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Tech

We are mostly CTOs and some VPs and Directors of Engineering from all over Europe. We often have a technical background and/or many years of experience working in tech teams. The hashtag #womenintech totally applies.

Leadership

We have founded our own tech startups, work in scale-ups or in tech departments of larger corporations. We manage teams, divisions, and often much more than that. We are leaders, role models and trailblazers.

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Community

Our guiding principle is "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." In our network, we exchange ideas, discuss experiences and solutions that worked for us, and we support each other through challenging times.
Most importantly: We celebrate our successes! 🎉

Personal Message from our founder

Dear women* CTOs,I've founded the Women* CTO Community back in November 2019 for two reasons:
1) to connect women* in high-ranking tech leadership positions (since it can get rather lonely up there) and 2) to increase your visibility as role models for other women* in tech.What started as a dinner in a restaurant in Berlin has now grown into a community of over 500 women* from all over Europe and we're regularly meeting virtually as well as locally in person.
In addition, we collaborate with organizations such as 7CTOs, LIDR and CTOcraft, and assist with job search, speaking engagements and personal branding to best serve every member of the community.I feel incredibly lucky to follow the journey of current and future CTOs and I'm more confident than ever that we can change the face of tech together!Yours, Karla
Founder of the Women* CTO Community

Membership

0 €

Basic Member

39 €

Founding Member Special

39€ per month or 399€ per year (15% discount).
For existing members of our community.

79€

Standard Community Member

79€ per month or 799€ per year (15% discount).

  • No Platform, no Chat

  • No Jobs, Speaking Gigs etc

  • No Events

  • Receive a Bi-Monthly Newsletter

  • Access to our Community Platform incl. Chat

  • Share Jobs, Events and Speaking Gigs

  • Participate in our Monthly Community Events

  • Receive a Bi-Monthly Newsletter

  • Personalized CTO Coaching with our experienced leadership coach

  • (Reverse) Mentoring sessions for aspiring and current CTOs

  • Hand-picked Mastermind Groups that serve as your individual advisory board

Our Promise: We will only increase membership fees for new members. While you are an active member, you will be able renew your subscription at the rate that applied when you first joined. Should you cancel your membership and then re-join the community at a later point, the new membership fee will apply.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this community for?
As the name suggests, the Women* CTO Dinner is an exclusive community for women* who are
1) at the top of the tech organization (usually referred to as CTO but also CIO and CDO or CTPO are in use) OR
2) one step away from the top (VPs and Directors of Engineering, sometimes also Head of Engineering).

Why is there an asterisk after "Women"?
Because we always understood this community to be an inclusive one, not just for cishet women but generally for overlooked people in leading tech roles. A German term that is usually used to describe this group is "Flinta*". To make this open mindset also visible in our name and signal inclusivity as one of our core values, we've added the star to the "Women* CTO Community".

What does FLINTA* mean?
FLINTA* is a German abbreviation that stands for "Frauen, Lesben, Intergeschlechtliche, nichtbinÀre, trans and agender", meaning female, lesbian, inter, non-binary, trans, agender, and the star is added for anyone else who doesn't want to use these labels.

What are the benefits of the Women* CTO community?
The Women* CTO Community is a curated network delivering value to our members in different ways:1) Connecting you with other (women) CTOs via
a) Internal events (online and also offline, thanks to our local ambassadors)
b) External events by partners (mostly offline)
c) Our closed LinkedIn group where you can exchange freely with other members2) Advancing you in your career by
a) Partnering with other organizations that are i.e. offering free coaching (CTO Craft, 7CTOs), special Tech Leadership education (Lidr.co, Aspiring Women CTOs) or are specialized in CTO recruiting
b) Sharing attractive job offers from the network
c) Sharing speaking opportunities3) Increasing your visibility and personal branding by
a) Collaborating with podcasts (Tech Captains, Codestory)
b) Publishing portraits about you (if you consent)

Which cities currently have a local ambassador?
At the moment, we have ambassadors based in 9 cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin, Madrid, Munich, London and Paris.

In how many countries are you currently active?
At the moment, we have members in our community from 30 European countries.

Do you have a Code of Conduct?
Yes! We care about a welcoming and supportive atmosphere in our community and events. While we hope to never hear about a single incident of misconduct, it's equally important to us to outline how to report it. You can read our entire Code of Conduct here.

There's a fee for the internal events. What's that about?
Instead of a monthly or annual membership fee, we've opted for a voluntary amount for the internal events to continue connecting women CTOs throughout Europe, curating the community and delivering value to you.
We didn't want a fixed ticket price since it felt more inclusive when each person could give what she is able and what the community is worth to her.

Who's the sponsor behind the Women* CTO Community?
There is no sponsor behind the Women* CTO Community as we want to remain independent, so we can deliver real value to our members instead of providing free food in exchange for listening to boring sales pitches :)
We absolutely love working with partners though to expand our value proposition and contribute to changing the tech industry together! These are our current partners.

Membership Application

Join our international community of top flinta* tech leaders to grow your expertise and boost your career through networking!

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Awards

Shortlisted for the Xena Women In Tech Awards 2023:
The Women CTO Dinner was among the final 5 nominees for the D&I category.

