTOs and Advisors with an extensive background in negotiating. From Options to Lawyers, they have a well rounded strategy to ensure everyone wins in the deal.  Episode Breakdown: 0 — introductions 5:00 — leadership and teams 8:15 — importance of negotiation beyond salary 9:15 — how to think about negotiation ("win win or no deal") 12:30 — focus on goals 13:30 — Are these options valuable? 17:15 — Adjusting for market 19:40 — Changing perspective on where you add value 24:00 — when to bring in an attorney 26:00 — Losing fear of hearing "no" 28:00 — What does an unreasonable ask look like?   David Subar  David has served as at Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer at several companies, including at Break Media (as CTO), before its merger with Alloy to become Defy Media, and at Zest Finance, where he served as CPO. David has served as an interim CTO/CPO at a number of companies, including Lynda.com (sold to LinkeedIn for $1.5B), PlutoTV, AirMedia and a major studio, where he has advised on product development, recruiting, architecture and security.  David has led teams of greater than 100 and has built products of over 600MM page views/month and greater than 1MM video views a day on mobile and a similar number on the web.   Erick Herring  Erick has been building internet-based systems since before the advent of the commercial Internet. He has held executive roles for the last 15+ years and led teams of 100+ in the development of systems for Privlo, Local Corporation, Feedback, WebVisible, Toyota, LRN, California Federal Bank, Ticketmaster.com, Variety.com, Dell Computer, and many other Fortune 1000 and startup companies.  In addition to his mainstay role as CTO (usually including responsibility for Product), Erick has served as Chief Technology & Marketing Officer (Privlo), Chief Security Officer (Digital Evolution/SOA.com, Zenith Insurance), General Manager (Adapt Technologies - sold to WebVisible - and Feedback.com), and Founder (Townloop, Adapt, Feedback.com).

    36 分鐘

  2. 2015/10/23

    Digging into Ethics with Bob Martin

    What started as a discussion between some folks about the VW scandal, became inspiration for this episode about ethics. Related Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath http://www.agilemanifesto.org/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Aleynikov http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_side_of_the_Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_law Uncle Bob is a software developer, speaker and author. He has been writing code for 50 years and has written several books about software craftsmanship.

    43 分鐘

  3. 2015/03/12

    Uncle Bob on Quality, Ethics and Chickens

    Uncle Bob is a software developer, speaker and author. He has been writing code for 50 years and has written several books about software craftsmanship. This is a great episode if: You want to be a better developer You want to better support your development team You need a push to write better code and say "no"   What you will hear about: Common mistakes developers make The ethics of being a software developer Impact of the fast growth of the software industry   Related Links: Clean Coders

    1 小時 7 分鐘

  4. 2015/02/06

    Randy Rayess on Getting the Most of Offsite Teams

    Randy Rayess is the co-founder of VenturePact, a service that helps companies build remote software teams and execute on software projects. He is passionate about remote work, outsourcing and software development. He previously worked in private equity at SilverLake Partners, in machine learning and in payments.  This is a great episode if: You are researching your offsite/offshore options You want to understand how to ensure a good ROI from offsite teams You want to understand how to mitigate the risks of offsite teams What you will hear about: The impact of cultural differences The value of investing in the team Ways to ensure alignment

    35 分鐘

  5. 2015/01/16

    Chad Pytel on the History, Culture and Workflow at Thoughtbot

    Chad is a developer, founder, and the CEO of thoughtbot. He has coauthored the books Rails AntiPatterns and Pro Active Record, and presented at conferences around the world. Thoughtbot works with companies of all sizes to build successful products that people love to use.   This is a great episode if:   You are a leader who wants to create a strong culture in your company You want to perform user testing in a sustainable and valuable way You are looking to outsource a project   What you will hear about:   Thoughtbot culture, history and process User Testing What happens when you invest in your people    Related Interviews: Robert Richman Debbie Madden

    42 分鐘

  6. 2015/01/09

    Jean Barmash Part 2

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    20 分鐘

  7. 2014/12/18

    Jean Barmash on Off-Shore Teams, Aligning with Business Priorities and Setting Boundaries

    Jean Barmash is currently VP of Engineering at Merchantry, an eCommerce Technology startup.  He has over 15 years of experience in software industry, and has been part of 4 startups over the last seven years, 3 as CTO / VPE and one of which he co-founded.  Prior to his entrepreneurial adventures, Jean held a variety of progressively senior roles in development, integration consulting, training, and team leadership.  He worked for such companies as Trilogy, Symantec, Infusion and Alfresco, where he consulted to Fortune 100 companies like Ford, Toyota, Microsoft, Adobe, IHG, Citi, BofA, NBC, and Booz Allen Hamilton.  Jean is passionate about raising the level of technical leadership, and for the last five years has been organizing CTO School meetup, an organization he co-founded and grew to over 1,600 members.  Jean speaks frequently at conferences, meetups, mentors at startup accelerators (ERA, Techstars), blogs (infrequently) at http://hellofoobar.com, and tweets almost just as infrequently at @jbarmash.  Jean lives in NY with his awesome and supportive wife and two hilariously-funny kids.  This is a great episode if: You are a technical leader who works with offshore teams You want to ensure your team(s) are aligned with business priorities You are looking for new ways to measure success What you will hear about: Off-shore teams Tactics to align with business goals with team processes Batman Links: Cynefin Related Interviews: Ken Judy Jessica Barnett

    21 分鐘

  8. 2014/12/04

    Esther Derby on Gaining Influence, Working with Teams and the Value of Experience

    Esther Derby is an expert in organizational dynamics and a leading thinker in bringing agility to organizations, management, and teams. She has spent the last twenty-five years helping companies design their environment, culture, and human dynamics for optimum success. In addition to this work, she’s written over 100 articles, and co-authored two books–Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great and Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management. Relevant audience: You are a technical leader who cannot get the resources, people or buy in you need. You want your teams to learn and make decisions independently Your team(s) are having trouble collaborating What you will hear about: Tactics to gain influence Retrospectives Experiential Workshops Training and Learning with Esther: Problem Solving Leadership (http://estherderby.com/workshops/problem-solving-leadership-psl) Monthly teleconferences (http://www.estherderby.com/qa-teleconferences) Agile Retrospectives (http://amzn.com/0977616649) Related Podcasts: Dan Mezick - http://bit.ly/1q3lZ5W Robert Richman - http://bit.ly/1u6eIUJ

    32 分鐘
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簡介

Host Wendy Closson interviews technologists, founders, and coaches on novel ways to find success.

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  • 創作者
    Wendy Closson
  • 活躍年代
    2017年
  • 集數
    23
  • 年齡分級
    兒少適宜
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    © Copyright LilyPad Light Corp 2014-2016
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    In Action with Wendy