Kevin Goldsmith - Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at DistroKid, Board Member, Advisor, and International Speaker

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Kevin’s Bio

Kevin Goldsmith serves as the Chief Technology Officer for DistroKid, the world's largest digital music distributor. Previously, he was the CTO of Anaconda, Inc., the world's most popular data science platform with over 25 million users.

Before joining Anaconda, he served as CTO of AI-powered identity management company Onfido. Other roles have included CTO at Avvo, vice president of engineering, consumer at Spotify, and nine years at Adobe Systems as a director of engineering. He has also held software engineering roles at Microsoft and IBM.

Goldsmith is also the founder and principal at Nimble Autonomy, LLC., where he consults with growing startups working to scale their technology and teams deliberately and thoughtfully and with established companies working to be more innovative and agile in their product development practices.

Kevin is the author of “It Depends: Writing on Technology Leadership 2012-2022” which will be released in March 2024 by Unit Circle Press.

We talked about the following and other items

Photography hobby and career with Kevin Goldsmith.
Travel experiences and favorite places.
Travel hacks, music, and creativity.
Music distribution and platform fees.
Music distribution and analytics.
Music industry, piracy, and entrepreneurship.
Music industry evolution and creativity.
Public speaking and music.
Living and working in Sweden, cultural differences, and social safety net.
Tech industry career choices and growth.
Software development as a blue-collar trade.
Career development and job security in the tech industry.
Tech career paths and management roles.
Career choices for developers between big companies and startups.
CTO roles, responsibilities, and skills.
Product development, design, and sales.
Job search process and company culture.
Hiring and company culture.
Interviewing and assessing developer skills.
Hiring and coaching employees.
Performance improvement plans and employee termination. Company culture and transparency.
Engineering and product development experiences.
Product development and success.
Work-life balance and self-awareness in the tech industry. Managing diverse teams across cultures and locations.
Cultural differences in a global tech company.
Music industry, company culture, and entrepreneurship. Self-publishing a book on tech management.
Self-publishing a book with limited resources.