Austin CTO Club

The Austin CTO Club is a network of local senior technology leaders who gather in a sales-free environment to exchange insights, experiences, and perspectives on challenges common to their roles. Members offer and receive guidance, connect with peers who share similar broad responsibilities, and continuously elevate their capabilities through collective wisdom and feedback.

Monthly Meetings #

We host in-person meetings on the third Wednesday of the month in downtown Austin. Attendees use a “lean coffee” discussion format to collectively shape the agenda by suggesting and prioritizing discussion topics, ensuring that conversations remain relevant and valuable. Feel free to bring your topics to the meeting or share them in advance to attract like-minded participants.

Our meetings feature networking opportunities, a focused hour of thematic group discussion, and additional time for informal follow-on discussion. We provide refreshments and a collegial atmosphere conducive to meaningful exchange. Your perspectives, experiences, and active engagement are what make our community valuable.

Themes #

• 2025-08-20: Investing Without Market Signal
• 2025-07-16: Technical Debt Use and Abuse
• 2025-06-18: Technology in Business Context
• 2025-05-21: Build versus Buy
• 2025-04-16: Mergers and Acquisitions
• 2025-03-19: Developing Talent
• 2025-02-19: Adapting to AI
• 2025-01-15: Product-Technology Schisms
• 2024-12-18: Measuring Productivity
• 2024-11-20: Working With Remote Teams
• 2024-10-16: Managing Across Generational Gaps
• 2024-09-25: Organizational Structures
• 2024-08-28: Multi-Team Coordination
• 2024-07-24: Scaling Teams
• 2024-06-26: Introducing Austin CTO Club

Membership Criteria #

Participation is specifically designed for senior technical leaders who:

• Hold a senior technical leadership position (title may vary by organization size)
• Manage a team of technical professionals
• Have experience with personnel decisions including hiring and termination
• Maintain client-facing responsibilities as part of their role

Benefits of Membership #

• Engagement with a diverse network of peers with similar responsibilities and varied backgrounds
• Exposure to fresh perspectives and innovative approaches
• Influence over meeting content through our dynamic agenda-setting process
• Connection to fellow members via our Slack community and email list
• Opportunity to win our signature YETI Monthly Meeting Mug

Become a Member #

Sign up to the group on Meetup. You will need to provide a link to your LinkedIn profile, and then await approval. Once your membership is approved, sign up for events.

Sponsors #

Special thanks to our amazing sponsors for making it all possible!

Member Companies #

Our membership represent a broad spectrum of backgrounds and companies. Members include people from these companies.

Become a Sponsor #

Sponsoring the Austin CTO Club makes you part of our strong and growing technology leadership network. Sponsors attend the opening networking segment and mingle with all attendees. At the end of that segment they have a couple of minutes each to present themselves to the group. After the presentations, sponsors depart and we start the lean coffee portion of the meeting. Sponsors receive contact information for everyone who signed up for each meeting.

The organizer handles all logistics for the group and events. A sponsor can focus fully on networking. We are looking for long-term sponsors who do not compete with one another.

Please email for more information.

Past sponsors #