[ BETTER TECH LEADERSHIP ]

S for Scalability: Growth, tech debt and managing expectations

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Meet our hosts & guests

Matt Warcholinski
CO-FOUNDER, BRAINHUB

Co-founder of Brainhub, Matt describes himself as a “serial entrepreneur”. Throughout his career, Matt has developed several startups in Germany, wearing many hats- from a marketer to an IT Engineer and customer support specialist. As a host of the Better Tech Leadership podcast, Matt talks about growing successful businesses and the challenges of being a startup founder and investor.

Hal Taylor
Head of Publishing Technology

As an engineering leader, Hal excels in building and leading high-performance teams, driving conversations, fostering technical excellence, training technical leaders, and guiding the transition to "scale-up" mode. His experience includes driving conversations, fostering technical excellence, and ensuring alignment within teams.

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