Tech Teams Today

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Tech Teams Today dives into how top engineering leaders are building, leading and scaling high-performing teams of engineers and developers in the new world of work. Get unfiltered, fresh ideas to help propel your teams and your own tech leadership career. Tech Teams Today is brought to you by Revelo, the platform used by leading US companies to find, hire and pay full-time, remote engineers based in Latin America. Learn more at www.revelo.com

  1. 4d ago

    CTO @ CircleCI | Why He Is Still Hiring Juniors When Everyone Else Stopped

    Rob Zuber has been CTO at CircleCI for just over 12 years. He came in through an acquisition, shipped a PR that took down production in his first week, and now runs an engineering org of a little over 100 people while still writing code most days on a small team inside it. He's also doing something almost nobody else is doing right now: hiring junior engineers on purpose, through a program built specifically for new grads. A year ago he was saying the opposite in public, and he'll tell you exactly where to find the receipts. We got into what changed, what breaks when half your org adopts agents and half doesn't, and the one question Rob thinks separates the companies pulling ahead from everyone else. What you'll learn: Why Rob restarted junior hiring while the rest of the market stopped, and what the program actually looks likeThe reason this moment is a leveler, and why "I don't know, let's figure it out" beats "come along little one, let me teach you"How Rob interviews for comfort with the unknown, and the specific follow-up that makes a rehearsed answer fall apartThe email from a stranger that changed how he talks about failure across culturesReframing bets and hypotheses so a team stops guarding against being wrongThe real friction in AI adoption: not tooling, but one engineer deciding another one is recklessWhy Rob stopped deleting the agent's extraneous commentsReadable for humans versus readable for agents, and why he thinks great agent-readable code is something we'll discover rather than designThe ambiguity gap, and the 2 choices you have when your team can't absorb more changeWhy nobody is managing your ability to handle the next level, and what that means if you're aiming at the CTO seat Where to find Rob Zuber LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robzuber/ Where to find Josh Anderson Tech Teams Today: ⁠https://www.revelo.com/t3/home⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuadavidanderson/⁠

    CTO @ CircleCI | Why He Is Still Hiring Juniors When Everyone Else Stopped

  2. Sep 24

    EVP of AI @ DonerColle | HowTo Transform A Creative Agency With AI

    Doug Guttenberg owns AI transformation at DonerColle Partners, a creative agency, and he's never been a developer. Since early 2024, he's built a team of about 15 engineers and creative technologists, and most of them came out of an internal skunkworks he started with a small monthly budget. Doug and Josh get into how that task force turned into a real team, the one rule that kept it from becoming a string of cool demos, why juniors aren't ahead of seniors on AI yet, and why the cost of switching models is mostly in our heads. Doug also shares the 2 things he hires for. Where to find Doug Guttenberg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougguttenberg/ Where to find Josh Anderson Tech Teams Today: https://www.revelo.com/t3/homeLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuadavidanderson/ Referenced Claude: https://claude.comClaude Fable: https://www.anthropic.com/claude/fableChatGPT: https://chatgpt.comCodex: https://openai.com/codexGrok Bot: https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-botOpenClaw: https://openclaw.aiModel Context Protocol (MCP): https://modelcontextprotocol.ioFigma MCP server: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/32132100833559Adobe InDesign: https://www.adobe.com/products/indesign.htmlJ.A.R.V.I.S.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.A.R.V.I.S. Recommended books Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliers_(book)Meditations by Marcus Aurelius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations

    EVP of AI @ DonerColle | HowTo Transform A Creative Agency With AI

  3. Sep 17

    VP @ REPAY | The AI in Payments Playbook: Accuracy, Human Review, and Guardrails

    Kish Khemani runs AI architecture for B2B payments at REPAY, and he's been leading engineering teams since his first job in 1993, building a C++ compiler at a Silicon Valley startup. His current team is roughly 20 people across the US, South America, and India, and he's kept it as 1 team on purpose. He explains why the pizza rule failed him at a previous company, why 3 teams of 6 turned into 2 teams of 9, and why it takes about 3 months to know if a structure is working. The bigger part of the conversation is about what AI is doing to the way his team learns. Every check-in requires at least 2 peer reviews. The reviews still happen. But something in them has quietly changed. Also covered: daytime and nighttime crews, why offshore contractors won't tell you the deadline is wrong until the week before, and how you run AI agents inside a payments platform when a single logic error costs millions. About Our Guest: Kish Khemani is VP of AI Architecture for B2B Payments at REPAY. He's led distributed engineering teams for 30+ years, starting in 1993 on a C++ compiler, and now runs AI architecture inside a payments platform. Connect with Kish on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kishkhemani/ About Tech Teams Today: Tech Teams Today is a podcast by Revelo where we sit down with engineering leaders to talk about how they build, scale, and lead high-performing tech teams. Real conversations. No fluff. Subscribe and never miss an episode: - YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@revelohq⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3ymzd0MC1YjnFy7hKzzR9x?si=51f3989aa4bc4308⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-teams-today/id1641545336⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with us: - Revelo: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.revelo.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Josh Anderson (Field CTO): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuadavidanderson/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Revelo on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/revelohq/⁠⁠

