Plato resources from the best leaders

Himanshu Gahlot, Director of Engineering at Lambda School, explains how he improved the hiring process at his new company by applying the knowledge he acquired working on different teams with different hiring processes in place.

Himanshu Gahlot

Director of Engineering at Lambda School

Himanshu Gahlot, Director of Engineering at Lambda School, recalls his own journey transitioning from a large corporate to a small startup and how he managed to adjust with ease most of the tools and processes to the needs of his smaller and more agile company.

Himanshu Gahlot

Director of Engineering at Lambda School

Himanshu Gahlot, Director of Engineering at Lambda School, shares how he used his own learnings to support his direct reports and help them grow in their careers.

Himanshu Gahlot

Director of Engineering at Lambda School

Jeffrey Wescott, Director of Engineering at Splunk, describes how he introduced clarity on ownership between four disparate teams by drafting a charter that precisely demarcated who owned what.

Jeffrey Wescott

Director of Engineering at Splunk

Pete Murray, Principal Software Engineer at Electronic Arts, discusses what makes one a great engineering leader and singles out creating opportunities and motivating engineers as two key characteristics.

Pete Murray

Principal Software Engineer at Electronic Arts

Pete Murray, Principal Software Engineer at Electronic Arts, recalls his efforts to introduce a cutting edge technology of that time and how that was intrinsically connected with his personal growth as an engineer.

Pete Murray

Principal Software Engineer at Electronic Arts

Pete Murray, Principal Software Engineer at Electronic Arts, explains how he successfully solved a long-troubling problem by applying a root cause analysis.

Pete Murray

Principal Software Engineer at Electronic Arts

Adam Bauman, Engineering Manager at Quizlet, shares how he had to find his way through when the company he was working at transitioned from one stage to another leaving many people redundant.

Adam Bauman

Engineering Manager at Quizlet

Adam Bauman, Engineering Manager at Quizlet, explains how deciding between seniority and leadership potential made him regret his decision.

Adam Bauman

Engineering Manager at Quizlet

Adam Bauman, Engineering Manager at Quizlet, shares his Three Don'ts for successful managing managers.

Adam Bauman

Engineering Manager at Quizlet

Adam Bauman, Engineering Manager at Quizlet, recalls how he helped resolve a workplace conflict by centering his conflict resolution efforts on three key questions.

Adam Bauman

Engineering Manager at Quizlet

Michael Mac-Vicar, CTO at Wildlife Studios, dissects how to set guardrails that would contain the exponential increase in cloud costs.

Michael Mac-Vicar

CTO at Wildlife Studios

Michael Mac-Vicar, CTO at Wildlife Studios, explains how the tension between Technology and a business unit creates an equilibrium of competence that helps solve the problems most efficiently.

Michael Mac-Vicar

CTO at Wildlife Studios

Shikhar Bajaj, Senior Product Manager at VMware, highlights the key differences between a product launch in a large organization and a small one.

Shikhar Bajaj

Sr. Product Manager at VMware

Shikhar Bajaj, Senior Product Manager at VMware, describes how he successfully launched a new product using the competitive advantages his company had over its competition.

Shikhar Bajaj

Sr. Product Manager at VMware

Shikhar Bajaj, Senior Product Manager at VMware, explains why trust is the key ingredient of every successful partnership between Engineering and Product.

Shikhar Bajaj

Sr. Product Manager at VMware

Shikhar Bajaj, Senior Product Manager at VMware, discusses how he developed a product mentality in his engineering-centric organization by introducing a formal stage-gate process that included the business review.

Shikhar Bajaj

Sr. Product Manager at VMware

Mason Mclead, CTO at Software.com, delves into how to take care of tech debt while pushing out new features and products.

Mason Mclead

CTO at Software.com

Mason Mclead, CTO at Software.com, explains how a primary job of an engineering leader changes as a company grows and how he felt that merely managing people is not the role that fits his aspirations.

Mason Mclead

CTO at Software.com

Mason Mclead, CTO at Software.com, highlights all the advantages of hiring at once a group of people who have already worked together.

Mason Mclead

CTO at Software.com