Chief Technology Officer(CTO) Mastery Program

### Course Overview
- **Course Title:** Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Mastery Program
- **Instructor:** Vivian Aranha
- **Target Audience:**
  - Rising engineering leaders
  - Seasoned technologists transitioning into executive leadership
  - Aspiring CTOs, VPs of Engineering, or Heads of Technology
- **Prerequisites:**
  - 3–5 years of experience in software engineering, technical leadership, or product development
  - Familiarity with core software development concepts, system architecture, and agile methodologies
  - Optional familiarity with DevOps, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), or data/ML concepts
  - Growth mindset, leadership curiosity, and commitment to applying lessons in real-world contexts

### Curriculum Highlights
- **Key Topics Covered:**
  - Defining the strategic role of a CTO
  - Creating a long-term technology vision
  - Designing scalable engineering organizations
  - Making effective architecture and infrastructure decisions
  - Leading DevOps, security, and compliance practices
  - Communicating with boards and C-suites
  - Developing a personal CTO playbook and capstone
  - Executive leadership styles
  - Technology leadership manifesto
  - Strategic technology planning
  - Hiring and talent strategy
  - High-performance engineering culture
  - System design and infrastructure tradeoffs
  - Technical debt strategy
  - DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  - Security and compliance frameworks (SOC2, GDPR, ISO27001)
  - Incident management
  - Agile execution and design thinking
  - Data governance and business intelligence
  - MLOps, LLMs, and AI ethics
  - Executive communication and stakeholder management
  - Budgeting and cloud cost optimization
  - Vendor negotiation and cross-functional collaboration
  - Crisis leadership and succession planning
  - Burnout prevention and career development
- **Key Skills Learned:**
  - Strategic, technical, and leadership skills for CTOs
  - Executive communication and stakeholder management
  - Budgeting and cloud cost optimization
  - Vendor negotiation and cross-functional collaboration
  - Crisis leadership and succession planning
  - Burnout prevention and career development

### Course Format
- **Duration:** 52 weeks (12 months), 21 hours on-demand video
- **Format:** Self-paced online course
- **Resources:**
  - Role play
  - Assignments
  - Access on mobile and TV
  - Certificate of completion