Engineering Management - From Engineer to Manager to Managing Managers

The evolution of technology companies from a few people hacking to large valuable public companies requires strong technical managers. Technical management can be viewed through the lens of two important transitions - The first the transition from being an individual engineer to a manager of people; the second transition from a manager of individual contributors to a manager of managers. Understanding these two transitions and navigating them effectively is a critical skill.

This talk will address the key skills and behaviors that managers need to master in order to navigate these transitions and become successful executives.

About Rajesh Jayaraman

Rajesh Jayaraman is a successful entrepreneur and technology executive. He has extensive experience leading and scaling technology and engineering organizations at startup & growth stage FinTech companies.

He is the CTO at Ellevest, an investing platform that is focused on closing the gender investing gap, where he is responsible for engineering, technical and financial operations. He has had previous stints co-founding or leading technology organizations at multiple financial technology companies including Andera, oFlows, Zopa, and Yodlee.

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