Decoding Careers

Today host Sam Yates is thrilled to collaborate with an inspiring CTO Huan Huan (HHH) that has recently left a successful startup Safety Culture with over 500 employees, to becoming a board director and CTO at an early-stage startup up with fewer than 10 team members.

She was included in the Logz.io Top 100 Emerging Engineering Leaders globally in 2021.

HHH has an impressive history at the helm of Australia's leading tech unicorns including roles at Thoughtworks, Atlassian, and SafetyCulture, she's now channelling her expertise as the CTO and board director of Super Obvious. In her newest venture, she's laser-focused on crafting an ethical investment platform that resonates with the aspirations of next-gen investors.

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Lisa has over 10 years of experiences in a broad range of organisations. From start ups, to scale ups, to multi-national tech companies. She loves how technology can bring meaningful change and solve real world problems. As a technologist, she loves the opportunities to learn and try new things, so it's never a dull moment.

As a leader, she is passionate about seeing people succeed and achieving their full potential. In her leisure, she enjoys long walks, delicious food and playing board-games. She is currently the GM of Engineering at Open.

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Chris Wu is a Senior Engineering Manager at Playco, boasting over a decade of engineering experience. What sets him apart is his expertise in remote work, where he excels at providing engineers with guidance and reassurance. His ability to nurture and inspire engineering talent has transformed them into confident leaders in their field.

Join us in this episode as we unpack the secrets to Playco's success and learn from Chris about the art of remote work and talent empowerment. Whether you're a gaming enthusiast or seeking career inspiration, this episode has something for everyone.

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Meet Leo Borges, a multifaceted leader, software engineer, author, speaker, mentor, and tech advocate. Passionate about cultivating healthy engineering organizations, he believes culture is the key to success. Leo loves exploring innovative ideas with motivated individuals, delivering practical solutions on a large scale.

Currently, he serves as Director of Engineering at Canva, the free-to-use online graphic design tool used for social media, presentations, videos, logos, and more. 

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Steve Krizanovic, a highly respected and people-centric technical leader. With a strong track record of delivering scalable platforms. Steve's leadership style is centred around empowering people and fostering highly engaged engineering teams, creating an environment that encourages collaboration and fuels innovation.

Cashrewards has gracefully transitioned from being a startup to a scaleup. Steve, in his role as GM Engineering, has been guiding the engineering team through this evolution. Cashrewards is a platform providing cashback to customers as they shop at their favourite stores. As the company has grown significantly, Steve and his team have worked to delivered highly scalable platform and expand his team, in response to a rapidly increasing user base.

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Sam Yates had the privilege to host a remarkable guest - Vasanth, an eminent Engineering Leader with a stellar track record of nearly two decades in the software industry. 🚀

Vasanth's career journey has been nothing short of awe-inspiring, encompassing experiences across Start-ups, Consulting, and Enterprise, where he played a pivotal role in helping businesses build exceptional products through cutting-edge technology. As of today, Vasanth holds the esteemed position of Engineering Director at OFX, where he is leading the charge in advancing core capabilities engineering.

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Adam Woods has been in the tech industry as a software engineer and leader for over 14 years.  During that time he has worked in a variety of industries across start-ups, scale-ups, and enterprise.  He now serves as the CTO of Clipsal Cortex, which is an energy intelligence platform that empowers homeowners to make smarter energy choices by providing apps that allow them to visualise and understand how power is produced and consumed in their home. He has a passion for mentoring fellow engineers on their career progression.  A father of 2 soon to be 3, and an avid ultimate frisbee player.

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After moving to Australia from Israel, Nadav Yogev noticed a deficiency of leadership in the technology industry. That leadership gap is therefore an opportunity for IT professionals to exploit with the right attitude and aptitude. 

Nadav Yogev is the CTO of Blueberry Markets, a globally regulated forex broker providing access to trading instruments to thousands of traders.

Nadav explains to host Sam Yates his own journey into technology, which started with the Israeli IT industry; and leadership, which began with a compulsory stint in the Israeli army. Nadav shares what he believes are the attributes of a good leader, the most important of which is to be a continuous learner.

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Vinny Lawrenson-Woods is a people-first technology leader specialising in engineering and product delivery in start-up and enterprise-level organisations. He’s scaled and coached large local and globally distributed engineering teams across the UK, USA and Australia.

Since his move to Sydney in 2013, Vinny has led large engineering teams at Vodafone, Qantas and Atlassian before moving to Prezzee as the VP of Product Engineering, leading the global Engineering & Delivery function at the Australian-born tech unicorn.

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