CTO Craft Bytes: Balancing Innovation and Risk Management in Technology

During Fábio's fireside chat, he will discuss a CTO's perspective on mitigating risk while bringing innovation to the company. He'll be emphasising the importance of setting boundaries for innovation and working within them while still fostering a culture of risk-taking and open communication. The discussion will also walk through some strategies for managing risk in technological innovation, such as investing in solutions that reduce risk and balancing the potential benefits of innovation against the risks. Finally, he will also explore how possessing high-performing cross-functional teams can effectively approach risk management in innovation.

About Fábio Oliveira

Fábio is the Managing Director at YLD, leading and developing YLD's global operations, including its remote engineering teams. Fabio's in-depth understanding of the company's operations has been crucial in delivering successful consulting projects across various markets and industries. Although he is based in sunny Lisbon, Portugal, he has worked on and off in the UK over the last eight years of his career at YLD.

Speaker: Fábio Oliveira, based in Lisbon, is the Managing Director at YLD, responsible for leading and developing its global operations, including remote engineering teams, with expertise that delivers successful consulting projects across various markets and industries.

Moderator: Dan Smith - Tech & Product Due Diligence and M&A Advisor; Executive Coach; Consulting CTO

CTO Craft is a mentoring and coaching community for technology leaders around the world, focusing on supporting technologists in their leadership growth. The community numbers over a thousand and provides 1:1 coaching, mentoring groups, an online community and events.

YLD is one of London’s fastest-growing product design and software engineering consultancies. They are experts in various technologies and product development services, including React.js, Node.js and Design Systems, and have helped companies such as Bulb, Uphold, NewDay, GoDaddy, CondeNast, and many more to build exciting products and platforms. YLD is committed to the Open Source community that aims to create a sustainable product culture and delivery capabilities in each piece of work.