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Pros and cons of combining the CTO and CPO roles

Mind the Product

This article explores advantages and challenges of combining the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Product Officer (CPO) roles in a business. Read more » The post Pros and cons of combining the CTO and CPO roles appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Diversity in tech, Imposter Syndrome, and Leadership: Meri Williams (CTO, Pleo)

Mind the Product

Meri Williams, CTO at Pleo, shares insights on navigating career shifts, overcoming imposter syndrome, and leading technical teams. Read more » The post Diversity in tech, Imposter Syndrome, and Leadership: Meri Williams (CTO, Pleo) appeared first on Mind the Product.

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CTO Mentoring – Unlocking Success for CTOs and Companies

TurnKey Labs

Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) play a critical role in steering technology-driven businesses and tech startups towards success. From keeping pace with ever-evolving technologies to leading development teams effectively, the responsibilities of a CTO are multifaceted.

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower - Product Management

What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming? Exploring new technologies? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. A CTO can help you find the right answers. Instead, they should consider a Fractional CTO who can help close the gap. It might be.

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What E-Commerce Performance Metrics Are CTOs Monitoring?

In this eBook, Danny Miles, CTO of Dollar Shave Club, reveals an efficient framework for thinking about and prioritizing the performance metrics that matter most to him, providing a blueprint for fellow e-commerce CTOs to follow as they evaluate their own business.

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CTO Mentoring – Unlocking Success for CTOs and Companies

TurnKey Labs

Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) play a critical role in steering technology-driven businesses and tech startups towards success. From keeping pace with ever-evolving technologies to leading development teams effectively, the responsibilities of a CTO are multifaceted.

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383: Working better with your CTO for innovation – with Steve Orrin

Product Innovation Educators

Today we are talking about senior roles that contribute to innovation, specifically the role of CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Joining us is Steve Orrin, CTO at Intel. 1:52] What’s your role like as Federal Chief Technology Officer (CTO)?

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Product Transformation: Adapting Your Solutions for Cloud Models

Speaker: Ahmad Jubran, Cloud Product Innovation Consultant

Whether you're a seasoned CTO or an industry trailblazer, this webinar will help make your product ready to meet the competition by adopting an architecture that is optimized for innovation. Many do this by simply replicating their current architectures in the cloud.

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Architect Your Organization for Effectiveness, Productivity, and Joy

Speaker: Ron Lichty, Consultant: Interim VP Engineering, Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc.

As a senior software leader, you likely spend more time working on the architecture of your systems than the architecture of your organization. Yet, structuring our teams and organizations is a critical factor for success. The wrong organizational structure can create friction of all kinds.

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An Adult Conversation About Estimates

Speaker: Beekey Cheung, Software Consultant, Professor Beekums, LLC

Estimates are a contentious topic in software development. They have value in many cases but increasingly are fraught with peril. Most of our development teams hate providing estimates and many managers are starting to view them as unnecessary. As senior software leaders, how can we determine whether estimates are helpful or harmful to our teams?

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The Six Principles of Persuasion

Speaker: Michael Carducci, CTO, Mago:Tech

We might be trying to get our CEO on-board with investment in a new technology or a rearchitecture effort, or we might want culture or process changes by our team. As senior tech leaders, we often fall prey to thinking that a “good idea” and logical case is sufficient to get the desired response and result.

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Schema Evolution Patterns

Speaker: Alex Rasmussen, CEO, Bits on Disk

If you want to make your development team squirm, ask them about database schema changes or API versioning. Most development teams struggle with changing database schemas and updating API versions without breaking existing code. Alex Rasmussen is an expert in helping teams through these struggles.

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Team Leadership in the Age of Agile

Speaker: Roy Osherove, Technology and Leadership Consultant

As a senior software leader, you spend much of your time trying to optimize your team's performance – from increasing delivery rate and velocity to reducing defect rates and waste. To do this, you've learned a wide variety of techniques and methodologies - SCRUM, Kanban, TDD, DevOps, self-organized teams, and much more.

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How an Enterprise CTO Boosted Uptime From 99.9% to 99.99%

In this eBook from Datadog, Orderbird CTO Frank Schlesinger tells the story of the company’s journey from 99.9% uptime to 99.99% uptime. He explains why this seemingly small improvement is actually a major leap and describes the five key steps to get there.

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Your Team's Pragmatic Guide to Security

Speaker: Naresh Soni, CTO, Tsunami XR

We are excited to be joined by a CTO who is an expert in pragmatic choices around security. Naresh Soni, CTO of Tsunami XR, will take us through critical information to make smart choices in how to protect our organizations. He will cover: Types of vulnerabilities that need to be your focus today.