Upcoming Events
CTO/VP Engineering Careers Post-COVID. What’s Changed?
The tech industry has been one of the most resilient sectors of the economy during and post Covid-19-induced economic downturn. But major layoffs at big companies including Google, Amazon, Meta, as well as a host of smaller startups, have shaken any sense that the tech industry is insulated from the broader employment issues. Is the…
8:00 am
June Fireside Chat
Topic, Speakers and location TBD. Save the date.
6:30 pm
Morning Meeting 072024
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8:00 am
Quarterly Roundtable Q3 2024
We are looking forward to getting together to discuss some of the things that are keeping our members up at night. This members-only meeting is a great opportunity to hear from a range of colleagues that have overcome specific issues you are facing and gain actionable insights.
10:00 am
September Fireside Chat
Topic, Speakers and location TBD. Save the date.
6:30 pm
Quarterly Roundtable Q4 2024
We are looking forward to getting together to discuss some of the things that are keeping our members up at night. This members-only meeting is a great opportunity to hear from a range of colleagues that have overcome specific issues you are facing and gain actionable insights.
10:00 am
Past Events
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…
8:00 am
Building Great Products and Driving Retention – Virtual
The LA CTO Forum and The Product Management Association of Los Angeles (PMA.LA) are creating an opportunity to learn and discuss product development and retention. This member only event will start with breakout sessions where you can meet and discuss topics with other CTOs and Product Managers. Following the breakout sessions there will be a…
6:30 pm
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.
8:00 am
Embracing the Product Trio and Continuous Discovery
We are excited to announce the second annual combined session between Product Management Association Los Angeles (PMA.LA) and the LA CTO Forum. Last year’s session was a fantastic event that attracted investors and others from the broader tech ecosystem. We will have breakout sessions for networking, and we have a great presentation.
5:30 pm
Monthly Meeting – Building Micro-Frontends
Micro-frontends (MFEs) have emerged as an architectural approach for medium-large frontend applications, a method to scale your team and empower them, a way to de-risk your deployment strategy, and a means to encourage innovation between teams. We are happy to be joined by the author of the newly released book, Building Micro-Frontends, Luca Mezzalira. We will…
8:00 am
Quarterly Roundtable Meeting – Virtual
We will be holding 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 issue other CTOs are facing and recommendations for overcoming…
8:00 am
Getting to a Product Development Flow State
Engineers and product managers must work together both creatively and fast to address customer needs in a volatile landscape of competition, customer expectations, budget constraints, and technologies. Teams that struggle with this won’t develop the winning products. Anne Hunt will lead a discussion on common team anti-patterns and how to overcome them. The LA CTO…
6:00 pm
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 issue other CTOs are facing and recommendations for overcoming…
8:00 am
Morning Round Table
We will be doing our quarterly round table session. It’s a great chance to: Get to know other members Help your fellow members Hear what issues they are facing – chances are they will be familiar The way it works is that we go around the room and members raise issues: What’s keeping you up…
8:00 am
ML Ops – Scaling Your AI Stack
A panel of experts will be discussing data engineering related to ML ops and AI
6:30 pm
LA CTO Forum Morning Meeting – Roundtable – October 13, 2023
We will be doing our quarterly round table session. It’s a great chance to: Get to know other members Help your fellow members Hear what issues they are facing – chances are they will be familiar The way it works is that we go around the room and members raise issues What’s keeping you up…
8:00 am
Tech Landscape – PE/Seed Investor Perspective
Join us for a panel discussion that will define the current and near-term technology investment landscape from an investor’s perspective. To provide greater context we have two expert panelists joining us. One is a Seed investor and the other represents a PE firm that invests growth capital.
6:30 pm
LLMs in Production: Tooling, Process, and Team Structure
11:00 am
2024 Cybersecurity Challenges and Opportunities
8:00 am
Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for Enhanced Engineering Team Productivity: Practical Examples
I’m sure you’ve seen the reports of development teams getting 30% improved developer productivity by using Generative AI / LLMs. Likely you have your team using various technologies / tactics already with varying adoption and results. This session is all about sharing the practices that your fellow CTO Forum members have been using and the…
8:00 am
Managing C-Suites and Board Members
Join us for an engaging panel discussion at the LA CTO Evening Meeting, where our very own board member, Oded Noy, will moderate. This expert panel will delve into effective strategies and best practices for CTOs to communicate with and manage C-suites and board members. Stay tuned for updates on panelists and location, which will…
6:30 pm
Morning Meeting 042024
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8:00 am
Monthly Round Table Meeting
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8:00 am