Authors

About the Authors

This book is a collaboration between 15 engineering and technology leaders with decades of experience at companies like SAP Labs, Ariba, Portal, and more. These leaders have led teams across the U.S., South America, Europe, and India, and have developed innovative solutions in fields like AI, cloud computing, financial technology, and B2B SaaS. Our collective experiences represent hundreds of successful products and billions of dollars in value created across global markets. We’ve been through the highs and the lows of engineering leadership, and we want to share those lessons with you.

Byron S. Lee

In Byron S. Lee’s 40-year career, he has worked in diverse industries, including fintech, pharma, security, marketing, supply chain, storage,…

Cheryl Lander

Cheryl Lander is a Senior Director in the Fusion SaaS Release Management team at Oracle. During more than 30 years…

Chris Lanier

Chris Lanier is a technology leader who has successfully built teams and products in diverse areas. He has achieved success…

Dave McLaren

Dr. McLaren is a passionate engineering leader with over 30 years of experience in research, innovation, design and development in…

Ed Komo

Ed Komo is a seasoned CTO and business leader with a passion for building high-performing teams and fostering a culture…

Graham Golder

Graham is a startup veteran, with over 25 years’ experience at early-stage startups, resulting in 5 company acquisitions. Graham is a…

James Bingham

James Bingham is the founder of Bingham Healthcare, a consulting practice that focuses on provider and payer regulatory navigation and…

Jens Faenger

Jens Faenger has over 25 years of experience in software engineering roles, having worked in both large organizations and early…

Marilson B. Campos

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Marilson B. Campos graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Rio de Janeiro University…

Mark Soloway

Mark Soloway is the Senior VP of Operations at SafeinHome. He manages HR, IT, billing functions, account management, product and…

Mike Moody

Mike Moody has a 40+ year career in Computer Science. Starting with an internship at age 19, he worked at…

Milena Talavera

Milena Talavera is a Senior Vice President of Engineering at Slack. She leads an Infrastructure organization that is responsible for…

Ron Park

Ron Park is the former CTO and head of products at Turnitin, the number one edtech SaaS vendor. It was…

Sudha Kaki

Sudha Kaki is a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years of experience in the B2B SaaS industry. Most recently…

Thomas Hempel

Having attended Stanford, Thomas went to work for Computer Curriculum Corporation, one of the early pioneers of multimedia AI-based online…

Vilas Madapurmath

Vilas Madapurmath is a seasoned Senior Software Engineering Executive with over 25 years of experience in global engineering strategy and…