#17 - Eric Bowman // SVP Engineering TomTom
Jan 14, 2021β’57 minβ’Ep 17β’Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
This time in the podcast I have a very bright guest I admire for years:
Eric Bowman, SVP Engineering at TomTom, Former VP Engineering at Zalando AND one of the
developers behind the game "The Sims" π§ββοΈ
He is a brilliant mind when it comes to tech leadership and has strong opinions on autonomy and empowerment.
Topics we touched:
* How 90s gaming development compares to 20s large scale tech teams
* What TomTom does these days and the technical challenges in location based services & mapping these days
* How to establish tech culture and open source in a large enterprise
* The challenges of the automotive industry in a software world π
* π The importances of the accelerate KPIs in modern engineering orgs and how to move fast π
It was a pleasure talking to you, Eric!