So You Want To Be a CTO?

SimonRaikAllen

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There are only three types of companies

ProductConsultingEnterprise

CTO VP Engineering CIO

Technical StrategyFace of Technology

Build TechManage people

Budgets

LaptopsNetwork

Internal systems

A Start Up

CTOVP ENG

CIO

The simple model

Engineering

VP ENG

In a bigger company

ExecutiveCTO

The “Business”

Engineering Executive

CTO

Board

Product

Clients

The Press& Markets

vendor

vendor

vendor

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Security & Risk

Public Relations Talent Innovation

Technology Strategy

Operations

Strategy House Of The CTO

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Agile Micro Services

Platforms

Meta-initiatives

Data

“Time To Death”

The Big Crunch Runway

https://startuprunway.io

BusinessSavvy

Deeply Technical

InspiringLeader

The essential CTO skills

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Know your shit & share context

revenue & reputation

acquire customers &

manage spend

Good Product

Great Product

Pivot?

TechnicalCapability

Domain Knowledge

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A System.

Evolutionary Product

How to sum up the CTO Role?

“Steer technology and peopletowards the medium term view”

Thanks. @SimonRaikAllen

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