Podcasts by Catch the Tornado Podcast
We interview founders, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders about eCommerce, Enterprise Software, Open-Source, and Sustainable Business. A new episode airs each Thursday!
In Balance IT Agata interviews guests at the intersection of business and technology who are making our future more sustainable. In beCommerce Markus talks to CTO’s and industry experts about the most current news, issues and developments in the eCommerce sector. In Catch the Tornado, Piotr brings up topics such as Product Building, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Open Source, and Investments.
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61. beCommerce with Björn Dröschel, Managing Director Product & Technology at fulfillmenttools from 2021-12-16T05:00
In today's episode, Markus Lorenz speaks to Björn Dröschel, the Product & Technology Managing Director at fulfillmenttools. The platform merges eCommerce with their client's store network, s...
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60. Catch the Tornado with Kristian Tysander, co-founder and CEO of Brink Commerce from 2021-12-02T05:00
Brink Commerce is a high performing, serverless, headless e-commerce SaaS platform for medium to large enterprise customers. Today Piotr speaks to Kristian Tysander, who has helped build the bus...
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59. Catch the Tornado with Brad Buda, co-founder of Census from 2021-11-18T05:00
In today’s episode, Piotr Karwatka speaks to Brad Buda, the co-founder of Census - an operational analytics platform. Census boasts that it's the easiest way to sync your customer data in all of...
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58. beCommerce with Julien Lemoine, Co-founder & CTO at Algolia from 2021-11-04T05:00
Julien Lemoine, the Co-founder & CTO at Algolia, an Enterprise Search Software company, is an entrepreneur passionate about software development, product development, and algorithmics. In th...
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57. Balance IT on being Planet Heroes with their co-founder Przemysław Pyziel from 2021-10-21T07:23:34
Planet Heroes is the world's first ecological crowdfunding platform. This start-up was established in Poland and has already been recognized by the United Nations. The platform collects funds fo...
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56. Catch the Tornado with Michael Vax, commerce of tomorrow trainer, (ex Hybris, Spryker, Elasticpath) from 2021-09-30T04:00
Michael Vax has over 20 years of leadership experience across the Digital Commerce landscape. He has led the development of eCommerce platforms at Hybris, Spryker, and Elasticpath. With this ext...
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55. beCommerce with Philipp Barthold, Chief Technology Officer at mytheresa.com from 2021-09-23T04:00
Mytheresa is one of the leading global luxury fashion e-commerce platforms shipping to over 130 countries. Founded as a boutique in 1987, Mytheresa launched online in 2006 and offers a highly cu...
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54. Catch the Tornado with Humberto Ayres Pereira, CEO of Rows.com from 2021-09-16T04:00
In this week's Catch the Tornado episode Piotr speaks to Humberto Ayres Pereira, CEO of Rows.com. Rows is not just another spreadhseet. It's a revamped, and tailored to fit the needs of increasi...
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53. Balance IT. on hydroponics and vertical farming with Brent Downey, founder of Urban Stalk from 2021-09-09T04:00
Urban Stalk is a Canadian company using leading technology in vertical farming such as precision-based agriculture, micro-controlled environmental production, circularity, IoT and automation to ...
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52. Catch the Tornado with Nate Stewart, Head of Strategy at BigCommerce from 2021-09-02T04:00
BigCommerce is an eCommerce platform that provides SaaS services to retailers, including online store creation, search engine optimization, hosting, marketing and security for small and medium-s...
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51. beCommerce with Oliver Thylmann, co-founder and CCO of Giant Swarm from 2021-08-26T04:00
Giant Swarm provides an API Driven Open Source Platform that enables businesses to easily provision and scale Kubernetes clusters together with a wide set of managed services. Some of its custom...
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50. Catch the Tornado with Dominik Angerer, CEO & Founder at Storyblok from 2021-08-19T04:00
Hi! Welcome to the 50th episode of the Catch the Tornado Podcast! On behalf of our whole team, thank you to all of the guests who have given us their time and shared what was often a lifetime's ...
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49. Catch the Tornado with François Lanthier Nadeau, CEO at Snipcart from 2021-08-12T04:00
This Catch the Tornado episode features François Lanthier Nadeau, CEO at Snipcart. Snipcart is a developer oriented solution for building shopping carts for online stores and enabling eC...
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48. Catch the Tornado with Gordon Lucas, Head of Digital Engineering at Costa Coffee from 2021-08-05T04:00
2020 was not an easy year for any business, but the Hospitality Industry was definitely amongst those suffering the biggest setback. Costa Coffee, a British coffeehouse chain giant was also stil...
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47. Balance IT with Dirk Van Nievelt co-CEO of Sustainable Marketplace, Denda from 2021-07-29T04:00
In this episode, Agata talks to Dirk Van Nievelt about his journey to becoming the co-founder of Denda, a South American marketplace that offers only sustainable, eco-friendly products and servi...
