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