⇢ Work across the stack to develop the product for market

⇢ Present the technology vision to your board and your investors

⇢ Architect the stack to scale with continued growth

⇢ Review developer's pull requests to ensure code quality

⇢ Recruit, evaluate, and onboard the engineering team

⇢ Develop and communicate best practices for the technology team

⇢ Enforce testing practices that minimize regressions and accelerate time-to-market measures

⇢ Track and manage technical debt

⇢ Ensure the development processes and technology meet security and regulatory controls

⇢ Develop a strategic technology vision for the company

⇢ Demo and evangelize the technology to prospective customers and partners

⇢ Manage cloud, partner, and technology spending to reduce costs

⇢ Successfully partner with Product, People, and GTM functions

⇢ Produce thought leadership to aid in recruiting and to develop the company brand

⇢ Stay abreast of the ever-changing technology landscape

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The truth is that no individual can do all of these things well.

And CEOs rarely know what they need out of a CTO, let alone what they have...