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46. beCommerce with Benoit Jacquemont, the co-founder and CTO of Akeneo from 2021-07-22T04:00
Before co-founding Akeneo, Benoit Jacquemont was CTO of Systems Integration company Smile and worked there for over 10 years. During this conversation, Benoit uncovers the story of how Akeneo wa...
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45. Challenge Accepted. with John Surdakowski, founder at Avex, Shogun Investor from 2021-07-15T04:00
Today, in the Challenge Accepted. episode of our podcast, we have John Surdakowski, founder at Avex, Shogun Investor. John has seen has over 20 years of experience in building the web, from Web ...
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44. Pioneers. with Michael Lukaszczyk, CEO and Co-Founder at GraphCMS from 2021-07-08T04:00
In today's Pioneers. episode of our podcast, Piotr speaks to Michael Lukaszczyk, CEO and Co-Founder at GraphCMS, one of the first GraphQL based Content Management Systems on the market. Michael ...
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43. Balance IT. with Angela Ortiz, Social Impact & Sustainability Entrepreneur from 2021-07-01T04:00
In this week's Balance IT. episode, Agata speaks to Angela Ortiz, Social Impact & Sustainability Entrepreneur. Angela is the author of "8 Principles That Will Make You An Effective Leader In...
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42. Pioneers. with Björn Raupach, the CTO & Founder of E2N from 2021-06-24T04:00
E2N is a software company founded in 2009 specializing in intelligent employee management and effective planning of personnel allocation that is known for its amazing UX. Its main premise is dig...
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41. Challenge Accepted. with Adam Maschek, CTO at Westwing Home & Living from 2021-06-17T04:00
In this week's Challenge Accepted. episode of our podcast, Piotr's guest is Adam Maschek the CTO of Westwing Home & Living. Westwing is an international eCommerce platform selling home appli...
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40. Challenge Accepted. with Mihaela Mazzenga, Chief Technology Officer at Sharper Image from 2021-06-10T06:10:49
Today's episode features Mihaela Mazzenga, Chief Technology Officer at Sharper Image, MACH alliance ambassador, a solutions architect, and a product strategist. Mihaela has recently led her team...
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39. Challenge Accepted. with Vahid Gharavi, Director of Engineering at METRO.digital from 2021-06-03T04:00
METRO revolutionized an entire industry when it was founded: the arrival of the cash & carry concept enabled customers to find everything they needed under one roof. Today METRO offers not o...
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38. Pioneers. with Matthias Patzak, Principal Advisor at Amazon Web Services from 2021-05-27T04:00
Matthias Patzak is the Principal Advisor at Amazon Web Services. He is an expert on lean-agile operational models at scale and has led many successful cloud transformations that resulted in shor...
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37. Balance IT. on #RacetoZero and CO2 offsetting with Yook's co-founder, Antoine Verger from 2021-05-20T07:01:56
In this week's Balance IT series episode, Agata and Antoine talk about building a green tech startup in the midst of the pandemic, and how looking for a more meaningful and fulfilling profession...
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36. Challenge Accepted. with Thomas Payet, co-founder & COO at MeiliSearch from 2021-05-13T04:00
ElasticSearch is the default search engine for anyone who wants to build a search box. Lucene is the algorithm behind ElasticSearch, and other popular search engines but, although this technolog...
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35. Pioneers. with Brian Flynn, Serial Entrepreneur and Investor at FounderPartners from 2021-05-06T04:00
In today's episode, Piotr speaks to Brian Flynn, Serial Entrepreneur and Investor at FounderPartners, who has over 20 years of experience in business and startups and over 10 in investments. Pio...
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34. Pioneers. with Nishant Patel, Founder & CTO at Contentstack from 2021-04-29T04:00
In today's episode of the Pioneers series, our guest is Nishant Patel, the Founder & CTO at Contentstack™ – a leading CMS and Content Experience Platform (CXP). Nishant is a technology visio...
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33. Pioneers. with Art Boyd, Senior VP, Growth Partnerships at Mirakl from 2021-04-22T04:00
In this episode of the Pioneers. series, our guest is Art Boyd, Senior VP at Mirakl. Although Art Boyd had a successful career in finance at Citibank, he decided to move on to a more risky envir...
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32. Pioneers. with Finbarr Taylor CEO at Shogun from 2021-04-15T04:00
In this episode of the Pioneers. series, our guest is Finbarr Taylor CEO at Shogun. Finbarr started his career as a software engineer who studied Computer Science in Scotland. As a software engi...
