Tuesday, Apr 10, 2018 | 07:30 AM - 06:30 PM CDT
Austin, Austin, Texas
The 2018 Austin CTO Summit
Connect with, and learn from your peers at the Austin 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

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ABOUT THE AUSTIN CTO SUMMIT
WHY ATTEND?
Keep up to date with trends
Identify good practices
Strengthen your network
Get inspired and motivated
SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Designing, engineering, and delivering products for a full lifecycle of engagement -what you need to know

Jim Colson

CTO, IBM

Kickoff by host

Peter Bell

CTO, CTO Connection

Vital role of humans in machine learning

Lynn Pausic

Principal, Expero

Keeping your team in the flow

Cynthia Maxwell

Director of Engineering, Self

M&A and technology

Vikas Parikh

Sr. Manager - Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young (EY)

How to dive deep and mechanisms to help you scale your tech org

Vivek Sagi

CTO, Bussiness Procurement Solutions Amazon

Lessons from the Black Box

Heather rivers

CTO, Mode Analytics

Scaling self directed development

Will Ballard

CTO, GLG

Building on a non-traditional tech stack

Bryon Jacob

CTO & Co-founder, data.world

Go team go! The 5-step coaching strategy my tech manager clients use to build thriving, high-performing teams

Jen Bunk

Jen Bunk Ventures,

Toughest words a CTO says : Hold on the code

Cherise Esparza-gutierrez

, Co-Founder & CTO

If I only had a CEO

Marcus Carey

Founder & CEO, Threatcare

Why your programmer just wants to code

Marcus Blankenship

Leadership Coach, Adaptive Leadership Group

Lessons from a failed startup: A cynefin retrospective

Eddy Reyes

CTO & Co-founder, Mindsight Co.

Culture Clash: horror stories from managing international teams

Nicholas Caldwell

VP of Engineering, Reddit

Unknownto known -building a recognized tech brand for recruiting

Qingqing Ouyang

SVP Engineering , Main Street Hub

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Summit agenda

1:20 PM

Break

8:00 AM

Registration/Breakfast

8:50 AM

Kickoff by host

Peter Bell, CTO, CTO Connection

9:00 AM

Designing, engineering, and delivering products for a full lifecycle of engagement -what you need to know

Jim Colson, CTO, IBM

9:20 AM

Vital role of humans in machine learning

Lynn Pausic , Principal, Expero

9:40 AM

Keeping your team in the flow

Cynthia Maxwell, Director of Engineering, Self

10:00 AM

Facilitated Networking

10:20 AM

Break

10:50 AM

Building on a non-traditional tech stack

Bryon Jacob, CTO & Co-founder, data.world

11:10 AM

M&A and technology

Vikas Parikh, Sr. Manager - Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young (EY)

11:30 AM

Scaling self directed development

Will Ballard, CTO, GLG

11:50 AM

Facilitated Networking

12:10 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Lessons from the Black Box

Heather rivers, CTO, Mode Analytics

1:50 PM

How to dive deep and mechanisms to help you scale your tech org

Vivek Sagi, CTO, Bussiness Procurement Solutions Amazon

2:20 PM

Go team go! The 5-step coaching strategy my tech manager clients use to build thriving, high-performing teams

Jen Bunk, Jen Bunk Ventures,

2:30 PM

Facilitated Networking

2:50 PM

Break

3:20 PM

Toughest words a CTO says : Hold on the code

Cherise Esparza-gutierrez, , Co-Founder & CTO

3:40 PM

If I only had a CEO

Marcus Carey, Founder & CEO, Threatcare

4:00 PM

Why your programmer just wants to code

Marcus Blankenship, Leadership Coach, Adaptive Leadership Group

4:20 PM

Facilitated Networking

4:40 PM

Break

5:10 PM

Lessons from a failed startup: A cynefin retrospective

Eddy Reyes, CTO & Co-founder, Mindsight Co.

5:30 PM

Unknownto known -building a recognized tech brand for recruiting

Qingqing Ouyang, SVP Engineering , Main Street Hub

5:40 PM

Closing

5:50 PM

Culture Clash: horror stories from managing international teams

Nicholas Caldwell, VP of Engineering, Reddit

6:40 PM

Networking & Drinks

8:00 PM

End of event

6:10 PM

Facilitated Networking

"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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