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Interview with Elaine Montilla, Assistant Vice President and CIO for Information Technology at The Graduate Center, CUNY

February 8, 2021 Leave a Comment

Elaine Montilla is the Assistant Vice President and CIO for Information Technology at The Graduate Center, CUNY, a Forbes Technology Council member and contributor, an AMA Women’s Leadership Center presenter, and a TEDx speaker.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Assistant VP, CIO, New York City, WomenInTech

Interview with Alexandra Paredes, Head of Engineering at Code Climate

October 21, 2019 Leave a Comment

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I studied Computer Science in Caracas, Venezuela. Before finishing college, around 2009, I was working part-time building mobile applications for BlackBerry and Android using Java and PhoneGap (currently known as Apache Cordova). Building things that others found useful was thrilling. I treasured this experience because it served as a good introduction to understanding that “shipping” a product is more than coding. 

In the following years,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: head of engineering, Latinx, New York City, WomenInTech

Interview with Juan Pablo Buritica Vice President of Engineering at Splice

June 16, 2019 Leave a Comment

  • What’s your background and how did you get into management?
  • What are the biggest challenges you face?
  • What are your thoughts on diversity?
  • What is your approach to hiring?
  • What’s your advice for managers who are just starting out?
  • What’s your workday like and how do you manage your time, emails, etc.?
  • What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success?

Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast Episode Tagged With: BestOfManagersClub, Latinx, New York City, VP

Interview with Oliver Plattner, VP of Engineering at Codecademy

November 28, 2018 Leave a Comment

Location: New York
Current Role: Codecademy VP of Engineering

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I’ve been working in technology since I was 15 years old and initially started by working with computer networks and data centers. After graduating with a computer science degree, I took my technical skills to build out technical pre and post sales teams. It was early on in my career that I realized it was much more rewarding and empowering to set others up for success and see them achieve their goals as opposed to being an individual contributor.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: New York City, VP

Interview with Chuck Groom, Director of Engineering at VTS

April 12, 2018 Leave a Comment

Location: New York City
Current role: Director of Engineering at VTS

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I come from a software engineering background, but I’ve always had a passion for product and business. I’m a serial entrepreneur: I co-founded BillMonk in 2005 (tracks informal debt between friends, like roommates splitting bills; company was sold to Obopay) and the I co-founded Precision Polling in 2010 (self-serve IVR phone surveys;

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: Director, New York City

Interview with Michael Tobias, Principal at New York Engineers

February 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

Location: New York, NY
Current Role: Founding Principal

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I graduated Georgia Tech with a Mechanical Engineering degree. Went through GE’s Engineering Leadership Program, learning the leadership methods from a large scale company helped in retrospect, but felt too slow and archaic at the time. I always loved the balance of technical ability and leadership skills. Now I’m focused on revolutionizing the MEP Engineering industry in construction,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: New York City

Interview with Hampton Catlin, Sr Director of Engineering, Rent the Runway

February 2, 2018 Leave a Comment

Location: New York, NY
Current Role: Sr Director of Engineering, Rent the Runway

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I did go to 3 years of University for Computer Science but eventually dropped out. I had real trouble finding a job (this was the post-bubble tech world!) and ended up taking odd jobs for several years, but I kept developing as part of my passion for making and creating things.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: New York City, Senior Director

Interview with Brent Baisley, VP of Engineering at Ticket Evolution

January 24, 2018 Leave a Comment

Current role: VP of Engineering at Ticket Evolution
Location: Greater New York City Area

What’s your background and how did you get into management?

I’ve been in tech for about 30 years now. I’ve been a Programmer (front and back), Sysadmin, Network Admin, DBA, Technician, and worked the Help Desk. I’ve always loved connecting the dots and understanding how things work end to end.

I slipped into the role of Tech Lead on a number of jobs,

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: New York City, VP

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