From Costa Rica to Berlin, that is the back story for my next guest Esteban Torres, Engineering Manager at Soundcloud. Esteban talks about life growing up in Costa Rica, what inspired him to pursue a career in technology, his management style and CraftKollective in which he is a co-founder. Check it out ..read more

In the very first episode of MAD we are discussing the new cross-platform offering from Google. Our guest is Luong Bui, a software engineer with years of experience working with top brands and mobile technologies in the UK. Luong has focused a lot of his attention on Android development, but since late 2017 he has been following the developments on Flutter.  ..read more

In this episode we discuss the current state lf mobile development and what the future holds for the industry. I'm joined by Head of Mobile at Mode banking, Melvin Wijenayaka who shares his stories, advise and experience working within this diverse industry.  ..read more

In the second show of the Tech Stories series I speak with Entrepreneur, Founder, Engineering Leader, Public Speaker and Published Author Omkar Pimple, mobile lead for N26 and Founder of Cerebranium. We talked about life growing up in Mumbai, the transition to a different culture of Berlin, Cerebranium which has over five Million plus users and the crucial role that Omkar played in the hyper growth at N26, now one of Europe’s leading Fintech’s. A fascinating chat ..read more

In the first in a series of special shows focussed on peoples stories within technology, we speak to Lobo Olsson head of mobile from HelloFresh - the largest meal kit provider in the USA. Lobo talks about what inspired him to want to get into technology, from hosting companies to mobile all the way through to his current role at HelloFresh where he leads a team of 26 engineers. We also touch on his management style and how it has evolved over the years.  ..read more

In this weeks episode of the MAD Podcast, we discuss Shaun's meteoric rise to Mobile Lead at the ripe old age of 24 and with just 3 years industry experience. We touch on the state of the Mobile Development world along with what the future holds for tech in general and Shaun shares his ideas on leadership, coding and progression.  ..read more

A fascinating episode on contextual intelligence with Chris Watts as the guest. Chris is the co-founder and CTO of NumberEight, a cutting edge technology company building a contextual intelligence platform for organisations to better understand their users in real time. With the on-device AI they are preserving the users privacy. With their powerful mobile SDK developers can build highly intelligent and personalised applications based on what the user is doing in real time. Chris talks about the struggles of launching the idea and getting the funding to go to market. He shares with the audie ..read more

Agile working and the Spotify model. In this episode we are joined by Collin Lyons the Delivery and Transformation Director for ustwo. An experienced Agile professional and author of Make Learn Change. We discuss why the Agile methodology is so popular and what it takes to transform your teams. We also visit the topic of the Spotify Model. Despite Spotify themselves having outlined its failures many organisations across Europe are adopting a similar framework.  If you would like a free copy of Make Learn Change please visit the ustwo website and download. A brilliantly simple document wri ..read more

In the second episode of MAD we are following on from the previous conversation on Flutter. The cross-platform offering has a lot of interest from the android community, but should the iOS community invest time in it? We are talking at length with an accomplished IOS engineer that has worked in the mobile space for over 10 years, Vandad Nahavandipoor.  Vandad has contracted with some of the biggest names in the UK and for the past 6 years been applying his trade in Sweden. Vandad shares some great tips on where you can pick up useful tutorials and learning material. Once a sceptic and no ..read more

In this weeks episode of the MAD Podcast, we discuss Shaun's meteoric rise to Mobile Lead at the ripe old age of 24 and with just 3 years industry experience. We touch on the state of the Mobile Development world along with what the future holds for tech in general and Shaun shares his ideas on leadership, coding and progression.  ..read more