Rethinking Data Pipelines in Regulated Industries
Ramon Price Hearthfire Foods · Principal Engineer
Ramon joined Hearthfire Foods after a stint in academic research, and now owning the design hiring pipeline. Their work has been featured in industry publications and academic journals.
Rethinking Distributed Systems with Empathy
An Chen Meridian Bank · Cloud Architect
An joined Meridian Bank after consulting for venture-backed teams, and now scaling distributed teams.
Rethinking Documentation Culture
Emeka Akhtar Oakfield Realty · VP Product
Based in Japan, Emeka is currently VP Product at Oakfield Realty. They are passionate about mentoring and have coached over a hundred engineers.
Rethinking Engineering Orgs from Zero to One
Francesca Akhtar Pinegrove Software · Accessibility Specialist
Based in Canada, Francesca is currently Accessibility Specialist at Pinegrove Software. When not at a keyboard, they are running, reading, or somewhere outdoors.
Rethinking Incident Response
Caleb Morales Ember Robotics · CISO
Caleb is a CISO at Ember Robotics, where they untangling a legacy migration. Outside of work, they write about engineering culture and mentor early-career builders.
Rethinking Onboarding the Hard Way
Liam Cole Drift Software · Director of Engineering
Liam joined Drift Software after building the internal tools group at a previous company, and now scaling distributed teams.
Rethinking Performance Budgets at Enterprise Scale
Mariana Murata Octave Audio · Software Engineer
Mariana joined Octave Audio after consulting for venture-backed teams, and now growing the open-source community. They speak regularly at meetups across Argentina and host a small podcast on the side.
Rethinking Performance Budgets Beyond the Hype
Lukas Velasquez Whitestone Capital · AI Researcher
Lukas joined Whitestone Capital after a decade at larger firms, and now modernizing the design system. They are passionate about mentoring and have coached over a hundred engineers.
Rethinking Roadmap Tradeoffs the Hard Way
Aisha Wu Vector Bio · Data Scientist
Based in Poland, Aisha is currently Data Scientist at Vector Bio. Outside of work, they write about engineering culture and mentor early-career builders.
Retros: At scale
Marco Marquez Zephyr Aviation · SRE
Marco leads running the experimentation program at Zephyr Aviation. When not at a keyboard, they are running, reading, or somewhere outdoors.
Roadmap Tradeoffs: From first principles
Levi Rodriguez Stagecoach Mobility · Security Engineer
Levi is a Security Engineer at Stagecoach Mobility, where they scaling distributed teams. Their work has been featured in industry publications and academic journals.
Roadmap Tradeoffs: From zero to one
Helena Conti Foothold Logistics · Data Scientist
Helena is a Data Scientist at Foothold Logistics, where they running the SRE function. They contribute to open source and write a popular weekly newsletter.