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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.
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- Why Storage Is the Strategic Control Point for AI with Jim O'Dorisio of HPE · 41 minWhat if the fastest way to get your AI projects to value starts with the storage layer, not the model? Today, we're talking to Jim O'Dorisio, SVP & GM of HPE Storage. We explore…
- Explaining Technical Work to Your Non-Technical Leaders with Chris Fenning, Author · 37 minWhat if the hardest part of a technical project isn't the technology, but making the people who fund it understand why it matters? Today, we're talking to Chris Fenning, author…
- From Reactive IT to Business Partner: Modernization and AI Readiness with Andreas Diamanti and Alex Danobrega · 50 minHow do you turn an IT team that reacts to incidents into one that drives business outcomes? Today, we're talking to Andreas Diamanti, General Manager of IT at the Royal…
- Who Owns Cyber Risk? NIS2 Explained with Matthew Rosenquist, CISO & Cybersecurity Strategist · 51 minWho really owns cybersecurity when a company gets breached? Today, we’re talking to Matthew Rosenquist, a cybersecurity strategist with 36 years in the field and host of the…
- Run Your AI Software Factory on Agents Confidently with Zohar Einy of Port.io · 35 minWhy do some AI projects look brilliant in a demo and then fall apart the moment they have to run across a whole engineering org? Today, we're talking to Zohar Einy, CEO and…
- Turning Constant Turnover Into a Strength with Sean Phelps of College Works · 47 minWhat 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…
- Beyond Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: Your Post-Quantum Game Plan, with Konstantinos Karagiannis · 41 minWhat 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…
- Taming Shadow AI: A CTO’s Guide with Andrius Buinovskis, VP of Product Strategy at NordLayer · 41 minWhat 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…
- Tech Titans: Lessons From Shipping Felix AI to Market with Mario Ciabarra, CEO of Quantum Metric · 17 minToday, 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…
- Theoretical Computer Scientist: AI Just Changed Math Forever, with Scott Aaronson · 1 h 4 minWhat’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…
- Reliability Without the Guesswork: Foresight AI with Kolton Andrus, CEO of Gremlin · 58 minThe 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…
- Scaling AI Efficiency at LinkedIn with Erran Berger, CTO of Engineering · 54 minMost 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…
- Tech Titans: Agents Built Around People with Mohak Shroff, former SVP of Engineering at LinkedIn · 19 minToday, 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…
- Tech Titans: How Can a Chatbot Steal a Model's Secrets? with Steve Orrin, Federal CTO at Intel · 18 minEveryone'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…
- Why High-Achieving Engineers Still Feel Something's Missing with Ben Fox, Career Coach for Engineers · 51 minToday, 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…
- Tech Titans: Why Plans Fail and Strategy Doesn't with Seth Godin, Author of This Is Strategy · 18 minToday, we're talking to Seth Godin, author of This Is Strategy. We discuss why strategy is a philosophy of becoming rather than a plan to execute, how status, affiliation, and…
- Tech Titans: Funding and Building the Safest Nuclear Reactor with Matt Loszak, Aalo Atomics · 16 minA barrel of uranium holds as much energy as two million barrels of oil, and Matt Loszak, co-founder of nuclear startup Allo, thinks that's just the beginning. In this episode…
- Demo Is Not Production, with Ajay Nair, GM of Elasticsearch and Platform at Elastic · 52 minToday, we're talking to Ajay Nair, General Manager of Elasticsearch and Platform at Elastic. We discuss why most AI hallucinations are really a search problem wearing a scarier…
- Tech Titans: Why Your Home Alarm Does Nothing to Stop a Crime with Dave “Selly” Selinger · 18 minToday, we're talking to David Selinger, founder and CEO of Deep Sentinel and co-founder of Redfin. We discuss why he's convinced that virtually every home security tool on the…
