Building and Leading High Performing Teams in the AI Era | Tech Teams Today Live in SF

Recorded live in Downtown San Francisco, this Tech Teams Today Live panel brings together engineering leaders who are redefining what it means to build high-performing teams in a world where AI is reshaping how work gets done.

This is the second of two panels from our Future of Engineering Leadership event—spotlighting leaders who are scaling distributed teams, mentoring through complexity, and pushing the boundaries of team performance and culture in the age of AI.

Panelists:

Robert Gonzalez – Vice President of Engineering at SugarCRM
Jordan Nemrow – Co-Founder & CTO at Woflow
Arun Shankar – Director of Engineering at Tubi
Moderated by:
Lucas Mendes – CEO & Co-Founder at Revelo

What they cover:

How engineering culture evolves when AI becomes part of the team
The real impact of remote work on performance and trust
How to grow engineers into leaders in a GenAI-powered world
Lessons from scaling and mentoring distributed teams
What great team performance looks like when AI is in the mix

Location: Convene, Downtown SF – April 2025

00:00 Introduction and Panelist Overview
02:58 Leadership Shifts and Economic Challenges
06:34 AI in Hiring and Team Management
11:29 Maintaining Team Culture and Retention Strategies
16:28 Distributed Teams and Asynchronous Communication
21:51 Tools and Practices for Maximizing Team Performance
31:35 Final Thoughts and Key Takeaways

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