Sharing Knowledge & Insights

Exploring technology leadership, digital transformation, and building high-performing teams through conferences, podcasts, and community events.

Talks & Podcasts

Speaking engagements, podcast appearances, and presentations on technology leadership.

🎤 Webinar: Tintash - 5-Step Tech Stack Audit

5-Step Tech Stack Audit

5-Step Tech Stack Audit - A comprehensive framework for auditing your technology stack, identifying technical debt, security vulnerabilities, and opportunities for optimization and improvement.

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🎙️ Podcast: Personal Brand Blueprint

From Non-Technical Beginnings to Fractional CTO Success | Brian Childress's Personal Brand Blueprint

From Non-Technical Beginnings to Fractional CTO Success - The journey of building a personal brand in technology, transitioning from non-technical beginnings to becoming a successful fractional CTO, a

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🎙️ Podcast: Coffee, Chaos, & Cashflow

Helping Non-Technical Leaders Succeed in Tech

Helping Non-Technical Leaders Succeed in Tech - A discussion about bridging the gap between business leadership and technology, helping non-technical leaders navigate the complex world of software dev

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🎤 Nation Conferences - December 2024

Thriving in a Connected World

Thriving in a Connected World - Exploring how businesses and technology leaders can succeed in our increasingly connected world, leveraging connectivity while managing complexity and maintaining secur

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🎙️ Podcast: ArtificialIntelligencePodcast

AI-Proof Your Business with Brian Childress

AI-Proof Your Business - Strategies for preparing your business for the AI revolution, understanding how to implement AI effectively, and future-proofing your technology infrastructure and processes.

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🎤 Nation Conferences 2024

Simplicity: The Key to Software Success

Simplicity is the foundation of successful software development. This talk explores how keeping things simple leads to better software, more maintainable codebases, and teams that can move faster with

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🎤 Blue Ridge Ruby 2024

Simplicity: The Key to Software Success

Simplicity is the foundation of successful software development. This talk explores how keeping things simple leads to better software, more maintainable codebases, and teams that can move faster with

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🎙️ Podcast: Scale Architects

The Secret to Scaling Through Technology with Brian Childress - Ep. 166

The Secret to Scaling Through Technology - Episode 166 revealing key strategies for leveraging technology to scale your business effectively, avoiding common pitfalls and building for sustainable grow

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🎙️ Podcast: Biz Help For You - Candy Messer

How to Make Smart Tech Decisions for Your Business with Brian Childress

How to Make Smart Tech Decisions for Your Business - Practical framework for making informed technology decisions that align with business goals, budget, and long-term strategy.

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🎙️ Podcast: Brian Childress

Top Technical Questions from Founders

Top Technical Questions from Founders - Answering the most common and critical technical questions that founders ask, providing practical guidance on technology decisions, architecture, and team build

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🎙️ Podcast: Tech Leaders

Spotlight Series with Brian Childress

Spotlight Series - Featured in the Tech Leaders Spotlight Series, sharing insights on technology leadership, building effective teams, and driving innovation in software development.

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🎙️ Podcast: The First Customer

How to Tackle Tech Complexity to Scale Your Business with Brian Childress

How to Tackle Tech Complexity to Scale Your Business - Strategies for managing technical complexity while scaling, simplifying systems, and making technology decisions that support sustainable growth.

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🎙️ Podcast: Software Oasis

Brian Childress API & Security Specialist

API & Security Specialist - Discussion about API design, security best practices, and building robust, secure software systems that protect user data and business assets.

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🎙️ Podcast: Work at Home RockStar

WHR 3.160: The Grit Behind Tech Success: Professional Mastery and Integrity with Brian Childress

The Grit Behind Tech Success - Professional Mastery and Integrity - Discussing the importance of professional integrity, continuous learning, and the determination required to succeed in technology le

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🎙️ Podcast: Mission Driven

Simplify to Scale: Brian Childress on Tackling Software Complexity | Ep. 48

Simplify to Scale - Tackling Software Complexity - How simplification is the key to successful scaling, removing unnecessary complexity, and building systems that grow sustainably with your business.

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🎙️ Podcast: The Liquid Lunch Project

Small Business, Big Tech: Navigating the Digital Landscape with Brian Childress

Small Business, Big Tech - Navigating the Digital Landscape - Helping small businesses understand and implement technology solutions, making sense of the digital transformation without overwhelming co

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🎙️ Podcast: Open Tech Talks

Tech Advisor Insights: Making the Right Calls for Your Startup with Brian Childress

Tech Advisor Insights - Making the Right Calls for Your Startup - Guidance for startups on making critical technology decisions, from choosing the right stack to hiring technical talent and planning f

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🎙️ Podcast: Play Big Faster

The Tech Help You Didn't Know You Needed | Brian Childress

The Tech Help You Didn't Know You Needed - Uncovering hidden technology challenges and solutions that businesses often overlook, providing practical advice for leveraging technology effectively.

