EM.413 Bruce Cameron System Architecture meeting
Talking about executives
CEO, CTO
Is the CTO role transferrable?
Sample of CTOs from LinkedIn
Average age: 48
48% MS or PhD
56% medium to small firms
Is CTO a glorified individual contributor or an owner of the engineering pipeline?
Models of CTO types
The Anchor
head of product development
The Coordinator
The Evangelist
a public persona
The Visionary
anticipates future change
more like a technical CEO?
The Strategist
Michael Cusumano on industry platforms
Basic Types
Transaction Platforms
App Store
Innovation Platforms
Intel CPU
AWS
Hybrid
lots are moving towards hybrid of the two
How much kindling does your platform need to get the fire started?
Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship calls this the Beachhead Market