AI DevSummit 2025 + DeveloperWeek Leadership 2025: Full Schedule

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2:00pm PDT

PRO Session: From 0 to 70: How to Scale Product & Engineering Teams

Thursday May 29, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT

Ken Weiner, GumGum, Chief Technology Officer

From 0 to 70: How to Scale Product & Engineering Teams: A product is only as strong as the team behind it—without the right leadership and guidance, even the best ideas can fall flat. To foster growth and innovation, it's essential to have a clear strategy for scaling operations and aligning resources. Ken, who's grown GumGum’s technology team from 0 to 70+ employees, will share tactics to scale your teams, operations, and product for the long term. He’ll discuss strategies such as establishing career ladders, minimizing dependencies between teams, and leading with an innovative mindset. Additionally, he’ll highlight the importance of fostering diversity within your team to drive growth and creativity.

Speakers

Ken Weiner

Chief Technology Officer, GumGum

Ken Weiner is the Chief Technology Officer of GumGum, where he has led engineering and product teams in developing a blend of cutting-edge contextual, creative, and attention technologies. Ken, as GumGum's first employee, has driven the company's technological innovation for over... Read More →

Thursday May 29, 2025 2:00pm - 2:25pm PDT
DeveloperWeek Leadership Main Stage

DeveloperWeek Leadership

Additional Topics Agile, Leadership Career Paths, Learning and Development, Team Collaboration, Change Management, Product Management and Engineering Alignment, Scaling Engineering Team
Session Type PRO Session
Tracks DeveloperWeek Leadership, Technical Leadership / Management & Teams (Managing People) (DeveloperWeek Leadership)
In-Person/Virtual In Person