After Dinner Speakers
The Geek Whisperer Founder, CTO Advisor
How clients and executives perceive technical leaders, and how to shift that view.
STEM CXOs: Transitioning from a STEM Mindset to an Executive Mindset
Moving STEM-background C-suite leaders from technical thinking to executive thinking.
What got you here, won't get you there: Why you can't lead with an engineering mindset
Why an engineering mindset stops working at the top, and what replaces it.
The Executive Mindset CTO and how they can add business value
How an executive-minded CTO creates business value.
How to Future Proof your Tech Leadership Career
Adelina Chalmers has worked since 2011 with CTOs and STEM-background C-suite leaders, from ten-person start-ups to organisations with over 500,000 employees. The session looks at how technical leaders keep their careers relevant as their roles change.
Will my CTO role be replaced by AI?
Which parts of the CTO role AI may take over, and which it will not.
How to make the business case for engineering spend in the boardroom?
Persuading boards to commit budget to engineering, from someone who lectures on business cases at Cambridge.
3 Signs that Your CTO acts like a Solutions Architect
Warning signs that a CTO is working at solutions-architect level.
How we create company culture unconsciously
How company culture forms without anyone designing it.
Top 3 traps tech leaders fall into and how to avoid them
Drawing on her work with technical leaders since 2011, Adelina Chalmers sets out the traps that hold CTOs back and how to avoid them. Her focus is on helping them land promotions, improve performance and persuade boards to back engineering initiatives.
Do you have an executive CTO or a Solution Architect in the C-Suite?
Adelina Chalmers has advised CTOs and technical C-suite leaders since 2011 and guest lectures on Oxford Saïd's Executive Diploma in AI for Business. The talk helps boards and leaders tell an executive CTO from a solutions architect in the C-suite.
