Josh sits down with Siva Jagadeesan, VP of Product, Engineering, and Optimization at Yahoo, where he leads the monetization group behind advertising across all Yahoo properties. Siva still writes code because he loves it, but his real conviction lives in how engineering leaders should be operating right now: not as the smartest person in the room, but as the architect of conditions where the smartest answer surfaces, wherever it comes from. What you'll learn: Why the "movie general" model of leadership stops working the moment your domain gets complex, and what actually replaces itHow to build a real bench by delegating authority instead of tasks (and why your bench is the actual ceiling on your scope)How to engineer psychological safety into your team's process instead of trying to talk it into existenceWhy combining product and engineering creates "organizational liquidity," and why that matters more than just faster decisionsHow to read AI's productivity gains honestly: where it's actually moving the bottleneck, and where it isn'tWhy the future two-person team isn't shrinking. It's capability expansion, and that changes how you staffThe mindset shift that separates leaders whose teams thrive in this moment from leaders whose teams freezeAbout the guest: Siva Jagadeesan is VP of Product, Engineering, and Yield Optimization at Yahoo, where he leads ad monetization across all Yahoo consumer properties, including Mail, News, Finance, Sports, and more. He owns the full picture: product strategy, engineering execution, and revenue optimization. A software engineer at heart who still codes today, Siva has spent 20+ years building technology for Fortune 500 companies and startups. He was a founding member of Amazon Publisher Services, helped build the ML engineering team at TubeMogul, and co-founded the engineering function at Runa, an early-stage SaaS startup using predictive modeling to personalize offers in real time. Before any of that, he spent seven-plus years at ThoughtWorks, where mentoring future engineers was the moment he realized leadership was where he wanted to build his career. His north star is non-linear scalability, the belief that aligning technology, culture, and process is how great teams multiply their impact. 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/
