We live in a data-centric world, with more than 2500 petabytes of data generated every day and growing, as the cost of data collection and storage goes down. However, knowledge requires applying intelligence to that information, and the techniques to process this sheer amount of data are increasingly complex, and require a mix between a disciplined, mathematical approach with an important dose of creativity and multidisciplinarity.

The participants will immerse in the Agile mindset by experimenting the Agile management practices. At the end of this subject they will be able to practice Scrum, understand Kanban, develop an idea from Vision to Deployment from an Agile perspective and define requirements with User Stories.

Corporate finance is a subject aimed to provide the students with tools to help making effective financial decisions and to proper planning the finance needs behind any transformation activity in a business organization.
In a post-industrial world, where innovative management models represent the only sustainable competitive advantage, we must rethink how organizations are managed and redefine the way financial decisions are made.

The secret ingredient for a succesfull technology company is the right combination of product and technology minds. More and more companies consider the Product & Technology teams a single one that acts united taking care of all stakeholders and how to build the solutions for them. However to get there a good relationship, empathy and understanding is mandatory between those two roles.
This course will cover the dycotomy of product and technology. How roadmaps are developed, and how to create them in combination with technology, how to organize the teams and measure their efficiency. It will be taught from a product perspective, adding the vision of technology.
The course will review the different types of companies where different approaches are required (i.e. end product tech companies VS service shops among others). And will tackle the typical case and organizational modes using business cases, real life examples, interviews and class exercises.

This subject aims at giving participants a critical view of digital innovation, equipping them with the knowledge, abilities and skills to identify new opportunities and transform them into desirable, feasible and viable solutions. It provides a broader understanding of the management of innovation at the operational and strategic levels. The main objective is to understand digital innovation as the main driver for (new and existing) companies competing in an increasingly challenging, complex and uncertain business environment.

The DevSecOps philosophy is now everywhere. CTOs need to understand deeply the infrastructure implications of their developments and how to create maintainable and scalable platforms. At the end of the day the two biggest costs of a P&T team are people and infrastructure.
This course will cover in detail the infrastructure architectures, how to work together with developers, and the system administration part of the SDLC. It will cover security operations, networking and budgetting.
It will also have a specific module on IT management and governance.

The course takes care of the bread and butter for every CTO. The aim is to create a common ground and understanding of the best practices and frameworks for building the different types of products. Additionally the course will cover how to efficienly lead an engineering team, build a success culture and how to make efficient technology decisions and transfer them to the team.
The course will have a deep focus on Software Development Lifecycle and will complemet the Infrastructure course with topics on the DevOps way, including succesfull CICD and testing processes.
Lastly the course will cover how to create and measure efficiency, scale up the teams to gain throughput by either creating a scalable team or offshoring parts of it and work efficiently with other teams, locations and cultures.

In volatile economies corporations need to take agile decisions based on right value propositions that permit them to activate profitable conversion funnels, attracting traffic and users and coverting them into customers. During this course, participants will discover the main business models of the digital economy while analyse the market opportunities and the user needs to develop winer go to market strategies.

CTOs are a part of the board and a key role in a technology company. As such they need the required business acumen to participate in those sessions either with the board or potential investors to present the company technology in a business way. The CTO must learn how to navigate the different environments and people profiles, speak to each one in their language and negotiate accordingly.
In order to do that it is critical to fully understand the roles of the other C level executives, their responsabilities and tasks, and their typical expectations from the CTO role. What moves them and the traditional agendas that drive those profiles. The goal of this course is to help technical CTOs approach the business world making sure they can bridge both worlds. Defend the technical team but also understand the decisions made by the board or the executive commitee.
This course will be eminently practical, with interviews and live sessions with seasoned CEOs, CPOs, CMOs, etc, as well as investors on what they expect from members

To understand and take andvantge of the entrepreneur ecosystems is helping to boost digital innovation in corporations. Participants will learn the process to develop, test and validate new business opportunities, while provide leadership across the organization and build teams that add economic and social value. During this course they will understand how to create and develop business models for start-ups based on customer development and continuous customer validation, managing at the same time financial metrics and dealing with investment needs.

During the program participants have to work on a final project with the aim to develop a digital transformation strategy for a company that wants to operate successfully in digital environments.