Plato resources from the best leaders

JJ Fliegelman, CTO at WayUp, shares how he successfully set up a self-sustaining structure that allowed him to avoid the trap of being too in the weeds and being a blocker to the team, and instead focus on strategic objectives and opportunities.

JJ Fliegelman

CTO at WayUp

Sameer Kalburgi, VP of Engineering at Fieldwire, discusses how his team evolved from hiring junior engineers to building a team of -- and balancing -- mixed seniorities.

Sameer Kalburgi

VP of Engineering at Fieldwire

Sameer Kalburgi, VP of Engineering at Fieldwire, debunks the hidden meaning behind the recurring requests for transparency and shares how he managed to enhance collaboration with other stakeholders by drawing his team’s boundaries clearly.

Sameer Kalburgi

VP of Engineering at Fieldwire

Sameer Kalburgi, VP of Engineering at Fieldwire, discusses how managing managers, unlike managing ICs is, to the largest extent, a matter of style.

Sameer Kalburgi

VP of Engineering at Fieldwire

Sameer Kalburgi, VP of Engineering at Fieldwire, shares how he enhanced his public speaking skills to make his presentations more compelling and engaging for a non-technical audience.

Sameer Kalburgi

VP of Engineering at Fieldwire

Gergely Orosz, Engineering Manager at Uber, shares how he approaches building teams of leaders that are enabling people to grow faster, have more autonomy and be more motivated.

Gergely Orosz

Engineering Manager at Uber

Kevin Perko, Head of Applied Research and Data Science at Scribd, discusses how he made his employee successful by helping them transition into a more suitable and challenging role.

Kevin Perko

Head of Applied Research / Data Science at Scribd

Kevin Perko, Head of Applied Research and Data Science at Scribd, explains how standardizing the interview process -- and particularly the interview questions -- resulted in better hires and skill set fits.

Kevin Perko

Head of Applied Research / Data Science at Scribd

Raghavendra Iyer, Head of Engineering at ReachStack, discusses how setting up measurable goals and providing structured learning can help your employees expand their knowledge and skills.

Raghavendra Iyer

Head of Engineering at ReachStack

Raghavendra Iyer, Head of Engineering at ReachStack, explains how he envisioned a new product and engineering stack that he was trying to roll out for a yet-unknown problem.

Raghavendra Iyer

Head of Engineering at ReachStack

Raghavendra Iyer, Head of Engineering at ReachStack, recalls how his recurring problems with securing a US work visa made him move to and continue his professional career in Canada.

Raghavendra Iyer

Head of Engineering at ReachStack

Raghavendra Iyer, Head of Engineering at ReachStack, tells of his efforts to preserve the startup mentality of his team following the acquisition by a large company.

Raghavendra Iyer

Head of Engineering at ReachStack

Matt Pillar, VP of Engineering at OneSignal, shares how he improved the reliability of high scale systems by securing investment in infrastructure and on-call services.

Matt Pillar

VP Engineering at OneSignal

Matt Pillar, VP of Engineering at OneSignal, shares how he had to abandon a technology investment his team was pursuing that neglected the real customer problems and instead focused on the brilliance of the solution alone.

Matt Pillar

VP Engineering at OneSignal

Matt Pillar, VP of Engineering at OneSignal, recalls how he helped merge two engineering teams at two different locations and how legal and cultural context made all the difference.

Matt Pillar

VP Engineering at OneSignal

Jackson Dowell, Engineering Manager at Asana, discusses how he approached legacy service migration by stabilizing the existing stack and getting Engineering and Operations to work together to address the underlying problems.

Jackson Dowell

Engineering Manager at Asana

Jackson Dowell, Engineering Manager at Asana, explains how he moved his project forward by coming up with a clear model of the system and problem that provided guidance to the team and helped communicate their efforts outward.

Jackson Dowell

Engineering Manager at Asana

Nimrod Perez, CTO and VP of Engineering at Wobi LTD., recalls how he, over the years, was learning and adjusting his approach to become a better manager and successful leader.

Nimrod Perez

CTO and VP of Engineering at Wobi LTD.

Nimrod Perez, CTO and VP of Engineering at Wobi LTD., explains how he solved a long-troubling problem of disproportionate workload by his simple and egalitarian approach.

Nimrod Perez

CTO and VP of Engineering at Wobi LTD.

Nimrod Perez, CTO and VP of Engineering at Wobi LTD., shares how he successfully implemented a number of changes, including re-writing the entire system, to help the organization accomplish its goals.

Nimrod Perez

CTO and VP of Engineering at Wobi LTD.