CTO Coach Meeting Technical Advisors 
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 2, 2013
I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. Then we discussed how they could go about finding this startup business advisor. Do you have any suggestions for how to find a good mentor?
CIO
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Effective IT strategy requires not just technical expertise but a focus on adaptability and customer-centricity, enabling organizations to stay ahead in a fast-changing marketplace. CIOs must implement governance frameworks to consistently evaluate IT investments, ensuring they meet both performance and strategic objectives.
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CIO
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
“Generative AI does have the ability to replace CIOs who don’t embrace the innovative shifts coming for companies,” says Tim Crawford, a former CIO himself and now a CIO strategic advisor at AVOA, a technology consultancy. For the rest, gen AI will greatly augment the power and value of the role of the CIO, he says.
CIO
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
It’s important for CIOs to advise on, acknowledge, understand, and deliver on the business plan to create an effective IT roadmap that aligns to the organization’s business strategy. A key way to facilitate alignment is to become agile enough to stay ahead of the curve, and be adaptive to change, Bragg advises.
CIO
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
This can lead less experienced managers to have difficulty balancing technical requirements and business objectives, he says. Work with their manager or mentor to establish short-term goals that are clear and achievable,” Clark says. That suggests why they’re struggling.” What can be done to help?
CIO
APRIL 29, 2024
Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. According to The State of the CIO Survey,24% of CIOs view “reinventing infrastructure/applications to meet new requirements” as a challenge holding IT back. 1 challenge listed. 1 challenge listed. And they’re thinking about how to ‘hollow the core.’
SoCal CTO
MARCH 4, 2010
Background This post partly really came about as a result of a great conversation yesterday with David Croslin a former CTO at HP who recently conducted an interesting experiment. I am looking for one or two startups that I can work with on their road to success as a virtual C-level officer, board member, advisor or other relationship.
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