Leon Kuperman is the CTO of CAST AI, a platform that increases your SaaS company’s profit margin without additional work. They cut your cloud bill in half, automate DevOps tasks, and prevent downtime in one Autonomous Kubernetes platform. Leon has over 20 years of experience in product management, software design and development all the way through to production deployment. He’s an industry leader on Web Application Security and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), e-commerce, cloud computing and web application architecture. He’s passionate about his customers, his work as well as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, where he actually holds a Brown belt.
In this episode we cover: 00:00 - https://byldd.com (Byldd - MVP Development Agency Based in New York) 01:12 - Intro 02:55 - The Main Value Of AI & Why Simple Automation Is Not Enough 08:24 - Problems in Cloud Service That Requires Automation 12:56 - Tips To Start Using Automation On A SaaS 15:52 - Scenarios Where Cloud Automation May Not Work Well 17:55 - The Main Tool Categories To Address The Automation Challenges 19:26 - The Secret Of Building a Machine Learning Model 21:24 - Where is CAST AI in Terms of Size Today 22:18 - Leon’s Favorite Activity To Get Into a Flow State 23:18 - Leon’s Piece of Advice for His 25 Years Old Self 24:17 - Leon’s Biggest Challenges at CAST AI 25:36 - CAST AI Ukraine Hiring Program 27:10 - Instrumental Resources for Leon’s Success 29:36 - What Does Success Means for Leon Today 32:36 - Get In Touch With Leon
Get In Touch With Leon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itexecutivecto (Leon's LinkedIn) https://cast.ai (CAST AI Website)
Mentions: https://cloud.google.com (Google Cloud) https://aws.amazon.com (AWS) https://azure.microsoft.com/pt-br/ (Azure)
Books: https://www.amazon.com.br/Working-Backwards-Insights-Stories-Secrets/dp/1250267595 (Working Backwards by Colin Bryar & Bill Carr) https://www.amazon.com.br/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation/dp/0307887898 (The Lean Startup by Eric Ries)
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