This week we’re joined by Sven Poppelmann, VP of Engineering at Automata. If you haven’t heard about Automata, you’ll want to - they’re doing amazing things. On this episode, we focus on failure culture in tech companies and within tech teams. Sven has a seasoned career in senior positions at what have been some incredibly successful startups. So, he gives us his take on what failing means to him and the culture he instils in the startups he comes into. Hard earned advice on failure and what it’s taught them. Failure advice that’s applicable to not just tech but every facet of life. This is a great one.
Apr 7, 2022
38 min
On this week's OnPoint Ben & Am were joined by Scott Guymer, Principle Engineer at Phillips Healthcare. Am previously worked with Scott and rates him as the best Principal Engineer she has worked with (although we have heard her say this about others before!). In a pretty technical pod we discuss Sky's early adoption of CI/CD, health checks of your technical team and how you can look to change the engineering mindset in a global business with over 8000 Engineers.
Mar 9, 2022
32 min
On this week's OnPoint Ben & Am were joined by Amardeep's first boss in technology, the totally awesome Mark Kitching. Mark is Head of Technology at LADbible group, previously he was Head of Technology at Sky (where he met Am). As you will hear in the pod Amardeep speaks very highly of Mark and the culture he builds within his teams. This comes from initially hiring on personal before technical skills, as with the right attitude the technical skills will follow.
Mar 1, 2022
34 min
This week Ben & Am were joined by Jonathan Rigby, Head of Engineering at Qogita - an exciting and fast growing start up. Previously, Jonathan was Director of Technology at Expedia and has joined Qogita with the challenge of building an engineering team from a blank canvas. In this episode we talk about rapidly scaling a remote engineering team and introducing engineering principles into a start up.
Feb 22, 2022
44 min
This week on OnPoint we were joined by Charlotte Williams, founder of SevenSix Agency. SevenSix is an influencer marketing agency with a focus on diversity and inclusive. In this episode we talk about how tech is shaping a new field of successful professionals, and how the influencer movement is also shaping tech. A symbiotic relationship that’s taken over our social media platforms.
Feb 14, 2022
36 min
On this weeks episode of OnPoint Ben & Am were joined by Nick Sawyer, Chief Data Officer at Dr Martens. In the pod we cover everything from the role of a CDO, to the capabilities required building a Data team. Nick was in the Data IQ 'top 100 data influencers' and one of the best guys around to chat about data.
Feb 7, 2022
32 min
On this weeks episode of OnPoint Ben & Am chat with Pabel Martinez, Global Account Director at Tik Toc. Pabel is also the founder of Plurawal, host of the global podcast '¿Quién Tú Eres?' and a champion of diversity and inclusion. In the pod we define professionalism in the work place and how important it is to be your authentic self.
Jan 31, 2022
37 min
On this weeks episode of OnPoint Ben & Am shoot the breeze with Usman Hamid, VP of Engineering & Enterprise Architecture at GSK.Usman discusses the challenges of working habits in a post Covid world and the impact flexible working will have in the future.
Nov 22, 2021
35 min