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31. Balance IT. on plastic footprint compensation with circulate.global CEO Christian Rühlmann from 2021-04-08T04:00
In this episode of our podcast Agata's guest is Christian Rühlmann, CEO of circulate.global. This is an environmental service platform that offers plastic neutrality to both individuals and bran...
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30. Challenge Accepted. with Stephan Schulze, CTO at Project A and Markus Lorenz (our new co-Host) from 2021-04-01T04:00
Welcome to the 30th episode of the CTO-CTO podcast. Firstly, we have another Challenge Accepted. by Stephan Schulze, the CTO at Project A who is an expert in helping companies develop faster and...
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29. Pioneers. with Filip Felician Dames, Entrepreneur and Investor at Cherry Ventures from 2021-03-25T05:00
Tech Crunch's recent news of Polish-American start-up Saleor raising 2.5 million USD in seed funding went viral a few days ago. In this week's Pioneers. episode, Piotr speaks to Filip Felician D...
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28. Challenge Accepted. with Kapies Vallipuram, Director of Software Development at ALDO Group from 2021-03-18T05:00
In today's episode, Piotr speaks to Kapies Vallipuram, Director of Software Development at ALDO Group. ALDO is a CanadianListen
27. Balance IT. Empowering Women in Tech with Natalie Pilling and Aleksandra Bis (Dare IT) from 2021-03-11T05:00
Celebrating International Women's Day, this week in the Balance IT. series of our podcast, our guests are Natalie Pilling and Aleksandra Bis, the two founders of Dare IT, a mentorship program th...
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26. Pioneers. with Fabian Wesner, founder of ROQ, ex-CTO of Spryker from 2021-03-04T05:00
In this episode of the Pioneers. series of our podcast, our guest is Fabian Wesner, founder of ROQ, ex-CTO of Spryker. Fabian started his career as a freelance developer, who then became a part ...
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25. Challenge Accepted. with Harini Janakiraman, Head of Technology & Associate Partner at Antler from 2021-02-25T05:00
In this episode of the Challenge Accepted. series, Piotr speaks to Harini Janakiraman, Head of Technology & Associate Partner at Antler.
Antler is a global early-stage venture capital fi...
24. Balance IT. with Victoria Schmierer on Pre-owned fashion at Zalando from 2021-02-18T05:00
We are very excited to bring you Balance IT., where Agata will be talking to various guests about specific Sustainable business practices. Instead of just sitting around complaining about our ow...
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23. Pioneers. with Pierre Burgy, co-founder & CEO of Strapi from 2021-02-11T05:00
In today's episode, Piotr speaks to Pierre Burgy, the co-founder, and CEO of Strapi. Strapi is a leading open-source CMS, which proudly boasts a community of over 30,000 members on GitHub. Piotr...
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22. Pioneers. with Filippo Conforti, CEO at Commerce Layer from 2021-02-04T07:31:31
Commerce Layer is a headless commerce platform and Order Management System that lets you add global shopping capabilities to any website, mobile app, chatbot, or IoT device. Today's conversation...
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#8 Pioneers. with Matt Gorniak, CEO of Threekit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, as part of the Pioneers. series of the CTO-CTO podcast, we are hosting Matt Gorniak, CEO of Threekit. Matt has over 20 years of experience in the enterprise software space, and as he ...
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#7 Challenge Accepted. with Philipp Triebel, Head of Engineering at Highsnobiety from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you’re familiar with the term "street style", or you’re into sneakers, fashion, or culture, this episode is for you. Today’s guest is Philipp Triebel, the Head...
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#6 Challenge Accepted. with Jonathan Ribas, CTO of Zadig & Voltaire from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today, in the Challenge Accepted. series, our guest is Jonathan Ribas, the CTO of Parisian fashion house Zadig & Voltaire. Jonathan talks about the strategy of implementing a successful move...
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#5 Challenge Accepted. with Matthias Zielezny, Head Of Software Development at Marc O'Polo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is part two of the conversations about the digital transformation at Marc O'Polo. Last week, we spoke about this challenge with Steffen Sandner, the fashion enterprise's Digital Int...
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#4 Challenge Accepted. with Steffen Sandner, Digital Intelligence Director at Marc O'Polo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For every problem you have to solve in your daily business you will find at least two exactly opposite solutions, and making the right choice is not always easy. Thankfully, in the Challenge Acc...
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#3 Pioneers. with Ulrike Mueller (former co-founder of Demandware) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week's guest is Ulrike Mueller, a former CTO known for creating innovative software products throughout all of her career. She started back in the 80’s as a programmer, and was part of the ...
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#2 Challenge Accepted. with Halil Köklü from LoveCrafts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With the Challenge Accepted. series we put theory into practice in order to solve a specific problem, so you don't have to. This week's guest is Halil Köklü, the CTO of Lovecrafts, who talks abo...
