Tuesday, May 10, 2016 | 08:00 AM - 07:30 PM PDT
San Francisco, San Francisco, California
The 2016 San Francisco CTO Summit
Connect with, and learn from your peers at the San Francisco 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 SAN FRANCISCO CTO SUMMIT
WHY ATTEND?
Keep up to date with trends
Identify good practices
Strengthen your network
Get inspired and motivated
SPEAKERS INCLUDE

What breaks when?

Laks Srini

CTO, Zenefits

Alltrails: A Marathon, not a sprint

Jonathan Simon

ex-CTO, Alltrails

Security from the front line

Rob Witoff

Senior Director of Infrastructure, Coinbase

Building Connected: Communication as a superpower

Jesse Pedersen

CTO, Building Connected

Lessons learned from pivoting technology stacks

Renato j. Mascardo

CTO, Recurrly

Blockchain revolution

Geeta Chauhan

Founder & CTO, Sustinnova

Scaling to 350 people in 7 locations

Jason Smale

Director of Product Strategy, Zendesk

Trends in developer workflow

Russ Smith

CTO, RainforestQA

How to find, use, and keep them

Daniel Tunkelag

Advisor, Karat

0-4: Lessons learned as the CTO of an early stage startup

Mark Hudnall

CTO & Co-founder, Clef

Scaling a remote Eng team

Armon Dadgar

CTO, Hashicorp

Investing in your team

Mason Blake

, CTO

Getting the whole team involved – using Zenhu

Tal Safran

CTO & Founder, Josephine

On a shoestring - making the most of a small tech team

Dan Riegel

CTO, Scoot Networks

Personal growth on the path to leadership

Fred Sadaghiani

CTO, Sift Science

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Summit agenda

8:30 AM

Registration/Breakfast

9:00 AM

Introduction to the Summit

9:30 AM

What breaks when?

Laks Srini, CTO, Zenefits

10:00 AM

Security from the front line

Rob Witoff, Senior Director of Infrastructure, Coinbase

10:30 AM

Alltrails: A Marathon, not a sprint

Jonathan Simon, ex-CTO, Alltrails

10:50 AM

Building Connected: Communication as a superpower

Jesse Pedersen, CTO, Building Connected

11:00 AM

Morning break

11:40 AM

Lessons learned from pivoting technology stacks

Renato j. Mascardo, CTO, Recurrly

12:00 PM

Investing in your team

Mason Blake, , CTO

12:20 PM

Blockchain revolution

Geeta Chauhan, Founder & CTO, Sustinnova

12:40 PM

Scaling to 350 people in 7 locations

Jason Smale, Director of Product Strategy, Zendesk

1:15 PM

Lunch/Networking

2:00 PM

How to find, use, and keep them

Daniel Tunkelag, Advisor, Karat

2:30 PM

Trends in developer workflow

Russ Smith, CTO, RainforestQA

3:10 PM

0-4: Lessons learned as the CTO of an early stage startup

Mark Hudnall, CTO & Co-founder, Clef

3:50 PM

Afternoon break

4:20 PM

Scaling a remote Eng team

Armon Dadgar, CTO, Hashicorp

4:40 PM

Getting the whole team involved – using Zenhu

Tal Safran, CTO & Founder, Josephine

5:00 PM

On a shoestring - making the most of a small tech team

Dan Riegel, CTO, Scoot Networks

5:20 PM

Personal growth on the path to leadership

Fred Sadaghiani, CTO, Sift Science

5:40 PM

Summit wrap up

6:00 PM

Networking/Happy Hour

7:00 PM

End of Event

"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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