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The weekly podcast exploring how Australia hires, builds, and leads tech teams in the age of AI. Each week, James MacDonald sits down with a founder, CTO, or people leader to discuss the work itself—the strategic wins, the lessons learned from tough calls, and how leadership is evolving as AI reshapes what a team looks like.Building Tech Teams is produced by Day One®, trusted partners in the technology space and the production partner behind Blackbird Ventures' Wild Hearts. Sister shows include First Cheque, Oversubscribed and In The Blink of AI.
NTP Talent hosts Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald, a technology show with 127 episodes published.
Most companies treat compensation as a math problem: get the number right and the rest takes care of itself. Matt McFarlane says that’s backwards, and it’s the reason so many pay conversations go sideways even when the n
Most technical interviews still ask a candidate to write a function on a whiteboard. Adam Witanowski says that question is already obsolete, and what should replace it says everything about how AI is changing who gets hi
The junior engineer used to be the safe first hire. Cloë Stanbridge says AI just made that job disappear, and that's only the start of what's rewriting tech hiring right now. In this episode of Building Tech Teams, James
Most organisations are asking which AI model they should use. Patrick McQuaid thinks that is the wrong conversation. Patrick is Group Head of Data, Analytics & AI at NGM Group. He joins James MacDonald to explain how lea
Every great team she has ever seen shares one trait: they are comfortable with discomfort. Claudia Barriga-Larriviere has spent nearly 20 years building people and culture inside startups and global enterprises — and she
The business wants AI, and it wants it yesterday. But once the proof of concept works and the partner goes home, someone inside the company has to keep the thing running. Nathan Hill, Head of Telco at AWS and a 20-year v
The business wants AI, and it wants it now. Meanwhile security budgets are flatlining, breaches are becoming a line item, and agents can wander places no one scoped them for. Kevin Akermanis, Solutions Architect at Okta
The first hire used to be an engineer. Michael Batko thinks that's now backwards — and that's just the start of how AI is rewiring the way you build a tech team. In the first episode of Building Tech Teams , James MacDon
From a childhood without electricity to co-founding a listed betting company, Oliver Shanahan’s story is a masterclass in technical grit and commercial pivots. As the Group Head of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure at Bet
In this episode of Tech Execs, James MacDonald heads to Melbourne to sit down with Matt Vitale, former co-founder of Australia’s largest equity crowdfunding platform and now Executive Director at New Dialogue. Matt trace
Victoria Aspden, Executive General Manager - Digital & Transformation at Ampcontrol has had an unconventional career journey. Initially choosing technology for its earning potential, she managed to work her way through t
On the first episode of NTP’s Tech Exec podcast series, James MacDonald sits down with Andrew Cresp to talk about his journey through financial services technology leadership, from early days in the insurance industry, m
Ever wondered what it's like to transition from finance to IT, and from Sweden to Australia? On this episode of the NewyTechPeople podcast, Linda Apostolidis sits down with Margareta Bogatir Studdert, who brings her uniq
In this episode of the NewyTechPeople podcast, James sits down with Adam Ingles, a fractional CFO and Director at Quick:Ratio, who works with technology startups. Adam shares his experience in the tech industry and expla
In this episode of the NewyTechPeople podcast, we sit down with Roger Crellin, a seasoned technology executive who has recently moved to Newcastle. Roger shares his extensive international experience in the commercial si
In this episode of the NewyTechPeople podcast, we sit down with Michael Graham, a partner at Cutcher & Neale. Michael shares his journey from labourer to accountant to systems consultant, highlighting the importance of a
Our latest episode of the NewyTechPeople Podcast features Josh Jeffress, Principle at Design Anthology. Josh, a passionate innovator and industry veteran, shares his incredible journey from trade school to establishing a
Join us as we speak with Adam Boyle, CEO of EngageRM and founder of Pegasus, an Australian tech company that started in mining safety and grew into a global player before a successful exit. We'll hear how Pegasus got its
This episode of the NTP Podcast features Brett Thomas, COO of The Melt. Brett recounts his journey from aspiring professional soccer player to founding The Melt, a hardware startup accelerator. After a leg injury ended h
Join us as we speak with Josh Weeks, founder and Director of Alpha Echo, an Australian cybersecurity company. Josh shares his journey from wanting to be a teacher to becoming an aerospace engineer for the Australian Defe
James Macdonald
Founder and President · WoodridgeMTB Trail Support Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Michael Graham
NTSB Board Member · Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
1 appearance on this show
Brett Thomas
Co-founder & General Partner at CAVU Venture Partners · The Melt
1 appearance on this show
Michelle Crawford
founder of Being More Human and leadership coach · Cannabis Coaching Institute
1 appearance on this show
Adam Witanowski
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Nathan Hill
AWS
1 appearance on this show
Kevin Akermanis
Okta
1 appearance on this show
Oliver Shanahan
BetMakers Technology Group
1 appearance on this show
Matt Vitale
New Dialogue
1 appearance on this show
Victoria Aspden
Ampcontrol
1 appearance on this show
Andrew Cresp
NGM Group
1 appearance on this show
Margareta Bogatir Studdert
NGM Group
1 appearance on this show
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