Executive Coaching for CTOs and Technology Leaders

Accelerate your growth as a technology executive. Build clarity, confidence, and influence through proven frameworks, playbooks, and mentorship.

Why Coaching for CTOs Matters

The transition from technologist to executive is one of the hardest journeys in leadership.

As a CTO, you’re expected to scale teams, communicate strategy, influence peers, and deliver results. All while staying ahead of rapid technological change.

My coaching focuses on that transformation: developing the clarity, confidence, and systems-awareness that define exceptional technology executives. Through my use of frameworks like CTO Levels and CTO Sentinel, you’ll learn to navigate complexity, build alignment with your CEO and peers, and proactively lead with clarity and influence.

This isn’t about doing more, its about working smarter. It’s about learning to see the system at play around you, lead with intention, and create the conditions where great work can thrive.


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Julian Delange, CEO, Codiga

Julien Delange
CEO, Codiga
Acquired by Datadog

“Kathy played a major role in my journey from senior engineer to startup CEO. She helped me understand how to grow a team, how to refine my go-to-market strategy, and overall, manage my startup. She not only understands my technical challenges but also made recommendations on how to manage my team, pitch investors, and hire critical talent. I love Kathy's communication style: it is clear and actionable.”

Kathy is an amazing technologist, leader, mentor, author and friend.  She embodies the very spirit of the "give first" ethos in so many ways.  Founders in the Techstars portfolio vote for the best 1% of mentors in our network, and have named Kathy as one of these all-star mentors. More importantly, Kathy consistently show up with more than just experience and advice; she helps founders think broadly about about product, technology, leadership, and life. Kathy is especially adept at coaching founders through the "messy middle" that scaling companies typically go through.  It's an honor to work closely with her at Techstars to help countless founders succeed.

David Cohen is the founder and CEO of Techstars, and accelerator program for early stage companies.

David Cohen
CEO and Co-founder, Techstars

Ways to Engage

Each coaching engagement is built around where you are in your leadership journey and how you want to grow next.

Whether through private sessions, group learning, or entrepreneurial transition work, every engagement is grounded in the CTO Levels framework and guided by the CTO Sentinel which highlight the desired outcomes of highly effective CTOs.


1:1 CTO Executive Coaching

Personalized coaching for CTOs and senior technology leaders who want to deepen their executive capability, communication, and confidence.

We focus on real challenges: alignment with your CEO and peers, leading at scale, and sustaining clarity under pressure.

Each engagement combines coaching, mentoring, and proven playbooks to accelerate your growth as a technology executive.


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Group Coaching for Startup CTOs

A structured peer-learning experience offered through 7CTOs, built on the CTO Levels framework.

Group sessions help startup and growth-stage CTOs master the fundamentals of what it means to be an effective CTO from building trust with their CEO to scaling teams, setting strategy, and leading through rapid growth.

You’ll learn alongside other technology leaders in a supportive environment designed to build momentum and accountability.


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Executive Coaching for Consultants

Through Consulting Success, I coach technology and executive leaders who are transitioning from corporate leadership into consulting or fractional work.

Together we clarify your positioning, align your expertise to market value, and create the structure for an advisory business that fits your goals and lifestyle.

This work bridges identity, business design, and client strategy helping you confidently evolve from operator to advisor.


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"Kathy is a very experienced leader with an amazing ability to coach people, Kathy has helped me level up my leadership skills way beyond what I thought possible and help me truly understand the CTO role. I can confidently say that she has had an incredible impact on me and the organization I lead."

Paul G. - AdTech CTO

Paul Goldbaum
Chief Technology Officer
High Growth Scaleup AdTech

Frequently Asked Questions


7CTOs is a CTO peer group community with several program tiers tailored to unique CTO needs.
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    Meet Kathy Keating

    Great leadership isn’t about doing more. It’s about creating flow from friction and clarity from complexity.

    As a technology strategist, executive coach, and board-certified director, I’ve spent more than three decades helping CEOs, CTOs, and boards align technology, leadership, and strategy to achieve meaningful outcomes quickly and effectively.

    Highlights:

    • Board-Certified Director (CDI.D) and four-time founder with 30+ years leading and advising B2B and B2B2C SaaS, FinTech, HealthTech, and GovTech organizations. 
    • Co-author of the bestselling book Liquid: How CEOs & CTOs Unlock Momentum In Complex Systems
    • Co-creator of the CTO Levels framework, and creator of the GEMs framework used by technology leaders worldwide.
    • Known for driving clarity, alignment, and scale from restoring investor confidence and securing turnarounds to guiding startups through successful acquisitions.

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    Kathy Keating is a technology advisor for CEOs and Boards who helps CEOs and boards align technology leadership, governance, and growth.