0111 CTO Conference 2023
Join us in San Diego for our annual CTO conference where you will have an opportunity to meet with your peers, learn about industry trends, and shape your leadership skills.
This year we are at the center of it all at the Hard Rock Hotel in Downtown San Diego. Join us for 3 days of killer presentations and fun events designed to grow your network and arm you with new strategies and know-how to take your tech organization and leadership skills to the next level.
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Featured Speakers
How to Unleash the CTO Mind
3 Steps to Accelerate Your Fullest Potential
Build Your Own AI Model
Future of AI
Schedule of Events
WEDNESDAY NOV 1
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Check-in & Registration
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Opening Reception – Dos Equis Lounge at Snapdragon Stadium, sponsored by Interlock Capital and SDSU. Beverages and tacos will be served!
THURSDAY NOV 2 – Day 2: Business and Management How To for the CTO
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Grab & Go Breakfast (provided)
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM
Opening the Conference and CTO of the Year/Rapid Growth Awards Announced – Brittany Cotton, Head of Coaching, 7CTOs
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TOPIC
NAME
TITLE
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM
Taking a Mindful Moment to Recalibrate the Nervous System
L.J. Lumpkin
Therapist• Corporate Coach • Speaker • Author • Psychedelic Integration at Nomad Healing Practices
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
How CTOs Can Create Profitable and Captivating Leadership Presence
Zayna Rose
Image Strategist & Consultant at Zayna Rose Inc.
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Mastering Minutes: Time Management Tactics for Busy CTOs
Nathan Broslawsky
VP of Engineering at Achieve
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch (provided)
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
M&A Due Diligence on Both Sides of the Table
Kevin Goldsmith
CTO @ DistroKid. Former CTO @ Anaconda, Avvo, Onfido. VP @ Spotify, DoE @ Adobe
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM
(Track 2)
Engineering Metrics & Data Roundtable
Maxim Wheatley (Head of Community at DevLake, Executive Advisor at Merico)
Erik Birkfeld (CTO, 7CTOs)
Henry Hezheng Yin (CTO & Cofounder of Merico, Creator of DevLake)
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tech Talent in the era of AI
Frank Licea
CTO and Co-Founder at howdy.com
4:00 PM – 4:10 PM
Break
4:10 PM – 5:20 PM
How to Lead Effectively using CTO Levels
Kathy Keating
CTO Advisor & Executive Coach
5:20 PM – 6:00 PM
Break
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Happy Hour sponsored exclusively by Howdy.com at Basic Bar, 410 Tenth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
(8 min walk from the hotel)
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Dinner on your own (check #event-0111 in Slack to make plans and see restaurant list posted there)
FRIDAY NOV 3 – Day 3: Brain, Both Human and Generative How To’s for the CTO
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
Grab & Go Breakfast (provided)
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM
State of 7CTOs – Etienne de Bruin, CEO
TIME
TOPIC
NAME
TITLE
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Keynote Speaker: “How to Unleash the CTO Mind – 3 Steps to Accelerate Your Fullest Potential”
John Assaraf
CEO at MyNeuroGym
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Build your own AI Model
Sharon Zhang
Co-founder & CTO at Personal AI
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
(Track 2)
A Model for Excellence: How CTOs can Embrace the Duality of their Roles
Nishant Mathew
CTO and Co-founder of Seasond
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch (provided)
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
CTOs Doing AI Panel Guest
Moderator: Etienne De Bruin, CEO 7CTOs
Panel Guests:
- Larry Heminger, CTO, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Calsense
- Diana Pfeil, CTO at Pex
- Bryan Hall, Cofounder and CEO @ Mynd AI
- Lena Skliarova-Mordvinova, Co-Founder, CTO @ Good Face Project
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 PM – 4:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: The Future of Reliable AI
Arjun Bansal
CEO & Co-founder at Log10
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Conference Closing Remarks
Brittany Cotton and Etienne de Bruin
Head of Coaching, 7CTOs and CEO, 7CTOs
Speakers & Talk Topics
Etienne de Bruin
Co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of 7CTOs, Inc.
State of 7CTOs
CTOs Doing AI Panel
John Assaraf
Arjun Bansal
CEO & Co-founder at Log10
Keynote Speaker: The Future of Reliable AI
Kathy Keating
Nathan Broslawsky
VP of Engineering at Achieve
Mastering Minutes: Time Management Tactics for Busy CTOs
Kevin Goldsmith
CTO at DistroKid. Former CTO at Anaconda, Avvo, Onfido. VP at Spotify, and DoE at Adobe
M&A Due Diligence on Both Sides of the Table
Sharon Zhang
Bryan Hall
Diana Pfeil
Lena Skliarova-Mordvinova
L.J. Lumpkin
Therapist, Corporate Coach, Speaker, Author, and Psychedelic Integration
Taking a Mindful Moment to Recalibrate the Nervous System
Larry Heminger
Nishant Mathew
Maxim Wheatley
Head of Community at DevLake, Executive Advisor at Merico
Engineering Metrics & Data Roundtable
Henry Hezheng Yin
CTO & Cofounder of Merico, Creator of DevLake
Engineering Metrics & Data Roundtable
Erik Birkfeld
CTO at Mavric and 7CTOs
Engineering Metrics & Data Roundtable
Frank Licea
CTO and Co-Founder at Howdy.com
Tech Talent in the Era of AI
Zayna Rose
Image Strategist & Consultant
How CTOs Can Create Profitable and Captivating Leadership Presence
Hard Rock Hotel San Diego
207 Fifth Avenue San Diego CA
Be a CTO Rockstar with us in 2023! 7CTOs 0111 Conference has secured the best location ever, in the center of it all at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego. Located in the Gaslamp Quarter, we’ll be walking distance to dining, bars, sightseeing, and activities. The hotel itself also has multiple restaurants, from Nobu to MaryJane’s Diner, as well as a rooftop pool / social area. Read more about the amazing Hard Rock Hotel San Diego.
The hotel group discount deadline date has now passed. To check availability for the hotel you must contact the events team directly by emailing [email protected] or phone (503) 284-6756.
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About 7CTOs
7CTOs is the single-source authority for benchmarking and developing world-class CTOs. We set the global standard for evaluating CTOs and their technical organizations, providing our members with a framework to identify their strengths and weaknesses compared to teams of similar size and level.
Every member receives 1:1 check ins, a toolkit of resources and trusted partners, and is strategically placed in the right forum, at the right events, and in the right conversations.
Cancellation Policy: There are no refunds for this registration. If your plans change, you may transfer this registration to a future event OR towards future 7CTOs membership fees, by notifying, and receiving confirmation from, the event planner via email at [email protected] by Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 5pm US Pacific Time. After this date, transfers will be at the discretion of 7CTOs and may not be possible. Should the event not occur as scheduled due to circumstances beyond 7CTOs’s control, all registration fees will become transferable to the next available 7CTOs 0111 Retreat event or may be applied towards future membership.