Summary
Technical depth meets strategic altitude. Translation between these worlds can be treacherous, yet transformative when you master it. As AI reshapes entire business models, technical leaders find themselves thrust into boardrooms where a single conversation can unlock massive investment, derail promising initiatives, or define their organization’s competitive future. In this session, we’ll learn from each other how to bridge the chasm between technical realities and board-level strategy. We will share hard-won insights about distilling complex technical risks into actionable business intelligence, turning engineering constraints into competitive advantages, and building the trust that transforms technical leaders into true strategic partners. Whether you’re navigating AI governance, platform architecture decisions, or technical debt conversations, you’ll discover that the art of board-level communication is both learnable and essential to your leadership journey.
Speakers
On Sabbatical | Former CPTO Han is currently on sabbatical pursuing Berkeley’s Masters in Information and Data Science program while co-hosting the Career Journeys Revealed podcast. Most recently, he served as Chief Product and Technology Officer at Outdoorsy Group, leading product and engineering teams across their marketplace platform and physical campground properties. During his 25+ year career, Han has guided high-growth organizations through critical scaling phases, including leading engineering teams at Upwork through their successful IPO and building mobile products at eBay and Netflix that facilitate billions of dollars in transactions and billions of hours of engagement annually. He also mentors C-suite executives and provides fractional leadership services to startups navigating technical and strategic challenges. When he’s not consulting with companies, Han spends his time burning tokens on Claude Code, building prototypes for concepts he’s exploring.
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