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Conversations with Ivan Smirnov

Podcast appearances and interviews on fractional CTO leadership, distributed systems, AI, and what it takes to build durable engineering organizations.

Podcast Appearances

Around the Coin · Episode 317

Ivan Smirnov, CTO & Co-founder of Elude

A conversation about building Elude from the ground up — architecting a high-performance distributed microservices platform, raising venture capital, and the realities of being a founding CTO in travel-tech.

Founding CTO experience Distributed systems Venture-backed startups Travel-tech
Listen on Around the Coin

The Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Show · Episode 1023

The future of tech and human-centric solutions

Ivan joins the show to discuss where technology is headed, how founders should think about building products people actually love, and the lessons from years inside Google and at the helm of early-stage startups.

Product philosophy Founder mindset AI & emerging tech Career lessons
Listen on The Wantrepreneur Show

Topics Ivan Speaks On

Ivan is available for podcast interviews, panels, and speaking engagements on the following subjects.

Fractional CTO Leadership

When startups need a CTO, what good technical leadership actually looks like, and how to know when to hire full-time.

Stalled Platform Recovery

Diagnosing why engineering investments stop producing outcomes, and the mechanics of restoring execution control.

Distributed Systems & Architecture

Microservices, monolith decomposition, Kubernetes, and the architectural decisions that compound over years.

AI Transformation

Agentic AI systems, how AI is reshaping SaaS, and the discipline required to deploy AI in production.

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