Podcast - Sphere
Episodes
Episode 48: Engineering Culture from Zero to Scale – Krzysztof Ras
Adin Heric talks with Krzysztof “Kris” Ras on building engineering culture from zero to scale—first 100 days, speed vs stability, leading across the Middle East and China, and AI’s impact.
Episode 47: Beyond the Hustle: Preventing Burnout in Tech Leadership – Nicolas Cava
SphereCast with Nicolas Cava on CTO burnout, AI anxiety, and scaling engineering teams sustainably — practical habits to grow fast without burning out your people.
Episode 46: Internal vs. External: Finding the Right Balance When Scaling Tech Teams – Wes Ezzeddine
How to scale your engineering organization sustainably? Wes Ezzeddine and Katya Savenkova reveal frameworks for smarter growth, high-performing teams, and balanced tech scaling.
Episode 45: Balancing Risk and Reward: The Realities of AI in Business – Ken Pickering
Scripta Insights CTO Ken Pickering discusses AI innovation, data governance, and leadership in tech. Learn how to balance AI experimentation, risk, and reliability in fast-growing organizations.
Episode 44: Resilient Leadership and AI in Regulated Industries - Erika Kiely
Discover how Erika Kiely, founder of ProTechtive Strategies and former tech leader at American Fidelity, uses AI to drive ethical innovation, scale purpose-led ventures, and promote global inclusion.
Episode 43: Tech Team Growth, AI, and Startup Realities
Wes Ezzeddine of Mamo Pay joins SphereCast to discuss AI in engineering, GenAI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot, and how to lead tech teams through rapid startup growth.
Episode 42: AI, Tech Debt, and the Future of Engineering
Field CTO Alex Ter-Zakhariants joins SphereCast to explore how AI is reshaping software engineering, from tackling technical debt to enabling smarter CI/CD, observability, and DevOps.
Episode 41: Passion Meets Tech
SphereCast speaks with Emilia De Stasio, COO and Founder at Artscapy. On the podcast, she dives into both the passion and the technology as she reflects on her time as an entrepreneur.
Episode 40: It Pays to be Nosy
This week, the SphereCast interviews Andy Bray, CFO at Sermo, a social platform connecting more than 1.3m healthcare providers
Episode 39: The Scalable CEO
The SphereCast speaks with Francois Casanova, Founder and CEO at Fitogram. On the podcast, among many other things, Francois discusses entrepreneurship, leadership, and trusting your team to do what’s right.
Episode 38: Scaling Live Music Experiences
The SphereCast team interviews Yuli Levtov, Chief Technology Officer at Volta XR. On the podcast, Yuli lays out his history with Volta XR, recounts some of its early challenges, and discusses some learnings made along the way.
Episode 37: Sticking to Our Core
The SphereCast team speaks with Gandolf Finke, Founder and MD at Mika. Mika is a digital companion platform that walks with cancer patients through every step of their difficult journeys through sickness. The app offers up personalized evidence-based content, including digital interventions and trusted education.
Episode 36: Trust Your Intuition
The SphereCast team interviews Emma Kay, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at WalkSafe. The WalkSafe app visualizes real-time crime reports by plotting these incidents clearly onto a map, allowing users to build a detailed understanding of local area crime patterns and plan safer walking routes.
Episode 35: Innovation in a Regulated Industry
The SphereCast team speaks with Ansgar Lange, Chief Operating Officer at Nostos Genomics. On the podcast, Ansgar discusses the challenges of a COO in a healthcare startup and how to properly innovate within the bounds of your chosen industry.
Episode 34: Building a Great Product and a Solid Team
The SphereCast team interviews Miruna Bicoli, Chief Operating Officer at BlueBatGames —a Vancouver-based company that produces white label social casino games for ground-based casinos.
Episode 33: Restoring Confidence in Travel
The SphereCast team speaks with Kris Rupay, Executive Vice President Engineering at aero hygenx, a company making pandemic-era travel safer.
Episode 32: Keeping Business Technology Efficient
This week, the SphereCast team speaks with Justin Tung, Head of Business Technology at Segment, an enterprise platform that allows businesses to activate their customer data.
Episode 31: The Future of Futbol
This week, the SphereCast team interviews Álvaro Ybáñez, Chief Product Officer at Fly-Fut, a modern drone technology company for futbol/soccer players.
Episode 30: Quality Leadership through Digital Transformation
The SpherecCast team speaks with Sophie Schwerdtfeger, Co-Founder of welearn — the go-to destination for niche educational content.
Episode 29: Driving a Medical Revolution
The SphereCast team interviews Mariano Vazquez, Co-Founder and CTO at ELEM Biotech. ELEM Biotech uses patient data to build “virtual humans”.
Episode 28: Unstructured Data Insight with RavenPack
The SphereCast team speaks with Kevin Crosbie, Chief Product Officer at RavenPack, a platform that gives meaning to unstructured data.
Episode 27: Extracting Value from Data
The SphereCast team interviews Adrian Gaveglia, Portfolio CFO at EmergeONE and Interim CFO at EnterpriseAlumni.
