Productivity and Happiness
S1E2 Guest: Brandon Durbin
“If you take care of your people and play to their values, they’re always going to go above and beyond to support the greater good.”
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Mark my words, you're going to see Brandon Durbin on a top CEO list someday. An outrageously successful CEO with a heart of gold, Brandon teaches us that you can run a company with high profile Fortune 100 clients and still be productive by prioritizing culture, compassion, community, and communication.
Brandon Durbin is the Founder & CEO of Akava; a Silicon Valley software engineering consultancy that helps start-ups and enterprises such as Disney, Oracle, Lbrands, Cisco and Uber build innovative cloud, devops, web and mobile solutions. In his role, he oversees growth, culture, sales, ops, and experiences while ensuring company-wide success. Prior to founding Akava, Brandon was in the consulting space for the last decade working for niche system integrators as well as Forrester Research. He volunteers as a mentor for BUILD.org and loves traveling while indulging in local cultures and cuisines.