Today we’re talking to Rob Zuber, CTO of CircleCI; and we discuss how to uplevel your software teams, why teaching and mentoring others is beneficial to your own skills, and how the best way to have quality software is to move quickly and deploy often.

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

Check out more of Rob and CircleCI at https://circleci.com/

About Rob Zuber:

Rob Zuber is a 20-year veteran of software startups; a four-time founder three-time CTO with past investments from Google Ventures, Relay Ventures, and Foundation Capital as well as exits to Appconomy and CircleCI. Since joining CircleCI as CTO three and a half years ago, Rob has seen the company through its $18 million Series B and delivered on product innovation at scale: CircleCI now processes more than a quarter of a million tasks per day and nearly 7 million builds every month. Over that same period, Rob has grown CircleCI’s engineering team four-fold as it has been recognized as one of the Bay Area’s Best Places to Work by the San Francisco Business Times. In addition to overseeing teams in San Francisco and Toronto, Rob also leads a global team of CircleCI engineers across 9 countries and 10 different time zones.

Prior to CircleCI, Rob was the CTO and Co-founder of Distiller, a continuous integration and deployment platform for mobile applications acquired by CircleCI in 2014. Before that, he cofounded Copious an online social marketplace. Prior to Copious, Rob was the CTO and Co-founder of Yoohoot, a technology company that enabled local businesses to connect with nearby consumers, which was acquired by Appconomy in 2011.

About CircleCI:

CircleCI is the software delivery engine for teams who want to ship software faster and with confidence.

We do this today by building the world’s best platform for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD). Ultimately, we plan to map every source of change for software teams, so they can accelerate innovation and growth.

Our platform was built by a team of DevOps experts who understand how critical CI/CD is to your entire development process and your entire business. The best software teams know that speed, focus, and consistency of delivery make the difference between good and great. We built CircleCI to deliver on these promises so you can deliver on yours — to reliably bring only the highest quality products to your customers.

CircleCI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

Joel Beasley

Joel Beasley founded the Modern CTO Podcast in 2017 while writing his book, the Modern CTO book, with the goal of interviewing CTOs and sharing their experiences with others in the tech community.

Joel’s conversational style and insightful questions quickly gained traction, attracting high-profile guests such as Microsoft’s CTO, Kevin Scott, and T-Mobile’s CIO, Cody Stanford. With each episode, the podcast’s popularity continued to grow, and soon, Joel found himself with a waiting list of future guests.

Today, the Modern CTO Podcast has become the number one leadership and tech podcast in the world, with over 150k active listeners, including CTOs, lead developers, and rising tech leaders. Joel’s commitment to creating a conversational atmosphere for his guests to share their experiences has inspired a new generation of leaders and innovators.

As the success of the podcast grew, Joel founded ProSeries Media, a podcast production company that helps companies worldwide create their own podcasts. With a team of producers, content creators, and podcast bookers, ProSeries Media produces over ten shows, providing a platform for companies to connect with their audience and share their expertise.

Through his work on the Modern CTO Podcast and ProSeries Media, Joel Beasley has become a respected voice in the tech industry, inspiring others to share their knowledge and insights with the wider community. His passion for creating engaging content that informs, inspires, and entertains has made him a sought-after speaker and advisor on all things tech.



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