Episode 26: Leading a Business Through Crises
The SphereCast team speaks with Brandon Mackay — Owner, President, and CEO of SnugZ, a Utah-based company that boasts the domestic manufacture of promotional products.
Episode 25: Infusing AI into VC Funding
The SphereCast team interviews Alex Balderstone, Co-Founder and CEO at Kaiku, a data-driven AI scouting tool for venture funds.
Episode 24: Making Sustainability Simple
The SphereCast team speaks with Iris Skrami, Co-founder at Renoon — the smartest tool for conscious fashion shoppers.
Episode 23: Stagnant Technology is Ineffective Technology
The SphereCast team interviews Kwaku Yeboah-Antwi, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at DIZZBO.
Episode 22: Focus on your Superpower
The SphereCast team speaks with Lucy Mullins, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at StepLadder UK — a social FinTech company that is helping people feel empowered about their money.
Episode 21: Daring to Be Better
The SphereCast team interviews Tyler Childs, President and CEO at Sports-Travel, an Ontario-based company that works with thousands of sporting events and organizations around the globe to create professionally run events.
Episode 20: Solving Problems with Domain-Driven Design
The SphereCast team speaks with Scott Millett, IT Director at Iglu.com. Since 1998, Iglu has been disrupting the UK’s ski and cruise travel industries.
Episode 19: Making Studying a Team Effort
The SphereCast team interviews Lucas Hild, CEO and Co-Founder at Knowunity an user generated content platform for students.
Episode 18: A Better Way to Crowdfund
The SphereCast team speaks with Luke de Haas, CEOand Founder at MOSEA — a Toronto-based digital payments platform.
Episode 17: Increasing Solar Panel Effectiveness
The SphereCast team interviews Ingmar Kruse, CEO of SunSniffer — a technology that measures solar power module performance using AI.
Episode 16: Making Medicine More Human
The SphereCast team speaks with Ryan Grant, Founder & CEO at Vori Health — a virtual-first healthcare provider.
Episode 15: Mission Better Medicare for the Elderly
SphereCast team interviews Patricia Salas, President and “Chief Dream Enabler” at SBHIS Insurance Services.
Episode 14: On Leading Well
This week, the SphereCast team speaks with Matt Hagel, Chief Financial Officer at meal delivery service Freshly.
Episode 13: Pivoting from Professional Athletics
The SphereCast team interviews John Mark Nalocca, a former professional track and field athlete who is now an Attache of the Italian Embassy in Israel and an MBA candidate at IDC Herzliya.
Episode 12: Getting AI through the Final Mile
This week, the SphereCast teamspeaks with Michael Kohen,Co-Founder and CEO at SparkAI.
Episode 11: Infuse Analytics Everywhere
This week, the SphereCast team interviews Aviad Harell — Founder, Chief Operating Officer, and General Manager at Sisense.
Episode 10: How to Build Impactful R&D
In this SphereCast we talk with Boris Korenfeld, Director of Engineering at Waze and Carpool products at Google about R&D structure and size.
Episode 9: The Language of Finance
This week, the SphereCast team interviews Dodd Haynes, an expert consultant in domestic and international finance and accounting. Dodd discusses the importance of having one shared financial platform with a seamless integration and rollout —and shares a story of a time when the rollout was far less than perfect.
Episode 8: Finding Frictionless Travel with SuperVisas
This week, the SphereCast team speaks with Spencer Dobrik, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at SuperVisas. SuperVisas makes visa applications simple, affordable, and fast.
Episode 7: In Search of Shopping Convenience
This week, the Sphere Cast team interviews Ugochi Owo, CEO of Flindel—a platform that is making consumer returns as easy as ordering a pizza from your phone.
Episode 6: The Secret Playbook
This week, the SphereCast team connects with Emile Chouha, Co-founder at LunchBox — a Montreal-based digital app, all about helping friends discover new restaurants at the lowest prices.
Episode 5: The Toughest Job in the World
This week, the SphereCast team speaks with Yaniv Grinblat, Head of Business Development at Bridgify — a Tel Aviv-based travel and hospitality startup that uses technology to take the pain out of travel planning.
Episode 4: Making Mondays Less Painful
This week, the SphereCast team interviews Alexandra Detweiler, Director of Channel Partnerships, North America, at monday.com.
Episode 3: Business Technology and Ballet Shoes
This week, the SphereCast team interviews Aleksandra Efimova, CEO of RP Group International about business technology and Aleksandra's journey in her company Russian Pointe.
Episode 2: On AI, Good Data, and Failing Fast
This week, the SphereCast team speaks with Sergiy Mesropyan, Managing Director and Head of Skunk Works at TransMarket Group — a Chicago-based global proprietary trading firm
Episode 1: Try Before You Buy: The Story of experify.io
René Pfitzner, Co-Founder and CEO at experify.io. Pfitzner’s company fills a market gap for direct-to-consumer brands, connecting product shoppers with real product owners to get a hands-on trial before purchase.