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#1 Pioneers. with Kelly Goetsch from commercetools from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the Pioneers. series we explore the mindset and technologies required to shape the future of ecommerce. This week's guest is Kelly Goetsch, Chief Product Officer of commercetools.
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Intro to the CTO-CTO Podcast. Welcome! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A short introduction to the podcast from Piotr and Agata, who explain why they came up with the 2 series, and what the podcast is all about.
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21. Challenge Accepted with Mathias Rönnlund, Systems Architect at Mirka from 2021-01-28T05:00
Finland based Mirka is one of the biggest sand-paper and tool manufacturers in the world. Today's guest is Mathias Rönnlund, Systems Architect at the company. Piotr speaks to Mathias abo...
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20. Pioneers. with Jan Hegewald, Director of Engineering at Zalando from 2021-01-21T05:00
Zalando has been setting industry standards since its early days in 2008. A huge part of the success of this retail phenomenon is its primary focus on software development. Zalando's rec...
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19. Pioneers. with John Williams, CTO at Amplience from 2021-01-14T05:00
In Today’s episode, Piotr talks to John Wiliams, CTO at Amplience. This story starts with Amplience being a startup centered around building flash-based media software right before Steve...
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18. Pioneers. with Alexander (Sasha) Vidiborskiy, Principal at Atomico from 2021-01-07T05:00
In today's Pioneer's episode, our guest is Sasha Vidiborskiy, the Principal at Atomico VC (his biggest investments include Skype, Pipedrive ...). Sasha shares 10+ years of investing experience w...
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17. Challenge Accepted. with Christoph Gerber, CEO of Talon.One, founder of Lieferando from 2020-12-31T05:00
In today’s episode, Piotr speaks to Christoph about the challenges of building a successful enterprise-software startup. Christoph is the CEO of Talon.One, a platform that allows you to ma...
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16. Pioneers. with Tim Neutkens Next.js lead and co-author from 2020-12-24T05:00
Next.js has become a standard framework for React applications. Wondering how this happened? In today’s Pioneers episode, we speak to Tim Neutkens, the very young yet accomplished Next.js lead a...
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15. Challenge Accepted. with Eli Finkelshteyn, founder and CEO at Constructor.i from 2020-12-17T05:00
Eli Finkelshteyn is the Founder and CEO at Constructor.io, an eCommerce search engine for improving conversion rates. Eli, a search engine expert is someone who started out his career wi...
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14. Challenge Accepted. with Gabriel Engel, founder and CEO of Rocket.Chat from 2020-12-10T05:00
Rocket.Chat is not an "Open Source Slack". It's much more than that. Today, we speak to Gabriel Engel, founder & CEO. With companies such as Audi, Deutsche Bahn, and the U.S. Department of D...
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13. Pioneers. with Adam Sturrock co-founder of Moltin from 2020-12-03T07:58:32
In today's Pioneers. episode, our guest is Adam Sturrock, the co-founder of Moltin and MACH Alliance ambassador. Piotr and Adam discuss the beginnings of Moltin and what it was like to build a s...
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12. Pioneers. with Carsten Thoma, co-founder of Hybris (SAP CX) from 2020-11-26T06:45:39
Today, our guest is Carsten Thoma, investor, entrepreneur, co-founder of Hybris (SAP), an eCommerce platform that pioneered the market back when less than 2% of global transactions were executed...
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11. Challenge Accepted. with Boris Lokschin, CEO and co-founder of Spryker from 2020-11-19T05:00
In today’s Challenge Accepted. episode our guest is Boris Lokschin, CEO and co-founder of Spryker. Boris talks about the challenge of entering an already established and saturated eCommerce plat...
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10. Pioneers. with Peter Lepeska, CTO of Acceleration Research & Technologies (ViaSat) from 2020-11-12T05:00
Today’s episode is part of the Pioneers. series and our guest is Peter Lepeska, CTO of Acceleration Research Technologies at Viasat, Inc. Amongst other topics, during this conversation Pet...
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9. Challenge Accepted. with Tobias Ouwejan, Lead Architect at SAP from 2020-11-05T05:10
Today’s Challenge Accepted. episode is a conversation between Piotr and Tobias Ouwejan, the Lead Architect for Commerce at SAP. After a decade working with customers and partners on Hybris comme...
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2. Challenge Accepted. with Halil Köklü from LoveCrafts from 2020-09-17T04:00
With the Challenge Accepted. series we put theory into practice in order to solve a specific problem, so you don't have to. This week's guest is Halil Köklü, the CTO of Lovecrafts, who talks abo...
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Welcome to the CTO-CTO Podcast! from 2020-09-01T13:00
A short introduction to the podcast from Piotr and Agata, who explain why they came up with the 2 series, and what the podcast is all about.
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