Sebastian Gębski
Sebastian Gębski - Principal Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services. ex-CTO, ex-VP/Eng. He has co-built online platforms since 2001: across all kinds of organizations - starting with startups and ending with international financial groups, on 3 continents. He was designing solutions for development factories up to 300 people and leading engineering organizations up to 70 people. Hyper-active blogger, co-host of CTO Morning Coffee and a serial reader. Fan of deliberate system design, System's Theory and practical applications of DSLs.
Tame Your CTO (& Let Yourself Be Tamed)
Engineer, let's step into the shoes … of your CTO. We'll find out what CTOs do, how to become one, but also: how do they make decisions and evaluate performance, what are the traits they search for in devfolk, why deadlines are so important (or not) & how to communicate with CTO effectively. This is a session for both people who are intensively thinking about their future career ("CTO? Why not?") and those curious about secrets of high-performing organisations. It will be lead by hosts of CTO Morning Coffee, three industry veterans scarred for life with former leadership experience in companies i.a. Revolut, Amazon, and Microsoft.
Unicorn’s Baby Steps: What Should You Know (& Do) As a First-Time Startup CTO
Startup's early days aren't easy: there are always too many topics on your plate and everything is of the highest priority. As a first-time CTO you have to pick your battles wisely - I'll try to help by sharing my experience as a former startup CTO and a person who cooperates with startups on daily basis. There is no single blueprint to follow, but we'll go through major decision points, key concerns to be addressed, most pressing questions to be answered. To illustrate the challenges covered and make it an interactive experience, we will create an artificial startup and take it for a virtual spin together.
Sebastian Gębski - Principal Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services. ex-CTO, ex-VP/Eng. He has co-built online platforms since 2001: across all kinds of organizations - starting with startups and ending with international financial groups, on 3 continents. He was designing solutions for development factories up to 300 people and leading engineering organizations up to 70 people. Hyper-active blogger, co-host of CTO Morning Coffee and a serial reader. Fan of deliberate system design, System's Theory and practical applications of DSLs.
Tame Your CTO (& Let Yourself Be Tamed)
Engineer, let's step into the shoes … of your CTO. We'll find out what CTOs do, how to become one, but also: how do they make decisions and evaluate performance, what are the traits they search for in devfolk, why deadlines are so important (or not) & how to communicate with CTO effectively. This is a session for both people who are intensively thinking about their future career ("CTO? Why not?") and those curious about secrets of high-performing organisations. It will be lead by hosts of CTO Morning Coffee, three industry veterans scarred for life with former leadership experience in companies i.a. Revolut, Amazon, and Microsoft.
Unicorn’s Baby Steps: What Should You Know (& Do) As a First-Time Startup CTO
Startup's early days aren't easy: there are always too many topics on your plate and everything is of the highest priority. As a first-time CTO you have to pick your battles wisely - I'll try to help by sharing my experience as a former startup CTO and a person who cooperates with startups on daily basis. There is no single blueprint to follow, but we'll go through major decision points, key concerns to be addressed, most pressing questions to be answered. To illustrate the challenges covered and make it an interactive experience, we will create an artificial startup and take it for a virtual spin together.