Episodes 32
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Active
Since Feb 2025
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
17%
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listen.x-team.com

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About This Podcast

Welcome to Keep Moving Forward, a biweekly podcast from X-Team for tech professionals who are passionate about growth, leadership, and innovation. In this podcast, we'll talk to seasoned tech leaders, forward-thinking engineers, and visionary experts about the lessons they’ve learned on scaling high-performing teams, navigating complex challenges, and driving innovation. Subscribe now, share with your colleagues, and let’s keep moving forward together.

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Recent Episodes

Victoria Pelletier on Building Belief, Not Just Strategy, to Drive Real Transformation

Mar 12, 2026 31m

Your transformation roadmap is set. The strategy looks solid. Leadership is aligned. So why does nothing seem to actually change? Victoria Pelletier, global vice president at Kyndryl and keynote…

Richard Sonnenblick on Why AI Decision Making Determines Enterprise Success

Mar 04, 2026 31m

Your enterprise AI agents are up and running. The outputs look polished. The answers sound confident. So why do decisions still feel risky? Richard Sonnenblick, Chief Data Scientist at…

Rajesh Natarajan: Trust Is an Architecture Decision

Feb 24, 2026 29m

Most AI adoption conversations focus on speed and capability. Raj Natarajan focuses on what those conversations skip: trust as a design requirement. In this episode, the global CTO of Gorilla…

Vishnu V. Ram on Mentoring for Leadership Success

Feb 18, 2026 33m

Great leaders aren’t just experts in their field—they’re mentors, problem-solvers, and collaborators who empower others to succeed. In this episode, we talk to Vishnu V. Ram, Vice President of…

Paul Gentile on Why AI Adoption Fails Without Trust

Feb 18, 2026 33m

Your AI rollout looked fine on paper. The launch happened. The training got done. The metrics held. So why is your team still running everything on spreadsheets? Paul Gentile, former senior…

How nCino’s Will Jung Is Rewriting AI Strategy for Banking

Dec 16, 2025 33m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, I sit down with Will Jung, CTO of nCino, to explore how AI is revolutionizing the banking sector. Will shares his journey from engineering roles in finance to…

Inside Thomson Reuters’ AI Adoption Strategy

Dec 09, 2025 34m

Joel Hron, chief technology officer at Thomson Reuters, shares the AI adoption strategy that his team used to achieve 80% uptake across a 5,000-person engineering organization. In this episode of…

AppDirect’s Andy Sen on Building a Bottom-Up AI Culture

Nov 26, 2025 30m

Andy Sen, chief technology officer and co-founder of AppDirect, shares how bottom-up experimentation accelerates AI adoption, strengthens ownership, and unlocks unexpected innovation across…

Planet DDS’s Mike Gibson on Empathy as a Performance Driver

Nov 11, 2025 32m

Mike Gibson, chief technology officer at Planet DDS, shares how empathy drives performance, why clarity builds trust, and how communication holds distributed teams together. In this episode of Keep…

Fanatics’ Justin Kerestes on Remote Leadership, Scaling Fast, and Operational Excellence

Oct 21, 2025 34m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, I sit down with Justin Kerestes, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Fanatics Betting and Gaming. We delve into Justin's unconventional journey from…

Ancestry’s Suresh Teckchandani on Non-Negotiables, Innovation, and the AI Shift

Oct 07, 2025 31m

Ancestry’s Suresh Teckchandani, VP of Product and Engineering, has led teams through transformation by defining non-negotiables, treating innovation as an everyday discipline, and preparing for AI’s…

GitLab’s Tim Zallmann on Building Distributed Teams That Move Fast

Sep 23, 2025 42m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, I sit down with Tim Zallmann, VP of Engineering at GitLab, to explore the intricacies of building fast-moving, distributed teams. Tim shares how he leads…

Zscaler’s Ayesha Mahmood on Leading With Adaptability and Empathy

Sep 09, 2025 35m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, I sit down with Ayesha Mahmood, Vice President of Software Engineering at Zscaler. Ayesha shares her inspiring journey from growing up in Pakistan to leading…

Bala Muthiah: Building Teams and Cultures with Systems Thinking

Aug 26, 2025 36m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, I sit down with Bala Muthiah, Director of Engineering at Lyft, to explore the transformative power of leadership through systems thinking. Bala shares his…

Disney Streaming’s Brandon Lonac on Building Engineering Teams With Respect and Clear Communication

Aug 12, 2025 35m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, I sit down with Brandon Lonac, Vice President of Software Engineering at Disney Streaming. With over 20 years of experience in shaping media consumption,…

Abhishek Kumar: Why Great Engineering Leadership Starts With Mindset

Jul 29, 2025 40m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, I sit down with Abhishek Kumar, Vice President of Engineering at Trellix, to explore the vital role of mindset in engineering leadership. With over two decades…

Ivey Chiu on Leading Ethical AI and Building Teams That Thrive

Jul 15, 2025 36m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, I dive into a fascinating conversation with Ivy Chiu, Senior Manager of AI Research Partnerships at TELUS. We explore Ivy's unconventional journey from…

Anand Thaker: From Cold Emails to Y Combinator and Being Acquired

Jul 01, 2025 36m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, join me as I sit down with Anand Thaker, Managing Vice President of Engineering at Gartner's Peer Programs. Anand shares his remarkable journey from founding a…

Amanda Stapleton: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone to Innovate

Jun 17, 2025 35m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, I sit down with Amanda Stapleton, a trailblazer in engineering leadership. From her early inspiration at a STEM camp to her current role as Systems Engineering…

Shaping Distributed Engineering Team Culture with Bill.com’s Subbu Allamaraju

Jun 03, 2025 34m

In this episode of Keep Moving Forward, I sit down with Subbu Allamaraju, Vice President of Engineering at Bill.com, to explore the intricacies of shaping a distributed engineering team culture.…

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