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Proven strategies to lead 100+ person tech teams and deliver complex projects. Learn from VPs who've launched 100+ tech products.

Ethan Evans

Retired Amazon Vice President; 70+ patents; led global teams of 800+

David Markley

VP of Technology (WB, Amazon); launched 100+ tech products; led 300+ tech teams

Ship it: Avoid Failures and Lead Tech Projects to Success

Amazon

Warner Bros.

Discovery

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COURSE CONTENT:This course will teach you a combination of executive skills and large scale technology project / technology team leadership skills so that you can successfully deliver big tech projects. We will show you how to translate your hands-on experience into executive decision-making, focusing on strategic planning, aligning technology with business goals, and scaling both teams and systems for long-term growth. You'll learn how to use your technical background to drive innovation, foster cross-functional collaboration, and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization. WHO IS IT FOR:Engineering Managers, Product Managers, General Managers, Technical Program Managers, Senior Engineers—anyone wanting to be a great technology leader. TECH LEADERSHIP BY DAVID MARKLEY (VP of Technology at Warner Bros, Discovery, Eurosport, Amazon; launched 100+ tech products; led tech teams of 300+):- How do you build a successful tech team- What is the role of tech in your business- How is an idea brought into reality- What can be done to make tech go faster- What does it take to launch a tech product- What does it take to operate a tech product *David shipped support for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris for Warner Brother's online sports network (47 markets, 19 languages, 215M viewers, 54 concurrent live streams).&nbsp;This is the ultimate in hard date projects, because the Olympics were not going to move for anything. The class will include David's global project implementation lessons. EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP BY ETHAN EVANS (Retired Amazon VP; 70+ patents; led global teams of 800+):- The standards of great executive performance- How do you become a scaled, deep leader- Becoming a change agent who invents and solves- Be known as a trusted decision maker- Manage your team to execute with little oversight- Lead your team to take calculated bold risks- Inspire and drive your team to deliver executive-level results Advice is based on Ethan &amp; David's personal experience as VP executives and their diverse insights from his network of executives, coaches, venture capitalists, army officers, and startup founders. This is NOT theory. Proven ROI for promotions and internal/external hires:&nbsp;Ethan promoted 8 reports from Senior Manager (Amazon L7) to Director (Amazon L8), contributed to 25+ Director promotions, hired 10+ Directors internally and externally, drove the promotion of 3 engineers to Principal, and of his former reports 2 are current Amazon VPs (L10) and 5 are C-Suite outside of Amazon. David promoted 10+ reports to Director of Eng or VP of Technology and hired 20+ people into those roles. How is this course different from Ethan's other Maven course titled "Stuck at Senior Manager - How to Break Through to Executive"? This course is about how to specifically lead big, cross functional technology and product teams to deliver new tech-based products and services.&nbsp;It includes the necessary executive leadership skills to do this, but less than what is needed to be a stand alone general manager or "pure play" executive. My other course—"Stuck at Senior Manager - How to Break Through to Executive"— is focused on general executive skills (nothing technology specific) and how to tactically achieve promotion quickly. WHO THIS IS NOT FOR:- This is not for you if you want 1:1 coaching from Ethan or David.- This is not for you if you believe you already know what it takes to demonstrate tech executive performance.- This is not for you if you want a slower-paced course over several weeks. This live course is 2-days of intense learning. It is designed for busy leaders who want to get the information and then quickly take action.- This course is NOT technical training (architecture, coding, etc).&nbsp;- This course is NOT promotion specific training. It is focused on successful high performance, which leads to promotion, but not on "how to get promoted."

Deliver big tech projects and lead large cross-functional teams successfully

Engineering Managers, Product Managers, GMs, Technical Program Managers, Senior Engineers—anyone wanting to be a great technology leader.

This course is NOT technical training (architecture, coding, etc).&nbsp;

This course is NOT promotion specific training. It is focused on successful high performance, but not on "how to get promoted."

