James Kenigsberg's guest appearances

James Kenigsberg

Geeks Who Lead Podcast (formerly CTO Connection)

IT Visionaries

Bob Friday

Ami Luttwak

Ryan Graciano

Adam Miller

Cai GoGwilt

Rachana Kumar

Kaj van de Loo

Raghavendra Prabhu

Nick Caldwell

Tim Campos

John Davis

Jacob Ward

Justin Dean

Paul Ford

Miles Ward

OwlTail

This week I got to chat with James Kenigsberg - perhaps best known as the founding CTO at 2U. James shares his thoughts on making transformations tractable, helping your team to win even if their projects don’t, and the “run, grow, transform” framework for allocating and structuring projects based on the degree of certainty and alignment. PARTNERThanks to our partner CloudZero — Cloud Cost Intelligence Platform. Control cost and drive better decisions with CloudZero cloud cost intelligence. The CloudZero platform provides visibility into cloud spend without the typical pitfalls of legacy cloud cost management tools, like endless tagging or clunky Kubernetes support. Optimize unit economics, decentralize cost data to engineering, and create a shared language between finance and technical teams. CloudZero helps you organize cloud spending better than anyone else.Join companies like Drift, Rapid7, and SeatGeek by visiting cloudzero.com/ctoconnection to get started.

This week I got to chat with James Kenigsberg - perhaps best known as the founding CTO at 2U. James shares his thoughts on making transformations tractable, helping your team to win even if their projects don’t, and the “run, grow, transform” framework for allocating and structuring projects based on the degree of certainty and alignment. PARTNER Thanks to our partner <a href="https://cloudzero.com/ctoconnection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CloudZero — Cloud Cost Intelligence Platform</a>. Control cost and drive better decisions with CloudZero cloud cost intelligence. The CloudZero platform provides visibility into cloud spend without the typical pitfalls of legacy cloud cost management tools, like endless tagging or clunky Kubernetes support. Optimize unit economics, decentralize cost data to engineering, and create a shared language between finance and technical teams. CloudZero helps you organize cloud spending better than anyone else. Join companies like Drift, Rapid7, and SeatGeek by visiting <a href="http://cloudzero.com/ctoconnection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cloudzero.com/ctoconnection</a> to get started.

Short Byte: James Kenigsberg - Run, grow, transform

Eliminating the back row in education is not just a metaphor for James Kenigsberg, it's his personal mission. When James, the founding CTO of 2U inc., immigrated to America from the Soviet Union, he discovered technology could not only be a pathway to a career, but it could also be a conduit to scale anything that piqued his interests. On this episode of IT Visionaries, James discusses the journey that led him to 2U and the challenges of changing the online learning experience. 3 Key Takeaways  2U is an education platform that produces high-quality content in conjunction with Universities Online degrees had a bad perception and failed to replicate the educational experience Partnering with universities is a necessity to give credibility to classes and programs  ---  IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform

Eliminating the back row in education is not just a metaphor for <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameskenigsberg/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Kenigsberg</a>, it's his personal mission. When James, the founding CTO of <a href="https://2u.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2U inc.</a>, immigrated to America from the Soviet Union, he discovered technology could not only be a pathway to a career, but it could also be a conduit to scale anything that piqued his interests. On this episode of IT Visionaries, James discusses the journey that led him to 2U and the challenges of changing the online learning experience. 3 Key Takeaways <ul> <li>2U is an education platform that produces high-quality content in conjunction with Universities</li> <li>Online degrees had a bad perception and failed to replicate the educational experience</li> <li>Partnering with universities is a necessity to give credibility to classes and programs</li> </ul> --- IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at <a href="https://www.salesforce.com/products/platform/overview/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">salesforce.com/platform</a>

Eliminating the Back Row: How James Kenigsberg and Technology are Changing the Education System

