-: So my name is Ben Ross.
I'm the founder and CTO of Power IO,
where we make tools to help small businesses grow online.
The CTO is really ultimately responsible
for the technology and so when we talk about a website,
a tech business, it's about are the servers running,
are they running fast.
There's kind of a core level that if something goes down,
if there's a fire, it's on me,
but beyond that, it's really about the team.
How do we grow and sustain a team of people
that are really smart,
that are developing the right products
that are right in code,
effectively and maintainably for the future
and so ultimately it's really about people engineering
and supporting a team of people.