40. Zach Hendershot and Aaron Stone from Crux Digital: How agencies solve difficult technical problems for Fortune 1000 clients

<p>Zach, Aaron, and Chris discuss the commonalities between design systems and products, as well as how a product-driven mindset can help your design systems achieve new levels of enterprise adoption and scale.</p><p><b><em>Guest</em></b><em>: </em>Zach Hendershot is a Managing Partner at Crux Digital. He has been the technical architect for enterprise design systems for Transamerica, Charter Spectrum, and GE Renewable Energy as well as helping teams deliver the complex technology ecosystems that surround them. He built Crux Digital around an amazingly talented group of design-minded engineers who have collectively been responsible for world-class digital product delivery for the Fortune 1000 for the past four years. You can find Zach on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhendershot/'>LinkedIn</a>.</p><p><b><em>Guest</em></b><em>:  </em>Aaron Stone is the Founder of Crux Digital. He is an experienced technology leader, full-stack application developer, and UX evangelist with a focus on user-driven digital products, insightful interaction design, and scalable, high-quality code. He has been the technical architect for enterprise design systems for Transamerica, Charter Spectrum, and GE Renewable Energy as well as helping teams deliver the complex technology ecosystems that surround them. He built Crux Digital around an amazingly talented group of design-minded engineers who have collectively been responsible for world-class digital product delivery for the Fortune 1000 for the past four years. You can find him on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronastone/'>LinkedIn</a>.</p><p><b><em>Host:</em></b><em> </em>Chris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of <a href='https://www.knapsack.cloud/'>Knapsack</a>, host of <a href='https://twitter.com/thedspod'>@TheDSPod</a>, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as <a href='https://twitter.com/chrisstrahl'>@chrisstrahl</a> and on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisstrahl/'>LinkedIn</a>.</p><p><b><em>Sponsor:</em></b><em> </em>Knapsack is a