When James Kenigsberg immigrated to America, he quickly found that technology could make learning easier and more fun. This desire to create educational tools led him to help found 2U, a company that partners with universities to deliver online learning programs that are university quality.James sat down with Peter ahead of his talk at the New York CTO Summit to discuss the future of education technology, why he loves software that helps with focus, and explains why future maintenance needs should be on your mind when you’re working on transformative projects. Tune in![01:23] - Falling in love with education technology[04:35] - From coding to management[05:44] - Promotion at The Princeton Review[07:53] - Start, stop, continue[09:54] - Founding 2U[18:14] - Run, grow, and transform[24:03] - Measuring tasks differently[25:40] - Managing transformative projectsJames Kenigsberg is the founding chief technology officer (CTO) at 2U, Inc., a global leader in education technology that partners with great universities to build, deliver, and support world-class online graduate programs and certificates at scale. As founding CTO, Kenigsberg directs 2U’s technology functions and efforts to build an academic product that delivers positive student outcomes, an efficient client relationship management system, and a secure, resilient, and configurable architecture.This episode is sponsored by Clubhouse.io. Clubhouse lets you manage software projects with the perfect balance of simplicity and structure, so you and your team can be happier, less stressed, and hyper-focused on building products that customers love. It’s free for up to 10 users, plus you can get two free months on any paid plan at https://clubhouse.io/CTO.CTO Connection is where you can learn from the experiences of successful engineering leaders at fast growth tech startups. Whether you want to learn more about hiring, motivating or managing an engineering team, if you're technical and manage engineers, the CTO Connection podcast is a great resource for learning from your peers!If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to CTO Connection in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. It really helps others find the show.Podcast episode production by Dante32.

When James Kenigsberg immigrated to America, he quickly found that technology could make learning easier and more fun. This desire to create educational tools led him to help found 2U, a company that partners with universities to deliver online learning programs that are university quality. James sat down with Peter ahead of his talk at the New York CTO Summit to discuss the future of education technology, why he loves software that helps with focus, and explains why future maintenance needs should be on your mind when you’re working on transformative projects. Tune in!<ul><li>[01:23] - Falling in love with education technology</li><li>[04:35] - From coding to management</li><li>[05:44] - Promotion at The Princeton Review</li><li>[07:53] - Start, stop, continue</li><li>[09:54] - Founding 2U</li><li>[18:14] - Run, grow, and transform</li><li>[24:03] - Measuring tasks differently</li><li>[25:40] - Managing transformative projects</li></ul>James Kenigsberg is the founding chief technology officer (CTO) at 2U, Inc., a global leader in education technology that partners with great universities to build, deliver, and support world-class online graduate programs and certificates at scale. As founding CTO, Kenigsberg directs 2U’s technology functions and efforts to build an academic product that delivers positive student outcomes, an efficient client relationship management system, and a secure, resilient, and configurable architecture. This episode is sponsored by <a href="https://clubhouse.io/CTO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clubhouse.io</a>. Clubhouse lets you manage software projects with the perfect balance of simplicity and structure, so you and your team can be happier, less stressed, and hyper-focused on building products that customers love. It’s free for up to 10 users, plus you can get two free months on any paid plan at <a href="https://clubhouse.io/CTO" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://clubhouse.io/CTO</a>. <a href="https://www.ctoconnection.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CTO Connection</a> is where you can learn from the experiences of successful engineering leaders at fast growth tech startups. Whether you want to learn more about hiring, motivating or managing an engineering team, if you're technical and manage engineers, the CTO Connection podcast is a great resource for learning from your peers! If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to CTO Connection in<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cto-connection/id1104346760?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Apple Podcasts</a>,<a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2N0b2Nvbm5lY3Rpb24%3D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Google Podcasts</a>,<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3GKpjcEH3ydikWnDDDBpLv?si=vm0dges2QiKoLehoFAR24g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Spotify</a> or<a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/ctoconnection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> wherever you get your podcasts</a>. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cto-connection/id1104346760?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Apple Podcasts</a>. It really helps others find the show. <a href="https://www.dante32.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast episode production by Dante32.</a>