Code of Leadership 34 - Interview with Alexander Kiverin about Strategy (Category Management)

In podcast An interesting guest came to me, Alexander Kiverin, with whom we are members of the CTO Conf X Program Committee. (https://ctoconf.ru/2025/). Alexander is the IT Development Director of B2C Sber, ex-CTO Gazprom Neft, ex-CTO Ak Bars Bank. 15 years of successful experience in technical management. In his work, he focuses on maximizing business effects by creating digital products, as well as by increasing technological maturity, forming a product approach, building effective cross-functional teams, close work of IT and business. In Sber is responsible for the formation and implementation of the technology strategy.

In an hour we discussed the following topics:

1. The role of the technical director as a business partner
2. Where does the technology strategy begin?
3. Why You Should Monitor Tech Trends
4. The role of metrics in technology strategy
5. Why platform engineering is popular and how it relates to strategy
6. Why you need iterations to control and improve your strategy
7. How to balance short-term and long-term results
8. How architecture relates to strategy
9. How to make strategy a living document to adapt to changing conditions
10. How to Approach Strategy Implementation

The podcast release is available in Youtube, VK Video, Podster.fm, Ya Music.

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