In a sport where milliseconds are everything, Alfonso Ferrandez wrote one piece of software that saved not just seconds, but days…

Decision making at the pinnacle of motorsport is essential, and while F1 teams were using Excel, Alfonso’s background was the catalyst for a revolution in his team.

Alfonso shares his utterly fascinating, unique experience on the series premiere of Great Software People, taking us through the origins of the tech-accelerated racing we see today.

This episode covers:

• Alfonso’s background, PhD, and early roles in PlayStation & Amazon
• Becoming an F1 team’s CTO when the role was scarcely understood in the sport
• Using smarter software to compete with big-budget teams
• Origins of the modern systems simulating entire races in real time
• Alfonso’s prolific career as a Fractional CTO