Recently, ACETECH and Corporate Recruiters hosted a workshop on building a winning engineering culture for Vancouver Tech CEOs. Below is a set of key takeaways from each speaker.

Noel Pullen
CEO at Map Labs

https://www.linkedin.com/in/noelpullen/

• Start with Trust; Connect the team with your customers, to each other and to the community.

• Celebrate what you encourage, recognize achievements, and elevate people’s status

Mehrsa Raeiszadeh
Co-Founder/COO at MintList

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehrsa-raeiszadeh-03b6812a/

• We don’t have employees, we have investors. We need to insure they’re invested and are aware of what’s happening in the business as a whole; keeping them super engaged.”

• “Celebrate” the success is great! Give credit to the team, ex. Tagging them on the LinkedIn posts for the awards you win or big company news.

Keith Cerny
Partner at Fresh Founders

https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithcerny/

• In an era of superhero movies, far too many companies seek superhero engineers outside. Develop them inside with comprehensive training and the right incentives.

• The purpose of R&D is to inspire the organization; build internal raving fans by delivering surprising innovation and great products will be the outcome

Andre Viljoen
VP, R&D at Change Healthcare

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreviljoen

• Know why engineers come: work with people you respect and can learn from so you can grow. Do what you are good at and make a difference.

• Know why people leave: anonymity, irrelevance, immeasurement

Miranda Alldritt
Chief Business Officer at Bioform; previously President at Copperleaf

https://www.linkedin.com/in/miranda-alldritt-5775b55/

• Seeing a path to success and focusing on what matters

• Talent is everywhere, networks are powerful and diversity matters