- Disruptor or Disrupted with Jason Silbergleit, Head of Americas at Classiq · 56 minToday, we're talking to Jason Silbergleit, Head of Americas at Classiq. We discuss why the biggest risk in quantum computing isn't moving too early but waiting too long, how the…
- Tech Titans: Solving Cloud Data Issues with Desikan Madhavanur, CPO & CTO at Capital One Software · 17 minToday, we're talking to Desikan Madhavanur, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Capital One Software. We discuss why the cloud has quietly resurrected the same data problems…
- Turning AI Hype into Store Ops: Manda Miller & Mariya Zorotovich (Toshiba & Intel) · 39 minToday, we're talking to Manda Miller of Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions and Mariya Zorotovich of Intel, the two people quietly turning retail's AI hype into real store…
- The CTO Extinction Event with Etienne de Bruin, Founder of 7CTOs · 54 minToday, we're talking to Etienne, founder of 7CTOs and author of the new book Refactor. We discuss why the CTOs who survive this next shift will be the ones who understand how…
- Stop Ripping Out Your Legacy Code with Alan Williamson, CTO · 43 minToday, we're talking to Alan Williamson, professional CTO for private equity-backed companies and author of Think Like a CTO. We discuss why the industry's $20-a-month AI…
- The Red Queen Problem with Anthony Scriffignano, PhD, Data Scientist · 1 h 15 minToday, we're talking to Anthony Scriffignano, PhD, a longtime chief data scientist now working on hyperspectral space intelligence and global AI policy. We discuss why AI has put…
- Why You Can't Trust AI Without Governing It, with Tony Davis & John Balsavage of A&I Solutions · 54 minToday, we're talking to Tony Davis and John Balsavage of A&I Solutions, the team behind Scout, their AI agent governance platform. We discuss why they built a literal terrain map…
- Tech Titans: Hidden Rules of the Brain with Moran Cerf, Neuroscientist and Professor · 17 minToday, we're talking to Moran Cerf, neuroscientist and professor who studies live human brains through implanted electrodes during surgery. We discuss why the person who sees…
- The Real Reason Your Body Is a Business Card with Mauro Stara, Six Pack CEO · 46 minToday, we're talking to Mauro Stara, founder of Six Pack CEO. We discuss why working out less, not harder, was the real fix behind one of his most dramatic client…
- Tech Titans: Rethinking Career Five-Year Plans with Francisco Trindade, VP of Software Engineering · 16 minToday, we're talking to Francisco Trindade, VP of Software Engineering at Braze. We discuss why code review, not code generation, has become the real bottleneck in AI-driven…
- Tech Titans: Designing for Intuition with Campbell Brown, CEO and Co-founder of PredictHQ · 20 minToday, we're talking to Campbell Brown, CEO and co-founder of PredictHQ. We discuss why the world's smartest AI models are still blind to real-world context, how a single film…
- Tech Titans: How to Ask for Help as a Leader with Arnie Katz, CPTO at GoFundMe · 29 minIf you fear failure, you’re not going to get very far. Neither will your team. Today, we're talking to Arnie Katz, CPTO at GoFundMe. We discuss why asking for help is harder and…
- Inside the Tech Stack Behind the Modern Store with Yevgeni Tsirulnik & Naresh Keswani of Toshiba · 48 minIn the future, self-checkout will come right to you. Today, we're talking to Yev Tsirulnik and Naresh Keswani of Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions. We discuss why the next…
- Hunting for Alien Technology with Avi Loeb, Harvard Astrophysicist · 51 minIf scientists are being entirely honest, is non-human technology already on earth? Today, we're talking to Avi Loeb, Harvard astrophysicist and head of the government's new UAP…
- Is the Specialist Executive Dead? with Mahesh Guruswamy, COO at Kajabi · 42 minWe were told to specialize endlessly…now, AI is here. Today, we're talking to Mahesh Guruswamy, COO of Kajabi. We discuss why the specialist executive is becoming extinct as…
- Tech Titans: Go From Burnt Out to Fired Up with Justin Fanelli, Department of Navy CTO · 16 minIf you’re feeling burnt out, it’s not the work you’re doing. It’s the mission you’re on. Today, we're talking to Justin Fanelli, Chief Technology Officer of the Department of…
