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CTO Sessions: Dima Potekhin, CyCognito
What makes an effective tech strategy? “First of all, it needs to focus on unique value and strategic company goals. It also must solve something, it needs to bring value to a problem.”
CTO Sessions: Paul Gampe, Console Connect
What makes an effective tech strategy? “Revenue. One of my great mentors always told me that anybody can come up with a great idea but very few know how to take it to market.”
CTO Sessions: Dan Picker, Inseego
What type of CTO are you? “I have always felt that my first responsibility as a CTO is to envision the things that people (or businesses) don’t yet know they can’t live without, and then to realise those innovations.”
CTO Sessions: Anusha Iyer, Corsha
What predictions do you have for the role of the CTO in the future? “I view the role of CTO increasingly as being a product and technology evangelist at the intersection of product teams, company leadership, and the customer.”
CTO Sessions: Charles Yeh, Persona
What makes an effective tech strategy? “One that strikes a balance between building for what’s happening today versus a longer-term vision.”
CTO Sessions: Adam Clarke, Fnality
Are there any technologies which you think are overhyped? “The metaverse. It’s not as authentic as real-life social interaction, it’s an idea that takes social media to an incomprehensible level.”
CTO Sessions: Vinh Ly, MOONHUB
What is the biggest issue that you’re helping customers with at the moment? “Scalability of VR. We’ve built an entire infrastructure that helps our clients scale at ease, even across continents…”
CTO Sessions: Ledion Bitincka, Cribl
Which emerging technology are you most excited about the prospect of? “One area that I am really excited about is the emerging adoption of ARM processors in public clouds and data centres.”
CTO Sessions: Aaron Harris, Sage
Do you have any trouble matching product/service strategy with tech strategy? “I think the bigger challenge is knowing when to insist on absolute adherence to the strategy and when to allow exceptions.”
CTO Sessions: Chris Royles, Cloudera
Which emerging technology are you most excited about the prospect of? “The electrification of transport, combined with initiatives for carbon capture, excite me.”
CTO Sessions: Fred Lherault, Pure Storage
Which emerging technology are you most excited about the prospect of? “It will have to be sustainable technologies... it’s no longer about just being the best solution, it’s also about being the most sustainable.”
CTO Sessions: Fred Stark, Forterro
Which emerging technology are you most excited about the prospect of? “AI is game changing… We’re in the cyberpunk world. What AI can now do, seemed impossible just a few years ago.”
CTO Sessions: Yonatan Eldar, Apiiro
What makes an effective tech strategy? “… my strategy is to use the proven and most stable technology where the edge is still sharp, but you don’t necessarily bleed.”
CTO Sessions: Alex Heneveld, Cloudsoft
Which emerging technology are you most excited about the prospect of? “I’m most excited by the opportunities presented by the richness and growing maturity of cloud and online services — serverless, data services, analytics, front...
CTO Sessions: Tim Carmody, IPC
What type of CTO are you? “I leverage my technical experience to act as a conduit between technology and business to drive the best solutions possible not only for today but also the future.”
CTO Sessions: Robert Blumofe, Akamai
Which emerging technology are you most excited about the prospect of? “I’m really hopeful about the prospects for clean and renewable energy.”
CTO Sessions: Ian McShane, Arctic Wolf
What predictions do you have for the role of the CTO in the future? “Over recent months, ransomware has dominated the industry space. It is my belief that… for the CTO, they must shift their security mindset.”
