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Why is a CTO integral to the quality of your organization?
The unceasing acceleration of technological change makes it critical for companies and organizations to always stay one step ahead of technology trends and have the ability to anticipate disruptions before they become imminent. That’s where the role of a CTO becomes integral to your business.
The phenomenon of the Fourth Technological Revolution makes the role and responsibilities of a CTO inherent in all contemporary companies. The CTO encourages employees to have a forward-thinking mindset about how certain technologies could strengthen a company’s position in the marketplace and stay ahead of its competitors. Therefore, a CTO that succeeds today must continue to push forwards and be aware of other companies that experiment with new technologies as well.
76%
“The effects of the pandemic drove 76% of businesses to strategize long-term changes in their IT.”
Source: Cyberstates
72%
“72% of business executives believe artificial intelligence is going to be a business advantage to them in the future.”
Source: Anna Djurovic, GoRemotely
$15.7 trillion
“Artificial intelligence is projected to add $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030.”
Source: Anna Djurovic, GoRemotely
Blended Professional Certificate: Chief Technology Officer
High-quality projections indicate massive technological shifts on the horizon. Significant changes are already occurring in our present-day architecture. The implications of blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other novel technologies are giving way to new understandings and new standards of performance. In order for top-level organizations to thrive, they need elite and experienced professionals to push systems forward, proactively embracing innovation to drive culture, management, infrastructure, and profits.
The Learning Journey
In this 12-month program, participants will explore these five courses that will equip you with the tools and frameworks to lead the technological strategy.
1. Leadership and Innovation
With this program, participants will learn to lead by coming to know themselves better, harnessing their own creativity, and building teams and organizations through the culture of innovation.
2. Cultural Awareness for Global Business
This program provides a research-based foundation of cultural differences and its many dimensions, followed by a highly practitioner- oriented guide toward developing ways to apply cultural awareness in the world we live.
3. Management of Technology: Roadmapping and Development
Walk the path of technology through its history, its different tools and methods, its fundamental limits, and the theory and empirical evidence for technology evolution over time.
4. Management of Technology: Strategy and Portfolio Analysis
Expand on your knowledge of technology management and learn to elaborate an organizational technology portfolio based on multiple technology roadmaps.
5. Machine Learning: From Data to Decisions
A program that guides professionals through the fundamentals and applications of machine learning, trains them in analyzing and understanding data, and ultimately prepares them to master confident data-driven decision making within their organizations.
6. Cloud & DevOps: Continuous Transformation
This online program that delves further into the technological transformation currently underway, with a practical approach and applicable to different industries and sectors.
7. Impact project
A crucial aspect of the program that enables you to apply your learnings to a real-world challenge, as you gain insights into the opportunities that await a Chief Technology Officer.
Premium Access /
MIT Professional Education ecosystem
Exclusive access to networkings events, live – online sessions with speakers, company visits and international MIT Alumni network.
Leadership Development
Personalized coaching sessions based on a leadership assessment. Besides, you will take hands-on workshops on managing cultural diversity, personal communication, creativity and innovation and managing complexity.
Professional Development
In turn, you will have the support of a specialized career development coach who will help you enhance and elevate your professional career.
Enrollment Process
To be considered as an eligible candidate, please proceed with the following steps:
Application Fee
Round 1
Deadline: April 30th, 2022
Fee: $300 USD
Round 2
Deadline: May 31th, 2022
Fee: $400 USD
Round 3
Deadline: July 1th, 2022
Fee: $500 USD
What is included in the fee?
- The program fee includes teaching fees, access to online coursework, and transportation to the different activities taking place during the face-to-face events.
- The program fee does not include accommodations for the in campus week, travel expenses (domestic, international, visa fee, and more), and other expenses not specifically mentioned in the fees.
Key Takeaways
Throughout this professional program, you will:
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Find out how to conduct business in a multicultural environment
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Quantity technology progress over time using relevant figures of merit .
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Map technologies to a product / service and set realistic figures of merit-based targets.
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Shape the R&D strategy and portfolio of an organization based on a set of technology roadmap and effective R&D execution.
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Comprehend the system dynamics modeling approach to model technical innovation.
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Anticipate and prepare for the technological evolution.
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Understand the globality of data and master the 4 steps for implementing machine learning plans.
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Learn the characteristics of datasets and become familiar with how to use effective statistical tools to identify and clarify data.
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Obtain an overview of the theory and practice of new technologies that lead to digital transformation.
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Develop a vision about how to apply technologies to organizations and to your professional career.
In addition, you will receive a Certificate of Completion
All participants who successfully complete the program will receive an MIT Professional Education Certificate of completion as well as (*) Continuing Education Units.
In order to obtain CEUs, participants must complete a required CEU accreditation form. CEUs are calculated based on the number of learning hours in each course.
* A CEU is a unit of credit equivalent to 10 hours of participation in an accredited program for professionals.

