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Building a Tech Team: CTOs & Developers - How & Where to Find, Hire, Vet & Keep Them

Name: Building a Tech Team: CTOs & Developers - How & Where to Find, Hire, Vet & Keep Them
Start: 2019-07-09T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-07-09T18:00:00-04:00
Location: LearnLaunch

July 9, 2019 @ 6:00 pm

Free – $35

Besides ‘How do I get funded?’ the question TCN most gets asked is: ‘Where can I find good developers?’.

You may have heard that developers and programmers are in very high demand these days which makes finding and keeping them a hard task.

If you are looking for a CTO that task can get harder:
How can you make sure you have found the right match for your business (now and as you pivot/grow) and as a partner?
How can you vet their skills and approach if your background is non-technical?
How can you critically think about your hires to build a team and a culture that will serve everyone in the long run?

You might have also heard hiring out / getting contractors overseas in Eastern Europe or Asia is the cheaper option - but…
How do you find and manage a team like this?
Who owns the rights to the work being produced?
What impact can that have on your growing business legally and practically?

Join us to discuss all aspects of hiring a technical team and what the short and long-term impact is for you and your business.

Food, Drink & Networking included!

The Moderator: Igor Belagorudsky

President of FastCTO

Igor is a technical, hands-on professional with over 20 years of experience. Serial entrepreneur having most recently scaled Erecruit from a team of 3 to over 120, through several rounds of investments and to a successful sale for $62.8M. Active in the Boston startup scene as a founder, advisor, pitch competition judge and angel investor. Confident full stack enterprise architect in several technology ecosystems. Trusted leader and mentor of professional services and R&D teams in multiple timezones and industries. Big believer in smart and transparent teams, open communication across the entire organization and leadership by example. Outside of work, avid skier, slow runner, decent hiker and dad.

The Tech Entrepreneur: Kristen Ransom

CEO and Founder of IncluDe Software Development Company

Kristen Ransom is a wife, mother, and the CEO and Founder of IncluDe Software Development Company and was named one of Boston Magazine’s Top 30 Rising Tech Stars. Kristen founded IncluDe with the goal of providing graphically stunning digital design and development services to social impact organizations and nonprofits. Prior to starting IncluDe, Kristen used her love for user-centered design at a variety of companies to develop both hardware and software products fit for an increasingly diverse world. Kristen has worked on countless government contracts designing and developing intuitive and effective software for the Air Force and Army through the MITRE Corporation. Kristen has used IncluDe as a vessel to help clients create software products and marketing strategies that provide an unparalleled and personalized experience for their customers. Together with her team, Kristen helps social impact organizations realize their dreams by combining technical expertise and creative vision. Kristen’s mission is to promote diversity and inclusion through diversity in design. “We’re trying to change the face of tech,” Ransom says, “and make it so everyone’s included.”
Read more about Kristen in Forbes – How One Tech Engineer Built A Company Around Doing Good

The Overseas Outsourcing Expert: Ignacio Castro

Advisor to Proximity Hub & MD for the Founder Institute in Boston

Ignacio Castro is an advisor to Proximity - a nearshore technology outsourcing company based in Costa Rica and Perú, providing services to the US market since 2008. He is also the MD for the Founder Institute in Boston - a pre-seed accelerator program. Through a challenging curriculum and strong post-program support, FI provides aspiring entrepreneurs with structure, mentorship, and a network to start an enduring company.

CTO Expert: Jillian Kando

Engineering Manager at ezCater

Jillian Kando has spent the last 10 years working as a lead engineer, a CTO, a Co-founder of a startup, and has gone through Techstars twice with different startups. Having worked as an ‘outsourced’ CTO and as a consultant for companies of various stages, she’s got plenty of experience with finding, hiring and vetting her teams. Currently managing an engineering team at ezCater, Jill’s got plenty of tips to share on what it takes to successfully build a Tech Team.

The Tech Entrepreneur: Thomas Hazel

CTO & Founder at CHAOSSEARCH

Thomas Hazel is Founder, CTO, and Chief Scientist of CHAOSSEARCH. He is a serial entrepreneur at the forefront of communication, virtualization, and database technology and the inventor of CHAOSSEARCH’s patent-pending IP. Thomas has also patented several other technologies in the areas of distributed algorithms, virtualization and database science. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from University of New Hampshire, and founded both student & professional chapters of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

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