The Tech Trek Kirby Frugia - Developer autonomy to drive process improvement
What we talk about on this episode:
- “Ship Wow, Ship Now” mantra
- Developer autonomy to drive process improvement
- Using your “I intend to” voice
- Focus on delightful experiences, high-quality products and act with urgency
- Perceived vs actual velocity
Meet: Kirby Frugia is MURAL’s SVP of Engineering and is responsible for Product Engineering, DevOps, and Data Engineering. He joined the company in October 2020 and since then, he has grown his team from 48 MURAListas to over 200. Kirby first got into software engineering because he loves problem-solving and making things easier for people — whether that’s a process, a tool, or an experience. He’s always looking for ways to unlock someone’s creativity or ability to do more with what’s in front of them.
Over the course of his career, Kirby has worked at numerous companies, including Hewlett-Packard, InVision, and New Relic, where he’s built both products and teams. While at HP, he built software for digital printing presses and realized his passion for managing teams. From HP, he transitioned to New Relic, where he found his niche growing and helping teams adapt to a high-growth start-up environment while staying true to who they are as a company. For Kirby, building products and building teams have something in common: They both involve a firm sense of the company’s values, scaling processes and practices, and lots of communication and listening.
He holds bachelor’s degrees in business administration and computer science from Oregon State University. He lives near Portland, Oregon.
If you have any questions for Kirby, please feel free to reach out via:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kfrugia/
https://www.mural.co/blog/meet-kirby-frugia
I hope you enjoyed the episode, the best place to connect with me is on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirbormand (Amir Bormand). Please send me a message if you would like me to cover certain topics with future guests.