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Broadcom Software CTO: Charting a Course to Software Modernization

CIO

By Andy Nallappan, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Software Business Operations, Broadcom Software. The enterprise software that underpins day-to-day operations is under significant strain at many organizations. For IT leaders, these changes have heightened their focus on software modernization.

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Cengage Group CTO Jim Chilton on the P&L difference

CIO

Jim Chilton is an award-winning CIO who serves as the chief technology officer of Cengage Group, an innovative disruptor in the edtech space. As a business and technology executive, Chilton leverages his unique experiences to drive innovation and optimize technology throughout the company.

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The hidden benefits of adding a CTO to your board

TechCrunch

Abby Kearns , chief technology officer at Puppet , has more than 20 years of experience scaling growth for numerous Fortune 500 and startup companies. In a time of chaos and change, there is no senior leader that can navigate this sort of change better than a CTO. Abby Kearns. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Exadel Expands Executive Team with Appointment of Chief Technology Officer Oleg Boyko and Chief Revenue Officer Marc Caponegro

DevOps.com

Boyko and Caponegro bring decades of experience in their respective fields to support Exadel’s rapidly growing digital transformation and software engineering solutions and services WALNUT CREEK, Calif.,

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Decoding Code Review and Pull Requests - a handbook for Software Engineers and Tech Leads

A complete handbook on implementing a code review culture in your organization. Written by Elaine Watanabe, it's a practical e-book with useful examples and references, and a must-read for all tech teams.

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The skills and traits of elite CTOs

CIO

Chief technology officers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.

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The Significance of Open Source Software in the Digital-First Future Enterprise

CIO

As companies shift their focus from the digital transformation of individual processes to the business outcomes enabled by a digitally transformed organisation, software engineering will become a core enterprise capability. 61% of respondents rated the performance of OSS as being superior compared to proprietary software.

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Architect Your Organization for Effectiveness, Productivity, and Joy

Speaker: Ron Lichty, Consultant: Interim VP Engineering, Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc.

As a senior software leader, you likely spend more time working on the architecture of your systems than the architecture of your organization. In fact, the impact of software architecture parallels the impact of organizational structure. In fact, the impact of software architecture parallels the impact of organizational structure.

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Team Leadership in the Age of Agile

Speaker: Roy Osherove, Technology and Leadership Consultant

As a senior software leader, you spend much of your time trying to optimize your team's performance – from increasing delivery rate and velocity to reducing defect rates and waste. However, as software leaders, we often find that as we go to implement these approaches, we feel stuck.

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More Effective Agile Leadership

Speaker: Steve McConnell, CEO, Construx Software

Join Steve McConnell, CEO of Construx Software, as he distills hundreds of companies’-worth of real-world experience into the proven Agile leadership practices that work best. We all strive to be effective Agile leaders. But how do you know if you're succeeding?

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Success Story: Swiss Insurtech Company Hires a Remote CTO from Ukraine

Ability to build, scale and shrink the team very fast, combined with the very best software engineering talent, made it a perfect mix of reasons why the company has made these decisions.

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Software Delivery Metrics for the C-Suite

As a result, CTOs may find it difficult to build dialogue, understanding and trust. This practical guide focuses on a simple set of reporting and metrics for the CTO to greatly improve the quality of interaction with internal stakeholders at the OpCo and C-Suite levels.

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E-book: 5 Strategies to Boost Software Deliveries

Finally, someone summarized in 5 practical strategies on how to improve any software development workflow. In this e-book written in partnership with Wesley Zapellini, he shared his vast in Managing Agile Teams. Real-life examples, charts, and graphs!

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Building Evolvable Architectures

Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Parsons, CTO of ThoughtWorks

The software development ecosystem exists in a state of dynamic equilibrium, where any new tool, framework, or technique leads to disruption and the establishment of a new equilibrium. It’s no surprise many CIOs and CTOs are struggling to adapt, in part because their architecture isn’t equipped to evolve.

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An Adult Conversation About Estimates

Speaker: Beekey Cheung, Software Consultant, Professor Beekums, LLC

Estimates are a contentious topic in software development. As senior software leaders, how can we determine whether estimates are helpful or harmful to our teams? This is a critical topic for senior software leaders to get right. They have value in many cases but increasingly are fraught with peril.