alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders
This podcast features interviews of CTOs and other technical leadership figures and topics range from technology (AI, blockchain, cyber, DevOps, Web Architecture, etc.) to management (e.g. scaling, structuring teams, mentoring, technical recruiting, product etc.).
Guests from leading tech companies share their best practices and knowledge.
The goal is to support other CTOs on their journey through tech and engineering, inspire and allow a sneak-peek into other successful companies to understand how they think and act. Get awesome insights into the world‘s top tech companies, personalities with this podcast brought to you by Tobias Schlottke.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 128
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
#128 - From Tickets to Problems: Klaus Breyer // Head of Product & Technology @ Edding
Here's the thing about agile transformations: they almost never work the way they're supposed to. Tea…
#127 - Kelsey Hightower's Unfiltered Truths: 25 Years of Infrastructure, DevOps, and Retiring at 42
What does 25 years in tech teach you? Kelsey Hightower, a self-taught engineer who rose to become a Disting…
#126 - AI Transformation at Scale: Practical Adoption Across 150+ Engineers with Peter Gostev // Head of AI @ Moonpig
The AI transformation challenge isn't just technical—it's organizational. Peter Gostev, Head of AI at Moonpig, disc…
#125 - Two CTO Dinosaurs vs. Today's Tech Hype with Raz Shuty // CTO @ auxmoney
Two veteran CTOs tear down today's tech hype with brutal honesty and hard-won experience. Raz Schwei…
#124 - The Path to AGI: Inside poolside’s AI Model Factory for Code with Eiso Kant
Technical Deep Dives:
- Poolside’s model factory: end-to-end automation from raw data to production models
- Scaling…
#123 - From Nokia to AI-IoT: Engineering the Physical World with Bernd Groß // CEO @ Cumulocity
The convergence of AI and IoT is reshaping how technical leaders approach industrial systems architecture. Bernd Gr…
#122 - Grid Control in Milliseconds: Engineering Energy Systems with Barbara Wittenberg // CTO @ 1KOMMA5°
Technical infrastructure enables the modern energy transition. Barbara Wittenberg, CTO at 1KOMMA5°, reveals the engineerin…
#121 - Canva's Playbook: Scaling Teams, Tech, and AI with Adam Schuck // Senior Engineering Director @ Canva
In this episode, Tobi chats with Adam Schuck, Senior Engineering Director at …
#120 - AI's Singularity & Commoditization: Navigating Hype vs. Reality with Georg Zoeller // Co-Founder @ C4AIL
In this episode, Tobi talks with Georg Zoeller, Co-Founder of the Centre for AI Leadership and mercena…
#119 - Navigating Ambiguity and AI's Impact on Engineering feat. Ivan Kusalic // CTO @ Enpal
In this episode, Tobi talks with Ivan Kusalic, CTO of Enpal, who leads a team of 250 engineers at one of Germany's lead…
#118 - Radical Engineering Culture and High Bar Hiring feat. Stefan Richter // Founder & CTO @ freiheit.com technologies
Discover insights into building a high-performance engineering organization with Stefan Richter, founder of freiheit.com technologies. With 25+ y…
#117 - Navigating AI Trends with Dat Tran // Partner & CTO @ DATANOMIQ, VP AI/ML @ Beams Safety AI
AI is moving faster than ever, and staying …
#116 - Exploring Platform Engineering feat. Camille Fournier // CTO @ Open Athena & Author @ O'Reilly Media
How do you create an effective platform team and optimiz…
115 - Exploring Growth and Compliance feat. Dennis Winter // CTO @ Börse Stuttgart
Ever wondered how regulated companies like stock exchanges handle tech growth? Dennis Winter (CTO @ Bör…
#114 - Building an SDK feat. Dr. Daniel Hauschildt // CPTO @ IMG.LY
Get insight into the SDK business (and learn about cross-platform performance and developer marketing) with Dr. Daniel Hauschildt (MD & CPTO at IMG.LY). …
#113 - Faster Incident Response feat. Tim Armandpour // CTO @ PagerDuty
Plan and PRACTICE for better incident response with insights from Tim Armandpour, CTO of PagerDuty. Learn the secrets to resilience from the te…
#112 - Cross Functional Team Members feat. Daniel Bartholomae // CTO @ optilyz
Find out about cross-functional team members with Daniel Bartholomae, CTO at optilyz (direct mail SaaS). At optilyz, team members wear multiple hats—what…
#111 - Organising for Impact feat. Eric Bowman // CTO @ King
How do we actually organize people to consistently deliver value and enjoy the process? This, Eric Bowman (CTO @ King) says, is the…
#110 - Developer Efficiency feat. Rebecca Murphey // Field CTO @ Swarmia & Co-Author of Build
Become a more effective team in this CTO podcast featuring Rebecca Murphey, Field CTO of Swarmia and co-au…
#109 - Cloud Cost Optimisation feat. Claire Fautsch // CTO @ Joblift
Save Money on Cloud Costs with Claire Fautsch (CTO @ Joblift). Find out how the team at Joblift slashed monthly cloud costs from €100K t…