Lead Time Chats

Fred Plais on Setting up a Globally Distributed Team for Success

Episode Summary

In this episode of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Fred Plais, CEO at Platform.sh, about setting up a globally distributed team for success.

Episode Notes

In this episode of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Fred Plais, CEO at Platform.sh, about setting up a globally distributed team for success.

Fred and Jean discuss:

• The many advantages of hiring a globally distributed team, including round-the-clock support all during office hours
• The importance of spending limited synchronous time very intentionally
• Limiting individual teams to 2 timezones (i.e. Europe and America) to maximize team overlap
• How a globally distributed team empowers Platform.sh build a product that’s used globally