Strengthen your Foundations.
A two-day catalyst event in Denver, CO
FORTIFY YOUR FOUNDATION | ALIGN WITH PURPOSE | BUILD TO SCALE
Join us at the 14th 7CTOs Colloquium in Denver, CO
Thursday and Friday, September 18–19, 2025
Empowering CTOs to strengthen their foundations, master strategic clarity, and unlock sustainable growth in today’s evolving landscape.
Join fellow CTOs for the exclusive launch of CTO Levels—the new book and leadership framework by Etienne de Bruin, Kathy Keating, and Scott Graves.
Experience a peer-driven event designed to elevate your leadership through three focused Colloquium-style talks and a full day of hands-on forum sessions and guided exploration. You’ll walk away with actionable insights, sharpened perspective, and meaningful connections with CTOs who understand your role—and your urgency.
Why Attend?
This One Day Will Fuel Your Entire Quarter
your leadership edge with the CTO Levels Framework
bold, practical strategies from CTO Levels authors
You don’t have to be a 7CTOs member (yet) to attend.
Bring a friend, your co-founder, or a fellow tech leader. The more, the smarter.
Early Bird Pricing Ends June 1
$149 until July 1
$249 after July 1
Special Bonus for Members:
Bring 2 guests who register, and you’ll receive a complimentary 1:1 private coaching session with one of our top-tier executive coaches.
This is a chance to sharpen your strategy and grow your impact.
DAY ONE
GROWTH
Mind-expanding talks, interactive discussions, and clarity around the challenges CTOs face.
DAY TWO
CONNECTION
Hike Boulder’s Bear Canyon Loop, break bread with fellow CTOs over lunch, and dive into hands-on workshop sessions designed to tackle your most pressing leadership challenges. Forge connections that last long after the trail ends.
AGENDA
Thursday, September 18: Growth
Friday, September 19: Connection
ACCOMODATION
SPEAKERS
Etienne de Bruin
Founder and CEO
Etienne de Bruin, Founder and CEO of 7CTOs, Inc.
Etienne de Bruin is the founder and CEO of 7CTOs, a training company for world-class CTOs, and co-founder of EXE, a coaching firm for executive teams in tech. Creator of the CTO Levels framework and author of CTO Excellence in 100 Days, he helps leaders bridge the gap between technology and business success.
Etienne also writes the CTO Substack and hosts The CTO Podcast, sharing insights on leadership, strategy, and the evolving role of the CTO.
Kathy Keating
Growth Program Director
Kathy Keating is a mission-driven technology executive, bringing three decades of experience in HRTech, FinTech and HealthTech industries. Most of the software products she and her teams have built are still in production today. As a two-time founder with an exit, she is a forward-thinking leader committed to steering and empowering high-performing teams to cultivate great culture and deliver successful results.
Kathy has been at the helm of many visionary strategies, transformations, strategic partnerships, pivotal initiatives, turnarounds, and out of the box problem solving leading growing companies to scale quickly and effectively including at such companies as Monster, Webroot, Autopay, and Ad Hoc. Kathy has led both Product and Engineering (CTPO) multiple times in her career .
Kathy is a Fractional CTO, CTO Advisor, and Executive Coach. She assists startups and scaleups to optimize their product engineering operations so that they can deliver quickly and effectively. Kathy also has played the Interim CTO for companies to help them bridge the gap during a transition.