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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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Alchemer CTO, Brandi Vandegriff, Receives CIO of the Year Award from Colorado Technology Association

Alchemer Mobile

Media Contact: Jeannie Zaemes (303) 250-2507 Jeannie.zaemes@alchemer.com The post Alchemer CTO, Brandi Vandegriff, Receives CIO of the Year Award from Colorado Technology Association appeared first on Alchemer. Alchemer is a KKR portfolio company. For more information about Alchemer visit www.alchemer.com.

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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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How Netflix builds a culture of excellence | Elizabeth Stone (CTO)

Lenny Rachitsky

. • Sendbird —The (all-in-one) communications API platform for mobile apps • Explo —Embed customer-facing analytics in your product — Elizabeth Stone is the chief technology officer of Netflix.

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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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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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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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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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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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More Effective Agile Leadership

Speaker: Steve McConnell, CEO, Construx Software

We all strive to be effective Agile leaders. But how do you know if you're succeeding? Join Steve McConnell, CEO of Construx Software, as he distills hundreds of companies’-worth of real-world experience into the proven Agile leadership practices that work best.

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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.