Direct, practical sessions for technical leaders.
Keynotes and workshops for executive teams, founder communities, and VC portfolio events. Drawn from 25+ years of running R&D. No buzzwords, no management theater.

It's More Than Just Code
Why most execution problems in engineering organizations are actually organizational problems in disguise, and what the strongest technical leaders do about it.
Watch highlightsAudienceCTOs, VPs of R&D, Engineering leaders
Format90 min lecture
Engineering in Hyper-Growth
Patterns and traps in scaling engineering from one team to dozens, drawn from leading R&D through hyper-growth at Intel, SentinelOne, and Pipl.
AudienceFounders, Executive teams
Format60 min keynote
Engineering KPIs Done Right
How to choose and use engineering KPIs that drive the right behavior, without turning your organization into a metrics theater.
AudienceCEOs, CTOs, VPs of R&D
Format45 min talk
The CTO Role
What the CTO role actually is at different stages of a company, and how to grow into it without losing your engineering identity.
AudienceFirst-time and aspiring CTOs
Format3 hour workshop
Building Multi-Product Engineering Organizations
Structural choices that let a single engineering organization successfully ship multiple products at different stages of maturity.
AudienceVPs of R&D, CTOs
Format1 day workshop
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