    VP @ REPAY | The AI in Payments Playbook: Accuracy, Human Review, and Guardrails

  4. Sep 10

    Recruiting Leader @ Zapier | "It's Not Bots Versus Bots." What's Actually Breaking Hiring in 2026

    Every hiring process at Zapier now includes an AI fluency assessment. Candidates are encouraged to use AI in technical work. And a human still reviews every single application that moves forward. Bonnie Dilber runs recruiting at one of the most AI-forward companies operating today. Josh sat down with her to work through what's actually changed in hiring, and what hasn't. The answers are messier than the headlines. Deepfaked candidates showing up in remote interviews. Automated application tools that trip the same fraud alerts as real scammers. Teams getting leaner at the top and thinner at the bottom, with career ladders that no longer describe how growth works. And underneath all of it, a supply problem that no amount of tooling fixes. Bonnie also gets specific about the things a VP controls directly: what separates hiring managers who get great outcomes from ones who throw a job description over the wall, how to test for comfort with ambiguity when it isn't on a resume, how to break a split panel decision, and what to say to an interviewer who gets overruled and takes it personally. About Our Guest: Bonnie Dilber is a recruiting leader at Zapier, the fully remote automation company. She hires across business teams at one of the most AI-forward companies in tech, and writes about hiring and the job market for a large following on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnie-dilber/ About Tech Teams Today: Tech Teams Today is a podcast by Revelo where we sit down with engineering leaders to talk about how they build, scale, and lead high-performing tech teams. Real conversations. No fluff. Subscribe and never miss an episode: - Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://techteamstoday.substack.com/s/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ - YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@revelohq⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3ymzd0MC1YjnFy7hKzzR9x?si=51f3989aa4bc4308⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-teams-today/id1641545336⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with us: - Tech Teams Today Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://techteamstoday.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Revelo: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.revelo.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Josh Anderson (Field CTO): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuadavidanderson/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Revelo on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/revelohq/⁠⁠

    Recruiting Leader @ Zapier | "It's Not Bots Versus Bots." What's Actually Breaking Hiring in 2026

  5. Aug 27

    SVP of People @ Kalkomey | 60% Of Your Applicants Aren't Real People

    Every resume looks great now. That's the problem. Sam Baber runs people operations at a 100-person distributed company, and somewhere between 40 and 60 percent of the applications hitting his team's inbox are machine-generated noise. Then it got worse. One candidate made it to a second-round interview wearing what looked like two headsets, sitting in front of a fake background, and refused to show his hands on camera. Another group forged signed offer letters with real titles and salaries and emailed the company asking where their laptops were. That one ended with a call to the FBI. So Sam's team gave up blind phone screens, a bias safeguard they'd defended for years, and now runs video from the very first call. Josh and Sam get into what this means for engineering leaders who are hiring right now: how you verify a person is a person, why they rewrote every single job description in the company from scratch, whether Meta's 1-to-50 manager ratio experiment holds up, and what great hiring managers do that average ones don't. Sam's answer on that last one is blunt. Invest in the front end. Block your calendars. And stop dragging candidates through your own indecision. About Our Guest: Sam Baber leads people operations at Kalkomey, a 30-year-old outdoor safety education company with roughly 100 employees spread across two dozen US states and two Canadian provinces. His team covers talent acquisition, learning and development, and the operational side of the people function. He's spent 30 years in HR and talent, including stretches at a Fortune 100 company and 25 years across tech. He taught college English before that, which shows up in how he thinks about job descriptions, prompt writing, and why the words a leader chooses in a hiring debrief matter more than they think. About Tech Teams Today: Tech Teams Today is a podcast by Revelo where we sit down with engineering leaders to talk about how they build, scale, and lead high-performing tech teams. Real conversations. No fluff. Subscribe and never miss an episode: - Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://techteamstoday.substack.com/s/podcast⁠⁠⁠ - YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@revelohq⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3ymzd0MC1YjnFy7hKzzR9x?si=51f3989aa4bc4308⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-teams-today/id1641545336⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with us: - Tech Teams Today Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠https://techteamstoday.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ - Revelo: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.revelo.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Josh Anderson (Field CTO): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuadavidanderson/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Revelo on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/revelohq/⁠⁠

    SVP of People @ Kalkomey | 60% Of Your Applicants Aren't Real People

  6. Aug 6

    Chief Data Officer @ Surescripts | You Can Predict It. Should You? Data Ethics At Scale

