Today we are talking to Joel Hron, the CTO at ThoughtTrace. And we discuss the evolution of the CTO role as a company scales, the importance of practicing patience when recruiting, and the ethical decisions surrounding the advancement of Artificial Intelligence.

All of this, right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast.

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About Joel:

Mr. Hron joined ThoughtTrace in 2017 and currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer where he is responsible for product innovation and strategy, the development and application of AI and Machine Learning, and full-stack software development. His team comprises of data scientists, full-stack developers, dev-ops engineers, quality assurance engineers, and domain experts who all work together to deliver innovative applied AI solutions that function in a highly scalable and reliable way.

Prior to joining ThoughtTrace, he held various engineering and management roles within the Oil and Gas Industry for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation where he helped develop and shepherd new technologies enabling digital operations, better reservoir characterization, and field development optimization, with a focus on applied data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other big data technologies.
Mr. Hron holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from TCU and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas.

About ThoughtTrace:

ThoughtTrace (formerly Agile Upstream) is a Houston-based software company providing customers a significant competitive advantage using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning to streamline categorization, review, and analysis of contracts and agreements. Our cloud-based AI platform, ALI™ reads, interprets, and extracts critical provisions and data elements at the intent, or thought level, providing businesses the ability to apply context to content, replace ambiguity with clarity, and provide understanding even in the absence of structure. Our Mission is to empower people and companies to greater insight and creativity through better access to their most challenging information.

TOPICS:

• Joel’s non traditional route to software.
• Surrounding yourself with great people that you can learn from
• Lessons learned as the company scales
• ThoughtTrace’s size and mission.
• How they are leveraging community driven AI
• Joel’s story of joining ThoughtTrace
• Favorite books to learn from and recommend