Letting CTOs move fast & secure through a top-notch peer network.
A community of CTOs and technical leaders who gather to learn and grow — beyond the alpha version of themselves.
Who we are for. And who we are not.
The alphalist network is a community of CTOs and technical leaders who gather to learn and grow — beyond the alpha version of themselves. Primarily from digital-native companies that build a core tech product.
- CTOs, VPs Engineering and senior tech leaders
- Technical founders who lead engineering
- Emerging leaders growing into the role (alphalist Next)
- Recruiters and agencies
- Vendors looking for a sales channel
- Consultants without an operating role
How it began. A lonely job, a shared table.
The challenges of a CTO are unique — they need to deal with both the technical and the team side. For many, it’s a lonely struggle. alphalist started with the most straightforward idea: put a few of them at one table and let them talk honestly.
From that first dinner in 2017 grew Germany’s largest CTO network: 1,200 curated members, 30 events a year, 144 podcast episodes — and the conference where their teams meet, code.talks.
Read the manifesto → The team.
Six people who keep the list alive.
Ambassadors.
Co-founders and members who open doors.
CTO · STARK Defence
CTO · SumUp- VMCo-Founder & CTO · Visual Meta
Venture Partner · EQT Ventures
Managing Director · Samsung NEXT Ventures
Managing Director · Microsoft ScaleUp
Managing Director · Corbado
CTO & Executive Board Member · CHECK24- RFounder · rapidsoft
- CTO · Corbado
- Co-CTO · CHECK24
Co-Founder · rapidmail
Co-Founder & CTO · Picnic- FDirector R&D · Fredhopper
- BTech Coach · brgmn GmbH
Co-Founder & CTO · t3n- TCo-Founder & CTO · TR3X
CTO · samedi- Head of Engineering · samedi
- EPartner & Senior Software Engineer · Entranet
Head of Product · Deel
Co-Founder & CTO · Wingly
Founder · NFQ Technologies
Co-Founder · swoodoo
Co-Founder · OXID eSales