Tuesday, May 19, 2015 | 08:30 AM - 08:30 AM EDT
West Coast, West Coast,
The 2015 West Coast CTO Summit
Connect with, and learn from your peers at the West Coast CTO Summit
*Participation is limited to CTOs, CDOs, and Directors/VPs of Software, Platform and Data/Analytics in product companies (not dev shops) with at least 200 full time employees in product/engineering
ABOUT THE WEST COAST CTO SUMMIT
WHY ATTEND?
Keep up to date with trends
Identify good practices
Strengthen your network
Get inspired and motivated
SPEAKERS INCLUDE

You Don't Have to Be a Data Scientist to Build a Data Science Team

Chakri Uddaraju

VP Engineering, Hired.com

Scaling Pinterest

Marty Weiner

Founding Engineer, Pinterest

Data Science: A Mindset for Productivity

Daniel Tunkelang

Data Scientist, LinkedIn

Guardians of Culture: The Role of the CTO

Heather Wilde

CTO, ROCeteer

Hypothesis-Driven Development

David Bland

Principal Advisor, Neo Innovation

Lean Engineering

Bill Scott

VP Payment Products, PayPal

Keynote: Scaling Uber's Backend by Breaking Everything

Matt Ranney

Chief Systems Architect, Uber

Keynote: Behind the Cloud: Creating a Culture of Trust

Cathy Polinsky

VP Engineering, Salesforce

Hiring for Your Stack Is All Wrong

Jeff Casimir

Executive Director, The Turing School of Software and Design

Fearless Hiring and Interviewing

Russell Smith

CTO, RainforestQA

A CTO's Guide to Scaling Organizations

Randy Shoup

Consulting CTO,

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Summit agenda

8:30 AM

Breakfast & Registration

8:50 AM

Opening remarks

9:00 AM

Keynote: Scaling Uber's Backend by Breaking Everything

Matt Ranney, Chief Systems Architect, Uber

9:30 AM

Keynote: Humility in Leadership

Sam Schillace, VP Engineering, Box

10:00 AM

Keynote: Behind the Cloud: Creating a Culture of Trust

Cathy Polinsky, VP Engineering, Salesforce

10:30 AM

Morning Break

11:00 AM

Hiring for Your Stack Is All Wrong

Jeff Casimir, Executive Director, The Turing School of Software and Design

11:00 AM

Hiring

11:20 AM

Fearless Hiring and Interviewing

Russell Smith, CTO, RainforestQA

11:40 AM

Rountable: Hiring

12:00 PM

A CTO's Guide to Scaling Organizations

Randy Shoup, Consulting CTO,

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Data Science: A Mindset for Productivity

Daniel Tunkelang, Data Scientist, LinkedIn

2:00 PM

You Don't Have to Be a Data Scientist to Build a Data Science Team

Chakri Uddaraju, VP Engineering, Hired.com

2:20 PM

Scaling Pinterest

Marty Weiner, Founding Engineer, Pinterest

2:40 PM

Guardians of Culture: The Role of the CTO

Heather Wilde, CTO, ROCeteer

3:00 PM

Afternoon break

3:30 PM

Hypothesis-Driven Development

David Bland, Principal Advisor, Neo Innovation

4:15 PM

Lean Engineering

Bill Scott, VP Payment Products, PayPal

5:05 PM

Closing remarks

5:15 PM

Drinks & Discussion

"The sessions were high caliber and had a lasting impact on my work this year. As a single-day event in my hometown, it was easy to work into my schedule."


Jennifer Farver
CEO at 8th Light
“The summits bring together industry leaders who are passionate about sharing high-quality, practical knowledge in an environment that fosters valuable networking, learning, and growth.”


Nick Caldwell
former GM of Core Tech @ Twitter
“IT'S JUST SO RARE TO GET SUCH A DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING LEADERS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES COMMON TO US ALL. IT'S A MUST ATTEND FOR ANYONE IN TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP.”


Robert Conrad
CTO at Crunchbase
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