Comments on: Hiring a non-tech person for a CTO http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/2009/09/hiring-a-non-tech-person-for-a-cto/ Virtualization is a layer in software. What are you abstracting away from? Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:55:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jase McCarty http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/2009/09/hiring-a-non-tech-person-for-a-cto/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 Jase McCarty Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:21:11 +0000 http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/?p=290#comment-1382 Let me add to my post, by saying that from the tweets I have seen by Harry Labana, he does seem to be technically oriented. Good luck to Harry @ Citrix! Cheers, Jase Let me add to my post, by saying that from the tweets I have seen by Harry Labana, he does seem to be technically oriented.

Good luck to Harry @ Citrix!

Cheers,
Jase

]]> By: Jase McCarty http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/2009/09/hiring-a-non-tech-person-for-a-cto/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 Jase McCarty Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:10:22 +0000 http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/?p=290#comment-1381 I always think of this commercial when I hear someone say "I have an MBA": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcoDV0dhWPA You have to wonder how a non-technical CTO is going to do, and how that portion of the company is going to grow in a technical sense. To me, a CTO needs to have the tech background, coupled with business sense. Cheers, Jase I always think of this commercial when I hear someone say “I have an MBA”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcoDV0dhWPA

You have to wonder how a non-technical CTO is going to do, and how that portion of the company is going to grow in a technical sense. To me, a CTO needs to have the tech background, coupled with business sense.

Cheers,
Jase

]]> By: Paras http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/2009/09/hiring-a-non-tech-person-for-a-cto/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 Paras Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:41:50 +0000 http://itsjustanotherlayer.com/?p=290#comment-1378 CTO, a non-technical person, huh!!!, wonder why his designation would still be called CTO,that's probably the first one I heard off in my 5 years in IT. Never seen a CTO being a non-techie. but just read this last line "For the ones that are wondering: Simon Crosby is still at his position as the CTO of the Virtualization & Management division" so this pretty much explains that new CTO will be the guys who will speak where as Simon will be asked to focus more on product improvement rather than have him speak at conferences. CTO, a non-technical person, huh!!!, wonder why his designation would still be called CTO,that’s probably the first one I heard off in my 5 years in IT. Never seen a CTO being a non-techie.

but just read this last line

“For the ones that are wondering: Simon Crosby is still at his position as the CTO of the Virtualization & Management division”

so this pretty much explains that new CTO will be the guys who will speak where as Simon will be asked to focus more on product improvement rather than have him speak at conferences.

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