Winner of the #FTAfelicitas award 2023 in the category “Living the NETWORK. #ImpactTogether” by Femtec Alumnae e.V.

© Women* CTO Community 2024. All rights reserved.

Code of Conduct | Imprint | Privacy Policy

Code of Conduct

This code of conduct outlines our expectations for members in the Women* CTO Community and participants in our events, as well as steps to reporting unacceptable behavior. We are committed to providing a welcoming and inspiring community for all and expect our code of conduct to be honored. Anyone who violates this code of conduct may be banned from the community.

Our community strives to:
- Be friendly and respectful - our different experiences and perspectives are the magic ingredient of this community.
- Be intentionally inclusive - we want to make flinta* feel welcome, seen and heard.
- Be supportive of every member - we share our successes and celebrate each other in true sisterhood fashion.
- Be visible (and audible) - we show up for ourselves and for others, we get in the spotlight for our common goal: Changing the face of tech.
- Create human connections - we actively seek to connect with other members to broaden our horizons, expand our personal and professional network and enjoy the company of peers.

PRIVACY
This community is not a public space. Therefore please treat information you gain confidentially and do not share it outside of this community.However, no one has signed a non-disclosure agreement (“NDA”) to participate, and you should not presume anything you say here will remain private, so act accordingly, especially when it comes to intellectual property and legally-protected information.If you’d like to share information from the community, please contact the community member who shared that information and if no permission is received, abstain from sharing said content.For attribution of publicly available content brought to you by this community reference the originator, if they have given their permission in due time, if they did not, please attribute to the Women* CTO Community as a whole.

MEMBERSHIP
Our community is dedicated to creating a safe and supportive space for Women* CTOs, which includes anyone part of the flinta* (female, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, transexual, asexual) community. While we welcome members with diverse backgrounds and experiences, we strive to maintain our focus on our core group of CTOs, CIOs, and CDOs, as well as those who have been in those roles in the past, which make up 85% of our community. We do also include VPs or Directors of Engineering, especially from bigger companies. If you are interested in joining our community, you are welcome to apply through our website. If you have a member who can vouch for you, that will help us make a more informed decision.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT
We explicitly honor diversity in age, color, culture, educational level, ethnicity, family status, gender, gender identity or expression, immigration status, language, national origin, mental and physical ability, political beliefs, profession, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, size, social and economic class, technical ability. We will not tolerate discrimination based on any of the protected characteristics above, including participants with disabilities. This list is not exhaustive.Although we will fail at times, we seek to treat everyone both as fairly and equitably as possible. Whenever a participant has made a mistake, we expect them to take responsibility for it. If someone has been harmed or offended, it is our responsibility to listen carefully and respectfully, and do our best to right the wrong.Our community prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort. We will NOT act on complaints regarding:
- ‘Reverse’ -isms, including ‘reverse racism,’ ‘reverse sexism,’ and ‘cisphobia’
- Reasonable communication of boundaries, such as “Leave me alone.” or “I’m not discussing this with you.”
- Refusal to explain or debate social justice concepts
- Communicating in a ‘tone’ you don’t find congenial (tone policing)
- Criticizing racist, sexist, cis-sexist, or otherwise oppressive behavior or assumptions

REPORTING ISSUES
If you experience or witness unacceptable behavior—or have any other concerns—please report it by contacting us via conduct@womencto.eu. All reports will be handled with discretion. In your report please include:
- Your contact information.
- Names (real, nicknames, or pseudonyms) of any individuals involved. If there are additional witnesses, please include them as well.
- Your account of what occurred, and if you believe the incident is ongoing. If there is a publicly available record (e.g. a mailing list archive or a Slack message), please include a link.
- Any additional information that may be helpful.After filing a report, a representative will contact you personally, review the incident, follow up with any additional questions, and make a decision as to how to respond. If the person who is harassing you is part of the response team, they will recuse themselves from handling your incident. If the complaint originates from a member of the response team, it will be handled by a different member of the response team. We will respect confidentiality requests for the purpose of protecting victims of abuse.

ATTRIBUTION & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CTOCraft was so kind to allow us to take their Code of Conduct as a basis for ours, which is heavily influenced by the Open Source community.

Thank you!

We're happy to hear you want to join our international Women* CTO Community and take your career and leadership to the next level. We see you!We will review your membership application and you should hear from us within the next 3-5 business days.In the meantime, feel free to follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn!

Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 25, 2024
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to karlawithakey UG (haftungsbeschrÀnkt), Alice-Bloch-Str. 15, 14558 Nuthetal.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to: Brandenburg, Germany
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to Women* CTO Community, accessible from womencto.eu
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data CollectedPersonal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Usage DataUsage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.Tracking Technologies and CookiesWe use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
Cookies or Browser CookiesA cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can learn more about cookies on <a href="https://www.termsfeed.com/blog/cookies/#WhatAreCookies" target="_blank">TermsFeed website</a> article.We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:Necessary / Essential CookiesType: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
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Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.
Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.
You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.
Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.Disclosure of Your Personal DataBusiness Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liabilitySecurity of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:By email: info@womencto.eu

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