Modern CTO

MAY 16, 2024

Today we’re talking to Juan Orlandini, CTO at Insight of North America. We discuss what he’s realized recently as a CTO coach, what he’s learned about aging, and just spend time catching up with an old friend of the show. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Have feedback about the show?

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CIO

JULY 22, 2024

This has forced CIOs to question the resilience of their cloud environments and explore alternative strategies. The outcome of the review may still be the same decision but necessary to review,” Gupta said, adding that DishTV is already re-evaluating its cloud strategy in a phased manner after the Crowdstrike incident.

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CIO

DECEMBER 10, 2024

CIOs have been able to ride the AI hype cycle to bolster investment in their gen AI strategies, but the AI honeymoon may soon be over, as Gartner recently placed gen AI at the peak of inflated expectations , with the trough of disillusionment not far behind. That doesnt mean investments will dry up overnight.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 13, 2014

A large part of this conversation is what kinds of advisors startups should be looking for. A little while ago, I suggested that Every Web/Mobile Startup Should Have a Technical Advisor. The conversation with Bob was about what the composition of advisors should look like. Connected Advisors? Investors discount this.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

It was like having a bunch of mini- Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions all in one room. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups. There are two kinds of advisors that are commonly needed. Strategic Technical Advisor. Tactical Technical Advisor.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Registered investment advisors, for example, have to jump over a few hurdles when deploying new technologies. At Emburse, an expense reimbursement company, software developers use code generation tools like Github Copilot and Amazon Q Developer, which integrate directly into developer environments, says Ken Ringdahl, the companys CTO.

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CIO

JANUARY 24, 2024

Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully. Here are some data strategy mistakes IT leaders would be wise to avoid.

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CIO

JUNE 20, 2024

As SVP and CTO for the Boston Red Sox, Brian Shield is responsible for the strategic direction of technology, fan engagement, day-to-day IT operations, and cybersecurity in support of the team, their fans, and Fenway Sports Management. Hopefully, you have a few All-Stars, together with a coaching staff, and a manager.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

As CTO, Raj Yavatkar is responsible for charting Juniper Networks ' technology strategy through the execution of the company’s innovations and products for intelligent self-driving networks, security, mobile edge cloud, network virtualization, packet-optical integration and hybrid cloud. Raj Yavatkar. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Still, it’s possible to do it yourself, says Senthil Kumar, CTO and head of AI at Slate Technologies, a data analytics provider for construction and related industries. Advanced teams will be required to “take a number of these different open-source models and pair them together in a workflow,” Creedon adds.

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Working with mentors and coaches, I was able to get to the root of my condition and learned many of my behaviors were coping mechanisms shaped by early stress. Delegate responsibilities You wouldnt expect your CMO to put together a five-year financial projection or task your CTO with managing payroll, so cut yourself some slack.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. Nothing clicked until she spoke to Trainline, the international digital rail and coach technology platform, headquartered in London.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Are you a non-technical startup founder who’s about to go have a conversation with a Chief Technical Officer (CTO) or Technical advisory type person? Maybe you have questions about the types of developers you need and even whether you need a Startup CTO or Developer or both. I’d prefer that you don’t make the same mistakes.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

Everyday Strategy For a CIO, while the big picture visions take focus, time is often spent dealing with the everyday challenges of an organizations tech needs. As Jyothirlatha, CTO of Godrej Capital tells us, Being a pandemic-born NBFC (non-banking financial company), a technology-first approach helps us drive business growth.

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CIO

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Here are some of the most significant attributes CTOs need to succeed, according to advisors and those in the role. A CTO will help make decisions on the choice of technology adoption, infrastructure, and development architecture,” Athawale says. How can the CTO respond to that question without being an expert in generative AI?”

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CIO

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In his chief transformation officer (CTO) capacity, the current mission is to spearhead an enterprise transformation effort that takes aim at operational efficiency. By 2023, 93% of responding organizations said they have adopted or planned to adopt digital-first business strategies, continuing the transformation wave.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit.

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CIO

MAY 6, 2024

Check out these strategies for leading well based on decades or experience from the C-suite. We have candid discussions about anything from our enterprise strategy to how we manage work-life balance,” he says. Influential CIOs and other technology leaders responded with time-tested, hard-won knowledge and guidance.

