Good Fit Careers

Patton Gleason, CEO of Relay, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his company's approach to the 99% new market, how being a wilderness guide taught him how to be a leader, and what he enjoys about running ultra-marathons.

Connect with Patton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattongleason/

Mike Smith, Manager at Ernst & Young LLP, sits down with Ryan to discuss his career, consulting in large scale transformation projects, and his thoughts on hiring and being hired.

Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masmith1/

The views reflected in this podcast are the views of Mike Smith do not necessarily reflect the views of Ernst & Young LLP or other members of the global EY organization.

Sharon Love, CEO of Cordance, sits down with Ryan to walk through her career, discuss her companies approach to growing businesses, and to talk about her thoughts on hiring and being hired.

Connect with Sharon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonlove/

Travis Peace, Co-Founder of Novum Home Loans, and former Navy Nuclear Engineer, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his companies new approach to home loans, and to talk about his thoughts on hiring and being hired.

Connect with Travis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-peace/

Erin Pryor, Chief Marketing & Experience Officer at First Horizon Bank, sits down with Ryan to walk through her career, discuss her perspective on marketing, and her approach to hiring and being hired.

Connect with Erin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinpryor/

Dan Croft, former Director of Engineering Productivity at GitLab, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his perspective on open source software, and talk about his approach to hiring and being hired.

Connect with Dan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielacroft/

Nate Buch, Product Manager for commercial laptops at Dell, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his perspective on product management, and talk about his approach to hiring and being hired.

Books Nate recommends:

• Stratechery - Written by Ben Thompson, this is a must-read tech strategy newsletter that is consumed by all of Silicon Valley. He breaks down tech news and helps put context around why companies make the moves they do. In addition to his near-daily articles, he frequently interviews the CEOs of top tech companies in depth, which makes for great listening.
• Above Avalon - Written by Neil Cybart, a longtime Apple analyst. This near-daily newsletter covers similar ground to Stratechery - and in fact, one will notice strong similarities between the two - yet makes for great compare and contrast between the perspectives of these two insightful writers. Cybart also takes a more analytical approach, often diving into companies' financial statements, and makes his own (incredibly accurate) business analysis available as part of the subscription.
• The Innovator's Dilemma - This classic tech strategy book by the late HBS professor Clayton Christensen examines the history of incumbents versus entrants in the technology space. He demonstrates how incumbents, with seemingly insurmountable advantages, can be overtaken and outcompeted by entrants who lack the resources but have a hold on a new kind of market segment instead.
• Zero to One - This tech strategy book by Peter Thiel focuses on the most critical element of shipping a new product: getting the first one out the door! He delves into not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good, how iteration is more important than getting everything exactly right at the start (and in fact, how that's typically not even possible, anyway). It's a quick and fun read with a lot of good quantitative examples, too.

Connect with Nate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbuch

Chad Connally, Senior Conversation Designer on Amazon's Alexa team, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his perspective on AI, and talk about his approach to hiring and being hired.

Connect with Chad on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cconnally/

Varun Puri, CEO and Co-Founder of Yoodli, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career, discuss his perspective on speech coaching with AI, leadership, startups, and talk about his approach to hiring and being hired.

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Connect with Varun on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/varun-puri001/

Matt MacDonell, the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Communications at Leo Burnett, sits down with Ryan to walk through his career and his approach to hiring and being hired.

Connect with Matt on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattmacdonell/