Balazs Fejes: Leading with Discipline in an Age of Disruption
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Balazs Fejes: Leading with Discipline in an Age of Disruption
Most global technology companies start as tight-knit engineering teams, but only a few manage to scale into organizations of tens of thousands without facing moments that fundamentally reshape how they operate. Growth at that level is about navigating inflection points that test a company’s identity, resilience, and ability to adapt.
Rapid expansion, unexpected crises, and shifting market forces all play a role, and in today’s landscape, those pressures are accelerating as AI, geopolitical uncertainty, and enterprise-wide transformation redefine how companies build technology and compete.
On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles, we speak with Balazs Fejes, CEO of EPAM Systems, to explore how the company transformed from a small Eastern European engineering shop into a $5.5 billion global leader in digital engineering and consulting. We unpack the leadership lessons that come from scaling through crises, the operational discipline required to build engineering organizations at a global scale, and why companies that successfully industrialize AI—not just experiment with it—will define the next decade of enterprise transformation.
Listen to the full podcast here or watch it on YouTube here.
Learn how EPAM can help reimagine your business through a digital lens: https://www.epam.com/services/artificial-intelligence
