SIIA’s TechChats provides a look into some of the most successful executives in our industry. Hear how many of them got to where they are today, what is shaping their businesses and the industry today, and special advice they would give to others trying to grow a successful company.

I recently sat down with Steven Czerwinski, Chief Technology Officer at Scalyr. Prior to Scalyr, he spent 8 years at Google, specializing in building distributed database systems for consumer apps. He was the backend tech lead for Picasa Web Albums, Tech Lead for Cosmo, and Tech Lead to Stratus, the replacement for Cosmo driving further unification including Google Plus. Prior to Google, Steven was in the PhD program at UC Berkeley specializing in distributed and mobile systems. He successfully defended his dissertation, but left ABD to start his job at Google.

View the full interview in its entirety below.

Jennifer Carl is the Director of Software & Services Division Programs. Follow the Software team on Twitter at @SIIASoftware @SIIAJennifer