Episode #95
David Gebhardt // CTO @ mobile.de
Become a better CTO/CPTO with these insights from David Gebhardt, CTO (and former CPTO) of mobile.de (Germany’s largest car vehicle marketplace). Originally the Head of Tech, David evolved into CPTO, eventually leading the 400-strong Product +Tech teams before evolving business needs led him to bring on a CPO and go back to being ‘just’ the CTO (“only” 250 people). He shares why in this great CTO podcast. Listen to find out:
- Why he went from CTO to CTPO and back 🤔
- Self-Efficacy as CTO ✅: How to be effective and FEEL effective
- Where innovation 💡 comes from (+ mobile.de’s Innovation Days Format)
- Why PHP isn’t all that bad
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