Engineering Leadership for Scale, Agility, and Momentum with Jason LaFollette of Yext

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Jason LaFollette, CTO at Yext, shares his product-driven approach to leading agile teams, maintaining tech debt, and using a “top-down, bottom-up” style to keep productivity and momentum high. About the Guest : Jason LaFollette is Yext's Chief of Technology. Jason joined the company in 2014 and built out the enterprise consulting side of the business before moving over to product engineering and technology. Prior to joining Yext, Jason was CEO and co-founder of Citrrus, a professional services company specializing in mobile app development and wearable devices, which Yext acquired as the company's first acquisition. Timestamps : *(02:30) - Understanding Yext's Business Model *(04:55) - Leadership and Team Management Strategies *(14:20) - Scaling and Technical Debt Management *(24:00) - Adopting New Technologies and AI Guest Highlights : “What I'm looking for is momentum with the teams, momentum with the people, momentum with the systems. If you get fixated on the tactical parts...

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