- Can this Company Fix America’s Broken Food System? with Luiz Beling, CEO of Apeel Sciences · 38 minWhy did a smear campaign almost take out this anti-food waste company? Today, we're talking to Luiz Beling, CEO at Apeel, about how a company that captured 60% of the U.S…
- Confronting Plummeting Birth Rates & Banning Superintelligence with Connor Leahy, US Director at ControlAI · 56 minHe’s 31, and nobody he knows is having kids. Tech is to blame, but what’s the solution? Today, we're talking to Connor Leahy, US Director at ControlAI. We discuss why plummeting…
- Are Engineers Redundant Now? with Hrishi Dixit, Co-Founder & CTO of Autonomy Finance · 56 minDevelopers, how confident are you in the future of your job? Today, we're catching up with Hrishi Dixit, cofounder and CTO of Autonomy Finance, about what actually happens when…
- Where Do We Draw the Line on Letting AI Build? With Zach Goldberg, CEO at Gruntwork · 47 minWhat happens when the worst among us get their hands on the most powerful tools? Today, we're talking to Zach Goldberg, CEO at Gruntwork, about the messy edges of AI adoption…
- Why do 81% of Mature AI Programs Get Rolled Back? with Daniel Morris, CPO at Sinch · 47 minConfidence and readiness are actually NOT the same thing. Today, we're talking to Daniel Morris, CPO at Sinch, about why 81% of mature companies roll back their AI programs even…
- How Snapchat is Evolving in the Age of AI with Saral Jain, SVP, Head of Engineering · 28 minThis is how Snapchat sets itself apart in the social media space: they’re not a social media company. Today, we're talking to Saral Jain, SVP and Head of Engineering at…
- Why Kubernetes Still Feels So Hard & What to Do About It with Steve Francis, CEO of Sidero Labs · 52 minWhat if you didn’t have to solve problems? You can just remove them entirely. Today, we're talking to Steve Francis, CEO at Sidero Labs, about why the most dangerous thing…
- Why Does AI Momentum Stall in Large Organizations? with Kyle Lagunas & Allyn Bailey · 54 minUnderstanding these key points is what actually moves the needle on AI gains. Today, we're talking to Kyle Lagunas, analyst and founder at Kyle & Co, and Allyn Bailey, senior…
- Are Apps Going to Get Axed by Conversational AI? with Jacques Klick, Director of Market Strategy at Sinch · 53 minWe’re putting more and more trust into AI. Will it all blend into one app? Today, we're talking to Jacques Klick, Director of Market Strategy & Product Marketing at Sinch. We…
- When Will Robots Live With Us? Inside 1X's NEO with Dar Sleeper, VP of Design & Product · 50 minWould you live with a humanoid robot? Could you beat one in a fight? Today, we're talking to Dar Sleeper, VP of Design, Product, and Marketing at 1X, the company building Neo, a…
- The 5 Levels of AI Coding & the Collapse of Human-Written Code with Trevor Hinesley, Co-Founder & CTO at Soundstripe · 47 minHis company policy is: there will be absolutely no human-written code. Today, we're talking to Trevor Hinesley, Cofounder and CTO at Soundstripe. We discuss the five levels of…
- Marty Cagan on Product Management Theater in the Age of AI · 49 minProduct managers are FORGETTING that they’re problem solvers. Today, we're talking to Marty Cagan, product management author and founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group. We…
- From Mammoths to Humans: The Case for Gene Editing with Eriona Hysolli · 52 minCan today’s technology really prevent tomorrow’s diseases? Today, we're talking to Eriona Hysolli, biologist and co-founder of Manhattan Genomics. We discuss why preventing…
- Why Your AI Has No Idea What's Happening in the World with Campbell Brown, CEO & Co-Founder of PredictHQ · 42 minUnderstanding the real world is the biggest potential advantage of AI. Today, we're talking to Campbell Brown, CEO and cofounder of PredictHQ, about the layer of real-world…
- Are Our Brains Wired Together? The Power of the Mind in Business & Beyond with Moran Cerf, Neuroscientist & Professor · 60 minIf you understand this about your brain, you’ll be unstoppable. Today, we're talking to Moran Cerf, neuroscientist and professor, about why the hidden signals shaping human…
