Chief Technology Officer
@ cApStAn

Thank you
for your trust

First of all:

(if I don't take on the role)

What would be the alternative?

IDENTIFY: NEEDS

IDENTIFY: TOOLS & RESOURCES

OBTAIN: BUDGET

fund

meet

TEAMS

TI

OPS

IT

FNZ

OPS

R&D TT

Good news

• I feel you, I think I understand the need
• I think I could make a contribution
• In line with some of my interests
• I have ~60% of the skills and the knowledge
• The role is interesting in as much as the impact is positive on the company and on what I do

Badish news

• It's a lot of work - enough for one full-time person
• I'm not particularly good at some things (e.g. TI)
• I'd have to learn quite a few things
• It might not be as fulfilling for me as what I already do
• I wouldn't like it to be a distraction or hindrance or to replace what I do 

Goodish

• I feel you, I think I understand the need
• I think I could make a contribution
• In line with some of my interests
• I have ~60% of the skills and the knowledge
• The role is interesting in as much as the impact is positive on the company and on what I do

Badish

• It's a lot of work - enough for one full-time person
• I'm not particularly good at some things
• I'd have to learn quite a few things
• I wouldn't like it to be a distraction or hindrance or to replace what I do

Neutral news

• This can only be an additional role to what I already do

• My preference/proposal: in one year 

Starting date?

• Evaluation after one-year
• Possibility to hand over to sb else if evalution is
  • not satisfactory for all parts
  • the role has side-tracked me too much from my main duties

One-year trial period

I wouldn't like to be responsible for finding the trainings that I need, I would like HR or the company to take care of that.

Missing skills?

Is this really a CTO?

(is the name accurate?)

CTO is an executive position, he makes all executive decisions with regards to the technological interests of a company. but your description just involves a lot of reporting/debriefing up and down.

Alternative name: tech lead?

• OmegaT expertise
• Server-side development (the core engine of cApps)
• Client-side development:
  • OmegaT
  • Browser
  • PISA portal

TBD in due time

Hand over part of my current duties and taks?

Clarification needed

(some terms are ambiguous)

• Repositories
• Milestones

Tasks and responsibilities

Collects input and feedback from all teams

GOAL:  identify the company’s translation technology needs and use cases

GOAL:  how can we meet needs

Collects information about relevant developments in language engineering; and about partnerships that would facilitate access to them

Shortlists technological resources needed or useful for our projects 

GOAL:  decide how to meet needs

(liaises with OPS to discuss and establish feasibility and implementation)

GOAL:  secure money to meet needs

Draws up the annual IT budget

(with input/help from IT, FNZ & OPS)

Submits/defends this budget in the MGT COM

GOAL:  ?

Supervises/coordinates the use of financial and human resources allocated to IT in general and to translation technology in particular