Tuesday, Dec 13, 2022 | 08:00 AM - 07:30 PM PST
465 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104
The 2022 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
If you’re a senior engineering leader (director or higher), share problems and get answers at the 2022 San Francisco CTO Summit on Tuesday December 13th. Entrance is free (and limited) to qualified applicants, so you know you’ll be in a room with your peers, and you don’t have the hassle of expensing the admittance fee.

Participants include the CTOs of VMWare, CircleCI, Nylas, iTechArt, Monte Carlo and many more. This is primarily an event for engineering leaders in orgs of 50-5,000 engineers.

The event is comprised of three separate events (plus a speakers dinner the night before), so whether you want a full day of participation, presentations and discussions with your peers or just to drop in for the CTO breakfast or the evening reception, you can keep up to date as an engineering leader and will have an opportunity to share and get peer input on your most pressing business challenges.

Whether you’re looking to improve the effectiveness of your engineering org, handle a reorg with grace, manage difficult conversations with business stakeholders, improve your data infrastructure or just think about how to improve your impact or quality of life as an engineering leader, join us in San Francisco to connect with and learn from your peers.
Summit schedule
you can apply to attend any or all of the events
Speakers dinner - Monday, December 12, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
CTO Breakfast - Tuesday, December 13, 8:00am -10:00am
CTO Summit - Tuesday, December 13, 9:30am - 5:00pm
Evening Reception - Tuesday, December 13, 4:30pm - 7:30pm
WHY ATTEND?
Keep up to date with trends
Identify good practices
Strengthen your network
Get inspired and motivated
SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Data observability: The next frontier of data engineering

Shane Murray

Field CTO, Monte Carlo

Disruption: learning to play both offense and defense

Kit Colbert

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, VMware

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Decision making: Balancing culture and data

Christine Spang

Cofounder and CTO, Nylas

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The state of DevOps/DevEx

Rob Zuber

CTO, CircleCI

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Operationalizing DORA metrics: from theory to practice

Emily Nakashima

VP Engineering, Honeycomb.io

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Data leaders fireside chat - the importance of data quality

Shane Murray

Field CTO, Monte Carlo

Empathy system architecture

Andrea Goulet

Co-Founder, Corgibytes, LLC

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Why reorgs fail

Aaron Erickson

Co-Founder & CEO, Orgspace

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Building inclusive high-performing teams in tech

Jossie Haines

Executive Coach/Technical Advisor, Jossie Haines Consulting

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Gen Z | Boomer challenge: A case for progressive delivery

Adam Zimman

Strategic Advisor, Investor

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Lets do better than 9%

Nidhi Gupta

CEO & Co-Founder, SheTO.org

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eXtreme data engineering

Kurtis Seebaldt

Director of Engineering, Artium

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Leading in challenging times

Tyler Jewell

Managing Director, Dell Technologies Capital

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A players to A teams

Belle Walker

Founder, Belleview Consulting

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How to use data to improve your hiring process

Yuzhao Ni

Director of Engineering, Turing.com

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How to tie development work to user and customer outcomes

Michael Machado

Head of Product, DevRev

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eXtreme planning: Applying XP principles to annual operating plans

Josh Knowles

VP of Strategy and Operations, Code Climate

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Summit agenda

Speakers dinner
Monday, December 12, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
A chance to connect with speakers, influencers and CTOs at scale
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6:30 PM

Drinks reception

7:30 PM

Sit-down dinner

9:30 PM

End of the event

CTO Breakfast
Tuesday, December 13, 8:00am -10:00am
Fireside chat, AMA + breakout discussions over buffet breakfast with leaders of larger teams
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8:00 AM

CTO Breakfast Registration

8:30 AM

Breakfast opening remarks

8:40 AM

The state of DevOps/DevEx

Rob Zuber, CTO, CircleCI

9:00 AM

Group discussions

9:30 AM

Breakfast end & networking

CTO Summit
Tuesday, December 13, 9:30am - 5:00pm
A full day of presentations and discussions around building and managing within engineering orgs (50+)
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9:30 AM

CTO Summit Registration

9:50 AM

Summit opening remarks

10:00 AM

Operationalizing DORA metrics: from theory to practice

Emily Nakashima, VP Engineering, Honeycomb.io

10:20 AM

How to use data to improve your hiring process

Yuzhao Ni , Director of Engineering, Turing.com

10:40 AM

Empathy system architecture

Andrea Goulet, Co-Founder, Corgibytes, LLC

11:00 AM

Lets do better than 9%

Nidhi Gupta, CEO & Co-Founder, SheTO.org

11:05 AM

Networking

11:30 AM

Gen Z | Boomer challenge: A case for progressive delivery

Adam Zimman, Strategic Advisor, Investor

11:50 AM

Leading in challenging times

Tyler Jewell, Managing Director, Dell Technologies Capital

12:10 PM

Data observability: The next frontier of data engineering

Shane Murray, Field CTO, Monte Carlo

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Disruption: learning to play both offense and defense

Kit Colbert, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, VMware

1:50 PM

A players to A teams

Belle Walker, Founder, Belleview Consulting

2:10 PM

Why reorgs fail

Aaron Erickson, Co-Founder & CEO, Orgspace

2:30 PM

Networking

3:00 PM

Building inclusive high-performing teams in tech

Jossie Haines, Executive Coach/Technical Advisor, Jossie Haines Consulting

3:20 PM

How to tie development work to user and customer outcomes

Michael Machado, Head of Product, DevRev

3:30 PM

Breakouts - doing more with less

4:30 PM

Networking

Evening Reception
Tuesday, December 13, 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Four keynotes and a reception focused on engineering leadership at all scales
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4:30 PM

Evening Reception Registration

5:00 PM

eXtreme planning: Applying XP principles to annual operating plans

Josh Knowles, VP of Strategy and Operations, Code Climate

5:20 PM

Decision making: Balancing culture and data

Christine Spang, Cofounder and CTO, Nylas

5:40 PM

eXtreme data engineering

Kurtis Seebaldt, Director of Engineering, Artium

6:00 PM

Data leaders fireside chat - the importance of data quality

Shane Murray, Field CTO, Monte Carlo

6:20 PM

Summit wrap

6:30 PM

Evening reception

7:30 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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iTechArt
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Amazon Web Services
AWS offers a broad set of global cloud-based products to equip technology leaders to build better and more powerful solutions, reach out to aws-cto-program@amazon.com if you’re interested in learning more about their offerings.
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