Scaling Smart from Day One: What Cal Krome Learned Supporting Lyft’s Explosive Growth

Cal Krome, Head of IT at Calm, scaling IT in high-growth companies, Episode 15

What Happens When Your Team Doubles—and You’re the Only IT Person? When Cal Krome joined Lyft, there were 250 employees and zero formal IT infrastructure. As the company grew to 450 people, he was still the only person handling support, provisioning, office builds, and automation. The pace was relentless—and the lessons unforgettable. “I was the…