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Jun 11, 2008 The Education of a CTO

The Education of a CTO brings to the table something that doesn't currently exist: a way to mentor CTOs and help them effectively do their jobs. Dan Woods tells this story based on his own experience as a CTO at TheStreet.com and other companies.

Dan saw the problems that CTOs cause themselves, the problems that they face in their companies, and the fact that their jobs are ill-defined. At most companies, no mentors are on hand to train the CTO.

So, faced with daunting management challenges and methodologies insufficient to solve the problem, what is the way out? If CTO performance has been sub par, what must be done to restore the CTO to hero status?

The program presented in this book is threefold:

  • First, the CTO must more fully understand his own personality—the raw technology persona
  • Next, the CTO must shift his focus from technology to business value.
  • Finally, the CTO must learn about more about each business specialty in order to effectively construct technology solutions.
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