    Lynne Nowak practiced internal medicine for nearly 15 years before an unexpected reorg handed her a team of data scientists and PhD researchers. Her first reaction: why would you give the data team to someone who isn't a data person? Her boss's answer changed how she thought about leadership. You don't have to write the SQL. You have to ask the right questions, hire people smarter than you, and build a culture where problems surface early. Josh and Lynne get into the structure of her 3-part data org at Surescripts, the Analytics Business Partner role she built to translate between business and data teams, why "new prescription" is a surprisingly complicated phrase, and the opioid prediction model that taught her the difference between "can we" and "should we." They close on AI governance in healthcare, why she treats AI like a really good intern, and the parenting philosophy that shaped her leadership style. About Our Guest: Lynne Nowak leads data and analytics at Surescripts. A practicing physician for nearly 15 years before moving into health technology, she now runs teams spanning data platform, analytics, and data products, with a leadership philosophy built on hiring people smarter than her and asking "should we" before "can we." About Tech Teams Today: Tech Teams Today is a podcast by Revelo where we sit down with engineering leaders to talk about how they build, scale, and lead high-performing tech teams. Real conversations. No fluff. Subscribe and never miss an episode: - Substack: ⁠⁠https://techteamstoday.substack.com/s/podcast⁠⁠ - YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@revelohq⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3ymzd0MC1YjnFy7hKzzR9x?si=51f3989aa4bc4308⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-teams-today/id1641545336⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with us: - Tech Teams Today Newsletter: ⁠⁠https://techteamstoday.substack.com/⁠⁠ - Revelo: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.revelo.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Josh Anderson (Field CTO): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuadavidanderson/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Revelo on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/revelohq/⁠⁠

    Chief Data Officer @ Surescripts | You Can Predict It. Should You? Data Ethics At Scale

  7. Jul 30

    Sr VP @ Dynamic Aviation | From F-22 Flight Tests to Leading Tech Teams

    Molly Mae Potter's path to tech leadership started with a 4-year-old's plan to become an astronaut. It ran through Embry-Riddle, a NASA internship, and testing F-22s as an Air Force flight test engineer before a Dell hiring manager bet on a resume nobody else would pick up. Now, as Senior VP of Technology, Engineering and Programs at Dynamic Aviation, she hires the way she was hired: for intellectual curiosity, diversity of experience, and whether she'd want to be stuck on a 15-hour flight with you. In this episode, Molly Mae and Josh dig into how to actually hire for potential when recruiters want checkboxes, why "no one's an expert" is the most useful phrase in an AI-era hiring conversation, the crown-jewels framework for deciding what your org stops doing, and the leadership table moment that made her walk away from a Fortune 100 seat. About Our Guest:Molly Mae Potter is Senior VP of Technology, Engineering and Programs at Dynamic Aviation. A former Air Force flight test engineer on the F-22, she spent nearly a decade at Dell, led security and compliance for HPE GreenLake, and founded the consulting firm Salem CISO. She's a contributing author of Luminaries: Women Leaders Who Light the Way (Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5DZ84ZL) About Tech Teams Today: Tech Teams Today is a podcast by Revelo where we sit down with engineering leaders to talk about how they build, scale, and lead high-performing tech teams. Real conversations. No fluff. Subscribe and never miss an episode: - Substack: ⁠https://techteamstoday.substack.com/s/podcast⁠ - YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@revelohq⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3ymzd0MC1YjnFy7hKzzR9x?si=51f3989aa4bc4308⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-teams-today/id1641545336⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with us: - Tech Teams Today Newsletter: ⁠https://techteamstoday.substack.com/⁠ - Revelo: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.revelo.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Josh Anderson (Field CTO): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuadavidanderson/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Revelo on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/revelohq/⁠⁠

    Sr VP @ Dynamic Aviation | From F-22 Flight Tests to Leading Tech Teams

  8. Jul 23

    One Engineer and a Swarm of Agents? 3 VPs on What Actually Breaks

    What happens to an engineering team when one person can run a swarm of agents? David Shen, Devin Goodsell, and Francisco Trindade came into the studio to pressure-test that idea, and they don't fully agree on the how or the when. The conversation moves from the easy version ("one engineer, a bunch of bots") to the parts that actually matter: where the real bottleneck lives, what breaks when 5,000 agents commit to the same repo, and how you'd shape a team for 2028 without copying Meta's headlines. Our Guests: - David Shen, VP of Software Engineering - Devin Goodsell, VP of AI at Hinge - Francisco Trindade, VP of Software Engineering at Braze About Tech Teams Today: Tech Teams Today is a podcast by Revelo where we sit down with engineering leaders to talk about how they build, scale, and lead high-performing tech teams. Real conversations. No fluff. Subscribe and never miss an episode: - Substack: https://techteamstoday.substack.com/s/podcast - YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@revelohq⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/3ymzd0MC1YjnFy7hKzzR9x?si=51f3989aa4bc4308⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-teams-today/id1641545336⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with us: - Tech Teams Today Newsletter: https://techteamstoday.substack.com/ - Revelo: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.revelo.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Josh Anderson (Field CTO): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuadavidanderson/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Revelo on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/revelohq/⁠⁠

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Tech Teams Today dives into how top engineering leaders are building, leading and scaling high-performing teams of engineers and developers in the new world of work. Get unfiltered, fresh ideas to help propel your teams and your own tech leadership career. Tech Teams Today is brought to you by Revelo, the platform used by leading US companies to find, hire and pay full-time, remote engineers based in Latin America. Learn more at www.revelo.com

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    Revelo
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
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