The Unsung Visionary: Inside the Founder-Adjacent Role
SaaS That App - Building Tech-Enabled Businesses · 2025-07-29 · 33 min
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From CTO leadership, founder-adjacent roles, remote engineering teams, and AI in logistics, this episode of SaaS That App: Building B2B Web Applications dives into it all. Matthew Benzel, Chief Technology Officer at DeliverThat, joins Aaron Marchbanks and Justin Edwards to share his journey building high-performing tech teams across enterprise and startup environments. What You’ll Learn: The Founder-Adjacent framework for technical leaders Why trust-building between founders and technical leadership is crucial for startup success How to build and manage remote development teams across cultural and linguistic boundaries Why choosing the right tech stack matters for long-term scalability How to cultivate team culture and prevent turnover Matthew Benzel is the Chief Technology Officer at DeliverThat, the leading catering delivery platform operating across all 50 states with over 25,000 drivers. With vast experience in enterprise software development at companies like Onosys, GoDaddy, and Spotify, Matthew specializes in transforming complex logistical challenges into scalable tech solutions.