Join now >
Sign in >
Alena L
director, IBA UK
Camron
Founder, OneLane app
Alan
Managing Director, Host Digital
Iris
Founder, Solely Original
Simon
Founder @ Blue Array SEO consulgency®, Blue Array SEO
Aneka
Hostess Extraordinaire, TableCrowd
Andy
Haroon
Software Development Manager
Haralan
CTO, Clippings.com
Peter
Technical Director, Astound Commerce
Alex
Tech Lead, Huckletree
Yanting
Founder, Talent Trending Limited
Utsav +1
Founder & CEO, HomeHapp
Started by:
Table Crowd
Enjoy dinner drinks and a chance to meet…
Andy Skipper the former CTO of the award winning Made.com, where he joined the founding team and led growth to 110 employees and £30m in revenue. Andy will be talking about the role and challenges of being a CTO at Made.com, as it scaled from £0 to £30m.
This dinner is perfect for…
Business owners, CEOs and CTOs interested in understanding the technical challenges and opportunities that exist as a business scales fast and internationally.
The dinner conversation will be…
At Made.com, Andy was responsible for all strategic decision making regarding technology, including technical team structure and recruitment, site technology selection, office technology and setup across multiple regions and selection of key development and support partners. He is perfectly placed to talk about:
✓ How to build, recruit and manage a successful agile tech team.
✓ Key technical challenges that a fast scaling business will face.
✓ The challenges of outsourcing your development.
✓ How to align technology with operational strategy and growth.
Expect to hear anecdotal tales of working for a high growth company, to understand the value and importance of technical management within a scaling business and to chat informally with other business owners, CEOs and CTOs over dinner.
Who is Andy Skipper?
Andy has operated as a CTO for a number of high growth startups since 2006, most notably the award winning Made.com. He now runs Saccade, a network of 22 freelance and interim CTOs, providing project rescue, coaching and acting CTO services for businesses of all sizes. Saccade also curates a newsletter for technology leaders and CTOs, Tech Manager Weekly, with 300 senior technologists reading every week.
What’s included?
You get a private dining experience with a knowledgeable speaker, 2 course dinner with wine/ soft drinks plus highly curated and relevant crowd.
#MeetandEat
P.S. TableCrowd are offering complimentary cab rides home (£15) thanks to their partner, Gett, on first download of the app. Download the app in advance.
Andy Skipper is an executive level technical manager, with hands on development and testing background experience. Andy has operated as a CTO for a number of high growth startups since 2006, most notably the award winning Made.com, where he joined the founding team and led growth to 110 employees and £30m in revenue.
He now runs Saccade, a network of 22 freelance and interim CTOs, providing project rescue, coaching and acting CTO services for businesses of all sizes. Saccade also curates a newsletter for technology leaders and CTOs, Tech Manager Weekly, with 300 senior technologists reading every week.
He has built and managed several successful agile teams of PHP, Python, Java and .Net developers and testers, including internationally distributed teams. He specialises in implementing agile practices which provide means of constant improvement within the development and operations teams, and a culture of improved transparency with the rest of the business.
In a consultancy capacity, Andy often acts as the internal technical stakeholder, by involving himself deeply in the business and by becoming part of the team. He is then able to apply his knowledge and experience to ensure the project meets the client's expectations, and that a solid ongoing relationship with the agency can be achieved.
Aneka, one of our TableCrowd hosting team will be on hand to make sure you are welcomed through the door and introduced to the most relevant people to you.
Aneka started her career as a professional dancer but due to becoming ill with meningitis she hung up her tutu and discovered her love of turning nothing into something - entering the life of a entrepreneur and since then has not looked back. Setting up a Lifestyle Management company that has thrown celebrity events that has received international press coverage to providing business development for clients in the entertainment industry Aneka is a natural host!
For any advance questions about this dinner, it is best to reach us at hello@tablecrowd.com.
