Ten CTO Essentials

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1. on being a CTO keith fitzgerald @ghostrocket
2. background started coding ~13 years old. career setlist: dev->senior dev->architect->vp->cto. still a hacker. will always be a hacker. music fan. photography nerd. video wannabe. office hours 2x monthly @dreamit
3. ticketleap.com Joined September 09 Launched new platform August 10 Moved to CTO in August 11 Product & Technology (4 employees) Data Warehousing & Reporting (1 employee) Support (3 employees)
4. architecture iterate quickly workflow processes risk management ten essentials redundancy + monitoring recruiting accountability transparency lead
5. architectures scale programming languages and frameworks do not.
6. iterate quickly or die.
7. workflow an infinity todo list. every item is important.
8. recruiting become the least talented technologist in the room.
9. processes order from chaos. facilitate. communicate. set expectations.
10. risk management event impact * occurrence probability = risk
11. redundancy + monitoring redundancy. redundancy. redundancy. and monitoring.
12. accountability responsible for technology. judged on company success.
13. transparency audit and adjust. onward and upward.
14. lead motivate with a clear & consistent vision. win with execution.
15. thank you q&a?