In the media

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Conversations on the CTO craft — from the right leader at each stage of a company to fractional and interim leadership, AI-native engineering, compliance, hiring, and building teams across borders.

Think Big with Dan and QasimApr 2025

Navigating the Tech Landscape: The Role of a Fractional CTO

Oshri Cohen joins Think Big with Dan and Qasim to explain what a fractional CTO really does — and when founders should bring one in.

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AppearanceOct 2025

Technical Recruiting Is Broken — Here's How to Fix It

Why technical hiring keeps failing teams — and how to combine recruiter instincts with real engineering judgment.

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Software Without BordersMay 2025

Why Most Startups Don't Need a CTO

A hacker-turned-CTO on why most startups don't need a full-time CTO — and what to do instead.

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AppearanceMar 2025

Becoming an AI-Native Organization

Oshri Cohen on rebuilding how a company builds — so AI is the default, not an add-on.

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AppearanceFeb 2025

What a Fractional CTO Actually Does

A quick take on the fractional CTO model — senior technology leadership without a full-time hire.

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AppearanceNov 2024

Engineering in Service of the Business

Oshri Cohen on his core operating philosophy: product and business first, with technology and engineering in service of it.

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AppearanceSep 2024

When to Bring In a Fractional CTO

Oshri Cohen on the signals that tell a founder it's time for senior technical leadership — and what changes once it arrives.

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AppearanceJul 2024

Technical Due Diligence for Investors

Oshri Cohen on reading code, architecture, team and risk before a deal — and building the value-creation plan after.

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The Jeff Bullas ShowJun 2024

Why Every Tech Founder Needs a Fractional CTO by Their Side

Oshri Cohen on The Jeff Bullas Show: why a fractional CTO can be the highest-leverage hire a founder makes.

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AppearanceApr 2024

The CTO's Role at Each Stage of a Company

Oshri Cohen on how the CTO job changes from seed to scale — and why the right leader at one stage is the wrong one at another.

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AppearanceFeb 2024

Managing Global Dev Teams: Cultural Nuances & Leadership Challenges

Lessons from leading 12 engineering teams across 7 countries: managing distributed, multicultural development teams.

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AppearanceJan 2024

Fractional vs. Full-Time vs. Interim CTO

Oshri Cohen on the difference between fractional, interim, and full-time technology leadership — and which one a company actually needs.

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AppearanceNov 2023

Scaling a SaaS Engineering Organization

Oshri Cohen on scaling engineering from a handful of developers to many teams without losing speed.

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Exponential GrowthOct 2023

Programming, Business, and Becoming the Fractional CTO

From self-taught developer to fractional CTO: the path through programming and business that led to the work Oshri Cohen does today.

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AppearanceSep 2023

Unlocking Startup Success: Mastering Tech Leadership

Oshri Cohen on the technology-leadership habits that actually move a startup forward.

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Innovation in Compliance · Compliance Podcast NetworkAug 2023

The Role of a CTO in Compliance

Oshri Cohen joins Thomas Fox on Innovation in Compliance to unpack how the CTO's role in data strategy and governance shifts with company size.

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In Systems We TrustJul 2023

Technology Management in the Age of AI

Oshri Cohen and Marquis Murray on managing technology — and technology teams — as AI reshapes how software gets built.

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AppearanceJun 2023

Modernizing Legacy Systems

Oshri Cohen on re-platforming legacy systems to cloud-native — with downtime measured in minutes, not days.

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AppearanceMay 2023

Rescuing Troubled Software and Teams

Oshri Cohen on turnarounds: inheriting codebases with no tests, docs, or team — and turning them around in months.

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AppearanceMar 2023

Building High-Performing Engineering Teams

Oshri Cohen on turning engineering orgs into measurable, predictable, high-performing teams with DORA, GitOps and DevOps.

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AppearanceSep 2022

From Developer to CTO

Oshri Cohen on the path from self-taught developer through every technical role to CTO — and what he learned along the way.

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Tiny DevOpsMay 2022

What Kind of CTO Do You Need?

On Tiny DevOps, Oshri Cohen breaks the CTO role into four distinct phases — and explains why one person rarely fits all of them.

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