Tuesday, Oct 29, 2019 | 08:00 AM - 07:00 PM PDT
Seattle, Seattle,
The 2019 Seattle CTO Summit
Connect with, and learn from your peers at the Seattle 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 SEATTLE CTO SUMMIT
If you are technical and manage engineers, learn from and connect with your peers at The 2019 Seattle CTO Summit. Whether you want to hire smarter, refine your culture, improve your processes, manage more effectively or adopt better engineering practices or architectures, the CTO Summits are designed to help you to learn from top practitioners and to share experiences with your peers. The summit is a single track, full day (9am -> 7pm) summit with. 16+ presentations along with plenty of breaks for networking.
WHY ATTEND?
Keep up to date with trends
Identify good practices
Strengthen your network
Get inspired and motivated
SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Managing an Open Source Team

Jeff Smith

Senior Engineering Manager, Facebook AI

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Making your dream (team) come true

Ron Lichty

Interim VP Engineering, Ron Lichty Consulting

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Building microservices without abandoning your monolith

Robert Zuber

CTO, CircleCI

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Practical approaches to security and privacy by design

Malu Septien milan

Partner & CTO, FocalPointe Group

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Psychological Safety - The Basics

Samantha Sieverling

Scrum Master and Coach, ExtraHop

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Lessons learned: 500 million feature flags daily

Edith Harbaugh

Founder & CEO, LaunchDarkly

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Secured SDLC in modern cloud centric products

Srini Kakkera

Head of Engineering, Adobe

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5 ways to get better at reteaming when scaling

Heidi Helfand

Director of Engineering Excellence, Procore

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The 3Cs of Technology: Hiring and managing for impact

Dmitry Koltunov

CTO & Co-Founder, Alice

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How to leverage the elements of human learning for your technical org

Raymond Kung

Manager Curriculum Development, Docker

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Engineering the technical interview

Zach van Schouwen

VP Engineering, Karat

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Merging technologies

Taban Cosmos

CTO & Co-Founder, Guide

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A holistic approach to accidental complexity

Ellen Chisa

CEO & Cofounder, Dark

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A tale of two rearchitecture efforts

Jan Chong

Senior Director of Engineering, Twitter

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How quarterly self reviews help teams move mountains

Ricky Brown

CTO, Conduit

Building your own board

Geeta Schmid

Founder & CEO, Humio

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Kickoff by host

Peter Bell

Founder, CTO connection

The engineering flywheel of meaning and personal

Brad Henrickson

VP Engineering, Earnest

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Blending cultures to build a high performing team

Shilpa Yadla

Head of Engineering, Microsoft

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Are you starting up wrong?

Pj Hagerty

Founder, DevRelate.io

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Summit agenda

8:00 AM

Registration/Breakfast

9:00 AM

Kickoff by host

Peter Bell, Founder, CTO connection

9:10 AM

Lessons learned: 500 million feature flags daily

Edith Harbaugh, Founder & CEO, LaunchDarkly

9:30 AM

Making your dream (team) come true

Ron Lichty, Interim VP Engineering, Ron Lichty Consulting

9:50 AM

Practical approaches to security and privacy by design

Malu Septien milan, Partner & CTO, FocalPointe Group

10:10 AM

Psychological Safety - The Basics

Samantha Sieverling, Scrum Master and Coach, ExtraHop

10:30 AM

Break (40 mins)

11:10 AM

Building microservices without abandoning your monolith

Robert Zuber, CTO, CircleCI

11:30 AM

Secured SDLC in modern cloud centric products

Srini Kakkera, Head of Engineering, Adobe

11:50 AM

Managing an Open Source Team

Jeff Smith, Senior Engineering Manager, Facebook AI

12:10 PM

5 ways to get better at reteaming when scaling

Heidi Helfand, Director of Engineering Excellence, Procore

12:30 PM

Lunch (1 hr)

1:30 PM

Blending cultures to build a high performing team

Shilpa Yadla, Head of Engineering, Microsoft

1:50 PM

Are you starting up wrong?

Pj Hagerty, Founder, DevRelate.io

2:10 PM

How to leverage the elements of human learning for your technical org

Raymond Kung, Manager Curriculum Development, Docker

2:30 PM

The 3Cs of Technology: Hiring and managing for impact

Dmitry Koltunov, CTO & Co-Founder, Alice

2:50 PM

Break

3:30 PM

Engineering the technical interview

Zach van Schouwen, VP Engineering, Karat

3:50 PM

Merging technologies

Taban Cosmos, CTO & Co-Founder, Guide

4:10 PM

A holistic approach to accidental complexity

Ellen Chisa, CEO & Cofounder, Dark

4:30 PM

Break (40 min)

5:10 PM

A tale of two rearchitecture efforts

Jan Chong, Senior Director of Engineering, Twitter

5:30 PM

How quarterly self reviews help teams move mountains

Ricky Brown, CTO, Conduit

5:50 PM

Building your own board

Geeta Schmid, Founder & CEO, Humio

6:10 PM

The engineering flywheel of meaning and personal

Brad Henrickson, VP Engineering, Earnest

6:30 PM

Closing

6:40 PM

Networking & Drinks

8:00 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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