This Blended Professional Certificate: Chief Technology Officer is designed for
- Leaders of technological departments or projects who need to understand the evolution of technology and the optimal technology management for their organizations.
- Current and aspiring C-suite executives from Digital, IT, Marketing and Strategy responsible to setting up the corporate and product strategy.
- Senior consultants and entrepreneurs that need to understand the role of technology in the company´s growth and portfolio.
- Senior executives looking for innovating and leveraging technology.
Participants are required to have:
- Minimum of 10 years of experience.
- At least 3 years of experience managing projects related to technology, innovation or business development.
- International experience is appreciated.
Meet the faculty
*Faculty are listed in alphabetical order

Dr. Abel Sanchez holds a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and teaches MIT courses in cyber security, engineering, blockchain and data science. He has been involved in developing educational software for Microsoft and establishing the Accenture Technology Academy. He has produced over 150 educational videos, has 10 years of experience with learning management systems and has made deployments in the Americas, Asia and Europe.

- Mr. Pant was part of the “The Future of Education at MIT” team, created by the MIT President, and contributed specifically to the work of the subcommittee that was responsible for “opening the doors of MIT to the world”.
- Building on Mr. Pant’s initiative, whose objective was to expand globally, MIT Professional Education offers short programs in an increasing number of regions in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe.
- Prior to joining MIT, Mr. Pant held important leadership positions in education and corporate companies around the world.

A former professor of management, Dr. Niño has published on leadership, ethics, corporate culture and the development of professional management skills. He has conducted research in cutting-edge technology environments and is currently interested in researching how leadership is developed among engineers and in engineering organizations. Dr. Niño has taught leadership since 1998 at the undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and executive/professional levels.
He is currently a founding director of the Leadership Development Division of the American Society for Engineering Education and advises professionals and executives on leadership and team development issues.

Currently, his research is focused on the development of large-scale machine learning algorithms for unstructured data, especially those related to society.
- Devavrat has been awarded with prizes for his contributions to machine learning, operations research and computer science, in addition to the Erlang award in 2010, given by INFORMS Applied Probability Society.
- He is co-founder of Celect, Inc., whose goal is to help retailers make decisions by accurately predicting consumer choices based on omnichannel data.
- He has contributed to the development of “gossip” protocols and message passing algorithms for statistical inference that have become a mainstay of modern distributed data processing systems.

He is author and coauthor of more than 250 articles in journals and conferences. Professor Williams teaches courses on the basics of programming, modern software development, the architecture of web, cloud and blockchain systems. In addition, he holds a BSc in Physics from Oxford University, an MSc in Physics from UCLA, and a PhD from the University of Swansea.

Since 2001, de Weck’s group has developed original quantitative methods and tools that explicitly consider manufacturability, flexibility, commonality, and sustainability, among other characteristics. De Weck’s teaching emphasizes excellence, innovation, and the irrefutable bridge between theory and practice.
- De Weck holds a degree in industrial engineering from ETH Zurich and an M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT.
- He earned his Ph.D. in aerospace systems from MIT.
- De Weck was an engineering program manager on the F/A-18 aircraft program at McDonnell Douglas.