Today on the  #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Pete Craven, Director of Platform Engineering at Slalom Build, to hear his advice on learning more on the job, the advantages of coding schools and much more! 👏

Pete is a Director with 9 years of experience in various industries and sectors. Throughout his career, Pete has focused on Cloud Architecture, building the best teams around, and helping engineers develop into T-shaped professionals. 

We are so excited to have Pete on the podcast to share his journey to becoming Director of Platform Engineering, figuring out what part of tech he wanted to be in, adapting to a new team while guiding them in the right direction, and everything in between! 🚀

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🎧To listen: Youtube - bit.ly/3mADTV5

Pete Craven - bit.ly/403L9qb
Slalom Build - www.slalombuild.com

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Today on the  #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Chris Northwood, Head of Development at Culture Shift, to hear her advice on building a safe workplace, where ethics belong in Tech and much more! 👏

Chris is a tech leader and the author of The Full Stack Developer. 

Her career has spanned research projects at the University of Oxford, building websites at scale and developing cutting edge broadcast and production systems at BBC R&D, agile consultancy at ThoughtWorks, and scaling tech-for-good start-up Culture Shift to £1M ARR. Chris enjoys leading teams and building a diverse culture through focussing on the end user.

We are so excited to have Chris on the podcast to share her journey to becoming Head of Development, the value of having a diverse workplace, writing her book ‘The Full Stack Developer’, and everything in between! 🚀

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🎧To listen: Youtube - bit.ly/42Bg004

Chris Northwood - bit.ly/42tOuRV
Culture Shift - www.culture-shift.co.uk

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Today on the  #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Mark Kitching, Director of Data Engineering at Comparethemarket, to hear his advice on identifying stress points, the importance of diversity within your team and much more! 👏

Mark is an experienced technology leader with extensive background in putting together high performing, diverse and high functioning teams. Mark has proven delivery expertise having led teams delivering projects for two of the biggest media companies in the UK for external and internal customers, founders and C-Suite.

We are so excited to have Mark on the podcast to share his journey to becoming Director of Data Engineering, his advice on how to maintain a happy team with low staff turnover, the struggles he faced when trying to build a team, and everything in between! 🚀

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🎧To listen: Youtube - bit.ly/3yQ6Wqt 

Mark Kitching - bit.ly/3n2oq02
Comparethemarket - https://www.comparethemarket.com

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Today on the  #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Lydia Hawthorn, Delivery Director at Cprime, to hear her advice when it comes to focusing on the basics, having a truly Agile mindset and much more! 👏

Lydia is an Agile Certified Project Manager and Coach and an experienced leader. With a demonstrated history of working in the computer and network security industry, Lydia is skilled in Scrum, Kanban, Project Management, and Agile process implementation.

We are so excited to have Lydia on the podcast to share her journey to becoming Delivery Director, the struggles she faced along the way and everything she has learned in between! 🚀

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🎧To listen: Youtube - bit.ly/3msu2Aq

Lydia Hawthorn - bit.ly/3EZUc46
Cprime - www.cprime.com

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Today on the  #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Leighan Mason, CTO at Victorian Plumbing, to hear his experience of starting a huge project, the importance of trust and much more! 👏

Leighan is an accomplished solution-focused software architect and engineer with a long history of designing and leading the development of varied commercially successful products!

We are so excited to have Leighan on the podcast to share his journey to CTO, a wealth of experience and great advice! 🚀

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🎧To watch: Youtube - bit.ly/3xETmpd

Leighan Mason - bit.ly/3JR0yGc

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Today on the  #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Jaz Chana, experienced Technology Director, to hear his experience guiding Cinch through a major pivot in strategy, driving purpose within his team, how to hire clever people and much more!👏

From preparing Operational and Capital expenditure budgets in excess of £4 million, to Managing a portfolio of Projects (some of which ran up to £5 million), Jaz has amassed a very diverse set of skills and achievements in leadership & management, Software & architecture, product development, innovation and culture.

We are so excited to have Jaz on the podcast to share his journey in the industry, funny stories and wealth of experience! 🚀

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Jaz Chana - bit.ly/3Gho2R5

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Today on the  #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with David Levine, Angel Investor and experienced CEO to hear his views on the best answer you can receive from an Investor, the importance of gaining traction early in and so much more! 👏

David is part of a group called the Manchester Angels – they are a newly formed organisation established by a collective of leading figures from Manchester’s rapidly growing tech sector, to provide a crucial missing component of the city region’s tech ecosystem. With an initial founding group of 30+ Greater Manchester-based angel investors, and working in partnership with the wider VC and investment community, they are on a mission to create one of Europe’s leading angel networks!💥

We are so excited to have David on the podcast to share his experiences and knowledge gained through his incredible career journey to date! 🚀

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🎧 To listen: Youtube - bit.ly/3IOIhJ1

David Levine - bit.ly/3Qrmadn

Manchester Angels - bit.ly/3vSO6gF

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Today on the  #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Tom Dunlop, Founder & CEO of Summize, to hear his views on pivoting while scaling up, solving your own problems and the difference between an ENTREPRENEUR and a FOUNDER! 👏

Tom is an experienced GC / Legal Director and former Great British badminton athlete. 🏸🇬🇧

5 years ago, Tom decided to start a new venture - Summize. Summize is a game-changer for businesses that work with contracts. It takes advantage of intelligent automation, making contract workflows simpler and smarter, uniting legal teams and business stakeholders. It also seamlessly integrates with familiar tools such as Teams, Slack and Microsoft Word for a frictionless user experience! 🙌

We are so excited to have Tom on the podcast to share his experiences and knowledge gained through the challenges he has faced and overcome in his journey so far! 🚀

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🎧 To listen: Youtube - bit.ly/3CvCMLf

Tom Dunlop - bit.ly/3Gho2R5
Summize - www.summize.com

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Today on #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Kelly Wilson, Head of Delivery at Nimble Approach, to hear her views on the military working mindset, adapting a flat structure, and so much more! 👏

Kelly started her career in the military and after many years of service, made her way into the tech community! Kelly now has over fifteen years’ experience in IT projects, working within multiple methodologies including, Agile, Scrum and Waterfall and is well respected by internal and external stakeholders in both project management and service desk management.💥

We are so excited to have Kelly on the podcast to share her experiences and knowledge gained on the journey to her current role! 🚀

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🎧 To listen: Spotify - https://anchor.fm/tact-talks/episodes...

Kelly Wilson - bit.ly/3FzMyxU

Nimble Approach - bit.ly/3uBOxeF

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Today on #TactTalksPodcast, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Sheena McKellar, Business Analysis Manager at Boohoo, to hear her views on how to tailor an interview to make it an effective and enjoyable experience for both sides, how she scaled her team quickly whilst at Boohoo and so much more! 👏

Sheena is an experienced transformational change leader with over 20 years’ experience of technical software delivery and business change. Throughout the podcast, Sheena speaks of her passion to build and enable highly performing teams through clear communication, coaching and guidance to drive out a consistent approach to delivery!💥

We are so excited to have Sheena on the podcast to share her experiences and knowledge gained on the journey to her current role! 🚀

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🎧 To listen: Youtube - bit.ly/3BYusn8

Sheena McKellar - bit.ly/3VdgLrf

Boohoo - www.boohooplc.com

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