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CIO

JULY 1, 2024

When Morgan Stanley announced its new generative AI support tools for financial advisors last week, it talked about gaining efficiencies from its notetaking abilities. Jonathan Murray, the chief strategy officer at marketing firm Mod Op, agreed that the Morgan Stanley AI move has significant analytics potential.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. I used an image from Roger Smith that describes the varying roles of a CTO as the company matures.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

The company, which focuses on working with remote-first startups, launched in 2019, with co-founders Greg Gunn (CEO) and Beier Cai (CTO), who met as early employees at Hootsuite, bootstrapping the company while they worked out the details of how they wanted Commit to work.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote. With that in mind, SaaS startup Wingback made a fractional head of remote its first hire, “and it was the best decision we made,” said Yann Leretaille, co-founder and CTO. Our startup’s first hire was a fractional Head of Remote.

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CIO

JULY 7, 2023

Kelvin Franklin, field CTO at Illumio CIO Mind I find Gartner’s CIO Mind podcast to be especially insightful and relevant to the work I’m doing. Siddharth Ram, CTO of Velocity Global Service Management Leadership Hearing from other experts in the IT space has been very enlightening and even helped me grow in my own role.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Since then, the startup has made some significant moves beyond just the funding, including growing to a total of 18 employees and bringing on aerospace industry veteran and former Airbus CTO Christine Tovee. “Christine had been on our technical board of advisors for quite some time,” he said.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2010

In my post, Technology Roles in Startups , I described some of the different ways I engage with startup companies such as CTO Founder , CTO , Part-Time CTO , Acting CTO , Consultant, Advisor and Advisory Board Member. Now, most often technical advisors are part of a broader advisory board.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Upon completing graduate school, he began working as investment banker at Goldman Sachs and then as a financial advisor for pro athletes for NBA stars Chris Paul and Stephen Curry as well as Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman. . That strategy led to the company’s tagline of “Invest in themes, not memes.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Founded in in 2020 by Tan and CTO Deepak Malhotra, Brick now has more than 50 paying clients and supports more than 13 million API calls and almost one million consumers a month. Tan was an early employee at Aspire, the neobank, while Malhotra was co-founder and CTO of Indian neobank Slice.

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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

Senior software engineers are expected to have the advanced version of those skills; technical leads are expected to mentor and exercise peer leadership; and so forth. To help out, were supporting the career ladder changes with an XP coaching team. These are player coaches who get hands on with the code and lead by example.

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CIO

OCTOBER 10, 2023

We have aligned our technology strategy to be a business strategy,” she says. “We Focus on transparency and alignment An effective leader clearly communicates organizational goals that align with the overall enterprise mission, says Sandeep Angra, CTO at commercial aviation services provider Unifi Aviation.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Dennis Klemenz, CTO, Jovia Financial Credit Union : “I see technology jobs only increasing at companies. Welch: “A vision, strategy, and values are key to building a team with the right culture. Investing in training but, more importantly, coaching is key. Then build a strategy to help reduce that pain. Partner with them.

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Modern CTO

MARCH 14, 2025

We discuss the AI threat landscape in 2025, why fighting AI with AI may not be your best strategy, and how to position yourself in a community to become a better leader. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Today, we’re talking to Sam Curry, Global VP, CISO in Residence at Zscaler.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 21, 2015

In this piece he underscored the compliance regime around registered investment advisors (RIA), a key descriptor used by the Security and Exchange Commission and other regulatory bodies to refer to those that give advice about securities. Cybersecurity isn’t a “one size fits all” exercise.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

million seed round led by Y Combinator (it is an alum of the accelerator program), with participation from Soma Capital, Goodwater Capital and individual investors like Crimson Education CEO Jamie Beaton, co-founder of WestBridge Capital and founding member of Sequoia India KP Balaraja, and Segment co-founder and ex-CTO Calvin French-Owen.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

While the tranche is a fraction of the startup’s previous raise ($70 million), Mythic claims that the tranche will enable it to bring its “next-generation” product — an improved energy-efficient AI processor — to market. He wouldn’t elaborate.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2021

“Over the past decade, security operations teams have had difficulty with trying to sift through copious amounts of threat data and lacked the humans’ role as part of their security orchestration strategies,” said Anuj Goel, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Cyware, in a statement.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 21, 2014

We have previously written about Wayin (I am proud to be one of their advisors). Analysis Big Data CTO DoD and IC Strategy Chevrolet devops Scott McNealy Sensemaking social media Sun Microsystem Sun Microsystems Twitter US Venture Partners Use case WayIn Weather Channel' By Bob Gourley.

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CIO

JANUARY 6, 2023

What really drives uncertainty One of the smartest guys on this planet, Ed Gough, formerly chief scientist and CTO at NATO Undersea Research Center (NURC) and former technical director at the US Navy’s Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, explained to me that ignorance is at the root of uncertainty. I am certain of that.

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