The Guest – Denis Canty, Sr. Director of Software Development at VelocityEHS
Denis Canty is an accomplished technology leader with vast experience in multinational and startup environments. Currently, he is the Senior Director of Software Development at VelocityEHS, a leading provider of environmental, health, and safety software solutions. Denis joins us to talk about his career history, scaling teams and the future economics of software development.
Denis shares his global leadership journey across multinationals and startups, as well as hard-won insights on scaling engineering teams, navigating cultural dynamics, and the evolving economics of software in the age of AI and low-code platforms. From the rise of software composition and strategic outsourcing to metric-driven development and fractional leadership models, this conversation is packed with forward-thinking perspectives on how tech leaders can adapt to a rapidly changing landscape.
Some highlights of this episode include:
- Global Team Scaling and Cultural Nuances
- Outsourcing and the Evolution of Strategic Partnerships
- The Economics of Software & Metric-Driven Development
- Low Code / No Code Tools & AI as a Software Equalizer
- Shifting Developer Roles and the Future of Software Composition
Q: So you said something there that I thought was really interesting, like metric-driven development. What would be the metric that you would hang up as the key to determining whether software development is driving value?
“…There’s some statistics out there that between 30 and 50% of all features in all software globally are either rarely used or never used. So I would love to see a world where the software talks back to us… to be a bit more dynamic in how it actually delivers value to customers…”
Q: And then for any kind of development teams, do you think it’s going to just accelerate development with the same number of people or do you think it’s going to vastly reduce the amount of people and keep the same amount of software, let’s as in velocity of development?
“I would say… developers are going to become more adaptable. I think there’s going to be a wider set of considerations in the software development lifecycle… We’re going to have more financial inputs… The developer experience and the customer experience are becoming more integrated… I see us going towards metric driven development in the sense of measuring how software is being used, how/where it’s making an impact…”
Listen to the Story of Software on:
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, & any other podcast platform of your choice. The Story of Software Podcast is produced by Zartis, a software services company. We hope you enjoy listening to this tech podcast and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com
