CTO Council, NYSIA
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Charter of the CTO Council
Ram Chillarege, Chair CTO Council
Erik Grimmelman, Co-Chair CTO Council
Bruce Bernstein, President, NYSIA
Draft: June 8, 2001
Background
CTOs of startups and early stage companies do not have as ready an access
to knowledge and resources as their counterparts in larger companies.
And the roles often straddle both business and technical issues. The CTO
council creates a forum that allows us to share and create leverage to
gain access to knowledge and expertise.
Goals
Our goal is to create a forum for the discussion and sharing of issues that matter to CTOs. The coverage will be broad and should leverage the presence of big business and the technical power houses in and around New York. Sharing is a two way process. The larger companies are often intrigued by the smaller companies and vice-versa. Our council can provide avenues to mentor and be mentored.
Our goals in a nutshell, are:
- Create a forum for sharing among CTOs.
- Start with the neighborhood - Silicon Alley.
- Gain access knowledge from leadership abundantly available around New York City from both large and small companies.
- Grow our competencies in the gaps that straddle technology and business.
Objectives and Plans
Regular talks and discussions from leaders in the industry. Discussion
within CTO Council members. Panels that invite more than one guest to
debate issues. Visits to organizations that could provide demos, groups
sessions, etc. Talks by CTO Council to other Special Interest Groups.
Membership
Open to all software companies in the New York area. Membership in NYSIA is encouraged. Graded fees for members/non-members - $0 / $20 per meeting. Qualification is required for attendance - as described below. Need to have the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) title or equivalent responsibility. A CTO, defined for this council, is an executive who is responsible for the definition and implementation of the technical strategy to accomplish the business goals of the company. Exceptions to the rules is granted by the organizers.
Logistics and Hosting of meetings.
Holland & Knight and Pennie & Edmonds, as part of their Platinum memberships of NYSIA, have offered to host the CTO council meetings. The original idea was to hold meetings every two months. Feedback from the group suggested that we do this every month. Monthly will be the goal, but we will need to ramp up to it - since it does require greater coordination and effort on the part of the organizers.