When the leaves start to fall in Central Park, New Yorkers brace for a season full of important traditions. Families clamor for a good view of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, students get decked out for the big college games and locals get out of town to find the best nearby pumpkin patches.
It’s also an important time of year for the movers and shakers of the local tech community. Their developers, programmers and engineers can take advantage of the many annual conferences and summits that occur this time of year. Women Impact Tech kicks off on Nov. 2 followed by CyberTech NYC later in the month.
These meetups provide the perfect opportunity for an ambitious tech pro to catch up with leaders from top NYC companies like those we’ve featured in this month’s roundup. Many like SeatGeek have had to address scalability issues in recent years. The mobile ticketing platform is now set to support more than $500 million in generated revenue by the end of this year. What started just over a decade ago as a simple aggregator is now a powerhouse brand. SeatGeek has 33 million app downloads and is the official resale ticket partner for the MLB.
Keep your eye out for more great things from all of these companies as we head into autumn and push towards the end of 2023.
Tony Schiavo, Chief Technology Officer, Trumid
Trumid is a fintech company working to increase efficiency in credit trading with data and technology.
Describe what scalability means to you. Why is scalability important for the technology you’re building?
Scalability, in my perspective as a CTO, is the lifeblood of growth. It’s not merely the ability of our systems to meet rising business and market demands efficiently. It extends to scaling our entire technology organization. A crucial metric for us is how quickly new developers can contribute to our codebase. Beyond being just a technical term, scalability encompasses a spectrum of principles and practices that drive growth, refine communication and shape agile and adaptive systems for evolving demands. At Trumid, our aim is to streamline processes and communication so we can eliminate redundancy and advance toward our objectives swiftly. Effective communication is critical in ensuring each interaction is purposeful.
The end game? To offer an unmatched user experience where our technology seamlessly operates in the backdrop, ensuring the focus remains on the immense value and unparalleled client experience we deliver.
How do you build this tech with scalability in mind?
From a technology perspective, we aim for what we term “elastic scalability.” Beyond just machines and code, it’s about sculpting a flexible ecosystem. We aspire for our tools and technologies to adjust gracefully to varied environments, believing such automation can offer a streamlined and cost-friendly approach to evolving demands. Our vision for the technology we’re developing is a platform responsive to the rhythm of our users’ necessities.
Our vision for the technology we’re developing is a platform responsive to the rhythm of our users’ necessities.”
Equally significant is organizational scalability. As we expand, I’m continually motivated by the goal of retaining the clarity of communication we had in our earlier, smaller days. It’s about protecting every team member’s agility and adaptability, not just in their present role but in their potential to grow and add value as we evolve.
Thus, when I talk about technology and scalability, it’s about envisioning a lively, adaptable tech realm and a cohesive team that resonates with our mission.
What tools or technologies does your team use to support scalability, and why?
Our approach to technology is rooted in adopting the leading edge rather than the bleeding edge. We’re early adopters of tools and technologies like Scala, Docker, Cloud, Kubernetes and Karpenter. Our mantra is “Everything as Code.” For us, every manual task beckons innovation and automation. Leveraging technology, we continuously seek methods to achieve greater efficiency with fewer resources.
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