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July 11, 2023
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19:00
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Online
The Road to Becoming a CTO: Different Paths, One Destination
2025
Ukraine
🚀 The path to becoming a CTO isn’t just about technical skills. It’s about building teams, making tough decisions, and speaking a language the business understands.
In this discussion, we explored:
- The different roles CTOs play across company types — from startups to enterprises
- What career growth looks like: from being the strongest dev on the team to influencing business strategy
- Why it’s essential to delegate, communicate, think bigger, and embrace change
- What skills really matter: leadership, business thinking, and the ability to navigate uncertainty
The speakers shared their personal journeys, lessons, and anti-cases — honest stories full of failures, doubts, and growth.
Meetup speakers
CTO @ ex-PredicaHost @ CTO Morning Coffee
Tomasz Onyszko having a career in the tech industry for over two decades. He leads consulting teams and strategy/architecture areas of projects with organizations up to 100k+ in size. He organizes and hosts the best online show in Poland, CTO Morning Coffee.
Executive VP of Global Engineering @ Finalsite
Serg manages small and large organizations around the world, creating and delivering quality products on time, on budget, and to specification. His approach is a hands-on no BS management style, which allows him to be the key between business and development.
Co-Founder and CTO @ ex-Taledo, Co-Founder & MD @ HRCast
Marcel Poelker is a founder, CTO and Startup-Advisor. Marcel founded the recruiting-tech company Taledo, which received funding from the EU for its innovative approach and won the HR innovation award.
Director of Engineering @ Turnitin
The moderator is Yana Mykhailenko, CTO of Turnitin, an international company that ensures the integrity of education and is a leader in anti-plagiarism solutions. She is a judge and mentor at international competitions and hackathons.
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