Atolio Conversations
Every other week, we'll bring you conversations with top technology executives sharing their stories, lessons learned, and insights about co-creating with startups. To learn more, follow Atolio on LinkedIn.
Recent Episodes
April 25, 2024
AI and LLMs in Engineering: Scaling from Startup to 1,000 Employees with Jon Mort, CTO at The Adaptavist Group
Gareth Watts (Atolio CTO) interviews Jon Mort (CTO at The Adaptavist Group) about his career, the future of tech, and their partnership with Atolio. Curiosity & breaking things (01:00) Is the internet moving towards or away from standardization? (15:45) Tough lessons from a failed startup (18:35) How The Adaptavist Group is building better businesses (22:12) Growing from 12 employees to over 1,000 (28:13) Moving from engineering to managing (31:17) The future of AI and LLM’s in engineerin
April 27, 2022
Green Computing and Data Unlocking: Mentorship for Tech Leaders with Andrea Gallego, Global CTO at BCG GAMMA
Andrea Gallego (Global CTO at BCG GAMMA) has taken her career from large financial institutions, to rapidly growing NGOs, and ultimately to this intersection of consulting and tech. Listen in to hear her thoughts on the value of mentorships between women, how she became interested in startup culture, possible new ways to leverage information at consulting groups, and more. Mentoring other women & the role of male allies (1:07) Seeing where ideas are born (7:10) Why startup culture encourages
April 27, 2022
Green Computing and Data Unlocking: Mentorship for Tech Leaders with Andrea Gallego, Global CTO at BCG GAMMA
Andrea Gallego (Global CTO at BCG GAMMA) has taken her career from large financial institutions, to rapidly growing NGOs, and ultimately to this intersection of consulting and tech. Listen in to hear her thoughts on the value of mentorships between women, how she became interested in startup culture, possible new ways to leverage information at consulting groups, and more. Mentoring other women & the role of male allies (1:07) Seeing where ideas are born (7:10) Why startup culture encourages
Feb. 9, 2022
Internal Knowledge Management: Experimentation While Scaling with Paolo Negri, Co-founder at Contentful
Paolo Negri, Co-founder & CTO at Contentful, walks us through his early career at startups across Europe, how he built a company solving a problem he faced at those very startups, why he encourages a culture based on experimentation at Contentful, and much more. Working across industries & countries (0:54) Lessons from working at startups (12:40) Why he encourages experimentation (15:31) Managing knowledge while scaling up (18:16) A better way to frame your experiences (29:57)
Feb. 9, 2022
Internal Knowledge Management: Experimentation While Scaling with Paolo Negri, Co-founder at Contentful
Paolo Negri, Co-founder & CTO at Contentful, walks us through his early career at startups across Europe, how he built a company solving a problem he faced at those very startups, why he encourages a culture based on experimentation at Contentful, and much more. Working across industries & countries (0:54) Lessons from working at startups (12:40) Why he encourages experimentation (15:31) Managing knowledge while scaling up (18:16) A better way to frame your experiences (29:57)
Dec. 22, 2021
Engineering Management: Maintaining Intrinsic Motivation at Scale with Aaron Rankin, Co-founder at Sprout Social
Aaron Rankin, Co-founder and CTO at Sprout Social, shares an open and honest reflection on how growing up in humble circumstances shaped him into the person he is today. Growing up & struggles with money (1:41) How Aaron’s childhood informs his parenting (9:26) First jobs & early drive to hustle (13:18) Falling in love with computers (16:35) Some influential professional figures (25:34) Changes in how he tells his own story (29:36) Finding intrinsic motivation as CTO (45:33) Becoming an