Scaling tech is easy. Scaling people is hard.

I’m the CTO who coaches CTOs. I give technology leaders the operating system to lead, hire, and scale their org without burning out.

Transforming technology companies around the world

You don't need a life coach.
You need an operator.

I’ve spent over 20 years shipping under pressure, fighting fires, and leading from the trenches. I coach CTOs and technical founders through the suck.

If you’re stuck in the weeds, struggling to scale your team, and fighting burnout, I’m your man.

Testimonials

Eric has been an outstanding executive coach who has helped me successfully navigate rapidly scaling an engineering team at a growth-stage tech company. He brings a great balance of empathy, accountability, and an extensive set of tools to navigate a wide variety of challenges on a growing team.

David Fullerton

EVP Engineering, Heap

The techniques I learned from Eric help me set correct goals and helped me build a practice that enabled focus to achieve those goals. He helped me find tactics that seem small but add up to big change, all from a perspective of empathy, mindfulness, and combating the burnout endemic in startup life. Eric got me more energized with less stress, which means more value for my company and our customers.

James McKernan

SVP Technology, Pathpoint

Eric is an excellent product strategist who understands the whole ecosystem of product development. The products he works on have a higher chance of succeeding because they are developed with a clear understanding of users and how to meet their needs. I highly recommend him for any organization that needs expertise driving product design.

Dr. Bryan Rill

CEO, Insights Design

Having Eric as my executive coach has been more valuable than my Harvard MBA.

Justin Wieland

Founder & CEO, Reach Technologies

Eric is an exceptional executive coach. It was a perfect fit for me because he has an extensive experience as a CTO. We worked on a vast range of problems from recruiting and team motivation to goal setting and coaching engineering leaders within the company.

Evgeny Belorusets

CTO, Archive

I would absolutely recommend Eric to any software development company.

Larry Heminger

VP of Technology, ecoATM

Eric has a very deep knowledge when it comes to product, UX, and strategy. His coaching has completely transformed the way I approach our product strategy and processes.

Zak Meftah

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Sendlane

Eric consistently provided great insights and ideas and was relentless in his pursuit to continuously improve the way we worked. I would unequivocally recommend Eric to any technology executive.

Larry Xu

VP of Software Development, Tealium

Eric has a unique combination of having first-hand experience as a product and technology leader. His perspective and advice were very valuable as we worked to take our product and tech organizations to the next level. If you want to grow as a leader - I recommend reaching out to Eric.

Alexis Smirnov

Co-Founder & CTO, Dialogue

Eric is an absolutely incredible mentor, coach, and friend. If you get the chance to work with him, do it. I truly cannot recommend him enough.

From hiring the best engineering leaders, to building insightful product feedback loops, to building both company-wide and personal habits -- I could not be more grateful to have his help.

Jack Burlinson

CEO, Stageglass

Featured Case Studies

In this case study, I’ll show you how I helped the hottest company in a generation transform from a chaotic team of mad scientists into a global platform powerhouse.

In this case study, I’ll show you how I helped a hyper-growth healthcare SaaS company to master the art of scaling.

In this case study, I’ll show you how I coached a fast-growing marketing automation platform to overcome three key existential crises at once.

In this case study, I’ll show you how I coached a large, over-burdened engineering organization to take ownership of and improve their leadership, teamwork, process, and operations.

Eric Weiss

is The CTO Coach. He spent two decades building enterprise-scale technology at companies like Sony, Raytheon, and Qualcomm, then three years inside OpenAI, taking their AI models from the lab into production. Now he coaches CTOs and technical founders to lead, hire, and scale their orgs without burning out.

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