The hidden advantage at Red Bull Racing? A performance engineer who optimizes processes with the focus of a racer chasing milliseconds.
At Web Summit, there’s a moment when a production staffer — significantly larger than Laurent Mekies — casually puts a strong arm around the Oracle Red Bull Racing CEO’s shoulders, guiding him toward the sound console to get his phone for a photo. Most executives running organizations of 2,000 people would be put off by…