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

<ul><li>What are the roles and responsibilities on the tech team?</li><li>How can you tell if the team is operating well together?</li><li>How does the team hire the right people?</li></ul>

Learn how to build and lead big cross-functional technology and product teams

<ul><li>What is a tech vs. non-tech company?</li><li>Where do ideas and initiatives come from?</li></ul>

Identify and drive the role of tech in your business

<ul><li>What is the innovation process and who is involved?</li><li>What is a program vs a project?</li><li>How do you deliver against fixed deadlines?</li><li>What are agile and waterfall and why do they matter?</li></ul>

Turn your ideas into reality

<ul><li>Aligning on the “why” and vision for the project.</li><li>Pressure testing estimates, assumptions, and schedules.</li></ul>

What you can do to make tech go faster

<ul><li>What does a good launch plan look like?</li><li>How not to trip over the goal line - no last minute failures.</li></ul>

Successfully launch a tech product

<ul><li>Technical monitoring and support</li><li>Customer service</li><li>Keeping business leadership updated on impactful issues</li></ul>

Successfully operate a tech product

<ol><li>Technical Organization’s Vision &amp; Mission </li><li>Tech Strategy</li><li>Onboarding</li><li>Workstream Review &amp; Execution </li></ol>

Tech leader's document templates to use immediately

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Course syllabus

Testimonials from tech leaders who previewed the course early 

EVP at Capital One (ex-Google VP, ex-OfferUp CTO, Atom Tickets CoFounder & CEO, ex-Amazon Director)

VP of Engineering at Upstart (ex-Amazon, ex-Microsoft, ex-Expedia)

What people say about Ethan

SVP, Global Programs at Warner Bros. Discovery

Vice President of Technology at Warner Bros. Discovery

Digital Programme Director - Sports at Warner Bros. Discovery

Director, Software Engineering at Eurosport

Director of Technical Program Management at Warner Bros Discovery

What people say about David

Maven Lightning Lesson (30min) with Ethan & David on key principles of backwards planning for large-scale tech projects

Meet your instructor

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Prework

<ul><li>Tech leadership by David Markley</li><li>Executive leadership by Ethan Evans</li><li>Live Q&amp;A with David &amp; Ethan</li><li>Peer networking</li></ul> Optional to attend (but recommended)

Saturday, June 7 — (Session 1) Live Lecture with Q&A & Peer Networking

Sunday, June 8 — (Session 2) Live Lecture with Q&A & Peer Networking

<ul><li>Implementation advice</li><li>Q&amp;A</li><li>Peer accountability and networking groups</li></ul> Optional to attend (but recommended)

Saturday, June 14 - (Session 3) Live Implementation Workshop with Q&A

Saturday, June 21 - (Session 4) Live Implementation Workshop with Q&A

Saturday, June 28 - (Session 5) Live Implementation Workshop with Q&A

All live sessions will be video recorded and made available to watch/rewatch at your own pace via the Maven Student Portal. Thus, if you cannot attend the full time or need to drop off at any point, you can catch up and watch the video recording.

Video Recordings will be Available

Maven's Satisfaction Guarantee offers a full refund within 14 days after the course ends if you meet the completion criteria:<ul><li>Attend all live sessions</li><li>Review all course material</li><li>Respond to feedback requests</li></ul>

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Course schedule

Delivering the Olympics to 47 markets in 19 languages, reaching 215 million viewers, and quadrupling streaming audiences in the UK compared to Tokyo 2020

Olympic-level scale

From hosting all 329 medal events to managing up to 54 concurrent live streams across Max and Discovery+, it was a testament to incredible teamwork and innovation.

Multiple platforms and live streams

There’s nothing quite like monitoring an Olympic broadcast from your hotel room at midnight, with one eye on the TV and the other on your laptop. The Eurosport and TNT Sports streams were live, and I was glued to the data—latency, playback accuracy, event transitions. The tech team nailed it.

Glued to the data

2024 Paris Olympics Insights (David leading the Eurosport technology team)

Testimonials from tech leaders who previewed the course early

Learn how to lead technology and product teams to deliver new tech-based products and services (Ethan has 70+ patents)

One of Ethan's patents on autonomous ground vehicles deployed from facilities

Learn how to lead technology and product teams to deliver new tech-based products and services (David has 12+ patents)

One of David's patents on facilitating the purchase of items associated with an application

How is this course different from Ethan's other Maven course titled "Stuck at Senior Manager - How to Break Through to Executive"? 

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Active hands-on learning

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Interactive and project-based

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