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The CTO Compass is a podcast about CTO, CIO, and tech leadership - on strategy, scaling, teams & bringing clarity to technology leadership for real boardroom impact. Hosted by Mark Wormgoor, each episode features candid conversations with experienced CTOs, CIOs, and senior tech leaders from startups through to large enterprises. The focus is on the real work of leading in tech: – Setting clear tech strategy that aligns with business goals – Scaling teams and culture – Making high-stakes decisions under pressure – Navigating the transition from hands-on engineer to executive leader This is not a hype show, nor a theoretical leadership podcast. Guests share hard-won lessons, mistakes, and practical insights from the moments that mattered most - when clarity was missing, heavy decisions needed to be made, and leadership was tested. If you’re a CTO, CIO, or tech leader looking to sharpen your thinking, increase your influence, and create real impact in the boardroom, The CTO Compass is built for you.
Unknown Host hosts The CTO Compass.
In this season finale of The CTO Compass, host Mark Wormgoor sits down with Dr. Angela Mulrooney, an entrepreneur who has successfully built five companies and sold four. Angela shares her remarkable journey of navigatin
Most digital agencies do not survive past year five. Dominic Tancredi has been running Dom & Tom for 17 years, navigating every technology wave from the birth of mobile to the current AI agent explosion. Surviving that l
Technology decisions feel heavy when AI and data privacy collide. In this episode of The CTO Compass, I sit down with Clive Moore, a UI/UX designer with 25 years of experience who became the founder of GPT Studio and Wor
Mark Wormgoor sits down with network architecture veteran Asim to unpack what 32 years in the technology trenches teaches you about surviving massive industry shifts. Asim earned his CCIE certification in the year 2000,
Most technology leaders start by looking at the tool. Mike Toguchi, Chief Strategy Officer at Tectonic, argues that is the wrong beginning. If you drop AI into a broken process, you don't fix the problem, you only accele
This episode focuses on the transition from technical execution to organizational impact. Limor Bergman Gross shares how many engineering managers get stuck because they focus solely on being good at their jobs. She expl
Most large-scale technology projects don't fail because the software is broken; they fail because the incentives are misaligned long before the first line of code is written. AV, founder of Avira Advisors and author of S
Mark Wormgoor sits down with Bud Caddell, founder of NOBL, to explore the human friction that often stalls massive technology initiatives. Bud shares his transition from a software developer to a change management expert
This episode challenges a core assumption most tech leaders still operate under: that intelligence is our primary advantage. As AI systems begin to outperform humans in reasoning and decision-making, this conversation re
Colin shares the raw, behind-the-scenes reality of moving from a cushy engineering role at Microsoft to the high-stakes environment of a Silicon Valley accelerator. He discusses the pivotal "moment of liberation" when he
Most AI projects don’t fail because of bad models. They fail because the data underneath is broken. Matt Soltau breaks down why “AI readiness” is really a data problem and why most organizations are building on fragile,
What happens when you take a trust-based, offline financial system and turn it into software that people depend on with their money? In this episode, Erioluwa shares the real pressure behind building a fintech startup in
Most AI initiatives don’t fail because of weak models. They fail because they collapse under real-world complexity. This episode breaks down how CTOs and business leaders can design AI systems that survive messy data, un
Most AI strategies fail before anything ships, not because of the tech, but because leaders never test assumptions against reality. In this episode, CTOs will learn how to ground AI strategy in real user behavior, reduce
AI is moving from copilots to autonomous agents, and most tech leaders are not prepared for what that shift means. Craig walks through the real risks behind superintelligence, why AI checking AI is becoming inevitable, a
AI is not just another tool. It is reshaping leadership, strategy, and the future of work. Stephanie Sylvester explains why most AI initiatives fail, why middle management is most at risk, and how CTOs and CIOs can use A
CTOs and CIOs are facing relentless delivery pressure as teams shrink, AI accelerates expectations, and urgency becomes the default operating mode. In this episode, you will learn how constant exhaustion and apathy signa
Most CTOs and CIOs are not behind on AI because they chose the wrong model. They are behind because their data, culture, and workflows are not ready. In this episode of The CTO Compass, Mark Wormgoor speaks with Santosh
Revenue systems are becoming a major source of complexity in modern SaaS and AI companies. As CPQ, pricing, quoting, and billing evolve, they often slow decisions and execution instead of enabling growth. In this episode
Most CTOs and tech leaders don’t think they’re the bottleneck. They think they’re being responsible: staying close to the details, protecting quality, moving fast. But from a buyer’s perspective, that same behavior often
Limor Bergman Gross
former Director of Engineering
1 appearance on this show
Colin Hodge
startup founder, author, co-owner · Down
1 appearance on this show
Matt Soltau
Global Director of Strategy and Operations · IntelliIPaaS
1 appearance on this show
Sairam Sundaresan
AI Engineering Leader | Author of AI for the Rest of Us
1 appearance on this show
Craig Kaplan
CEO and founder · iQ Company
1 appearance on this show
Stephanie Sylvestre
Human Potential Advocate · Avatar Buddy
1 appearance on this show
Andrew Hinkelman
1 appearance on this show
Santosh Kaveti
founder and CEO · ProArch
1 appearance on this show
David Hori
Topline Operators
1 appearance on this show
Bill Kasko
President and CEO · Frontline Source Group Staffing & Recruiting Firm
1 appearance on this show
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