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🎙️ Podcast: Payback Time

How to Scale a Tech Company with Brian Childress

How to Scale a Tech Company - Strategies and best practices for scaling technology companies, from technical infrastructure to team growth, addressing common challenges and proven solutions.

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🎙️ Podcast: The CTO Show With Mehmet #181

#181 From Enthusiast to Expert: A Conversation with Fractional CTO Brian Childress

From Enthusiast to Expert - Episode 181 - A follow-up conversation diving deeper into the fractional CTO role, sharing experiences, challenges, and successes in helping companies with technology leade

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🎙️ Podcast: Paperback Expert

Designing Your Data for Business Success with Software Architect, Brian Childress

Designing Your Data for Business Success - A deep dive into data architecture and how to structure your data to support business objectives, improve decision-making, and enable scalable growth.

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🎙️ Podcast: The Tech Leader's Playbook

Tech Companies Aren't Just Failing - They're Collapsing

Tech Companies Aren't Just Failing - They're Collapsing - An in-depth look at why tech companies fail and what leaders can do to prevent catastrophic collapse. Exploring common pitfalls and strategies

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🎙️ Podcast: Guide to HR

Scaling Made Simple: Expert Advice from Brian Childress

Scaling Made Simple - Expert advice on scaling technology organizations, building effective teams, and implementing systems that grow with your business without adding unnecessary complexity.

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🎙️ Podcast: Small Steps Big Wins with Sue Saller

E 84 | Brian Childress: Quit the W-2 and Didn't Look Back!

Quit the W-2 and Didn't Look Back - Sharing the journey of leaving traditional employment to pursue entrepreneurship and fractional CTO work, including lessons learned and advice for others considerin

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🎙️ Podcast: Timothy Hughes

Understanding Software's Hidden Challenges with Brian Childress

Understanding Software's Hidden Challenges - Exploring the often-invisible challenges in software development, from technical debt to organizational issues, and how to address them proactively.

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🎙️ Podcast: Bankedoutt Radio Show

Brian Childress Interview (2023)

Brian Childress Interview - A wide-ranging conversation covering career journey, technology trends, leadership insights, and lessons learned from years of experience in software development and archit

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🎙️ Podcast: Financial Freedom #534

#534 - Navigating the Tech Terrain with Brian Childress

Navigating the Tech Terrain - Episode 534 exploring the technology landscape, helping business leaders understand and navigate technical decisions, trends, and challenges in today's digital world.

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🎙️ Podcast: Financial Freedom with Dr. Christopher Loo

Tech Talk: Bridging Business and Technology with Brian Childress

Tech Talk - Bridging Business and Technology. A conversation about connecting business objectives with technical implementation, helping leaders make informed technology decisions that drive business

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🎙️ Podcast: Peter Witham

Keeping software simple with Brian Childress

Keeping Software Simple - A discussion about the importance of simplicity in software development, avoiding over-engineering, and building maintainable systems that solve real business problems.

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🎙️ Podcast: The CTO Show With Mehmet

From Enthusiast to Expert: A Conversation with Fractional CTO Brian Childress

From Enthusiast to Expert - A conversation about the journey from technology enthusiast to fractional CTO, sharing insights on career growth, technical leadership, and building expertise in software a

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🎙️ Podcast: The Future of the Future

Podcast: The Future of the Future

Join me to learn this, and more, as I interview Brian Childress, a seasoned Software Architect with more than 15 years of experience leading projects and helping companies get software development rig

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🎙️ Podcast: Agile Mindset Consulting

Scrum Power Hour: How to Build a Successful Relationship Between SMs and Devs

Scrum Power Hour - How to Build a Successful Relationship Between Scrum Masters and Developers. Exploring the dynamics of effective collaboration between Scrum Masters and development teams for better

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👥 RVA.JS Meetup, March 2022

Denied! Securing your Application with Better User Authorization

As our applications grow in complexity, application security needs to change to keep pace. Using real-world examples we will explore new implementations for front-end user authorization and authentica

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🎤 Open Source 101 2019

Your Tests are Lying To You - Improving your testing by testing what really matters

Do your tests keep you up at night? In this talk we’ll remove the mystery and fear around testing by understanding what a good test looks like. Through real world examples we’ll explore ways to improv

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🎤 ForwardJS Ottawa 2019

Denied! Securing your Application with Better User Authorization

As our applications grow in complexity, application security needs to change to keep pace. Using real-world examples we will explore new implementations for front-end user authorization and authentica

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🎤 All Things Open 2018

Denied! Securing your Application with Better User Authorization

As our applications grow in complexity, application security needs to change to keep pace. Using real-world examples we will explore new implementations for front-end user authorization and authentica

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🎤 Coder Cruise 2018

Denied! Securing your Application with Better User Authorization

As our applications grow in complexity, application security needs to change to keep pace. Using real-world examples we will explore new implementations for front-end user authorization and authentica

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