TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2024

In the sphere of software engineering , AI is pivotal for corporate IT by automating coding, optimizing algorithms, and enhancing security to boost efficiency and minimize downtime. Overall, generative AI is a transformative asset in the software engineering lifecycle, from conception to deployment.

Generative AI 295

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Review the code being built. We are producing the right functionality, but is the code that's being produced the right product? Do you really have control of the development? Is this person a CTO or a developer?

Technical Advisors 332

Technical Advisors CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 332

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Your IT Reviewer. This is the “deal prevention” team in many big corporations. They’ve had years of business-unit managers buying software solutions they didn’t need and that eventually become shelfware. Procurement (or Biz Dev Team or M&A Department). Biv Dev teams?

Development Team Review 293

Development Team Review Software Review Pricing Startup 293

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s not clear that there was big customer demand for some of these products yet entrepreneurs were egged on by VCs to “take the money&# and try and push the market. I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive. As we added more resources we added more strain on his high-calibre core team.

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? Did they have a Weak Development Team ? Most of the great software startups that I’ve been involved in have at least one technical co-founder (and many have more than one.) Was it a case of needing Homework?

CTO Hire 241

CTO Hire CTO Coach Equity Develop 241

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. Like startup investors several layers deep, parent company executives often demand approval rights and exert their power, without understanding the issues of starting a new business.

IBM 85

IBM IBM Entrepreneur Technical Review 85