The Diary Of A CTO

Mar 10 2025 31 ep. 47 mins 5
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Where successful CTO's share their secrets.

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E31. Chris Pugliese - Tax shouldn't have to be taxing

Mar 10 2025 47 mins  
Chris currently the CTO of Pie, an innovative tax app, streamlining the process of how people do their taxes. Prior to this, Chris has enjoyed an accomplished career as a software engineer and tech leader in many other interesting companies in many different countries. Chris shares his career story and lessons learned along the way.

E30. Sam Hill - Enjoying a stay at Cat Camp

Mar 05 2025 64 mins  
I had the pleasure recently of being joined by Sam Hill, a highly experienced CTO who has successfully built and exited a business as an entrepreneur and then moved on to influential technology leadership roles for organisations such as Tesco, BBC and M&S.Sam shares his career journey with us and his unique style to leadership. A must listen episode!

E29 Jim Beattie - CTO by day, International DJ by night

Feb 04 2025 60 mins  
This week I have the genuine pleasure of being joined by Jim Beattie, CTO of Transreport. Jim is a highly experienced and respected technology leader, having multiple successful exits from various companies such as JustEat and Timeout.Jim (accompanied by his faithfull Bulldog companion, Douglas) talks me through his career story and how he went from the world of being an internatio

E28. David Kavanagh - Honing The CTO Toolkit

Jan 29 2025 39 mins  
David is the CTO for Tillo, an innovative embedded rewards and incentives platform that connects customers with rewards and incentives from 2000+ global brands.In this episode, David shares his journey through tech and how he arrived at the CTO position. We discuss the toolkit needed and the skills he developed to become a successful technology leader.

E27. James Carey - A true vintage of the tech world

Jan 16 2025 50 mins  
This week, I speak with James Carey, CTO of Bordeaux Index, an innovative company changing the Landscape of the world’s of fine wine and spirits through LiveTrade.James talks us through his journey into tech leadership and how he approaches building a successful culture in his division.

E26. Meri Williams - Caring Leadership and Making Paint Drips

Dec 19 2024 50 mins  
Meri is the CTO for PLEO, an innovative FinTech company, and has years of experience as a Technology Leader, NED and Advisor. In this episode, Meri talks to us about shaping an engineering culture and fostering a workplace where diversity and inclusion can truly thrive.

E25. Dan Maunder - Reflecting on the Journey

Nov 22 2024 71 mins  
Dan is VP of Technology for Cera Healthcare, a leading HealthTech business building a platform around home healthcare. Dan has had a highly impressive career to date in tech assuming C-suite and leadership roles for a number of big brands the likes of Experian, CreditKarma and Gostudent. In this episode, Dan talks us through his career path and choices along the way. A must listen!

E24. Mike Jones - Scaling a Rocket Ship

Oct 21 2024 37 mins  
Mike is CTO of loveholidays, one of the fastest growing technology retail companies in the world today. In this episode, Mike shares his incredible personal career story and talks us through the mind-boggling scale of the platforms that underpin this extradinary travel tech business.

E23. Nina Argentieri - A Mindset For Success

Sep 13 2024 29 mins  
Nina is the Head of Technology for Portfolio Management at Northstandard, a highly successful and respected Protection and Indemnity Club, specialising in the Marine Insurance space. Since a merger last year between the two companies of North and The Standard Club, NorthStandard are now one of the largest P&I clubs in the international group. The merger has broug

E22. Andrew Radcliffe - Building Culture That Scales

Jun 24 2024 45 mins  
This week I am joined by the fantastic Andrew Radcliffe, CEO for Spyrosoft.Andrew and I discuss the inspiring success story of Spyrosoft, a Software Development Services organisation founded in 2016 and is now over 1500 people strong.We reflect on Andrew's journey and he shares his thoughts on what is important in shaping a company culture to allow this level of scale.