Tuesday, Nov 12, 2019 | 06:00 AM - 08:00 PM CST
16 West Adams, Chicago, IL
The Fall 2019 Chicago CTO Summit
Connect with, and learn from your peers at the Chicago CTO Summit
Keep up to date with trends
Identify good practices
Strengthen your network
Get inspired and motivated
Empathy and Compassion in Communication: Learnings From an Engineer
Francois Toubol
CTO, Livly
Crossing The Chasm - Building and Scaling AI-Driven Engineering Teams
Helen Sun
CTO, Stats Perform
Managing Business Risk as a Chief Technologist
Jonathan Graham
CTO, Transaction Assurance Group
3 Hacks to Communicate Tech Value to Stakeholders
Josef De castelnau
Chief Data Officer & Founder, Syncresia
Engineers Are People Too (How to get the most from those around you)
Claudius Mbemba
CTO, neu
Hiring in hyper-growth: Tools for survival
Cat Miller
Director of Engineering, Flatiron Health
Data Science at a Startup is Actually Useful! (sometimes)
Chas Jhin
VP Engineering, Cameo
Kickoff by host
Peter Bell
Founder, CTO Connection
Under pressure: 20 dead startups in 2 years and 13 more in flight now
Rc Johnson
Director of Engineering, Indeed
Don’t fund a Godzilla: the pragmatic approach to funding nimble teams
Aurimas Adomavicius
President, Devbridge group
How to Grow a Learning Culture: A Learning and Development Case Study
Kwame Thomison
Founder, Magnetic
Registration/Breakfast
Kickoff by host
Peter Bell, Founder, CTO Connection
Kickoff by host
Peter Bell, Founder, CTO Connection
Under pressure: 20 dead startups in 2 years and 13 more in flight now
Rc Johnson, Director of Engineering, Indeed
Under pressure: 20 dead startups in 2 years and 13 more in flight now
Rc Johnson, Director of Engineering, Indeed
Making a distributed working environment work well
Michael Stahnke, VP Platform, CircleCI
Making a distributed working environment work well
Michael Stahnke, VP Platform, CircleCI
Crossing The Chasm - Building and Scaling AI-Driven Engineering Teams
Helen Sun, CTO, Stats Perform
Crossing The Chasm - Building and Scaling AI-Driven Engineering Teams
Helen Sun, CTO, Stats Perform
Empathy and Compassion in Communication: Learnings From an Engineer
Francois Toubol, CTO, Livly
Empathy and Compassion in Communication: Learnings From an Engineer
Francois Toubol, CTO, Livly
Break (40 mins)
Don’t fund a Godzilla: the pragmatic approach to funding nimble teams
Aurimas Adomavicius, President, Devbridge group
Don’t fund a Godzilla: the pragmatic approach to funding nimble teams
Aurimas Adomavicius, President, Devbridge group
Managing Business Risk as a Chief Technologist
Jonathan Graham, CTO, Transaction Assurance Group
Managing Business Risk as a Chief Technologist
Jonathan Graham, CTO, Transaction Assurance Group
Engineers Are People Too (How to get the most from those around you)
Claudius Mbemba, CTO, neu
Engineers Are People Too (How to get the most from those around you)
Claudius Mbemba, CTO, neu
MARKETING to your engineering team
Jenny Farver, CTO, LightStream
MARKETING to your engineering team
Jenny Farver, CTO, LightStream
Lunch (1 hr)
Agile is not the answer
Danielle Pollard, Senior Managing Advisor, Responsive Advisors
Agile is not the answer
Danielle Pollard, Senior Managing Advisor, Responsive Advisors
From microservices to serverless
Phil Calçado, Senior Director Engineering, SeatGeek
From microservices to serverless
Phil Calçado, Senior Director Engineering, SeatGeek
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Chelsea Troy, Engineering Consultant, RigorWorks
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Chelsea Troy, Engineering Consultant, RigorWorks
A tale of two re-architecture efforts
Jan Chong, Senior director of engineering, Twitter
A tale of two re-architecture efforts
Jan Chong, Senior director of engineering, Twitter
Break (20 mins)
3 Hacks to Communicate Tech Value to Stakeholders
Josef De castelnau, Chief Data Officer & Founder, Syncresia
3 Hacks to Communicate Tech Value to Stakeholders
Josef De castelnau, Chief Data Officer & Founder, Syncresia
Individualizing your management style
Mercedes Bernard, Engineering Manager, Tandem
Individualizing your management style
Mercedes Bernard, Engineering Manager, Tandem
Microservices: The Dark Side
Premanand Chandrasekaran, Principal, ThoughtWorks
Microservices: The Dark Side
Premanand Chandrasekaran, Principal, ThoughtWorks
Hiring in hyper-growth: Tools for survival
Cat Miller, Director of Engineering, Flatiron Health
Hiring in hyper-growth: Tools for survival
Cat Miller, Director of Engineering, Flatiron Health
Break (40 mins)
Startup vs. Enterprise - Different Symptoms, Same problems
Thulasi Kethini, CTO, Shiftgig
Startup vs. Enterprise - Different Symptoms, Same problems
Thulasi Kethini, CTO, Shiftgig
Data Science at a Startup is Actually Useful! (sometimes)
Chas Jhin, VP Engineering, Cameo
Data Science at a Startup is Actually Useful! (sometimes)
Chas Jhin, VP Engineering, Cameo
Navigating Power Dynamics as a Leader
Zach Beer, Manager of DevOps, InRule Technology
Navigating Power Dynamics as a Leader
Zach Beer, Manager of DevOps, InRule Technology
How to Grow a Learning Culture: A Learning and Development Case Study
Kwame Thomison, Founder, Magnetic
How to Grow a Learning Culture: A Learning and Development Case Study
Kwame Thomison, Founder, Magnetic
Closing
Networking & Drinks
End of Event
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