#239 David Blair - CTO at Andela

Episode 239 ·

Today we are talking to David Blair, the CTO at Andela.  And we discuss the vibrant engineering culture being built across Africa, Andela’s mission to connect brilliance, talent and opportunity, and how seeking feedback from others will help in all aspects of growth.

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

About David:

David is a proven technology leader who is passionate about building great products and motivated engineering teams at both venture backed and publicly traded companies. He has demonstrated success innovating new and differentiated products, optimizing and rebuilding teams, and creating value for customers.

About Andela:

Andela is a global talent network that connects companies with vetted, remote engineers in emerging markets. Hundreds of leading companies like GitHub, Cloudflare, and ViacomCBS leverage Andela to scale their engineering teams quickly and cost effectively. A distributed organization spanning four continents, Andela is backed by investors including Generation Investment Management, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Spark Capital, and Google Ventures.

TOPICS:

  • Talking about the technology and economic boom happening across Africa
  • Andela's mission to connect Talent, Brilliance and Opportunity
  • David's journey that led to him joining Andela
  • Thoughts on the advancement of software development
  • David's role as an advisor to startup companies and advice for other startups going though similar experiences
  • The best leadership advice that David has ever recieved

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