About the Forum
The mission of the LA CTO Forum is to foster the SoCal technology ecosystem. We believe that by helping our members to be more effective CTOs, we can have a positive impact on the ecosystem. The Forum is a vibrant, private, invite-only network of software CTOs who exchange ideas, share experiences, and help each other when needed. We conduct monthly meetings, quarterly roundtables, and discuss different business and technology topics.
FAQ
What is the LA CTO Forum?
Who Can Join?
Members are generally the senior most person in their organization in charge of software, data, web/mobile development.
How do I Become a Member?
The CTO Forum is a “give-back” organization. While there is no cost for membership, CTO Forum members “pay” for membership with their commitment to contributing to the group and to fellow members. To become a member, there will be a brief call to discuss your company, role, key challenges and what you hope to achieve through membership. Assuming it’s a good fit, you would then be accepted as a provisional member. You will need to attend a meeting within 3 months of acceptance to become a full member.
Where/When Does the CTO Forum Meet?
Morning meetings - member-only meetings are on the second Friday of every month from 8-10AM. The main location is Santa Monica, but there are meetings as well in Orange County, Pasadena, Hollywood, Torrance and others.
Evening meetings – members and VIP guests occur 6 times per year.
For further questions contact Tony Karrer at
akarrer@techempower.comUpcoming Events
8:00 am
Quarterly Roundtable Meeting - Virtual
We will be doing our quarterly round table session. This is an exceptional resource to either get some critical help and feedback on an issue or to give something back to the greater CTO community.
- Get to know other members.
- Help your fellow members.
- Hear what issues members are facing and discuss ideas to address them.
6:30 pm
Building Great Products and Driving Retention - Virtual
Distributed, remote teams have become a reality for every engineering organization in the world. Many companies have opted for this model consciously while others were forced into it with the COVID pandemic. Regardless, as leaders we are all faced with this new reality and inevitably some engineering leaders are better prepared than others. This session will first look at the reasons why we should all embrace this new reality and then dive deep into the nuances of building and managing a remote and distributed team
8:00 am
Monthly Meeting - Virtual
The recurring monthly meeting happens the second Friday of each month. The topic of this meeting has yet to be determined but past topics have included Machine Learning, Building and Managing Remote Teams, Negotiating Equity Incentives and other issues that members find important and timely.